Paramount Pep-O-Grams (1927)

PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS | Listed without discrimination in order to make for the most general reading. Published in all good faith, and trustingly submitted with the hope that none will he offended and all will he entertained. ^ %%%%%% Surprised looks were quite the fashion for Ena Balmer on a recent Thursday evening when the girls of the Publix Filing Department tendered her a dinner and a miscellaneous bridal shower at Peter’s Blue Hour. The blushing bride-to-be was the recipient of many beautiful and useful gifts. The only missing article was the inevitable rolling pin, ; for which Teddy of the Accrual Department 1 was truly thankful. THE SPIRIT OF JEST IN THE FILM RENTAL DEPARTMENT. Charles Eich al1 ways scours Sixth Avenue for the latest styles. He is rather Chesterfieldian — he satisfies.... Mae Burke and Sadye Gartner — the long and short of the department. ... Sam Bottleman is ! spoken of as a refining influence. He takes || sugar with a little coffee on it. .. .Richard Sheehan, our gate-crasher, did his act at the Olympia Theatre in Boston and succeeded. There is only a slight difference between the world’s greatest gate-crashers : one of them has only one eye .... Dave Cooper is rather Spanish : the way he throws the bull is an art ! ....Carroll Peter Donnelly has returned from his vacation. .. .In quoting the first word of “Speed” Bressler there is enuf said.... We nominate Joe Hahn as a Ramon Novarro double. The Misses Murphy and Stolfi have resumed their favorite positions on the Eighth floor after much needed vacations. Seems that Dan Cupid’s arrows are working overtime. Dan has gone and fired one of l those doggone things right into Doris Martin’s heart. The first name of the lucky boy is John. THE FILM RENTAL’S “WONDER” DEPARTMENT (According to S. G. I.). Just when tonight’s gala event was drawing nigh we were all beginning to wonder : — Charlie Eich was wondering where he would get the wherewithal for his twenty-third suit, Mae Burke was wondering which boy friend she wanted to meet her, Dave Cooper was wondering what his girl friend would say when she found she had to come up alone, Sadye Innerfield was wondering how her new creation was going to turn out, Dick Sheehan we think was wondering about May, George Bressler was wondering whai his first Inaugural Dinner was going to be like, Sam Bottleman was wondering if Dick was wondering about May, Joe Hahn was wondering who he was going to sit next to, George Rogers was wondering how we were all going to behave. (And now the PE Page editor wonders how all the wonders worked out.) We give you the following Japanese motto because it was sent along as a signed contribution : “A woman’s tongue three inches long can kill a man six feet tall.” Rose Eidelsberg recommends her latest vacation. A thirteen day boat trip via the Mallory Steamship Line, between New York and the Lone Star. State. A short stop is made at Key West to help quench thirsty throats, and a day and a half permits the round-tripper to take in the sights that Galveston or preferably Houston has to offer. Henrietta Betchuk of the Publix Accrual Department also made this ocean cruise and forunately did not come into the area disturbed by the recent hurricane. She reported a very pleasant voyage on her return, but her type would, and no maybe about it. 12th floor News-O-Grams Where did Mollie get her windblown? Looks like a cyclone hit her. . . .Arthur will have no excuse for being tary since his sister presented him with that alarm clock he wears on his wrist . . . .School days ! Ask George, he knows. . . . Catskills have quieted down again now that Eileen has brought her vacation to a close. . . . It won’t be long now, will it, Mary? Let us in on it. . . .Watch May tonight, she has a habit of taking flowers from tables. .. .Oh, my operation (famous words) .... It’s good to be small. Take Joe, for instance. He was in the subway accident and got out without a hair being harmed. ... Billie Dwyer has returned from his vacation. My Goodness! He’s acquired some more freckles. . . .Lend me this, lend me that, Irene. . . .Laura changes her hair comb so often we’re beginning to think she’s Lon Chaney. .. .Pauline got herself engaged and out of it all in one day. Did she keep the ring? Don’t ask!. . . .Evidently Henry believes in “Sweets for the sweet”. .. .Polly is now known as the Prima Donna of the 12th floor. Don’t get jealous now, Adelaide.... Victoria still has “It”. .. .Sorry we can’t get a line on Mary and Tina, they sit too far back . . . .Alice Fischer (a former Paramounteer) entertained recently on her yacht “The Amphion.” A very enjoyable time was had by all, swimming and the like, but by far the most enjoyable event of all was a very delightful sail up the Hudson, during which dinner was served by Mrs. Fischer, a charming hostess. Those who attended were Irene ( Continued on next page) P-O-GRAMS Forty-three