Show c n ev es of a City Slicker Ay e n e-n n n Alexander gradus d from Hamilton College he nev nev- s 's S P stopped talking about his alma almai almae e 4 ter rJ r. r J i when the dramatic critic used sed td on it was natural that his h r refes ties es be interred at Hamilton Colt Col Col- 1 t e t Cemetery with Cemetery with a few intimate se and associates attending the I II I e ar ces It rained hard for a i ole day and night before the urn I his ashes was lowered I L the ground However som soma some some- a ar arie e miscalculated The ribbons ea eat U which the urn was lowered er er oved two feet short And so sore sore sore re lt tie urn had to be dropped into the thee e jle e partly filled with mud and war wa- wa r r and when it fell fell all all the mourn- mourn ill s s s standing around the grave were s 3 dashed I li R Just like Alec said a 1 i j g ed red pal To the last last last-a a critic r I aUna atina one of the stars 1 to l For Whom the Bell Tolls is l J abbe bi e a of the worlds world's bitterest Nazi- Nazi fascist fighters Katina learned how J hate them before she left her na- na rt a Greece IEl You ou cant can't get a work of art out of oft e t y aly ly if you are not an Italian citizen citi citi- zen len according to Billy Rose an art t. t Collector himself A pal of his ija i Italy not long ago offered e i or r a Rembrandt and was informed phat at he could take it with him by byk likeness of Mussolini paint- paint k tF ving a d d over it The paint it was wast t lamed could easily be washed o ff iff without damaging the Rembrandt 4 tI If they see you with a picure pic- pic vie ure of II Duce said the dealer they 1 hey will not stop you fi r And so the art lover paid the and had no trouble bringing bring bring- ing ng g the picture into the United States r 1 p t Where he easily washed away i ipe e painting of Mussolini to discover t was an oil of Mussolini I r L We asked a movie director how jeme me of them acquired great actions He offered this exam- exam e Ie e a A famous character actor one of his early films was doing I desert scene in which he was to I f IJ portray a man dying of thirst t he e director tried to get the actor to Register egister the proper emotion but fre lie terrible ham only managed to toE 1 E jock ook k farcical Finally after J failure the director gave ITO To get the idea across he decided to photograph e actors actor's feet throughout the scene e ash showing g him staggering along the 3 dropping lesert dropping esert-dropping dropping one of his posses- posses ns after the other First he his pack then his gun and ally nally his canteen The critics that scene the outstanding one arn ar- ar 0 n the film Hecklers of the administration ire re having a field day with this one f In Sicily they'd have you beeve beleve be- be leve eve a peasant invited a comrade ie 55 A 0 his home for a feast After wo o bowls of soup double offerings pf of entree and a three-inch three American sirloin steak plus several ears of fI Indiana diana corn on the cob loaded with Maryland butter Idaho potatoes with more butter and Georgia watermelon watermelon wa wa- and oodles of New York It I H cream ream for tor their delicious Yankee 1 Doodle coffee the guest beamed his t is appreciation 1 Not yet interrupted the host Now comes dessert J What kinda dessert How can we eat any more Now comes Tootsie Rolls said saide e host Tootsie Rolls asked the guest Tootsie Rolls 31 Who knows shrugged the host Lease Lend Lease i iThe The Magazines Li Liberty erty scoops r. r fine he e field with a report alleging that t I V ew York school children find their lessons essons so exciting they hate going home ome when the bell rings I ont believe it Newsweek that the year of the war warI I 1 produced only one great Allied gen gen- I gen gen- feral Sir ral-Sir Sir Harold Alexander How about Gen Eisenhower who may be running mate matei i the 1944 Presidential race Sumner Welles' Welles typewriter ran away h from him judging by his text in Coronet Diplomatic jobs he noted are re political non-political and bring success elf if worked at hard enough t tr Would Would uld he say that now In the SEP EP there is a nice warm tale of the ithe newspaper men covering the h South Pacific The biggest peril of the job warns the author is capital I I poisoning H. H Brubaker's Brubaker s 's est item in his N New ew Yorker kid- kid ing ng The housing crisis in WashIngton Wash- Wash Ington is evidently worse than ever j rew w Pearson has had to move into he e doghouse s I Col Elliott Roosevelt enI ena en- en a well-deserved well in the ee et Stork tork Club the other night was beg be- be g g congratulated b by y intimates Jf You arc are thinner in the face laid said aid a n newspaper man and then pointing J t to his ribbons added but a a lot heavier across the chest I IK The only that really realy counts was the reply is is the Purle Purple Purple Pur- Pur le Heart Medal which I wish I te rt ad The Purple Heart is awarded only r to o the i wounded Elliotts Elliott's adventures tures ures cost him 43 pounds ii |