The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-15

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 Alrs. Roosevelts best reply was made to Q decidedlry malignant query, one that revealed Q loath. some cruelty in the Questioner, It was Q woman who put this question Co tho wife Of tho President,
 Don't you think" asked the wo. man, that the infantile paralysis from which your husband suffered has affected his mlndp'
 There was Q great uproar at this vicious question, put Mrs. Roosevelt held up her hand and In. uioataed she wished to answer
 ''yes, madame" Mira. Roosevelt said, you are quite right in think ing the Presidents aftllotlon has strongly affected his mind. it haE made him profoundly sympathetic With all suffering and paini"
 
 Tlmo echoed the oddlty-in-the- news about the soldier overseas who was hit by Q shell fragment which contained the number on his own dos-tag The newspapers fell Tor it, too, . week earlier when Q Canadian Press dispatch said an RCAF hAtmnn was named aS the one it actualy halppened to in Nor- mandy The report stated that his name was George McNdillan of Nova Scotia. The number on the fragment was 26760 - the number on hls identity card The Her. ald Tribune carried 1t, too, . week after it published on article (Aug, lSth) ia It's magazine section titled: Lucky Shot" by Gen. pattons wife, She said 1t happened in the last warl
 Lou Moltx, now appearing in "Star Time" at the Majestic the. ater, and some tohers were rem. iniseing about ziegfeld and how the niaster-Showma always had class" even when he couldn't af- ford it.
 There was the time, frixample, when ziegfeld was in Hollywood af- ter squanderfng another fortune on Q failure in New York, He wired his old friend Ed Wynn T know I owe you se5,000." 1t said, but I need S7600 desperately. Will you help mo out again9"
 Wynn instructed his bankers to rush Zlegfeld the s7b00 zieg- field used 1t to return to N, Y. tn . private Pullman.
 Max HersbeFg, who c ollected booktul of anecdotes which he chris. tened: Insults" consider this his favorite !, once Disraeli and Giad- stone collided verbally in the House and aS Gladstone cane out after adjournment he was still shaking with rage .. He glimpsed DlSraell chatting With other members and he shouted; "slr, you will come to your end either on the gallows or by some terrible plague"
 Disraeli adjusted his monocle and softly intoned: T should say, Mir. Gladstone, that depends upon whether I embrace your principles or your mistress"
 The G.Men follow through on every tip, of course -. You never cen tell Several of them were assigned to 0 real hot one last week A woman, reported the informant, had many signs in her bathroom reading: Good morning. Mein Fuehrer' Hell Hitlerl" and What have you done today to improve the Master Race?" |, FBi agents disguised aS plumbers, investigated and confirmed the tip
 You bet I put them upl" she ooasted But L'm not a NaZip :. It took hours before they broke her down She was fed up with her husbands dietatorial attitude, and he had stopped speaking to her .. She hoped to insult him by comparing him with with Hit- lerl
 Over ct She magazine yesterday the editors were discussing politics when one of them stifling a yawn, observed. "Oh, 1t would be so mon- otonouS If Roosevelt were elected again. Nothing but progress, prog ress progreSSl" ., Capt.d J. Farrar, 6i, has been in the Army 35 years =. He was asked to fill out another questionnaire. The first question was: Civilian occupation7" .. To which Farrar jotted down; "Childp In Indianapolis @ man was nahbed climbing over the wall of the Indiana women's prison. The police learned he was the prison engineer and had forgotten his keys. This name: Mark Vir- gin A certain prina donna complained to newspaperman that she was getting nrevous and irritable and just didn't want to sec people Why not" he sug. gested, give 0 concert?"
 A contributor forwards this in. teresting photostat from the July IS, 1925, Police Gazette. The leading article reports that Charlie Chap lin is at last @ proud papa" .. "a son having been born to Mrs. Chaplin (Lita Grey) ,. Directly beneath that item Is this news: The stage is not to be outdone by the screen. Eugene O'Neill is also a self conscious parent. The hmhx, vvaa horn in Bermuda She Is