Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-21

trums The way Wish Eagan
modestly introduces himself, "A
though everybody In Detroit
didn't know him :. A little girl
chasing n green balloon down
Grand River. She caught IL. All
children love balloons, including
those who are of age, which In
cludes the ones who 60 to Madri-
guera's balloon-busting nights at
the Statier Terrace Kitten
has a balloon that 1 blow up
every morning, because 1t has q
slow leak In II, and i am getting
tired of 1t, SO 1 guess Id better
-buy-her Anew balloon
Classified ad that keeps up with
the times: Farm land for sale
near new bomber plant"
The way Victor Kolar looks
over his shoulder at the audience
when he plays a children's con-
cert Slim McClelland says
that his Ringside Bar on State
street Is mentioned I'm Gypsy
Rose Lees murder story, THE
G-String Murder" On page ESQ,
he says.
SERMON: Did it strike any one
else as forcibly as it did me-tht
other day when Deems Taylor sale
something about ANY one who
refuses to play Beethoven because
he was a German has just as much
a Nazi mind as any one who re
fuses to play Mendelssohn because
he was Jewish ?"
ROWING: Being a dime-stor'
addict from way back, / couldn'
resist when Chef Downing salt
that the new store had opened OF
Woodward, and all the clerks hat
gardenias on their shoulders TO
the opening day.
So / went over.
The company bought over 500
qardenias for the girls, A. f..
Loyal, WoolWorth's manager,
said, and besides that most of
the girls on the main floor had
their makeup applied By pro-
fessional. He hoped they ioould
remember some Of the tricks Of
makeup, he said, because he
thought people liked the clerks
to look pretty.
Also. with a fine disregard fo
professional jealousy, he sale
"You might say something abou
smiling or looking grouchy-th
way customers are liable to tur
their backs if the girls seem
have a crouch. You wouldn't hal
to say that about us-you coul
say it about Kresge's. or pract
cally any store" Because OF II
unjealous way he worded 1t, nan
ing a competitor and everythin
we say it about Woolworth's.
He added the following: That
for some reason the public II
having a run on earrings, and
they had TO enlarge the earring
counter. I asked him what h
thought caused IL, and he said
81 guess girls just like to make
their ears pretty" which seemed
to be an adequate answer.
Likewise, that Mrs. Lily Dus
berg, who worked in the first din
store so years ago, dropped in. ar
had her picture taken; that he
never heard OF any girl clerl
marrying millionaires, but il migl
have happened and that he SUI
posed that clerks were entitled
have a crouch if their feet hurt
That reminded him Of a girl
the ladies' underwear counter.
saw her sort of hopping aroun
and noticed that she had very his
spike heels and had taken one sh
off because her foot hurt. so
told her 10 take the other one o
too" he said. 1t would be east
10 walk. but she should wear Il
heels tomorrow.
He didn't know her name,
we went TO find her. He stopp
on the way to talk to a girl W
had sprained her wrist, and tn
we found the girl without sho
Her name was Lily Brooks. a
when we got there, she wasn't
her stocking feet any longer. S
was wearing a paper bag on ca
foot to keep her socks clean.