Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-11

Mn. PICKERING him that Hes
a business man, and quite an I'M
portant one.
A few years ago a waiter with
a German accent waited on Jamie.
"Y'r German?" inquired Jamie.
'Yes. said the waiter, and :
fought at"
Comparing notes, they found
that they had faced each other
across the mud in Flanders in
1916. and a friendship-inspired
by the fact that they had tried 10
kill each other and failed
sprang up.
Pretty soon Jamie was calling
the waiter Hans, and when each
Armistice Day rolled around, they
made il a ritual TO have a drink
together.
Today is Armistice Day. To-
day Is a pitiful morsel OF time.
Z This day, as n celebration of
peace, Is a savage, grotesque,
satiric absurdity.
But IL there Is any hope left
In the world, then II lies I'm
things like this: Jamie and Hans
+. are having their drink together,
f, as usual.
+ LETTERS, NC: We've made
mention before Of a Detroit-born
organization called Letters, Inc,
and mention IL again Hotc simply
TO keep ap with developments.
A business girl, Betty BART,
started It IN the Summer a
shot-iH-the-ddrk proposition in
ichich she gathered some Of her
friends together 10 lcrite letters
10 droftees IN the army camps.
Miss BART started IL partly
because she is running orer 10Th
energy, and partly because she
had 1000 letterhedds left oper
from business that she had
started aud gone broke at.
The girls offered 10 write about
anything the boys wanted TO write
about - Beethoven, Sibelius or
Kay Kyser; Bob Hope, Bob Bench
ley or Shakespeare; TO drink a
verbal beer or double matted. play
some long distance poker or bridge.
You name it,
The idea caught on. AS Of to-
day. soldiers are writing from Ha-
wall and Puerto Rico. Letters,
Inc, has grown to include several
hundred letter-writing girls.
, The girls seem TO be making
good and keeping the thing strictly
platonic. too. They claim so, any
way. A letter from a soldier at
Fort Sheridan says: IF there
were more gals like you. there
would be more happy guys in the
army. I"
The only failure, apparently,
7 Il in the case of a lad at Camp
: Blanding who wanted to write
( 60 some girl about "Schopen-
hauer, Nietsche and the Henry
George school Of thought" Miss
Barit wrote back: Huh: Re-
spectfuIly yours, Betty Barit."
However. she still hopes 10 find
some girl who can qualify in the
Schopenhauer League.
Bctty says that her difficulty
now is that she spends $3.50
a day up. on postage and paper,
just putting the soldiers and
girls IN touch Nth each other,
and she can't afford IL. She is
hoping some angel iciH come
niop9 aud help pay the expenses
she has, so far, refused Of
fers from people who udnted TO
sponsor Letters. Inc, for COM
merciai or political purposes.
ARpr0V. that just about brings
II mp 10 dofe e1cept that a.
They are filing formal papers
of Incorporation: f2) the larger
rho is doing that job lrdS 50 im-
pressed that kc donated some
paper and stamps; and 81 the
outfit has added mascot. n
girl Of II, named Mary Lon
GoodseH, uho IS HtckHOmcd
Butch.
Butch. il appears. is going 10 b.
a problem because she's too smar
for her age Miss BART, for in
stance. volunteered 70 teach Butcl
the evils Of gambling by matching
pennies with her Butch won 81
cents.
NOTES: Barbara Bannister
will be In Detroit tonight,
guest Of &. n. GerShenson. for
the shoot the Works party.
joe Reichman'S Orchestra will
follow at the Casino when Ed
die LeBaron's leaves this week.
-. Campbell Richey Of CkLW
went 10 Chicago with J. r. Cam
peau for n network meeting, ar
irving just In time 10 get a
telegram Co hurry back because
his wife had had a son. SO he
I few back yesterday lis Ber-
ger, Of the Detroit Miniature
Camera Club has inst been
elected 10 Britain's Royal Pho
Geographic society, and I'm told
Is the first Michigan photogra-
pher 90 win that distinction.
Hes rated fifth among the
worlds most prolific salon eX-
hibitors.