The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-07

her first performance on Q New York stage in her fifty years in the thea ter.
 Miss Barrymore will resume her role as the sympathetic and under standing Miss Hattie, whose kindly wisdom and humor dominate the lives of typical American family. It is a role which she created last Sept. IT, when she embarked on her first regular radio series.
 Stricken with @ severe cold and high fever, Miss Barrymore missed her first broadcast in her starring series on Nov. 12, and was taken to a hospital the following day. She is now in Hot Springs, Va, and will return to New York late in the week.
 The Miss Hattie show, series of dramatic episodes, is heard Sum- days, from 3:30 to p. m. Dur ing Miss Barrymore's absence, the title role has been taken by Betty Garde, star of the musical, "Okla. homa."
 On the final program of the sea- son of "The Pause That Refreshes on the Air" over CBS, Sunday aft- ernoon, (Dec. 10) at 4:30 Andre Kostelanetz will have his talented wife, Lily Pons, as guest star.
 It will be the last radio appear ance of the famous couple for many months, as they are again placing their professional services at the disposal of the USO Camp Tours for the exclusive entertainment of members of the armed services.
 "The Pause That Refreshes" has established an impressive record of four years of broadcasting. During this period Andre Kostelanetz dis played his artistic musicianship in providing orchestral accompani- ment for more than a hundred stars from stage, screen, musical comedy and the operatic field.
 Among KoStelanetz, information ally known guests were: Eleanor Steber, Rose Hampton, Richard Bonelli, Don CoSsack Chorus, Jane Froman, Judy Garland, Rita Hay worth, Helen Jepson, Jerome Kern, Charles Kullman, Marjorie Law renee, Oscar Levant, Dorothy May nor, James Melton, Yehudi Menu hin, Grace Moore, Jeanette Mac- Donald, Paul Robeson, Albert Spalding, Rise Stevens, Gladys Swarthout, John Charles Thomas, and Helen Traubel.
 Kostelanetz' objective throughout the series was ito make good music popular, and popular music good" That the conductor succeeded in accomplishing this purpose is testi- fled to by his high ratings in all listener polls conducted throughout the nation during the last four years.
 Thursdays Gag of the-Day": When chanteuse Helen Forrest was on her recent Army Hospital tour, she had dinner with the CTS in the mess hall and watched a young soldier spear his fifth pork chop and seventh baked potato.
 Bud, you sure like your chow cont you" exclaimed the man next to him.
 Not particularly" said the GI Tt just happens that I'm crazy about bicarbonate of soda.
 Jarlnlla NoVotna, Czech soprano star of the Metropolitan Opera Company, who will be guest star on .Ihe Metropolitan Opera Presents" (WATR Sunday, Dec. 10, has a practical and generous postwar plan TOT young opera singers. Mime. Mo- votna proposes to arrange with the National Opera House in her native city of Prague to invite operatic tledglingS to sing there. thus af- ford1ng them an opportunity to perfect their repertoire through practical experience which is diff cult to acquire in the United States where there are only limited opera seasons.
 New Swedish character of Hial- mer, the handy-man on Bob Burns radio ranch, is played by Dick Le- Grand, who is also MT. Peavey, the druggist, on 'The Great Glider sleeve"
 There's nothing penurious about Bob Hawk, despite present day shortages. A contestant on Thanks to the Tanks" was asked what state in the union was larger than Rhode Island. After considerable reflec- tion he said, How much time am I given to figure this out?" Hawk tossed him 5000 smokes" and said, Let me know when you reach a decision"
 Recent newspaper headline, Corn Loan Rate Set by Govern ment Agency" brought a pertinent comment from CBS News Analyst Harry w. Flannery: Now they're even going to standardize the price of jokes borrowed by radio com-