| Show Columnist Bemoans Sad D Death of Word Oomph That Like Lile Scofflaw of Prohibition Passes Despite Much Spoon Feeding S Walter Winchell t The Private Papers of a Cub Reporter Orson Welles Velles sprouting a bushy beard for his first flicker task is collecting stares in Hollywood When hes he's been here a while hell he'll realize the place for whiskers whiskers whiskers whis whis- kers is on scenarios Milton Berle Boric has to the head head comic comic in George in George Geoge Abbotts Abbott's new tew jocularity entitled See My Lawyer It'll be a fresh experience experience ex ex- for Milton Milton getting getting the fat tat lines from only one show at ata ata ata a time The saddest death of recent days was that of the spoon-fed spoon word oomph It confirms what the drys f found und out when they tried to popularize the artificial word scofflaw Its It's impossible to say say say-or or write write- oomph without self conscious ness Words to live have simply got to pop out without out without planning Like a punch in the nose It happened the other ther night in one of Hollywoods Hollywood's night spots A chap phoned to say he was bring bring- ing a party of f eight He gave the headwaiter elaborate instructions such as as not to serve his guests the ordinary helping of caviar but a double portion and let the champagn champagn champagne cham cham- flow freely In an hour they all arrived decked arrived decked out in informal informal informal formal apparel As they were seated the host of the party summoned summoned summoned sum sum- the headwaiter and told him himo to o be sure and let him know when the he bill neared At about 1030 the headwaiter came over and whispered th that t the tariff had now come to The host then clapped his hands and shouted shouted shouted shout shout- ed Stop His entire party abruptly stopped dining got up and went to the floor to dance They danced until 2 a. a m. m The host then took a check for from his jeans and handed it to the headwaiter This check checkis is for said the host it contains contains contains con con- your 25 tip He then instructed the headwaiter to bring over the proprietor To whom the thrower party-thrower said I just gave your headwaiter a check for it it contains his 25 tip Its It's the bouncing check you yoi gave me two years ago I At the use Dust Be e My y Destiny preview out there an autograph- autograph fiend almost ripped off Ann Sheridan's Sheridan's Sheridan's Sheri Sheri- dans dan's gown Her es escort eort ort grabbed the guy and started to give him a lecture on good manners Everything youre you're saying sassed the intruder goes in one ear and out theo ther the matter squelched Anns Ann's escort you got anything there thereto to sto stop it Lawrence Stallings who coauthored coauthored coauthored What Price Glory and other shows had opened a new one one oneat at Hartford E Earl rl Carroll Carroll Carroll Car Car- roll was an an- admirer who sent him hima a telegram a clown wire which read Better Luck Next Time The humor of it wasn't appreciated ap- ap predated by the author author be because author because ause he le realized he had a flop A Afew Afew Afew few months later when Carroll was the he victim of prohibition and was wass s sent nt to the federal prison at Atlanta Atlanta At- At lanta anta Stallings wondered if Carroll's Carrolls Carrolls Carroll's Carrolls Carroll's Car Car- rolls roll's sense of humor was still working He sent C Carroll a telegram tele tel gram gram to to be delivered just as the cell door clanked on him It read Better L ck Next Time Tune Copyright 1939 Daily Mirror |
