Show Wa-l Wa Walter ter Winchell ON BROADWAY Saint Kathleen Moss Hart the librettist whose sly fly talk in As Thousands Cheer makes it the biggest hit in town is a good story teller too He was was telling this one about Kathleen Norris the novelist Miss Norris it appears is the sort of lady who abhors anything that is dirty airty money particularly So she always carries carries' brand new currency direct from the bank Several years f ago Miss Norris was making a tour of ot Europe and while in Italy left Italy left her car foot of the hills of a village and w walked around the place She heard an old lady sobbing Miss Norris asked her why she was so miserable The old lady explained ex- ex that her husband had deserted her and ander her er brood And had run off with her life savings about 80 in Italian money And the landlord I had dispossessed her and the tots Miss Norris dropped about in Missouri money into the theold theold old bid womans woman's lap and went on without pausing to tobe tobe be In thanked She is like that Three years later Miss Norris visited the same village village and and when she came there the entire population was dancing dane dane- popUlation ing in the streets streets' in festival costume Others were praying in the streets What is the holiday holi day Miss Norris inquired of a peasant in Italian Dont uDon you know was the reply Three years ago today a saint came here here and and gave away money to the poor 1 Positively Disinterested Rudy Vallee's cook Nora Sullivan married R Roland land Youngs Young's I doorman Pat Mundi one day this week Rudy was at the wedding san sane several songs and left after leaving too much likker for forth forthe forthe th the newly newlyweds weds Dave Murray phoned Said the trou trouble le with borrowing money is You meet so many uninterested people Kenneth Perkins says e ever er see ee a dream walking Well Idid I Idid did During the taxi strike 1 Did you see the terrible boner the French police allowed to happen when pictures of were taken The body of ot the suicide is shown with four bullet holes each of which is fatal Last week you suggested dipping a in iri wine win for a different kick I learn that if you dip the smoking end of ot a cigar In ln whisky it makes a five five-c five center taste like a Co Co rona rona How about having people submit columns called If I r W Were re Walter Winchell let Winchell let Ben Bernie start it with one And other critics can write them too |