Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-02
Daily Short Story
War Romance
BY TERRY JAMES

Mrs. CARSON CARRpTHERS,
AVA widowed, poor in a luxurious
sort of way, and completely selfish.
was very much upset on Dec. 4
194l. With the attack on Pearl
ffarbor, rte carefully planned
ture OF herself and her marriage
able daughter toppled like a badly
built house of cards.
On the morning of December s
Mrs. Carson CarrutherS had break
fast in bed. suffering. not at all
stoically, with a migralne head
ache. But this submission 10 mis-
fortune didn't last long, and Mrs.
Carruthers finally found the silver
lining of the dark cloud which had
for a time threatened 10 shadow
her whole life.
She had. with a flash Of divine
insight, realized that there was an
army camp within 10 miles OF
town. And that in that camp
would be CHARTERED goodiy nuni-
Der of men. some of whom must be
eligible for her daughters conSid-
GRAFTON. There were RocketellerS
and Fords in the army.
HEADACHE DISAPPEARS
And with that realization, the
headache disappeared, the broad
face smoothed into as pleasant an
expression as was possible, and
Mrs. CarrutherS went into action.
judith" she said TO her
daughter at breakfast the next
morning, 81 am going TO organ
ixe n group of girls 10 entertain
the soldiers at the camp. want
60 ask some of your friends to
help me. Girls like Cynthia
Billings and Marie Parker. You
talk 20 them about IL, darling"
Judith. if she thought it odd
that her mother should mention
the two most unattraetiee girls
she knew, made no comment on
that fact. Judith. who was nice,
easy going girl, with none of the
hunter instinct, made no comment
ON anything her mother suggested
in the next three months.
Mrs. Caruthers was beginning
to fear that her plan was not
going to hit the jackpot after all.
TIRED AND BORED
She yawned with fatigue and
boredom as she and Judith drove
home from camp one Saturday
might. Really, she thought irri-
tably, you couldn't tell one boy
from another in those uniforms. I
Most of them spoke nicely and
knew enough to stand and pull out
In chair for woman, and you
never knew when they were boyst
with good backgrounds and when
they'd grown up on a farm.
Mrs. Carruthers closed her eyes
|wearily and tried not to notice her
daughters chatter.
81 liked that new boy, didn't
YOU, mother?" Judith said.
'T don't believe 1 remember
which one you mean, Judith"
Mrs. Carruthers answered alb
sently.NN "a
THE Eood-looking one. With
blue, blue eyes and the crooked
grin. OF course you remember
him. He's the cutest thing I've
ever SEEN"
Mrs. Carruthers Strengthened in
alarm. She had faced the posi-
|bility Of danger entering this en-
|terprise. Judith was such an inn
questionable child. and some of
these boys were attractive.
81 didn't notice him, dear.
What was his name?"
Judith giggled. II haven't the
remotest idea," she said. But
his first IL Michael. That's al
ways been my favorite name
for n boy"
cts too bad you didn't get
his last NAME" Mrs. Carruthers
said calmly above a gnawing of
worry. "You could write and
ask him 10 come In for dinner
some night"
She was a firm believer in meet
| ing the enemy on home ground.
Nothing showed up faults so
plainly. she believed, as ones own
electric lights.
PRAISES MOTHER
THAT would be wonderful,