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Show Lights of New York j by L. L. STEVENSON I 1 I About Manhattan: Dainty Jane i Deering stepping into a puddle at Fifth avenue and Forty-fifth street and bringing out the Sir Walter Raleigh Ra-leigh in half a dozen male spectators. specta-tors. . . . Paul Whiteman, who pores over hundreds of musical composi-; composi-; tions every week for the Blue Net-jwork, Net-jwork, studying a different kind of a , ' composition in a Fifty-seventh street j art gallery. . . . Lovely Arlene i : ("Blind Date") Francis, lunching at ; Sardi's looking like a blue belle of Scotland in a sky blue plaid outfit. . . . Glamorous Gloria Nbrd, the i "Skating Vanities" ballerina, bring-'ing bring-'ing a pack of salvaged waste paper pa-per into the AWVS collection depot : at Sixth avenue and Forty-third and j I receiving in exchange two tickets I for "Skating Vanities." . . . Nat j iBrandwynne, the Waldorf's new maestro, buying orchids in the lob-' lob-' by shop for his pretty vocalist, 1 I Elaine Castle not romance, just : I business. ! i ... ; Cuff Notes: The duty on American jcigarettes in Canada is $3.37 a car-j car-j I ton. ... In Canada, gasoline may not be sold after 7 p. m. or on Sun days. . . . Also, it's illegal to hunt ! in Canada on Sunday but it's o.k. ' to fish seven days a week. . . . i.Wendell WUlkie, Donald Nelson, Hel-I Hel-I en Hayes and other prominent. Amer- icans will take part in a V-day ceremony cere-mony at Carnegie hall at midnight : of the day the unconditional surrender surren-der of Germany is announced offl- cially. Freedom House is sponsoring the celebration. . . . Close to 2,500,-000 2,500,-000 military vehicles have been produced pro-duced by America's automotive industry in-dustry since the beginning of the war, reports C. T. Ruhf, Mack Truck president. ... In World War I, only 90,000 trucks and 18,000 automobiles auto-mobiles were produced for our armed forces. . . Incidentally, the American army purchased its first ' automobile in 1903 and its first truck in 1907. 1 Here & There: Betty Stewart, the oil heiress from Texas, nonchalantly nonchalant-ly asking Myrus at the Cotillion Eoom whether or not she should go out and buy another oil well even as you and I contemplate purchasing a new suit. . . . Mary Martin, Gary Cooper and Barry Wood lingering ion the Cub Room after everyone else leaves Mary, Gary and Barry tarry. . . . The Milton Berles, Johnny John-ny Long and Dean Hudson making ' their way to a table in Lindy'a. . . . 'Marion and Betty Hutton making ipurchases at a War Savings booth at Broadway and Forty-eighth blondes buy bonds. . . . Perry causing caus-ing a commotion at a sandwich bar !ln the Penn station before boarding a train for his hometown, Cannons-'burg, Cannons-'burg, Pa. even the young bar maid spills oyer the glass of milk he orders. or-ders. ! This A That: Ella Logan tells of a isoldier who asked another if he j-wanted a date with a WAVE. . . . "Go out with a WAVE?" frowned ;the other. "Whatta ya think I am, amphibious?" . . . Joy Hodges passes i along the tale of the brand new GI :who passed a second lieutenant without with-out saluting. . . . "Hey, soldier!" 'called the shavetail angrily, "Don't ;you see what I have on my shoul-ider?" shoul-ider?" . . . "No wonder you're mad!" exclaimed the rookie. "You've got a gold chip on your shoulder." . . . Broadway motto: A friend in need is a friend to keep away from. . . , Phil Baker is composing a song entitled, en-titled, "It's Better to be a Shrinking Violet Than a Silly Aster." . . . .Don Bryan tells of the character ; who has such an oily tongue he picks MP a living licking rusty wrist j watches. . . . Don Rodney defines jthe average Broadwayite as a city : slicker with a head that's thicker. ... I Faces & Places: Wendell Willkie at luncheon behind a propped up -magazine in the Men's Cafe of the .Hotel Pennsylvania. ... In another j 'corner Billy Lynn, recently returned from a summer with the St. Louis Municipal Opera Co. . . . With, him, :Ray Romain, son of the old-time minstrel tenor, Manuel Romain and for years, one of the Romain Twins, a top notch song and dance team. . . . Ray is now assistant manager of the Hotel Pennsylvania. ... Addenda: Gertrude Niesen, star I of Dave Wolper's Broadway hit, "Follow the Girls," receives more than 50 marriage offers each week as a result of her terrific rendition of "I Wanna Get Married." . . . But Miss Niesen wants it known that while she sings about longing for matrimony in the show, she's been happily married to Albert Greenfield, Chicago restaurant owner, own-er, for more than a year. . . . Bert Lytell opines that in these days of man-power shortage, the only girl who doesn't need a good line is a telephone operator. |