Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-15

naturally. ir-
ritating. How
49,, rr ever, I've
- since read the
stun over. It
was 90 solemn and serious, not
TO say downright pompous, that
IL shouldn't have been written
In the first place. So put down
this playful girls nonsense ~
an act Of providence. The copy
she yanked out IL now In the
waste basket, and that Ia where
IL belongs.
At the time, though. I was irri.
tated, SO we snatched her pocket,
book and began going through 1t
This Is almost sure TO irritate
women, especially young ones
. They carry SO much junk around
with them that they can't re-
lrnember exactly what is there
and they're afraid that you'll find
out something that they don'i
want you TO find out.
The contents Of her bocketbook
consisted Of: Pack Of eioarets,
folder Of matches, compact. lip
stick. npstiek brush, comb. nail
file, change purse Containing
zy cents. too keys, pearl ear
rings from the dime store and
a good pair Of silver ones). a
card case, tioo long yeiIoU PEN
oils, one automatic pencil, foun-
tain pen, a receipt for having
the pen repaired. a claim check
for pair Of shoes, tico hand
kerchiefs. one Of them red.
purple and phite, and the other
red With phits polka dots, and
u notebook ehtch she Rsss for
her budget, and one page for
her Christmas shopping list.
She heaved a sigh of relief and
said. well. there was lot more
In there yesterday. but I just
cleaned il out" Then we started
on the card case, with the follow
ing results:
Working papers showing that
her name was Bette Smith, and
she has auburn hair and was born
in 1919; social security card show
ing that her name was betty
Mary Elizabeth Smith," voters
registration card showing Mary
(. Smith" card for a night club
showing Bette Smith" two slips
of paper with addresses on them.
one OF soldier in camp, TO whom
she writes once week; picture OF
her boy friend named Jim. who
gave her the soldiers name; one
clipping from the Times.
\ This clipping was from Helen
Rowland's column and IL said:
Every man has at least one
blonde In his life-until some
red haired woman comes along
and pushes her out Of e."
IL was at that point that the
red-headed Bette grabbed her be-
longings and left.
al hope you aren't going to
print THAT" she said.
(For the record. Kitty knows
Bette, 30 you needn't worry
about any repercussions. And
furthermore, Kitty's hair IL red.)
NOTES: Artist (here for the
Michigan Artists Exhibition) is al
ways on the lookout for people
with interesting professions. so he
hunted up the engineer of the
Ferryboat Windsor which carries
"a railroad cars across the De-
troit River at once. His name
Is Bill Free. and he said he didn't
think his job was romantic. He
likes to 60 TO his hotel and read.
He has "a big dictionary. but
there are so darned many words
in il that I can't find anything"
-. Reader wants to know where
TO find somebody interested in
writing or composing popular
songs. There's a club called Tempo
Songwriters. but I don't recall
where il meets.
Vernon Lucas coins a motto:
"A smile, at face value. pays
Dividends" Laurence Tib-
bett and Jose Iturbi Viu give
special recital at the end Of
the Ford Hour concert A
Detroit bank is enclosing, Nth
its statements, a icdrnin1 10 get
ready for the bigger income
tdres merit March. But doesn't
enclose any headache tablets"
Clint Green complains.
Mariquita Flores lin the films
Fiesta and Blood and SANDY
now dancing at the Statler Ter
race Room. Is only 4 feet 10 inches
tall. but Enric Madriguera de-
scribes her as "tequilla and pep
per-" .. The oldest draftee, y
Fred Blay. who was one day in
side the draft age on registration
day. and consequently was over
age when he actually was drafted
Is now back at work in Detroit
.. -. The Mother Church OF Chris
tan Science, in Boston. is record
ing some of its music TO preserve
II, and Frederick Japel, who sings