...Barbra Streisand (who dropped an "A" from her name) gave "Funny Girl" producer Ray Stark a money clip inscribed "Ry Stark".

...More and more television shows will be seen in color.  "And pretty soon," says Barbra Streisand, "the only thing in black and white will be the TV repairman's bill."

...Darryl F. Zanuck pointed toward Barbra Streisand at Danny's Hideaway and said, "There's the greatest woman singer in the world today.  She's what Judy Garland would like to have been."

...Barbra Streisand is probably the only celeb in town who rates affectionate greetings from cabbies and passersby.  They yell:  "Hi ya, Barbra!  Hi Barbra, baby!"

...When Barbra Streisand was at a loss for words on being introduced to Princess Margaret, she desperately reached for Tommy Steele who was standing nearby, and blurted: "You two must know each other from London."

...Barbra Streisand, in Sardi's, was wearing a beautiful fur coat that the girls thought was bearskin.

..."Fashion is a strange thing," said Barbra Streisand.  "Some Frenchman makes a mistake and millions of American woman pay for it."

...Barbra Streisand was ready to offer producer Ray Stark $8,000 (their daily take) to close "Funny Girl" for one night, Oct. 9, so she could attend the opening of husband Elliott Gould's musical, "Drat! The Cat!"  But the premiere had to be delayed one day, to a Sunday;  "Funny Girl" is closed then, so Barbra can see the show, and save the 8Gs.

...Barbra Streisand's favorite fan letter reads: "You and Ringo Starr have done more for my nose than God ever did.  Thank you."

...Miss Streisand, now an old lady of 23, had so much faith in the undoubted talents of her husband, Elliott Gould, male star of the show, that she became an investor - tossing $100,000 into the pot with CBS and the principal investor.

...Mimi Hines intends to lead her poodle, Lili, who's 12, on stage with her in "Funny Girl" tonight when she takes over for Barbra Streisand.  (Barbra had a wolfhound).

...Barbra Streisand left for England yesterday, via Pan Am, to prepare for the London production of "Funny Girl."  The Pan Am ramp is at eye level with the pilot's cabin.  Barbra's representative rapped on the glass, caught the pilot's attention, and said to him, "Please drive carefully."

...Ray Stark, producer of "Funny Girl," both the show and the movie-to-be, is, naturally, a Barbra Streisand enthusiast.  He has figured out that at her current rate of about $75,000 an evening, she is getting paid about $3,000 a song, which surely must be the highest ever paid anybody.

...Barbra Streisand chartered a plush Aero Commander plane for her concert tour.

...Barbra Streisand's postponed concert in Phila. last week drew 18,000 customers.

...Barbra Streisand did her outdoor concert in Atlanta in a downpour, wearing galoshes and toting an umbrella.

...Barbra Streisand completed her European trip and was offered a million dollars for a European tour in '67.

...Barbra Streisand is seeking to buy a 20-room townhouse.  She'll install a gym and screening room.

...Rheingold is trying to lure Barbra Streisand to one more appearance - the finale of its successful Central Park Music Festival.

...Barbra Streisand and her husband picked a photographer to take exclusive first pictures of their baby (to save hassling with the wire services).

...Barbra Streisand's friends are getting up a pool on the sex and weight of her baby (due this week).

...All those associated with Barbra Streisand's business and household staffs have entered a pool on the weight of her baby, the hour of birth, the gender - and in what key the baby's first sound will be uttered.

...Barbra Streisand has discovered singing talent in her 13-year-old sister.

...Barbra Streisand gives away her old clothes to thrift shops out of New York "because I still patronize thrift shops and I might buy some of my own old things otherwise."

...Since the news of Barbra Streisand's impending motherhood, the "Funny Girl" star reports she has received enough letters from fans on baby care to write a book competing with Dr. Spock's.

..."My back hurts.  My feet hurt!" yelled Barbra Streisand from her perch on a tugboat.  "Now, now" consoled Producer Ray Stark.  "You're young and healthy and strong."  "What do you mean?" wailed Barbra.  "I'm a working mother."

...There's a rumor she got her nose fixed. "What again!" said Barbra, Why should I get it straightened and ruin my career?"

...Sadie dozed in her lap as Barbra Streisand sat on Pier 84 talking of her new life as a movie star.  "How long have you been one?" I asked Barbra.  "Not even a week."

...Someone wrote, "when a girl looked like Barbra Streisand she did something about it." She did nothing about it and became beautiful.

..."I started letting my nails grow when I was 14," said Barbra Streisand. "Once I thought about becoming a great violinist. It was either my nails or Horowitz. Horowitz went out the window."

...Herb Ross will have cameras in a helicopter film Barbra Streisand singing "Don't Rain On My Parade" around the Statue of Liberty.  It will mark the N.Y. born Barbra's first visit to the Statue.

...Barbra Streisand took Margot Fonteyn and Rudi Nureyev to the Scandia in L.A.  Barbra, with Nureyev holding her, demonstrated the "Swan Lake" ballet she'll do in "Funny Girl."

...Director William Wyler gave Barbra Streisand her choice of being directed by him with his beard on or off.

...Big decision coming up:  Whether Barbra Streisand will sing Fanny Brice's infamous "My Man" in the "Funny Girl" film.  It wasn't in the show.

...Barbra Streisand's fans turned Sheep Meadow into a "pig-sty" which required three day's work and $3,000 (paid by Rheingold) to clean up. 

...Barbra Streisand, who went back to Hollywood and "Funny Girl" likes Omar Sharif's singing in a duet they'll do.  She says he's got sexy vocal chords.

...The King and Queen of Thailand will be given a party by the directors of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.  Their Majesties were asked which performer they'd want to see.  They chose Barbra Streisand.  She'll come, if her "Funny Girl" rehearsals permit.

...Carol Channing phoned from Montreal to tell me "I'm really very glad that Barbra Streisand got it" (the lead in "Hello, Dolly!").

...Barbra Streisand's return to New York wasn't quite as big as a presidential inauguration or a coronation.  Just about, but not quite.

...Barbra Streisand not only has a portable TV set across from the rear seat of her swanky British car, but has had a small refrigerator installed.  "What's the good of watching TV if you can't have something to nibble on?" she insists.

...On Blackwell's "most improved" list is Barbra Streisand.  "Pregnancy did it for Barbra," he said.  "She learned she was a woman.  She is not as gimmicky as she was."

...Maurice Chevalier, when he heard Miss Streisand's album, "Je M'Appelle Barbra" voilàed:  "She is mad with talent and more gifted than any human being should be permitted to be."

...A few of Barbra Streisand's 130,000 fans at her Rheingold concert in Central Park Saturday night heard her correct their cheers:  "Not Bravo! It's Brava!"