Show I I I WN U Sn Ic in the Face In the Stork Club actress Joy Hodges was Irked when a deb from rom I the neck up bothered a fellow at their table for a dance Oh said I Hodges go togo ahead and dance with the doll dolly with the hole in the head I Rufus Le Maire Malre the Century- Century Fox exec is liked in hi Hollywood because because be be- because cause he he can be kidded about his funny face and laugh too Rule Rufe himself tells of the time In Inthe inthe the Brown Derby when he announced announced an an- 1 pounced Im going to New York I tomorrow for some new r faces aces Be sure sate heckled Wilson Mizner 11 1 I ner nor and bring one back for yourself yours yourI your your- s I sell self 1 j It n was at a veddy swank A veddy indignant woman approached approached approached ap ap- ap- ap a distinguished looking man and panted Ive never bean so insulted in all my life litel That hodI hod- hod I dible person over there just called me a floozy The old chap a colonel patted her shoulder gently I wouldn't he comforted take that so seriously seriously seriously seri seri- if U I were you my dear Look at me Ive I've been out of the Army for ten years years and and they still call mea me mea a Ii colonel I When a detachment of Wrens recently recently re re- re- re took over an old building in ina ina ina a small English town they tacked up the conventional sign Admiralty Admiral ty ty-No ty No Admittance Beneath which a clown scribbled Wrens Nesting At they were gabbing about an International socialite now paw in her who for tor many years garnered garnered gar gar- acted reams of ot publicity by claiming claiming claim claim- ing Sag to have retained her Jole joie de vivre by standing on her her head head several several sev sev- eral minutes daily Tell me said Les Brown to an Intimate of ot the old darling does she still practice standing on her head Heck no nol was the retort She has all she can do just to stand on her feet teet ft it happened over at Columbia studios studios studios stu stu- stu- stu dios the other day They were filmIng film film- Ing lag a big mob scene having to do with Britain An waved some of ot them away That goes for you too tool he barked at a man watching watching watch watch- ing It all Why me he queried Because said the you dont don't look British enough I dont don't have to look British replied the boss of ot the studio Im Harry Cohn Overheard Hes in Washington flying a desk I Broadway y Ballad So we ice were happy jar for or a little while I And found the town toun a gay exciting p place c I But happiness of 0 course goes out of 01 style I And magic leaves a fresh enchanted face And now nolO the nights are portents of 0 dumay dismay dis du- I may And inns have lost their color and their lure And rte ice who tho had so 50 many things to say Are silent children sullen and un un- sure So goes it and our lesson lenon must be learned That rapture odes fades and mockery is cold colel That life holds many bridges to be burned And fiddlers ask their pay i in ini purest gold And those who play at love must be aware That paths are rough rough and and brambles scra scratch h and tear 1 Don Don Wahn I Midtown 1 Vignette They ey would I have you believe it actually happened happened happened hap hap- I to Earl Benham who tailors I the dandies dandles about town Earl himself is s his best ad always ad-always always immaculately im Lucius Lucius The Theother Theother other day he was in his limousine limousine lim Um waiting for a friend in front fronte of ot his elegant apartment house A I huge plump costly cigar in his teeth and his jewelry lashing flashing in hi the sun lun Looking at him tag as though transfixed was been has a in tat tat- tors H Benham kept puffing on I his seegar trying not to notice the fellow who kept looking and looking looking look look- ing lag and looking at him Finally he caught Earls Earl's eye and quipped Are you happy The Late Watch Ingrid Hallen named managing editor for tor the new mag This Month due soon and Curt Riess the correspond author ent were just divorced He soon goes overseas again She just signed him up for arti articles articles- les- les The soda soda- jerker in the drug store at and Avenue is an middleweight ex-middleweight champ from rom Calif CaliL Sallies In Our Alley Frisco the stuttering comic walked into into a swank clothiers clothier's and asked H H HH H H How rn m much m m much for f a w w-w-w- w www w-w- w w winter w overcoat A starch starchy Y floorwalker in hi his best frigid tones said N never N n never m m-m- m m mind stammered Joe walking out I Ill hear it on the r radio Asked what she thought of a new I show Dorothy Parker said Well all in all it left one chi thing ng to be desired And queried hex hei j friend what was that M money back said Clid Dorothy |