Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-23

of his feet"D
spoke up. .
said severely. tits them high
heels you're wearing that made
you do that. Suppose you was
working in a-fumber yard?
How'd you get along? And how
va goin' 10 raise husky children.
wearing shoes like that? Get
some with low heels.
The lady. not knowing what
else TO do. ducked into the
nearest store. but whether she
bought low-heeled shoes, we
don't know.
Anyway, II put us I'm mind Of
doing a little walking. with the
following results:
We noticed a place called the
Carter Sign Studios, and inter
yupted Mr.. Claude Carriers work
on n sign that started out,
"Semi Annual Sale of Girdles
and FOunda tions."
Since the war, Mr.. Carter told
Lac Is using a great deal more
white and blue paint, and
MAS even supplied himself with
. star shaped pattern to put
stars on signs. For the last 20
years, he says. he's hardly ever
used stars. until just recently.
We asked whether IL was pos
sIble to notice the shifting trends
Of the worlds fortunes by the
signs people want. and Mr..
Carter said YES, he supposed you
could. but the best barometer
Of business In general N when
people come I'm for signs saying
"Waitress wanted" and "Dish-
washers wanted"
That's sure sign that busi-
ness il good.
Then he finished the semi-an-
nual sale sign. because gentle
man from klInes, Lawrence
Holden. came in for II. While
waiting. Mr.. Holden told US that
the other night he was listening,
sometime around midnight or
later. 20 a radio station IN Rich
mond. Va.
Its 1890 on the dial, he
said. and u didn't have any
thing cxcepH news and a clock.
They'd give the United Press and
ms news. and then all you'd
hear would be the clock ticking.
Pretty soon the alarm would go
off and they'd give the next
batch of news. No music or
anything
It's a tactful protest We Sus-
pect. against TOO many soap
operas and too much talk-talk-
talk on the radio. a radio pro-
gram that keeps quiet except
when IL has something 10 say.
Wonderful, we think.
Then we ambled on to the
City Hall. passing the time ami
>y with Hardy Crowell, Mabel
}d. Mrs. Helen Bryant. Ken
Ma jor and Frank NcInnes.
McInnes tells III that young
sters out at the roo are getting
into more deyllment than he's
ever seen them get into before.
One fooIhardy youngster, he
said. even climbed into the ALI
gator pit. Nothing happened.
1.-THE alligators were pretty
sleepy" Frank said, but when
you realize that IL takes siN men
to move one Of them into winter
quarters, and that they could
break your leg just by swishing
their tails. YOU can see how dan
gerous they can he. The kids
are just raising he'll. We even
caught them throwing stones at
the fish In the trout stream.
Maybe It's the war"
we alsosCheckcd up on Charlie
Oakman. the cts controller, who
is in Jennings Hospital.
Crowell said II reminded him
of the time when Mrs. Oakman
was having a dickens of a time
making the kids, Patsy and
Charles. keep quiet after they
had been put TO bed. THAT was
when the kids were littleD
When Papa Charlie put the
kids 20 bed. they were quieter
than mice. Mrs. Oakman Won
dered what he had that she did
not have. in the way Of handling
kids. and investigated one night
after he'd put them 10 bed.
Under each pillow she found
n chocolate bar. The next night
she listened, and heard Papa say.
"If ! don't hear a peep out OF
you kids. YOU can have choco-
late bar for tomorrow, too.
II was out-and-out bribery Of
course. but il worked.
What reminded Hardy OF II
Us that the kids, now growing
pretty fast. went TO the hos
~al To see their dad last week.
And they tool; him some dandy