"Artful filth" was what the Pilot, official weekly of Boston's Roman Catholic archdiocese, called Bob Hope's sexy gags last month. Last week Chicago's Novena Notes joined in, announcing that in a poll of 10,000 of its readers (25% of them servicemen) they had voted Comic Hope the radio and film star who "most consistently violates" Christian principles. Runners-up: Milton Berle, Eddie Cantor. Least disapproved: Fibber McGee and Molly, Fred Allen, Jack Benny, Edgar Bergen.
Hope's prime offense, according to Novena Notes' editor, Father Terence Aloysius Seery: "His remarks about girls —when he mentions what...
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