Laurel outlook., 1945-01-31
Lights Of New York
by L. L. STEVENSON

10y SOoI ~
wind. Mayor Fiorello H. La
Guardia being driven somewhere
and working with a bunch of %
as his al proceeds along Fifth ave
nue.. Skippy Homeier, youthful
stage and motion picture actor
looking at a display of mems shirts
in the window of a haberdashery
possibly looking forward to the time
when he'll have aged considerably
more than his IA years. In the
next block, wearing her usual dead
pan, another youngster who has
made good on the stage in a big
way, ~16-year-old Lenore Lonergan
who is such a standout in the latest
Broadway hit, Dear Ruth" .
Maggi McNellis with a new hair
do that makes her look even more
alluring than ever Capt. Frank
H. Farrell, once a neWspaperman
himself, but now a captain in the
marines just back from the Pacific
area, strolling along Fifth avenue.
Cuff Notes: AS a result of win
ming the Motion Picture Daily radio
editors poll, comedian Alan Young
is being sought to remake some of
the old Harold Lloyd films. In
cidentally, Young can go on record
as being the most widely sought
comedian of the season - MGM,
RKO, Warner Bros, Universal Pic
lures and Sam Goldwyn are decker
ing with his manager, Frank Coop
er, for a long-term deal. Gil
bert Mack is catching up on his
radio work now that "a Bell for
Adano," in which he appears, has
settled down for a long run. AL
Pearce observes that it's a wise
man now who can tell on which side |
his bread is buttered. Advice
from Milton Berle: Save your pen
MES. Morgenthau will take care of
your dollars. . A serious war
time problem the gals are facing is
selecting a gown that will look well
with either a soldier or a sailor.
About the Town: Radio actress
Charlotte Manson playing backgam-
mon with Jim Moriarity in the Bar
berry room-she's readying herself
the state championships. .
Carl Brisson, the Danish singer
known as "the dowagers' Frank
S~inatra," on his way to the Yer
sailles probably for a rehearsal.
Sisson, who, as editor of Col
and other magazines "discov-
cred" many unknowns who later be-
came well knowns in the writing
ield, chatting with friends at the
Lane. . Blonde Phyllis
.ovah, 10Y the mother in Broad
new hit, Dear Ruth doing A..
bit of window shopping on Fifth !
avenue. William Shirer, back {
the European front, stopping ,
a few words with a friend on {
Madison avenue before going on to I
he CHS studios. . Julia McCar- {
by of the Daily News, one of the
top reporters, engaging in a Z
earch for a new Cor old) alarm +
lock. =
Graceful Gesture: Members of the r
asst of Ilka Chase's "In Bed We r
in which she stars, at a time u
'hen things were looking bleak for c
ne play, assembled in her dressing =
DOM, informed her that they all
I'VE her and that it was fun work
lg with her. Then they pre-
ented her with a jewel casket in Il
hitch was a set of liquor glasses, C
ach engraved with a letter, and c
he set spelling out, "In Bed We e
A lot of gentlemen who il
re suffering with stomach ulcers O
ave discovered that canned baby C.
'od (meat, vegetables etc., makes O.
very comfortable diet and T
esides that, it is point free. is
furthermore, a soup, meat and two h,
egetables cost a total of only about el
} cents. cl
Remarks: Bob Burns notes that
the good Old Testament DAYS it 81
as a miracle for an ass to speak al
wv it's nothing short of a miracle e,
keep n quiet. Phil Baker A
lys that rarer than a friend who a
i'll give you the shirt off his back m
the l~aundryman who will bring cI
)ur own shirt back. . Most Lar OIL
Lane characters are like proc di
;sed coffee-97 per cent of the ac- ct
We ingredients have been removed DE
the bean. Bob Hawk de- ha
les divorce as the hash made from tn
'mestic scraps.
Addenda: One of this DEPART iol
ent's scouts stopped for luncheon ju.
a big cafeteria with a fancy nv
me, owe in Brooklyn. No sugar
as served with her coffee, so She u,e
ked for some and got a spoonful. oil
len she asked for cream and got III.
at. Noting that there was no spoon, M.
e made a third request. Sorry" J;e
turned the girl behind the counter, %.
'ut we don't serve spoons with cof-
2 at luncheon-too many custom 10
S steal them" ne