Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-24

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a. n,cvwn,>c like the fire.
men
Dave SAkS. letting his chorus
girls take four days Off so they
can 60 home for Christmas.
A pair of roppets IN depart
n1ert store sitting ~ a sar and
counting the money in their
poCketbooks.
The girls what pretty ones.
too-with mistletoe pinned 10
their coat lapels
Midget Christmas trees in
office windows. The desolate
look ~ sold-out Christmas tree
lots, with only some rubhly
branches IN the ground,-T'he
soldiers playing tuTn-about and
giving a party for hospitalized
children who had infantile
paralysis. :. In eVerybodys mind,
the war and IN everybodys
heart, Christmas
THE CHRISTMAS cards this
year-a little soberer, aren't
they: Anonymous Annie had
her cards with a picture Of three
Santa Clauses picketing "Ye
Ode Northe Pole Gifte Shoppe."
with signs saying. Unfair To
Santa Claus" We want larger
ehimneys," and Smaller stock
tngs"
She strapped the lot because
the war made everything too
serious" She substituted cards
with q red -white-blue candle and
Christmas greetings, lS4l."
HARRY REMINGTON gave
tradition a Drawing push in the
Snoot, and sent cards containing
wire and elastic gadgets that
huzzed like an awakened hornet
when you opened the envelope.
ROBINVILLE is gone this
year. Maybe YOU know about the
electric trains that used 10 take
up nearly all the game room
floor at the home Of A. r.
Clancy Jr. Robinville was named
for al Glancy's son. Robin
CLANCY III, and Robin always
was nice about il when Dad in
vited all has grown-up friends 10
come over and play with the
trains ~ Christmas time.
This year comes a note from
Robin
"Remember last year my Dad
got lost In the tunnel he was
building for my trains. He came
out on top Of a big mountain
found lots Of snow and put on
skis and slid down the mountain.
"He didn't slid 80 good be
cause ne busted his leg and has
been In he'd ever since. He u
getting around now and l help
him walk on crutche~."
THE people Of Robinville de-
cided moi Ia have a train party
this year because every one IL
busy working and fighting the
war. Nv Dad SAYS that way we
will win. Maybe next year the
war will he over -"
All right. Robin. Maybe next
year--anyway. Robin, | got
card from Joe Creighton. one Of
the tax officials At Lansing. He
has some electric trains, too. A
LOT Of them. But he wrote on his
card that the company he gets
his trains from IL building bomb
sights this year.
FRANK Barbara had his
picture on his Christmas card.
the same picture he uses IN the
papers...lane Schermerhorn AL
WAYS sends cards with angels on
them and was aghasi when She
got this year 8 cards homo the
angels. Enthusiastically. were lap
aneSe She didn't know what 10
do And the Lone Ranger
Brace Beamerl used light
blue card with = horses head IN
silver ink. Hi-yo Silver
AND THERE'S little Eng
Iish girl. BerNl Syreti, who has
been corresponding with Ameri-
cans she met" through the
column. because once ! printed
n letter from her, description
~ the hliiz a. II looked Ia a
little girl.
Even " there IL war. she
remembered 70 EeHd me card
7 wish I'D sent her one. But
! didn't.
80 for all the mistakes, the
forgotten things. the overlooked
greetings and unsaid words
Merry Christmas tomorrow.