Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-27

llltIo DON. ne woman picked
up a toy pistol from counter
and pointed il at her little boy
and said. BANG hut she did
il so soiemniy that you could see
that she wasn't really having fun.
Just trying TO.
HAL RESSLER brings In
card sent-by- the Man Who
Buried Xmas. Ressler got il
from Charley Boyd Of there
tail Merchants Association, who
got II from Mr.. Opie l.. Shell
ton of Orangeburg, 8. G.
The merchants, II seems, are
joining the campaign to make
it-"G hristmasn 'fnstead or
Xmas" and the card. with
black border. has a picture OF
tombstone with this inscrip-
ton:
Here Lies
Xmas
Abbreviation of
CHRISTMAS
May II stay buried forever
TIL, e "a fftfff6tf6- CHURCH, Il
I'm not mistaken. has fought the
atrocity of Xmas" but an abbre-
Walton is always hard to get rid
Of NJ. + Coyle. president
of Chevrolet used TO blow his
fuses every time he beard people
speak Of Chevvies instead OF
Chevroleis, but it didn't do him
any good And another motor
executive, Harry Klingler, used TO
object when people dropped the
second L and called him Klinger.
| think he's gotten used 10 it by
now, though The movies are
the only ones who can change a
name and make it stick. and some
times they can't Just yester-
day | heard that film called
The Night Before Christmas has
been changed 10 Larceny. Inc"
If both titles fit must be
some plot.
KITTY Just coHed IN 70
say: - sniff. the bulldog.
crnwlcd nader the fence and ran
ordy, and he broke his collar
last iceek, and his HeU collar is
too small, so he IS loose with
oct any collar or dog license,
go kjfty doesn't kHow ho,0 UcW
crcr get him back and aHyc0y
he is Arrays friendly 70 any
body ,cho feeds him: aud, .
-9td-Lrrt-thr- ttictfrt Tor me
Ballet Russc' AHswcr: l.
.Snify UiH come back, ! erpect,
4ehe,t tchoerer has him discovers
thot he is crazy, probably from
opening the sWinging kitchen
door by btdtmg IL NTH his head;
. and, 2-FOr n city that is not
supposed 10 be interested an the
fnc arts. Detroit certainly is
making 1t hard for people 10 get
tickets. All sold ost tonight, I
hear or practically so.
Which reminds ne that bullet
dancing, Which used be done
only BIZ Russians OF you pereH't
Russian, you changed pour
name), is another thing that
probably wW bccomc American
az the result Of the 1Cdr
Leonide NGssipc is tCorkiRg on
his naturalization papers. aud I
understand is looking for Amer
icdB dancers iCbo rant ballet
additions Barbara Jane
Smith is the only Detroit girl
I kBoW Of rho is being dW-
ditioued bg Mossiuc. but there
might be Others. He's hunting
for neW talent, Anyway.
AND ANOTHER new American
Is Carl MatheS. tho blind pianist
from Hungary, who plays tomor.
row night al the Institute of Arts
his first appearance in Detroit. He
left Hungary because he objected
10 the communistic element
Put his moderate fortune into
German marks for safety, and
lost il all Decided he'd come
to America and even when Queer
Marie of Rumania wanted him a.
court pianist, he turned down the
palace job.
When he scraped up enough
money for ticket. he and hi,
wife took the first boat 10 New
York. but nc says he prefers the
Middle West and thinks he'll SETTLE
in Indiana. And a snap of tn,
fingers AZ people who say the EaS
has a corner on culture!