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Show Man About Town I New Vorkcrs Are Talking About: Jolsnu'.s plun to i- custody of the child from Ruby Krrultr . . . The J. C'rorriwill-Doris Duke "distance" , whic h intimates msi.st will be Rt-no-taricd after November 7 . . The famed Tune Pan Alley patriot's daughter who was ousted bodily from a cocktail party, for declaring: "I wouldn't mind a fate like Unity Mit- j ford's if I could be near Hitler first! That man's voice thrills me!" j The phony romance between Babs 1 Itutton and Cob Sweeney, the golf ' ace. It was strictly a cover-up for Hob's visits from England the buy- I ing of munitions and recruiting of i Americans as RAF'Iiers . . . The alleged real reason why Willard i Hershbergcr, the Cincy "Reds" j catcher, committed suicide. A cer- i tain woman, who not only took his I heart and kicked it around, but all j - his savings . . . Paul Harrison's hi- larious (Uote: "Errol Flynn says if all the French could fight like Lili Damita, they'd have won the war." 1 They're Also Talking About: The i fact that Mrs. . Wm. Rhinclandcr Stewart, wife of the president of Stage Magazine, is the ex-Mrs. of Allan Ryan, whose present squaw is' , fashion editor of it . . , The, Zorina- Bqlanchine sitchecayshun;, They are , supposed to be living out the lease 1 on their .apt her escort six nights 1 m a row being the son of a mail ' whd used to'be a newspaper execu-: execu-: tive himself! j- ; : ' i'- The forthcoming film' by the pro-." pro-." ducer of .V. one-tHird of a nation" na-tion" which will be called: "Listen, T: Louclla"' . ... IThe way DuBetty ...DuBarrjt DuAllen and Ron Graham i,. of ;that -hit are Du-ing the spots, to-' j geUjcr . . , Lucius Beebe's fury with E. Morocco. ,Over the way, owner Perona sold opening night tables in-; in-; stead of holding them for tardy-ar-' riving cufltomers from the press. Lucius (s supposed to have vowed ' never to go in there again, so helpim . .' . The hushed-up fact that Raymond Ray-mond Paige and Mary 'York are married. ' More Talk: The number of "Japs -' attending N. Y. universities, who are i registered with ranking military ti-; ti-; ties at Jap army headquarters. Your ; Uncle Samson knows all about it, don't worry, lady . .. . The concern ,, of Life apd Time over the legend , that Henry. Luce was shelving Will-' Will-' kie. That's why Life' had Wendell ' on its cover and that's why Time ;will have . . , The laugh of 'the : week: About the boys who1 for' six i years have 'been bdying1 drinks for an actress at a Forty-fifth street ; i bar .and taking her out. Only the , o)her day! she was discovered to be . ahe! ,, ,i, ii, . . i'i -. i'T j . i . ...The betrothal ringion'Mrs. Rob- ' ert Sloan's finger. Put there by Jim t. Fownes of the glove tribe. Her late -..groom was counsel, for the Doherty .,, interests , . ,, ,. The attraction, at Radio Franks for J. Dempsey Dot-J Dot-J .tie darling, who thrushes there . , . Col." Batista's 'loan of 50,000,000 smackers from the U. S. And his soon- due' visit to Washington . ' . . ;t The legend that A pal of Lord Bea-'iTefbrook's Bea-'iTefbrook's has been flying back1 and forth 1 to Italy and Germany doing biz directly, with Hitler and Duce. 1 SuBposed do . be i pro-British, ' and y maytje he is, but chums allege that Ben Smith, the Wall Streeter, is.bet-' tmg his coin on the Axis to win . . . The newspapers which will soon start Latin-American columns to build better-will. This Is New York The droopy stares of the gals who make pancakes in store windows. Oblivious to the pglers . . . The ' honRy-tonk ' atmosphere of Broad-' Broad-' "way. ' Hot dogs, orange juice, pen-' pen-' ny arcades being enjoyed by But-of-. . towners: They cari get the same I thing at any small town' fair The congested night spots glutted ,with .fugitives, from the headlines. But war would be a relief after the t atrocity that is .night-club conver-' conver-' sation. ,. , ( . The toes of clouds .-catching , the tips of skyscrapers as they roll along "chased by the wirid .'. . The shoe- shine boy at City Hall with .a sehsa-yuma: sehsa-yuma: Offers a free shine, but de-rmands de-rmands a five cent tax . .. . Shabby 'dookuig Wall Street. Many of the 1 buildings are dated, the streets nar-a'xow nar-a'xow and old-fashioned. Yet Wall . Street is the dollar sign of this coun- The Plaza, sleepy with silence at midnight .With only an occasional neigh of a cabbie's horse to shatter shat-ter the murmur ' of nothing "South street with every doorway and alleyway draped with snoring dere-Hets. dere-Hets. ' ' ' ' ' The train announcers who speak - as. though they thought no one was listening 'to them j . . The pretty .' showgals and chorines in the drug I 4 store luncheonettes. You can buy ..an ice cream soda and feast your eyes on a Ziegfeld line free . . . The , Forty-ninth street and Sixth avenue (Radio City) synagogue leased from three affable Irishmen, Hurley Hur-ley Bros, and Daly, who own the saloon downstairs. The subway sentries who shove around more people than dictators, i But they always say "sorry." 1 -, . t |