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Show Li J L. IVorj of a Ni'wiaiprman: Londoners relayed this one via P. Chandler . . . About the luncheon rendezvous between the King and General Eisenhower, during which His Majesty turned to the General end remarked: "What do you think cf Montgomery?" Eisenhower paused and then replied: re-plied: "He's a great military genius, but frankly I often have the feeling he's trying to get my job." "Oh, really?" said King George. "I'm glad to hear that." "How do you mean," Ike asked, "you're glad?" "Well," answered the King between be-tween giggles, "to tell the truth I've been a little worried about the same tiling, myself!" If this George Bernard Shaw sally has been printed, It eluded us. Ten-nyrate. Ten-nyrate. at his last birthday he told newspapermen: "Yes, I am now 88 and I haven't an enemy in the world, not one enemy!" "A beautiful thought," responded a reporter. "Yep," added Shaw, "I've outlived them all!" At a Hollywood gathering the other oth-er night Donald Ogden Stewart made a talk on the brave new world. He told the story of the little boy whose Sunday school teacher asked who made him. The boy replied: "I'm not done yet. I plan to have a part in making myself." Joe Alger is the chief copywriter of Life promotion . . . With others on the staff Alger was figuring out a new slogan for Fortune . . . Fortune, For-tune, they all agreed, was changing In character and it should also have a new slogan . . . His clown suggestion sug-gestion got a howl, to wit: "Although Fortune is only half the size of the phone directory it is twice as interesting! in-teresting! " Mark Ethridge, the Louisville newspaperman, and his wife recently recent-ly had Vice President Wallace as their house guest . . . Mrs. Ethridge recruited the entire family to help dust off things, wash every window, etc. . . . After two days of house-cleaning, house-cleaning, Mrs. Ethridge cautioned the children: "Remember now, Mr. Wallace is a very simple man." "Well, if he is," groaned the tiniest tini-est of the Ethridges, "then all I can say is that we've done a lotta unnecessary un-necessary work!" It happened in the Stork Club , . . Two handsome young Army lieutenants lieuten-ants walked in and table-for-two'd across the way from where a Major was seated with a charming young thing . . . The wolves decided to try and meet her but how? . . . They scribbled a note to the Major, hoping he would be flattered by it and send for them . . . The note read: "We wish, sir, you would settle set-tle something for us. We are seated across the way. My friend says you impress him as being a lawyer in civilian life. I say you have the manner and poise of a dignified doctor." The Major enjoyed the flattery for a moment but after noting their handsome features and youth, sent back this message: "I was neither a doctor nor a lawyer as a civilian. As a matter of fact, I was a taxidermist taxi-dermist and I fully intend to preserve pre-serve this pigeon for myself!" Lint From a Blue Serge Suit: Mme. Chiang Kai-shek walked out because his first wife1 is living in the house . . . Tax experts point out that Frank Sinatra's income oi $1,450,000 will net him little more than $25,000 . . . The Dep't of Justice Jus-tice is insisting it be consulted on the legality of any peace treaties. A movement has started to decorate deco-rate Bob Hope, Jack Benny and others oth-ers who have gone overseas with the boys . . . Ben Swig, a Boston realty man, bought the St. Francis Hots! (San Francisco) for 4 mill. He paid $750,000 in cash. Four days later he sold half interest for thai sum. In short, he owns a 4 million mil-lion dollar hotel for the price of a round trip ticket to the coast. The G-Men have a complainl about a musician in a symphony orchestra. He allegedly refuses tc play the National Anthem and curses it. Baseball is the only enterprise that hasn't raised its prices . His friends are urging a high diplomatic diplo-matic post for Mayor LaGuardia . . . Knopf will get James Stevens' new manuscript, said to be a masterpiece. master-piece. He gave Paul Bunyan tc American literature. William A. Lydgate, editor of the Gallupoll (his book. "What America Thinks." is due on the 26th), offers this to show what Americans think i about Germany. Not long ago they : took a poll asking people how they I thought Hitler should be treated aft- ! er the war. Practically everybody wanted him hanged, shot or impris". : oned indefinitely. There were a lot ' of ingenious suggestions from the public. A San Francisco school teacher said: "Have somebody read his own speeches back to him day ; End night unil he goes nuts." i |