The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-16
By WALTER
NEW YORK HEARTBEAT

Winchellebrities: Mary Kirk Brown Cum
married for 7 years. blushing like a bride
as she reathless clutches a colyumist's la
pei to report her latest wedding. sHe is the
only man 1 ever married. she said w~istfully,
who really loves me!". . Wallace Berry
holding hands with Mrs. Indy (via her
groom's permission). . .Geoffrey Hellman
(The N'yker scribe) beaming over a blondish
harp-playing angel at the Chateau. That amt
no angel, bub: it's his wife, Daphne. i. Stella
Ardler, the arctress, seen around town in sew
eral loW-cut numbers that prove she need
never play keddickter roles unless she wants
to. Barney Ross, the champ, settling a fist
fight between two kid bootblacks on Sind St.
.Arleen Whalen (whose latest role is a
cowgal in "Ramrod') wearing a wide-open
spaces frock in the Cub . Margaret Tru-
man bawling like a baby at "Street Scene"
Sallies in Our Alley: Or Nelson relays the
one about the three DRINKS who unloaded
their woes to each other at the Stork bar. .
The first lush had lost his job, the second
lost his wife and the third lost his money. . +.
"Ah, nutsh!" exclaimed a Attn stew. sLesh all
go shom placesh and get shober!". And
Oz's Harriet says hes knows why Richard
won't open that door. "It's too cold!!"
Memos Of a Midnighter: The Milton Berries
reconciliation (according to pals was the di-
rect. result of a Sunday ~nighter's flash on
their parting. 1T sounded SO terribly final, -
said Joyce. that it scared us back to each
other". . .Carole Lads wires the gossips are
wrong again-that distance is the only thing
keeping them temporarily apart. Sam Gold
wyn's alleged latest: IT ran into Moss Hart
the other night. He was at my house for
dinner. Louis Prima's new Majestic plat
ter (due SOON will be called: 'Bacia galoop"
(makes love on the stoop). The Mark Par
sons (he's the EDITOR expects a JuneWcomer
The 20-year-old ditty that made them IA
NOUS CIT I Didn't Care') has to be rendered
by Billy Kenny's Ink Spots at the Paramount
to hush the persistent applaudience. You'd
swoon if you knew the various male screen
idols who wear special-made girdles to fight
their personal battles of the bulge.
Heroine: This, we believe, is the very first
mention Of her greatest role. 1t didn't come
to the COLIN from her, either. 1t came
from an admirer in govt service, who thinks
it is about time future historians knew about
it. This brave American woman started
the first underground activity against Musso-
lini. While the worlds capitals were receiv-
ing Mussolini's ambassadors Qike social
lionS) this American gal was urging the COM
mon people of Italy to fight like tigers for
liberty. .Rickety planes Flying over the
Alps at night showered pamphlets on Italian
cities. And the lone American darling, who
defied the Duce Eat the height of his power),
is our magnificent actress, Ruth Draper.
The small-Time: Jackie Whalen's routine.
corNN n e hioI an,yor - lol %~r{n -, tha Nor
lat Leon & Eddie's), according to some pay
ing customers. Ditto for Gene Baylos and
Dave Barry. The cafe men Tin Greater
MiamD who refused permission to their tai
ent after they we're advertised for a benefit
in Flamingo Park. The Big-Time (and Or
child Of the Week.: Noble & King at the Cotil-
lion.
Broadway Smalltalk: Kay Francis and Paul
Leviton are a blissful State of the Union.
Boyd Raeburn's Jewel recording, Duck Wad-
lle." is bought by many who do not savvy its
lingo. Sharon Lynn and Barney Glazer are
in separate tepees. She won't agree to a
melting. Lawrence L.. Blaine auth'd the
book, Stool Pigeon which 10th will film
under the title, Kiss of Death" The author
is really Louis Lipsky. ex-ass't district at
torney of New York under Hogan. Their
boss (the Hilton Hotel people, refused per-
mish to Fred and Elaine Barry to appear at
the White House Correspondents annual event
for the President, Supreme Court justices and
other Washington biggies. The team has the
miseries. Il Elinson (mended after an oper-
atom reports that Sinatra is trying to get
a permit to carry two gats. One gun tits him!
Sad Show Business Story: James Edward
Grant relays the report that George Jessel is
the theatrical godfather of Burns & Allen.
1t was Jessel' who focused Broadway atten-
tion on them when the going was rough.
Then, for a time. things soured for Jessel
while Burns & Allen clicked on the air and
in Hollywood-right to the top of the ladder
.Jessel had a few failures in the theatre,
some marital headaches. and he personally
wasn't feeling good. One day he met Jack
Benny and told Jack he was going to cut his
throat or something. ."But.' said Benny
you shock me! You always seem so cheer
ful!',. ct know intoned Jessel, 'but. sup
pose you get up some beautiful morning; you
want to be happy and gay because the sun
is shining; the new day might be full of op-
portunities; you take a deep breath: the air
tastes like wine and then suddenly you realize
that it all belongs to Burns and Allen!"
Manhattan Murals: The little old lady who
hangs around stage-doors and cusses like a
trooper. The scanti1y clad chlorine plodding
through the Central Park slush in open-toes.
She leads a durg whose paws are covered
with specially made red rUbbers. The 59th
St. buses that congest traffic more than the
trolleys did. That blimp which hovers over
midtown Manhattan with Illuminated ads) a
la Times Bldg. e~lectrics. The spellbinder
in Columbus Circle. who demonstrates the
atomic bomb by dropping a bag OF water. tHe
oughta use it with soap on his 1eck>. The
little old woman who peddles good luck
charms on 18th st. To make enough dough for
a nights lodging on the Bowery.
The Late Watch: John Carridine got an
estimate on a haircut and decided to let his
crow. .Thonoh the saloon biz is supposed to
he off. lin G1ennon spurne1 an offer of $35,-
900 for his 3rd Avenoo bar. Nick Bates dang