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Show Addenda: Says Brother Ned, writing writ-ing about their dream-come-true which he and Rusty have named Man-Son Farm: "When you come to visit us next summer, we will get up a little early so that you will eat melons with the dew still on them and the corn will be just 30 seconds sec-onds from the stalk to the kettle." Who was it who said "Time Flies"? whose name is Sheila Diane Ryan. . . . The first thing Leopold Stokow-ski Stokow-ski told Leo Reisman when they met after Reisman's recent return to New York, was that he had lost Reisman's recording of "St. Louis Blues" and would like another . . . that recording was made more than 15 years ago. Faces & Places: Rotund balladeer Burl Ives comparing abdominal bay windows with rotund Toots Shor at the latter's food emporium and remarking, re-marking, "After all, what are fat people thin people with flesh?" . . . Dale Belmont, the "girl with the blue velvet voice," looking at a Fifth avenue window display of blue velvet. . . . Homer Croy, who needn't worry about putting on weight, strolling Park avenue . . . and in the next block, Fulton Ours-ler, Ours-ler, who isn't thin, getting a bit of sunshine. t . . Margaret Carson, entirely en-tirely too attractive to be a press agent, going into the 39th street entrance of the Metropolitan. . . . She's the Met's official tub thumper this season. ... An Ohio girl, she carries a buckeye which came from near Toledo, her home town. s This & That: Les Martin, Buddy Powers and George Mills, known to theater-goers as "The Three Stowaways," Stow-aways," have been released from the army after serving Uncle Sam three years. . . . They will play the lead in the new revue, "Ex-G.I.s ' on Parade," which Barney Ross will head. ... All members of the cast will be men who have served in World War II. . . . Harry Joachim, radio's youngest gag writer, sends this message to women who work in defense plants: "Never carry your welding torches into a crowded bus or street car you may deprive some man of his seat." . . . Phil Baker notes that many of our desires are often nipped in the budget. bud-get. . . . While Xavier Cugat avers that his osteopath kneads patients. Lights of New York by L. L. STEVENSON By the Pound: Reports Harry Gil-burt: Gil-burt: "When I arrived in Wichita recently, at the railroad station, the driver of a taxicab, a very attractive attrac-tive young woman, assigned me to the farthest corner of the rear seat. Hardly was I inside when the cab tilted violently to the right, the reason rea-son being that Ed CStrangler') Lewis, the wrestling champion, had put his foot on the running board. Without any difficulty, Lewis hoisted his 300 or more pounds of massiveness and inserted himself beside me, the two of us filling the seat completely. Then the driver looked inside to see if she couldn't squeeze in another passenger and thus make her trip more, profitable. Acknowledging the inevitable, she closed the door and the ancient vehicle ve-hicle creaked and groaned its way uptown. When we reached our hotel, Lewis gave the girl $1 which was exactly double the fare." Around the Town: Miriam Hopkins, Hop-kins, who started out to be a ballerina bal-lerina until a broken ankle forced her into the straight dramatic path, looking wistfully at the marquee posters of the Ballet International. ... Melody Thompson, the cigarette heiress who became an MGM starlet, star-let, browsing around in one of those red-fronted marts a $3,000,000 baby in a 5 and 10 cent store. . . . Gene Buck making slow progress through Times square because, so many friends stop him for a chat. . . . Bob Burns, the Arkansas traveler, traveling trav-eling Broadway and walking as if pavements made his feet hurt. . . . Mary Martin, looking cuter than ever ev-er in a trim gray outfit, peering into a toy store undoubtedly with her thoughts on her Uttle daughter. . . . Maggi McNellis, who always seems to be in a hurry these days, hurrying hurry-ing to keep a luncheon appointment at Gilmore's. Cuff Notes: Benny Malchioli, one of the most efficient waiters in the Waldorf-Astoria's Wedgewood room, is such an exact double for the Voice that his friends call him Benny Ben-ny Sinatra. . . . Two of our favorite young folks, Sylvia Diamond, account ac-count executive for David O. Alber Associates, and Peter Manasse, an importer, whose wedding was set for next month, surprised their friends by slipping away recently and having a quiet ceremony performed. per-formed. A lot of happiness for them both. . . . Pleasant news that Lucille and Harry Ryan of Detroit are the parents of a pretty little daughter |