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Show Tale of the Town: NBC's Ben Grauer reports thai Albert Einstein, toe top mathematician mathema-tician and atomic bomb authority, likes to relax with a violin. Recently Recent-ly he invited the renowned pianist, Arthur Schnabel, to his home for a musical week-end. They were running through a rather rath-er Involved Mozart sonata and Einstein Ein-stein was having some trouble play Ing. Finally, after several explana tlons, Schnabel got irritated. He banged his hands down on the key board and groaned: "No, no, Albert For heaven's sakes, can't you count? One, two, three, four. . . ." Ain't It the Truth: On One 5ti Avenue, a patron was telling a bar tender his views on the atomii world. "Jet planes, sky highways and there'll even be machines a.-bartenders! a.-bartenders! These machines will d everything you do!" I "Mebbeso," said the bartender I "but those machines wouldn't las' a week. They might mix you drink and hand it to you but nc machine would ever put up witl some of the lushes we meet!" Quiteso, Quiteso: Marie MacDon aid, just arrived for the premiere o her latest film ("Getting Gertie'. Garter"), was asked if she wasn' bored with people who keep call tag her The Body. "No," said Marie, "I found ou that in Hollywood a gal can't go anywhere by being referred to a The Brain." Arlene Francis relays the on about the Hollywood producer wh squawked when he got an estimai depicting Civil war scenes. It wa for $1,000,000. "Why, you mone wasters!" barked the produce-"The produce-"The battle between the North an the South didn't cost $750,000!" "The original battle," snapped a accountant, "was a flop." Boo, Y'self! Boris Karloff mi Bela Lugosi the other middle-of-thi night and compared notes. "I ha a wonderful day," said Karloff, ' picked up three more corpses!" "Y' don't say!" said Lugosi "That's wonderful. You must com to my house some time and see m bathtub full of blood!" "I'd love to," exclaimed Boris "What's your phone number?" "Call me any time," giggled Bela "I'm at PLazma 9-2259." A Bollywood star and a Wes Coast "Dorothy Parker" haven' talked for years. They met at i party the other day, and the actres purred: "The critics all say m latest picture Is a must." "That makes two in a row," saic the other. "You mussed up the las' one, too!" New Yorkers are talking about President Truman's very gooo friend from Missouri, who recentl went to the White House for a favor "My boy is overseas, and his ola mother may not live. Can you help me bring him home right away?" Mr. Truman obliged. ... A few weeks later the same old pal weni to see the President for another "break." ... He hoped Mr. Truman could arrange the transfer of some factories (in the reconversion manner) man-ner) for him. "It would put me on Easy Street," said the Old Pal. . . . "Now look here," said Truman sternly, "helping get your boy back to see his ailing mother was human. Don't ask me to fix anything in which money is involved. I'm not going go-ing to be part of any Harding administration!" ad-ministration!" New Yorkers are talking about the headaches Paul McNutt will inherit when he lands in the Philippines. . . . Blanche Faye's new understudy role (to G. Niesen) in "Follow the Girls," a funny show. . . . The digest mag which expects to have a circulation circu-lation of forty million one day. If Russia permits it there. . . . Greta Garbo's spurning of the leading role in "Bella Donna" because, she said, she will never again play the part of a sinful woman. . . . The exciting Warner short titled: "Hitler Lives?" . . . The record night at a midtown spot: $10,000 (on the Sat. night of the army game). . Burl Ives and Helen Payne, who cancelled their merger plans recently, deciding to wed in the next fortnight. . . . Playwright Play-wright Lillian Hellman switching producers after all those successful years! . . . The backers of a flop show who complained to the D. A Saturday about the alleged misuse of their monies. A producer and associates as-sociates will be investigated. . The fact that if you dial the letters MAE WEST on your phone (tee-hee), (tee-hee), you always get a busy signal! sig-nal! New Yorkers Are Talking About: The llOO.OOOper annum offer J. Edgar Ed-gar Hoover turned down recently to quit the FBL He didn't want to be "window dressing" for the firm's product . . . That fight in an East Side swank spot, which ended humorously. hu-morously. The tuxedoed fellow and his elegant Mrs. (who started the fracas) were both knocked flat. . . . The much publicized glamour girl, once wed to a millionaire, who hocked her mink coat for $300. She was the one wife (of his many) wno refused any settlement or alimony. |