The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-26

next road tour, which opens in Cleveland, Ohio. Charles Is still on the lookout for harp- est and two French horn players to add to the group. Additional arrangements have been made to in- clude the new instruments, includ- ing Q new tune, "Stepin Fetchit," which will De featured.
 From now on 1t will cost the fa- nous Goldwyn Girls $l Q pound to put on weight.
 Johnny Wray, dance director in charge of the beauties now work ing in "The Wonder Man." starring Danny Kaye, decreed the penalty after noticing that several of the girls were having trouble getting into the costumes which fitted them perfectly when they started work in the picture.
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 Now the girls will have to weigh ip every morning and for every i6 ounces excess they'll have to buy Q el war stamp which will go into e pool to be shared b, the girls who at the end of the picture have the bsst record for promptness and fig ure maintenance.
 ''It's the same old story" sighed one chlorine who was clipped @ after Q weekend of high liVing,' all the fun in life is either immoral or fat tening."
 Hit tunss from Hroadway's new musical sensation, "Bloomer Girl" will be the hlghlight of The Pause That Refreshes On The Air" Sun day afternoon (Oetober 2o) ct 4;30 over CHS.
 Soprano Eileen Farrell and tenor Frank Parker will be guest stars and will sing special duet of When The Boys Come Home Again" one of the musical comedy's melodies,
 The program will also salute the i,b00, 900 American Girl Scouts, who are celebrating their annual Nation- al Girl Scout week beginning Oc. toher 20. This year the salute carries special import, for the scouts have contributed considerably to the war effort, Anniversary week will find them serving as hospital aides, pro- Viding care for wounded service men and women
 The first thing Victoria Louise Kerner intends to do when she reaches New York Is call on Wilfred pelletier. She has good news to im- pa1.; the twenty-four-year old Cleveland contralto has been chosen from fifty-seVen auditionists to be guest sololst on the "Stsel Horizons" program on Sunday. Oct, %, over MES. It was Maestro Pelletier who confirmed Victoria's discovery" three years ago that she had voice. The famous Met conductor is probably the foremost authority in this country on young voices-he has been evaluating thousands of them per year during the nine that he has been musical director of the Metropolitan Opera Additions of the Air" and he advised Victoria Louise to come to New York-something he never docs unless he feels that voice has promise Of real success,
 Elspeth Eric, frequent mur. deress on NBC's MT. and Mrs, North" is taking Q holiday from scriptual death. She has featured role in the latest George Abbott comedy, "Snafu," soon to be seen on Broadway.
 Petite Connie Haines, songstress of the Abbott and Costello series, Is one of the tiniest warbiers in radio. She wears Size 10 dresses, Number Three shoes. Her real name is Yvonne Marie Ja MaiS-the Connie Haines" is just to make 1t easier for the announcer.
 Fannie Hurst, whose stories are each Saturday morning | over WATR and the Blue network, has done considerable research for her novels of working people. For l the purpose of closer observation, Miss Hurst at different times ap- prenticed herself as waitress, saleswoman, etc, and she also crossed the Atlantic in steeragel From these experiences, emerged such outstanding novels as Humor-