The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-06-26
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them have already stared In the
l1Ile suburban town of Manhasset,
| Long Island, a group OF hardy wo-
men are making joke out Of those
remarks concerning women drivers.
These housewives whose driving ears
are ordinarily accustomed to hearing
nothing harsher than -narl from
their husbands when they turn a
corner on two wheels, are learning
drive cars at night, without lights
and almost by ear and in convoy A
young leader of this group is Mrs.
Jayne House, comedy wife of j. C.
Penny executive. When | talked to
Mrs House not long ago, she seem
ID more the type who would or
dlnarily be driving knitting needle
through some socks for Britain rath-
or than car across a bun,py golf
course. But the latter is just what she
is doing. Fact is, she demonstrate
ed to group. jumped into a car
and through the Stygian darkness
bounced and ricocheted across the
old Manhasset Golf Course with no
headlights to guide her away from
sand traps, trees, and extremely
hard boulders. But she made It Said
this was training from emergency;
that such would be necessary in use
of war and that a whole class of her
feminine associates had become Just
as proficient, and that first aid was
naturally part of this unique nat
ional defense course. This last part
| could well understand. AS far as |
am concerned, told Mrs. House,
such driving was already an emer-
gency and ! was Of the opinion she
had set record for making that
golf course way under par - and
luckily for her, not underground.
Joe Quittner is an odd sort of
fellow. often see him as we ride
the ferry across from Battery Place.
He is short and plump with a waxed
mustache and grey, wavy hair. And
talk. Joe can talk your ear off and
then start in on the other one. Of
ten he rambles in his myriad stories.
But not always. Yesterday he told
| of friend of whom he thought a
great deal and who several months
/ ago went back to his native England
% join the army. He just couldn't
stay over here when hsi own coun-
trymen were being bombed and kill
! ed, he said A queer person. always
quiet and with very few remarks,
Joe said. l could well understand this
if he were around Joe. Anyway. this
friend was held to be very depend
able. Now Joe wanted certain kind
OF Dunhill pipe which cannot be
bought in this country and he asked
his friend to get it for him in Eng
land, giving him five dollars for the
purchase. Sometime later, Joe re-
ccived message that his friends
had been killed in action. Since he
had no near relatives, his personal
effects were being sent back here.
And sure enough" Joe concluded
his story, "when l opened his trunk,
there was my Dunhill tobacco pipe
all wrapped up and ready for me
Just as he had promised"
good lady visiting from a small
, western town was seeing New York
Tor her first time the other day.
She marvelled at the sights, as all Of
us small-towners did when we first
,, came here. The tall buildings were
Impressive, she said, and she was es-
pecially taken with Times Square at
night with its brilliant lights and
New Workers sanding and gawking
up at the moving figures on the cleo
trio signs. Why pedestrians when
crossing streets don't wait for the
| traffic ighs, she couldn't under
stand. For that matter, | can't eth
er. But she was not too impressed
with the Metropolitan Museum. It
tired her feet and there were so
many things that looked alike. she
told friend. Resting on a remote
corner OF the huge building, alike,
she commented, 1T reminds me a
lot of the exhibits at our county fair
last summer. And do you know, "she
/ sighed, II entered our baby in the
/ beauty contest and some apple but
/ ter in the fruit section, My apple
butter won first place but the baby
only got second prize
Manhattan Musings: a publicity
man whispered to me not to say
anything about it but that William
/ Saroyan, author of the play, 1.-THE
=. Beautiful People" now on Broad
way. watches to see if there are
empty seats for any performance
and if so, he goes out on the street
and invites the first nersons he eoaS