Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-31

is wholly sincere. / am sure, and
as far as I'm concerned, she de-
serves nothing but credit.
Lois isn't married. Once she
married a midget in Miami, and
stayed married TO him for about
an hour. She admits that II was
strictly publicity gag. But
adopting the baby isn't.
The baby Starr De Fee, is 5
months and II days old, and
Lois adopted her after caring
for the baby's mother for three
or four months the mother was
girl Lois knew, and she WASH I
married.
Lois wouldn't tell me a thing
about the mother. But that's all
right. Who are We TO pry into
matters that are none of our
business
Lois has a maid TO take care
OF Starr. ("She's got more clothes
\ than | have" Lois said. II used
to travel with two suit cases; now
need eight. and il keeps me
broke. But We have tn carry the
baby's things - she's got "A big
rattle, shaped like horse. and
she bats the heck out OF IL. and
chews the red ribbon around its
neck. Stars got her first tooth
coming In now
Starr came 10 Detroit with
Lois, but stays al the hotel. eX-
Cept on nice days. when Lois
sometimes takes her TO the the
al. Imagine said Lois, me
getting up at 10 in the morning
10 feed her / never got up be-
fore 2 in my life But she's
wonderful baby a pSychiatrist
in New York said she was the
smarteSt for her age that he d
ever seen
And 80 on
she says that this IL NOT a pub
LEFTY gag. because she adopted
the baby nj birth. and nobody
printed anything until about two
weeks ago.
Then a friend % Lois. Anne
Mcllhenney Of Buffalo. insisted
on writing story there about
The baby Starr
As for LOIS future plans.
I'm not going Ia be I'm this
business all my life. ] hope.
Anyway. everybody loves Starr.
In fact. know somebody that's
ready 20 marry me just to get
the baby"
But Lois. AZ %. seems 10 be
A foster mother we'll capable Of
bringing up Starr even il no
body "marries me just 10 get
the baby"
Well. then I went over to the
Birthday Ball at the Book
Cadillac. and had a good time.
Talked with the John Chambers.
then with Capt. W. II. Stewart.
who vouchsafed that: 1.-The
government is now beginning 10
what can and cannot he told
about defense work; THAT
the Standard Computing Scale
Go. II tooling mp for defense
work, hut he won't tell what II
will make: and 3-That he and
some other fiiers ut Issendon
started the three-on-a-match Su-
perstition in September, 1918.
because Thy coincidence, he
thinksl they noticed that every
time they lighted three on n
match. n man didn't come back
from flights over the German
lines.
To tell you the truth. spent
about an hour or so up in the
switchboard room. chewing the
fat with the telephone operators
more about that next week,
probably.
8 But il was an interesting ball,
and / wrote the following notes:
Charlie Hughes, Mrs. Gertrude
Pelletier. Phil O'Hara. the Capt.
R. l.. GilleSnies.- Dick Grove
and a flock Of others in the
boxes with or adjoining those Of
Victor Moore, William Gaxton
and Irene Bordonl
Abner Larned. the chairman.
absent again this year because
OF Illness. ditto EdSel Ford;
Ernest kanzler not there. prob
ably because he's got too much
to do TO 60 batting around
nights.
Overheard from some dope
when they photographed Gov
ernor Van Wagner and Duke
Ellington: That's Duke Filing
ton-but who's the other man
with him ,"
Phyllis Hoag. very social,
PLAYING a chorus OF Sugar
Blues" along with Paul Petrits'
trumpet and Ray Gorrells or
chestra.
Paul Lutzeier, whose name I
never can spell; Charlie Farrell
singing with Juliana; the dandy
representations of Mr. and Mrs.
Roosevelt Mrs. r. can take a
.loLefribhiHe- witffeat-gc getting
mad: and last Of all. the gals
in their pretty dresses sitting on
tn, steps Of the Book-Cadllac.
waiting for the boys to getback
with the cars Any cal who
hasn't sat on the Books steps
,,.L,, .ba met bacp't ltyndf