The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-17
City News in Brief

We'll. anyway. I'm going 10 Wash
ington for President Wilson's In
Brnmmel. because the paper says
so"
W riting TO n friend q Detroit vtsItor
ts DsytoBs, Via. shy. that the
Weather ia that far famed resort
has been anything but halmy In
the month she has been there. at
IL warming up a little now. but
people In the orange groves just
wept when they had a anow-frost
the other night. and all the fruit
destroyed They tell W tho dam
age around here will amount 20
over $1,000. 900 IL Just demorslizes
the fruit business"
Manufacturers who are taking extrr
preesstions 10 guard their plants
during the present crisis have been
employing many OF the members
81 the Thirty-nrEt Michigan infan-
Try fer guard duty Because OF
their special training In guard
work. manufacturers. when adding
TO their force ~ special officers
have sought the men with mill
tary training. II iH estimated thai
about rs members 90 the regiment
their return frop service on the
Mexican border.
With the water pipes froS~n and the
furnace are consequently kept ~
house went 20 bed with a hot water
bottle--nlled al the neighbors'-for
her cold "tootsies" Friday night.
and got up saturday morning 10
use tho precious water in the
hottie for her morning ablutions.
What she thought about these little
Inconvenience might have been
expressed In language similar 10
that used by the man ~ the house.
when he had 20 foreEo his daily
tub" and a shave. and hit the
snow covered trail 10 the neigh
hors back door for water 20 make
the coffee.
The saiesmsnship club of Detroit has
decided To Eive the boys q ehsne.
and will issue cards 90 It's mem
bers which viii admit minor 10 a
series Of educational lectures on
saleHmanship. The members may
use these cards 10 gain admission
free for unemployed boys but any
such boy must be accompanied by
member 81 the club u - thought
that these series or lectures Will
assist n hoy 20 decide whether
salesmnnship as a profession APP
club has educational meetings
every second Monday night AZ :
o'clock IN the Board OF Commerce
auditorium
In the last few weeks Mayor Marx
has found several Husbands for
women not so fortunate as 10
pick them for themselves. lie re-
celved several replies Friday 10
the letter OF Miss Anna J., Ward, OF
Philadelphia. who - seeking NE
mate, and has forwarded them 10
her few weeks ago a man
walked briIkly up 20 the mayor VA
his office and said. II want To
thank you. mayor. You rave found
world But there's another side.
What's wrong with that matri-
monial bureau OF yours over IN
the city hsll7" inquired Judge Good
here FOR a divorce and when ask
ed him WHARF he got hts wife ne
said from Mayor MARI" N was n
considerable Jolt for the mayors
venture, but the mayor still - IN
the business OF husband hunting.
souls snid ". Alfred Debo. deputy
I'm charge OF personal Income tan
IN the office Of Collector James j.
Brady souls" being euphsmism
tho region OF the pocketbook are
frequent when Mr. pcho gets thru
explaining 20 the gentleman Farm
or that the cost OF his country
gross income as an item OF eN-
pense and that the aforesaid farm
er has suffered no deductihle loss
bv reason Of tho death OF a three
n"ntht-oto blo"nfd Cali WIZ
mother cost an even thousand
bucks 90 say nothing ~ her porce-
tain-Iined stall and private bath.
The grind starts daily at $50.
closing only when tho last man can
hc prird loose after 4 clock in
the afternoon Deductions claimed
from income run all the way from
n baby carriage or a cook stove 10
limousine. n trip 90 Cuba, or
Daughter EvanEcline's expenses At
Nassar But Mr. pcho rjuet smiles
and explains that tho deductions
arc not such as contemplated by
the trainers % the income tax
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