Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-24
Food, Home,
Sex Are Only
Necessities
War Bares Many Needs.
as Luxuries
as luxuries
BY BENJAMIN DE CASSERES

and what are luxuries?"
Fundamentally, there are only
three things absolutely neces-
Sary TO life-food. shelter and
sex. All other necessaries and
luXuries have been built on them.
After the satisfaction OF these
three instincts custom and habit
create necessity. Clothing is
partly habit. 1t is. of course.
today. a necessary But, if no
clothing could ever have been
had in any form since man made
his first appearance on the
planet, we would have adapted
ourselves to cold and storm. as
the animals and birds have done.
81 Maybe nature always intent on
preserving the SpeCiesl would
have clothed MS in hair or
natural mink or pelt with
SableS for the LADIES'.
4 Nd so we come 10 automo-
"a blles. In these days of the
great rubber problem. many car
owners are beginning to bemoan
the prospect of car loss. At least
As per cent Of the car owners OF
America. interviewed in Gallup
poll. think they are neCessaries.
But 81 per cent say cars are not
vital. they are not neceSsaries .
and they can do without them.
OF course they can. If every
automobile were 10 disappear
tomorrow. millions OF persons
would regain the use Of their
legs and find out again the fun" I
Of riding on trains, buses and
street cars. as granddad. and
even pop, did
Other winners are already
shouting.
II can't do without sugar In
my coffee. ! can't wear cotton
clothing"
And so on. down the line.
RLRBISHt-Nr--ifave-ro-1dca
~ Of what We can do without
and still -HeLenly
"''f thN III a IIibl' lltdlNl vi
fashion.
one Of the causes Of this war
is that people have wanted
more than they actually needed
MAN wants but little hero
below. nor wants that too long"
sang some suGarleSS fellow.
To achieve victory, we've got
10 get rid Of a lot Of "neceS-
SarIcS' and "mNurioS. which
We viii find out were merely
fake cargo
Tighten up Back 10 grand
dad and like IT.
YES, the English can take IT,"
i And they never took II more
-bFateiy than on the night OF
May 25, 1878 They saw-with
laughter and applause. mark
YOU - their navy and their first
lord Of the admiralty sink under
tho mighty guns Of rIdiculc
For. on that night Gilbert
and SullIvanS INNS. Pima
fore opened AZ the Opera
Comlque in London Would such
a Spooflng Of ANYTHING as vital
10 the hfe OF every EnghShman
as his navy have been permitted
IN any other country No. not
even IN France. just then trying
on new republican suit Of
clothes Certainly not in Ger
many Russia or Italy would a
such gales Of laughter ~ public
officials have been permitted
from an audience
Only N England and America
has satire Of this kind been I'M
mrnSoly' successful French Sa-
tire generally stuck. safely
enough 10 Sex and business. To
Satirize public institutions. like
he army or the navy IN Free
France" would have been -
rouse tho bOulevardS and cafes
and start an inclpicnt revolution.
| RECENTLY saw good re-
L vIval Of Ms Pinafore'
on Broadway by the Boston
Comic Opera Company. Age can
not wlther nor repetition stale
the freshness. the fun. the Choir
Ting rapier-llke thruStS Of this
masterpiece Of Gilbert and Sui
Ivan And | can sec the immor-
tai G. and s. sitting up in their
graves and cheering 10 crack
the welkin when they heard that
rousinC male chorus in New
York IN 1912 sing
Gle II an Fnglishman.
For he might have been a Roos-
ian.
\ French or Turk or Proosisn
Or perhaps Fye-tall-eye-an.
But In spite Of all temptations
To belong 10 other nations
He remains an Fnglishman!"
And the Boston Gilbert and
Sullivan Company. with the or
cheStra. concluded their per-
formance by singing The Star
SpanGled Banner, in which the
audience Joined
That ought 10 be sung al me
conclusion Of all musical come
dies today in the United States
Of America
ONE YEAR AGO TO-DAY 4