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Show WINCHELL PONDERS IN WHYS MAN ROLE By WALTER WINCHELL Thin IT I Never Knew 'Til Now That Eleanor Roosevelt averages 100,000 fan letters per year . . . Lillian Gi.-h has never been kissed on the mouth on the jcreen or stage . . . Whv it. is taboo to mention "sex appeal" in a movie . . . Why the financial editor on British newspaper is called "city tditor" . . . That Geo. M. Cohan once did a sister act in vaudeville . . . That Sydney Carroll, a show producer, is also drama critic for the London. TimeiL which is like letting Ixc Shuhertreyjewjiis own shows for the paper. I . j That Taul White man wirt niht- gowns and ta&sled night caps . . .1 That Charlie Chaplin is Hollywood's Holly-wood's top hermit more than Greta. He explains: "You waste half your life trying to get the crowd and the other half trying to get away from it." . . . Kugene O'Neill flunked his English at Princeton . . . That Joan Crawford's monthly phone bill usually runs up to $600. Why, when two lreek meet on the atre-t, they greet each other with: "How are you getting? . . . Why TaoltitA consider It "infill "in-fill to criticise the weather . . . Why it lint Ironic that Will Rogers, who died In a nhuie crash, was the most cautious of all motorists , . . W hy Chaplain la regardful aa a Brilifcl"f heu he says he was horn In France? Why the noise made by 27 sing-trs sing-trs Is only twice as great as the noise made by one singer? . . . Whether Frank Vizetelly, the dictionary dic-tionary man, knows that "stove" baked potatoes taken three days at a time . . . ThHt B. Lillie sleeps iwith colt on in he fear sTT o-St i f le " noises but the cotton must be waxed or it won't work. That Mussolini's military cost Is an exact replica of one worn by Napoleon . . . That when Teddy Kooftevclt hm in the W hite IIousa he slept with a loaded revolver under his pillow . . . Theodore; i Dreiser, the esteemed novelist, ; .was considered a dunce at school. . . . That Kenny Goodman (you'll ace him in "Hollywood Hotel") atarted playing In a band at the age of 9 . . . That George W hite, the producer, who wears only blue serge double breasted suits has nine of them. Why In Rodanthe, V C, they celebrate cel-ebrate Christmas on January ft? . . . be improper for Kleanor Roosevelt to precede her husband into the White House elevator? . . . Why the French consider it impolite to speak of a lady's handkerchief? . . . Why mules are considered dumb, although thev know when to stoo romes from a word meaning "bathroom"? "bath-room"? . . . Why Paul Muni is called "Mr. on the Warner lot. but Mr. Warner is called "J. L."? . . That the French academy of medicine insists the custom of kissing kiss-ing the cheek is more hygienic than that of shaking hands . . . That John Boles' middle handle Is "Love." That King Emmanuel, Italy's forgotten for-gotten man. always takes a roof along with him when he travels, to protect him from the sun . . Whether the Chinese know a Japanese Japa-nese is born every 30 seconds , . . . That Thomas A. Edison once sat en goose eggs and tried to hatch ; them . . . That Joan Blondell's . reducing diet is skimmed milk and eating, working, drinking or overdoing over-doing anything? . . Why Jessie Matthews, the actress, calls her dog "Psmith"? . . . Why homing pigeons lose their sense of direction when they are near broadcasting stations? sta-tions? Whether Adolf know that Frederick the (treat never washed his face because, he hatd water, and that he rouged his cheeks to make him look healthier? . . . How many people know that a ratUeanake's poison and tha white of an egg are composed of tha aarne stuff? . . . That Anna May Wong's apartment In Hollywood overlooks the Japanese (iardena, . . . That Cornelius Vanderbllt Jr. Is so popular with the ladies because he's terrific at reading palms. . . . That Paul Revere, Whom we honor, was thrlre court-martialed court-martialed for alleged treason! That there are 22.000 statues of Mustapha Kemal In Turkey, where he's Mr. Big . . , Napoleon, says an historian, had three epileptic fits a week . . . That the duke of Windsor Wind-sor is a descendant of King Solomon Solo-mon . . . Gene Fowler once quit a big1 Job because it didn't give him enough time to attend baseball 'games , . That Columbus didn't discover America on October 12. It was October 23. . . . Errol Flynn follows the Chinese custom of eating eat-ing the dessert at the start of the meaL . . . Whatever became of the plan to bring three-cent postage back to two cents? |
