Americana

MANNERS & MORALS

Notes on U.S. habits, customs, manners & morals, as reported in the U.S. press last week:

P: In Louisville, a reformed gambler announced the organization of "Gamblers Anonymous," patterned on "Alcoholics Anonymous." He asked that his name be withheld.

P: In New York, an official of a waiters' union complained that tips had shrunk sharply since OPA ended. Said he: "The customers are taking out their resentment against the higher price of food on the employes."

P: The National Safety Council reported that the 1946 traffic toll would be about 34,000 killed--5,000 more than the year before but still less than the record 39,969 killed in 1941.

P: To New York came a new vocation-- dog sitting. When friends leave for country weekends, Musician Phil Davis and wife move in and take care of the dogs, meanwhile enjoying the change from their own cramped apartment. "Most of the dogs have their own little routines and you have to follow them just so," said Sitter Davis. "If you don't . . . you have a little mopping to do."

P: To Vogue's readers, Martha Krock, onetime society reporter, now the wife of New York Times Columnist Arthur Krock, divulged the distilled wisdom of a veteran Washington hostess. The advice: "Don't give cocktail parties . . . . Of all things dedicated to spoil the evening to come, the cocktail party ranks first." But if you must, "don't serve those awful little monsters known as canapees," and avoid mobs.

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