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Show Hi fiotet of Mnn in Showeri The dispute between Justices Black and Jackson isn't the first time a High Court member has been involved in a public squabble Ted-dv Ted-dv Roosevelt and Justice Holmes carried on a bitter personal feud for many years. . . . After one of ! Hulmes' dissenting opinions riled Teddy, he blasted the famed jurist I with: "I could carve out of a banana I a judge with more backbone than ! that!" Times Are Getting Better - Or Something! The top exec of a i famed hotel told the col'm last i night "With reference to general conditions, as I see them, this is very 1 noticeable. That the so-called big I shots who played the black mar-i mar-i kets are now around borrowing money on their autos or peddling 1 their gems. For instance. I was ! just offered a $1,500 wrist watch ! for $600." Booth Tarkington was one of those j J who urged a tough peace for Ger- , J many. When a friend remarked we j should teach the Germans to love peace, Tarkington pointed out: "It would be better if we educated tne j Allies to realize that Germany has j never been peaceful." The latest quip in diplomatic cir- I cles is this: A foreign journalist j 1 remarked to a French embassy of-ficial: of-ficial: "The House of Franco has beefl condemned. Why, then, has j it not been torn down?" "It appears," was the salty reply, "some of the building inspectors do not have the heart to destroy an edi- j flee they helped erect." At a Memorial Day ceremony, a veteran told a buddy: "I under-stand under-stand that some of the Brass and several politicians placed wreaths on the tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington." "Yeh," was the response. "Do you think they'll ever get around to properly honoring the KNOWN soldier?" sol-dier?" Some of the nation's leaders were ' discussing Russia's renewal of dip- 1 lomatic relations with Argentina. An isolationist seized the opportunity to damn it as another instance of Russia's Rus-sia's unworthiness. "Maybe," sarcasm'd a diplomat, "it's Russia's way of showing us she's finally getting into line with . our State Department." A correspondent just returned ! from the Palestine front told his publishers the reason for his copy being heavily censored. "The British aren't afraid of a revolution in Arabia," he reported. "What they're afraid of is a revelation revela-tion in America." The Broadway Lights: The 1945-46 j show season had its usual whoops and groans. One click for every five flops. About a dozen plays perished per-ished in the provinces before reach-. reach-. ing Broadway. ... The column's candidates for Very Bests include I "State of the Union." "Born Yesterday," Yes-terday," "Call Me Mister," "Annie I Gct your Gun," "Anna Lucasta," j "Dream Girl" and "Ray Bolger to j Make Ready." . . . Although the - Theater prides itself on its tall-brow reputation only one serioiiz opus, "Deep Are the Roots," hit pay-dirt. pay-dirt. . . . The profession's chief excitement ex-citement was the skirmishing between be-tween showmen and critics which started with the failure of "Truck-line "Truck-line Cafe." . . . "Around the World" is the latest to come up out of the resin to fight a stubborn battle against the Grand Muftis of the Aisles. Variety report it is attracting attract-ing sugary biz. Between the Acts: it was over-heard over-heard at a recent llopening During Dur-ing the 2nd act one of the reviewers got up and said to a critic across the aisle: "Will you watch the seat Jor me?" . . . ..Sure .. wnis d the other. "lf you-n watch the sh lor me. Quotation Marksmanship: N tole: some women don't care hose means they live beyond. . . . Q. B. Shaw: The more things a mans ashamed of-the more re- pectable he is L. Aether Eloquence is logic on fire. Ed hell it hKT t,me 1 hav caught L it von the resu,t ot pur- it. . . . Vina Delmar: An ache M R,Te t4"Ve 1,1 hor heart. M. Rubin All I can say about Great make P, C'.'n Micy is that it makes Russia's look good. N Corwta: We've learned that ' the :;ringth: time anH 1 !. r the second -,rvra r. Silhouettes About Town' i 'he star. hi,,,i .her a "i at The Bie r-i.,. , Cdnary. making Shore nnrl hiti ., j , '-""ah New York t their Stork. ,ee the "s .pellbound by Geo Sw?" Nicies a, Reuben s T card -gum with , |
