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Show Ifi A'ocs of a Neu spapt'rman: Londoners relayed this one via D Chandler . . . About the luncheor rendezvous between the King and General Eisenhower, during whict His Majesty turned to the Genera" and remarked: "What do you think of Montgomery?" Eisenhower paused and then r piled: "He's a great military genius, but frankly I often have the feeling he's trying to get my job." "Oh, really?" said King George. "I'm glad to hear that." "How do you mean," Ike asked, "you're glad?" "Well," answered the King between be-tween giggles, "to tell the truth I've been a little worried nbont the same thing, myself!" If this George Bernard Shaw sally has been printed, it eluded us. Ten- nyrate, at -his last birthday he told newspapermen: "Yes, I am now 88 and I haven't an enemy in the world, not one enemy!" "A beautiful thought," responded a reporter. "Yep," added Shaw, "I've outlived them all!" At a Hollywood gathering the other oth-er night Donald Ogden Stewart made a talk on the brave new world. He told the story of the little boy whose Sunday school teacher asked who made him. The boy replied: "I'm not done yet. I plan to have a part in making myself." Joe Alger is the chief copywriter of Life promotion . . . With others en the staff Alger was figuring out a new slogan for Fortune . . . Fortune, For-tune, they all agreed, was changing in character and it should also have a new slogan . . . His clown suggestion sug-gestion got a howl, to wit: "Although Fortune is only half the size of the phone directory it is twice as interesting!" Mark Ethrldge, the Louisville newspaperman, and his wife recently recent-ly had Vice President Wallace as their house guest . . . Mrs. Ethrldge recruited the entire family to help dust off things, wash every window, etc. . . . After two days of house-cleaning, house-cleaning, Mrs. Ethrldge cautioned the children: "Remember now, Mr. Wallace is a very simple man." "WelL if he is," groaned the tiniest tini-est of the Ethridges, "then all I can say is that we've done a lotta unnecessary un-necessary work!" It happened In the Stork Club . . . Two handsome young Army lieuten. ants walked in and table-for-two'd across the way from where a Major was seated with a charming young thing , . . The wolves decided to try and meet her but how? . . . . They scribbled a note to the Major, hoping he would be flattered by it and send for them . . . The note read: "We wish, sir, you would settle set-tle something for us. We are seated across the way. My friend says you impress him as being a lawyer in civilian life. I say you have the manner and noise of a dignified doc tor." The Major enjoyed the flattery for a moment but after noting their handsome features and youth, sent back this message: "I was neither a doctor nor a lawyer as a civilian. As a matter of fact, I was a taxidermist taxi-dermist and I fully Intend to preserve pre-serve this pigeon for myself!" Lint From a Blue Serge Suit: Mrae. Chiang Kai-shek walked out because his first wife is living in the ! house . . . Tax experts point out ' that Frank Sinatra s income of $1,450,000 will net him little more than $25,000 . . . The Dep't of Justice Jus-tice is insisting it be consulted on the legality of any peace treaties. A movement has started to decorate deco-rate Bob Hope, Jack Benny and others oth-ers who have gone overseas with the boys . . . Ben Swig, a Boston realty man, bought the St. Francis Hotel (San Francisco) for 44 mill. He paid $750,000 in cash. Four days later he sold half interest for that sum. In short, he owns a 4ty million mil-lion dollar hotel for the price of a ' -round trip ticket to the coast. j The G-Men have a complaint about a musician in a symphony orchestra. He allegedly refuses to ; play the National Anthem and curses it. Baseball Is the only enterprise 1 that hasn't raised its prices . . . j His friends are urging a high diplo- I matic post for Mayor LaGuardia . . . Knopf will get James Stevens' new I manuscript, said to be a masterpiece. master-piece. He gave Paul Bunyan to American literature. ' William A. Lydgate, editor of the j Gallupoll (his book, "What America ; Thinks." is due on the 20th), offers j this to show what Americans think j about Germany. Not long ago they i look a poll asking people how they lliought Hitler should be treated aft- j er the war. Practically everybody wanted him hanged, shot or impris- ! ened indefinitely. There were a lot j of ingenious suggestions from the I public. A San Francisco school ! teacher said: "Have somebody read j his own speeches back to him day and night until he goes nuts." |