Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-10


- Tracy. and he
and his wife
were in their
Mr. PIONEERING shop tthe big
Widowed drawing room In what
WAS a fine ole residence before
Detroit began its mushroom
growth, when ! started asking
them what evidently seemed like
n lot Of fool questions.
I've inst mend holes, Mr..
Tracy SAID. land we occasionally
Get bullet holes The sign seemed
like a good idea.
sure. we mend bullet holes.
No, not on gangSters-we don't
cater 10 that kind Of trade at all.
But once we had a policeman
who fired his gun accidentally,
and the bullet went through his
closet. He had about II pairs III
trousers and the bullet went
through them all"
Bullet holes, in fact, are in
the hush-huSh minority Tracy
admits. Usually it's Just holes
that get ripped in clothes-"and
you'd be surprised how many
old tapestries and things like
that we Get. Usually they're so
worn out that l wouldn't say
they were worth mending, but
people want them. so we do 1t.
I'VE GET lot Of business
from the holes people make
when they pull the tags off new
clothes, and of course a lot OF
cigaret burns. Women.
"The worst hurry-up jobs are
moth holes-somebOdy who gets
his dress suit out once a year
has To have IL mended by that
evening. i used 20 he In Wash
ington wears ago. A lot Of people
there only wear full dress every
four years. Every inaugural
ball"
Mr.. Tracy seemed slightly
fdgety. when ii came TO talk
ing about the more desperate
types of characters. but his wife,
sitting in the window working
on somebody's punctured gar
ment, volunteered that I'VE get
a lot Of cut-up clothes. There
was a man from a hotel-Some
girl did il for him. Cut up every
thing he had And then there
was a nurse from Ford Hospital
Well. you'd be surprised"
But bullet holes? ITO tell YOU
the truth Mr.. Tracy said,
people don't very often admit
they're bullet holes. We recog-
nize them. all right. but we
don't let on. We just pretend
that its an ordinary rip, or
whatever they say il is. But
Just lately we got lieutenant
In the army He was at Fort
Wayne. and had hole through
some white trousers. And there
was a man who brought us a
coat full Of shotgun holes.
Him? Oh, he got in the
wrong house by mistake one
night. But he didn't get hurt.
just a lot of holes in his coat
tails"
SHORT SHOTS; People out
East jefferson way are faScl-
mated by the ragpicker who
scaVenges Junk and paper and
takes II away in a toy wagon.
Now he has a traller-another
cart that he tows along behind.
To the lady who couldn't find
any one 70 teach her 20 KNIT
sweaters for the soldiers: Here
are three experts who Will teach
any one. out Of patriotism. 10
knit: Mrs. Wilma Jarnegan,
1865 Field avenue. Apt. 6 Mrs
George Willis. T730 Lawton
Apt. 6: Mrs Clayton Lewis
1929 West Grand boulevard
They invite you 70 drop IN anc
see Whichever one is closest tc
your home.
Only left-handed vioIinist In
the dance band business. Bot
Corbin at the Michigan. says
il Johnny Long. coming here
with the Andrews Sisters
Pianos 70 the way Of cars. tire
and typewriters, and are frozen
But AT least, nobody's going (,
pull down the shades and say
Come down I'm the baSemen
and look al all the pianos w
got SaVed-I had an inside III
before the freezing order"
Note from Deacon Miles
Your reference TO the girl wh
was distraucht over loss Of he
glasses recalls the dilemma r
my dear old grandma. She va
forever losing her glasses. b.
now that grandma has C0n
modern. looking for her g'a,>o
isn't the Job II used 10 he, Now
adays she just leaves them RICH
where she empued them
Not my grandma thougi
Deacon. My grandma was
strict New Highlander sr
wouldn't even 20 10 a circus. q
though grandpa used 10 20
when he could sneak out Of th
house.