Detroit evening times., 1942-01-05


that 10 feet
between Us,
MIR. fiCkERiN" and looking at
me quizically. Probably saying to
himself, What sort Of critter
are you My, my, IL seems
strange To see a human being on
the campus"
Over in the Colonnade one Of
the few students who stayed IN
town during the holidays arrived
10 buy his girl a sandwich. 1t
took me right back 10 my own
Ann Arbor days 10 hear him
order.
zone hamburger" he said,
"and one beef sandwich. and
how much il hot chocolate
The waitress said, Ten cents"
"And some coffee" the stu
>.dent finished y college Town lS
place where you can have a
Ddate for 81 30 and if you have 10
spend 81 you're putting on the
dog.
Also laundry sign on Liberty
street: "Darning. mending and
collars reversed" Trouble with
my shirts II that they wear out
lust below the collars, before
the collars have 10 he turned.
Nv mother said she had
story for me-two Of her sisters,
Mrs. Jessie Haynes from Boston,
and Mrs. Carrie Burroughs,
from Covert M!ch were with
her for the holidays, the first
Christmas holidays that the
three have spent together m
their live, The youngest Is 81
md the oldest Is 70.
NV Boston aunt had a copy
of the Boston Advertiser with
her The Advertiser prints the
more eNtraVagant claims OF
berlin and Toxic under "A big
tWo-column head that says:
"HOOEN DEPT"
Downtown a shout came from
2 store, III. Stuck-up" So ]
oolcd around and A couple of
fellows that | went 70 high
,tool with. Dick Winchester
and Huhie Moran were waving
We chinned for a while, and I
asked them II they could get
enough goods 10 sell they sell
radios and reirIgeratorS.
They said
"Nell. most Of the other mer-
chants in town are scared 10
death hut we don't see what
there II 10 worry about. II We
can't get enough refrigerators.
well sell something else. We
~doI.t care.
Tho important th ing as
WAhether you're "A salesman.
Were statesmen. and whether We
sell radios or groceries, II
doesn't make any difference.
We've got our store and II it's
going 10 he different kind of
store, what's the difference?
We might sell clothes, or maybe
shoes would he good"
That il the American spirit
that some people thought was
disappearing. Resourcefulness.
Edward ! Koch was in his
furniture store. and he seemed
10 have the same spirit OF TAX
ing things as they come one Of
his customers ordered a desk
several months ago. but the
furniture company AT Grand
Rapids can't deliver il.
All the desks. tho company
said. are being sent 20 Washing
ton as fast as they are built.
We talked about a number of
things, ncludi Ing socialism.
which Mr.. Koch thinks IL a fine
thing theoretically hut not prac-
tically. He gave me the tersest
argument against IL that ever
heard: ITO have socialism.
you've got 10 have socialists, he
said. Just the same as to have
Christianity you have TO have
Christians"
IL reminded him, he said, oi
the missionary, lost and StarV-
ing, who crawled through the
jungle and finally heard voices.
He tottered up To clearing and
found four men playing bridge
Just as he arrived he heard one
man scream. "Why, you blank
low life blank Of n blank. You
trumped my dirty obscene ace
YOU blank
n "Ah," said the missionary. col
apsing. Heaven he praised
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