The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-24
W alter WiHacIaeII
 MtNe1e, York
EoUn nrOADWAY AND MINE

N0Un BROADWAY AND MINE Moon over Broadway--and the night
 is soft,
 and couples whisper down The
 Magic Street
 mo curtain of the stars is hung
 aloft
 And lures are gay and life Is
 strangely sweet.
 And 1 remember as 6 vagrant
 will
 The silken thread of all my yes-
 terdays;
 The half-forgotten waltz that held
 Q thrill,
 The broken vow--the lightly-it. The broken vow-the lightly
 uttered phrase.
 So goes 1t as the Spring moves
 in again
 To take possession of the magic what matters if the final cost is
 pain?
 What matters if the brightest
 stars fade down?
 Here for a moment life is strange
 and rare ...
 And Broadway wears a ribbon in
 her hair.
 DON VAIN.
 Faces About Town: U. s. Ambas- sador to Russia Averill Hartman in the Storuue being hello'd by Vera zorina with: "Can you speak Russian yet?" Nope" he Ameri- can'd Betty Allen of Dream With Music" wearing the fast pair of black nylons in existencer' .. The Wm. Rhinelander Stewards keeping Constance Bennett up until half past ten June Havoc, the Mexican Hayride" star, in an at- tractive frock featuring packages of posey seeds and strawberries on her shappo. o, you kidl .. Estelle Win- wood, the bride, her most exciting role yet Admiral's aide Richard Bartheliness (former Hollywood fav- orite) on Park avenue being con- voyed by yard-long dachshund .. :. Author Somerset Maughm in "The Mayan looking very Vaughn.
 SaIlies in Our Alley: A Hollywood correspondent, notorious for bung- ling the punch lines of gags, walked Into the Mocambo the other ngiht, where Charlie Morrison groaned: "Gee. if I don't give him q gag, he'll murder me" And If you do," said Bob Benchley, "he1l mur- der TIT" .. Bennett Cerf reports the time author Fanny Hurst acc quired a beautiful figger after rigorous diet. The late Irwin Cobb didn't recognize her Y. "Well," said Fanny, aren't you going to talk to me?" "Golly," said Cobb, its Fanny Hurstl" ''Yes," she agreed, "the same Fanny Hurst" .. :. Not uuite." said the wit, 1t may be tho same Hurst, but 1t certainly isn't Che same Fannyl"
 Midtown Vignette: He is married tarent they alwaysO and he was dining with his doll Two other xnenaees- s-about-town seated across the way sighed What's the matter9" asked one. Do you envy him?" ''No," was the reply, T feel sorry for him. Having two women means two of everything two landlords, for example" |. s'Yes," said the other, but the thing that finally drives you nuts are those two dinners!"
 Memos of . Midnighter: The Dream With Music" cast didn't have enough sour luck opening night (when the cues and ropes went wronE) but a sneak thief burgled their undressing rooms Bob Dunn thinks the war will be over soon as my boss is getting sassy with me again" There's shake- up coming over at United Artists Jane Powell of the flicker, Song of the Open Road" is in three- eornered scrap between MGM, Selz- nick and Chas. R. Rogers, all of whom claim legal rights to her serv- &&tos 9AHS OAAAy 4E &s4As WAASA- CTS is quietly readying plan for much heavier taxation for the ia- tlon's race tracks The Book of the Month for Aug. will be Harp CTS '.The Time for Decision" by Sumner Welles.
 The Big Time: Universals Christ mas Holiday" starring Deanna Dur bin !. Jerry Bergen's clowning at Club l0 Diana Manners men, ners' mental wizardry at the Park Central Lounge Sailors of For tune" by Colin Mackenzie (Dut- tons's) Wilma Gray at Cafe Society Downtown Ray Sneed, Jr. at Smalls Paradise, pupil of Paul Draper .. Stage Door Cam teen" on CBS Fridays ;. The Re- vuers at the Blue Angel pr. Frank Kingdoms excellent report ing of the sedition trial from Wash ington-via WMCA at l:l5 p. m. and later The way Joy Hodges toys with Hove at Second Sight" in Dream with Music" at the Ma fsstic.
 Blgtpwn Side-ShOw: It happened fn Union Square the other sundown One of those soap-box orators