Show s 1 fr 1 E I Wa U They tell teJI you It actually ha happened editor edI edl- I dunno He was managing 1 I tor for a n New York syndicate Now Several years ag ago a aI with OWl to him I comic strip was submitted I. I He liked it Recommended I It for syndication The boss boss to toI I whom he delivered it took it home wouldn't wouldn t Next day he it d do The kids he showed it to didn't I ca care e for it he said The young of t I cartoonists cartoonists cartoonists' were disappointed course They finally got their comic weekly week week- strip started In a cheap ly for ly-for for practically nothing per week weck it they brought Every year back to the me who liked it It but buthe butr r he be couldn't get It on his chain I j The boss still didn't like It Ani An- An i other syndicate made an offer otter but the boys gave the me another I 1 chance They were turned down It per week now grosses I. I I via royalties from newspapers radio I and gadget makers The first boss who spurned it so soI many times demanded to know what I I happened The strip Is the renowned renowned re re- Downed Superman I I He Be la ls a no nice kid kid Always Always laughing I or smiling He worked for an anI anad I ad Bd agency before the war started where they used to kid him a lot because because be be- I cause he liked colorful cravats and I apparel No zoot suiter more Lucius Beebe One day they I nearly drove him out of the e place I because he turned up wearing a pur pur- colored pie vest Then came the draft and he was among the very first accepted After 17 months In action he showed up again Now wherever he be goes his old DId pals show him considerable respect re- re even though ho wears purple On his chest His Ills lifes life's ambition was to be a name bandleader Studied al almost almost al al- most every instrument He finally finally final final- ly ty became one of the great arrangers ers era ers instead He couldn't front tor for a band it seems Wasn't the type the agents said So he was hired as head arranger for a awell awell awell well known orchestra The leader lead lead- er of which was a front man because because because be be- cause he looked It The front frontman frontman frontman man could never read a note of music mu- mu sic ilc dc but he had a baton mans man's personality per personality personality whatever that is Each performance the arranger stood backstage and saw the leader leader leader lead er take the bows for his work Not long ago the arranger who knows nearly every instrument was Inducted Because of his musical background by golly he was made army bandleader a commission due soon coon The bandleaders bandleader's front man was drafted a few tew weeks ago You guessed it Hes He's a private In the infantry still infantry still trying to keep keepIn In time New York Novelette She was a waitress in a small Midwest hotel Because her feller played Inthe in inthe inthe the band One day a stranger offered her a screen test chance I She spurned it She wanted to tobe tobe tobe I be near her Joe Joe hoping hoping hed he'd ask her herto herto herto to marry him All her Josephus wrote one of those screwy nonsensical national anathemas anathemas anathemas mas which periodically sweep theland the theland theland land So he upped and left for forThe for The Big Burg Leaving her behind behind behind be be- hind of course Two months later she followed her broken heart In New York he bluntly told her that his plans did not include her He said he was waiting for tor a movie agent who was bringing him hima a contract for Hollywood any moment mo mo- ment and ment-and and would she please leave She found herself staggering down the hall towards the elevators where out stepped the guy who offered offered offered of of- the screen test back home He recognized her and had no trouble selling Hollywood to her right there You anticipate me Her Joe still is waiting for tor the same agent with his movie contract contract and and wondering happened Quotation Marksmanship Mark Twain Imagination was given to toman toman toman man to compensate him for tor what he is not and a sense of humor was provided to console him for tor what he heis heis heis is Karen Cooper In war as asIn asin asin in baseball those who do the striking striking ing are against the men who are in there pitching Louis Nizer I dont don't like people who smoke a pipe of peace only for the purpose of creating creating creating cre cre- a smoke screen H. H Whitman Whitman Whitman Whit Whit- man Billions of Jack Frosts Frost's paratroopers paratroopers paratroopers para para- troopers descended upon New York A. A Lincoln By giving freedom to the slave we assure freedom to the free tree Richard Todd W We can never lose our way if we remember ber Lincoln's Gettysburg address C. C Carton Speeches as long as a rainy week-end week Herald Tribune Tribune Tribune Trib Trib- une Chennault Thorn In Tokio's Side May Prove Dagger In Its Heart You hear all kinds of explanations explanation on how the famed gatecrasher sher One Eyed Connolly got that name This is new to us The current character they say is not the original original nal The original a hard-boiled hard vagabond died about 30 years ago That One Eyed fellow unable to crash the gate at a big fight in Chicago climbed to the roof and threw a brick through the skylight It landed in the ring near the referee who picked it up and called out One Eyed Connolly's card l I |