The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-28
NEW YORK HEARTBEAT

Faces About Town: Capt. Ronald &eafan (off the screen for three years to don a uniform) being made the 9th in Modern Screens popu- larity poll .. H. w. Blakeslee 6the Science ed for Associated Press) still beaming about his 18 months old heir. Pop is a mere 65 hisself Jean TennySon, the thrush, after her first riding lesson, groan- grooming: T never imagined that anything filled with hay could be so hard" =. Bobby Martyn is manager of the brokerage at the Roney- Plaza IS his 5th meddidge ... Hoagy Carmichael, who wrote Star Dust" about14 years ago gettitng his largest royalty check on 1t recently Chet Shaw, the Newsweek managing editor, trying to get over the loss of his oldest son--Hlled in action. MT. Shaw returns to his desk Feb. 1st :. |. General R. Johnson's Evalyn, who believes that if you're rumor-proof you're uninteresting.
 Sallies in Our Alley: Over at the Metropole maestro Ted Steele re- called the time Wilson Mizner and others were gabbing about a beauty who in her hey-dey had many TO- mances but now was a hopeless, homely hag T guess" observed Mizner. you can't keep breaking hearts without having some of the pieces fly in your face' :. The wags at the Stork last night were debunking the playgirls. Some doll staggered from the bar. and a flipcracker said: "She inspired that song, Bank, Bank, Bank, Went the Trollop'" Milton Berle just returned from the south on the Champion, which was five hours late. "They may now call it," he quipped, 'the ex-Champion".
 Fool & His Money Dept: It hap pened the other weekend in the sos A man-about-town after a merry twirl with clever blonde Gifted her with a $100 bill for her companionship . She refused 1t. T usually get $1,000," she told him without blinking ... He wrote out a check for that sum .. When she presented it at his bank the teller informed her his balance was just half that amount She left and returned later to another tell CTS cage where she deposited $500 to his account. Then she pre- sented his check at the first cage and chased it In relating the story he says it was the first time a woman ever taught him a lesson.
 MemOs of a Midnighter: They say that Jack Dempsey Mercedes Marlowe idyll is idle and that she returned his sparkler The Mervyn Leroy-Sally Wright matter is serious :. June Starr, show gel, is quitting Follow the Giris" to wed a Southern businessman ;. Ex-sportswrtter Jack Miley (now a It. in the Navy) is mending from injuries and illness at the Great Lakes Naval Hosp after a session in she South Pacific . The en- tire Guadalcanal battle was fought on the property of Lever Brothers Soap company Starting New Year's all who receive tips in line of employment will be taxed part of them. Soad jerkers, wattressesr etc. Sound irr the Night: In the Cub Room: Whats the malta? Is my heart showing?"
 Glamour Gal: You've everything Dame Nature shot the works When she turned out glamour gal ike you Within your eyes sullen torch fire lurks-and throws a haze of, smoke across their blue Your figure puts Varga babe to shame You wear your clothes as though you were inspired Men gather round like moths be- fore a flame-where they get singed as soon as you get tired ... You've everything = your voice is like a lute-that promises melody di- vine Your crimson mouth IS a luscious fruit . A fruit that can be crushed to potent wine You've everything that makes a work of art |. Why worry If you haven't got heart?-Don Wahn.