Feb. 12, 1944

New York Novelette: She was a waitress in a small Midwest hotel. Loved working there … Because her feller played in the band … One day a stranger offered her a screen test chance … She spurned it … She wanted to be near her Joe — hoping he’d ask her to marry him .. All uvasudden her Josephus wrote one of those screwy nonsensical national anathemas which periodically sweep the land … So he upped and left for the Big Burg … Leaving her behind, of course … Two months later, she followed her broken heart … In New York he bluntly told her that his plans did not include her. He said he was waiting for a movie agent who was bringing him a contract for Hollywood any moment — and would she please leave? … She found herself staggering down the hall toward the elevators, where out stepped the guy who offered the screen test back home! He recognized her and had no trouble selling Hollywood to her right there … You anticipate me … Her Joe still is waiting for the same agent with his movie contract — and wondering whatinell happened? … Shall we tell him?

From the St. Petersburg Times.