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Show r tub and dump the package into it. Then she called for help. When the police fished out and unwrapped the package, instead of a bomb, they found an alarm clock. It had been sent to her by other members of the band in the hope that she would be on time in the future. Cost of Living: The table d'hote and the price fixed luncheon have vanished from many of the better eating places in New York. Instead, In-stead, everything now is a la carte. Food rationing, of course, is the cause as waste is cut down since ' patrons order only what they want. Diners-out, however, find that the new system has made quite a difference dif-ference in their expenses since no matter how carefully they choose, the total of their checks always seems to run higher than it was in the past even in places which formerly for-merly served luncheons at $2 minimum mini-mum and dinners at $3. Nevertheless, Neverthe-less, on the word of various head waiters, there is little if any complaint, com-plaint, the general feeling being that saving of food is worth the extra cost. Information: Bob Hawk listened in on a conversation between a Canadian Ca-nadian flier and a pretty young thing outside CBS. The gal was attired in a light blue uniform and the flier was endeavoring to find out with what service she was connected. "I can see you're not a WAAC or a WAVE, maybe you're an army nurse," he guessed. The girl shook, her head. "Do you belong to the lady Marines?" the flier persisted. "No, I do not," replied the miss. "Oh come on," the Canadian pleaded. "What does your uniform uni-form stand for?" The girl relented. "Well," she said, "it's my company's trademark. trade-mark. We disinfect telephones." ; Here and There: Debs and sub-debs sub-debs parading Park avenue on their way to their pet war effort . . . Some in uniform and some carrying carry-ing knitting bags ... An ornate and fussy dowager losing some of her haughtiness when taxicab drivers driv-ers refuse to see her signal. Bell Syndicate. WNU Features. j By L. L. STEVENSON Error: Dudley Field Malone, after an absence of six years, came back ; to New York recently for a short stay. Once a prominent part of the I metropolitan scene, now he is de-j de-j voted to his home, his 13-year-old ! son and his gardens in San Fran-j Fran-j Cisco. In the new Warner Bros, film, j "Mission to Moscow," he plays the ! part of Churchill and his remarka- ble resemblance to the British prime j minister afforded him no little amusement during his stay here. One afternoon when he left the Hotel j McAlpin and entered a taxicab, the driver gave him a startled look and instead of pulling down the flag and starting off, sat as if his hands were frozen to the wheel. "Why don't you move on?" asked Malone. "Don't you want to wait for your police escort, Mr. Churchill?" the cabbie asked in turn. Relief: It wasn't so long ago that the name Dudley Field Malone was not only well known in New York but many other places as well. As an international attorney, he handled han-dled cases all over the world. He headed many a liberal movement and resigned as Collector of the Port of New York in public protest against the failure of President Wilson and his administration to urge the passage pas-sage of the women's suffrage bill. He assisted Clarence Darrow in the Scopes trial and believes that Darrow Dar-row was one of the greatest men of his time. He fought the dry amendment as if it were personal persecution. During his stay here, I he visited many of his old haunts, ! including the City Hall where he I had staged numerous battles. One thing he said he missed the elevat-: elevat-: ed that used to pass the McAlpin. "I i liked the quietness after a train had gone by my window," he explained. False Alarm: A window display of clocks caused Joan Edwards the other afternoon to recall the time when she was with Paul Whiteman's orchestra and frequently in hot water wa-ter because she was late to rehearsals. rehears-als. One morning the postman brought her a package which she, thinking it a gift from some admirer, ad-mirer, started to open. As she did so, she heard a ticking. She couldn't figure out anyone who would want to blow her up, nevertheless, she was terrified. She wasn't too scared, .however, to hurriedly fill the bath- i " ; I |