Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-26

rest OF US who are inclined 10
get oVer-literary most OF the
time.
Anyway, last Sunday we re-
Verted to our classified ad per-
sonality and printed a letter
from one of the army camps.
Capt. Jack ~. Cooper, a De-
trOiter now at Camp Carnon.
Colo. with the 478th Engineers
maintenance company, wrote
that the soldiers out there had
n yen TO do some fencing, II
they only had some fencing
fOils.
on hand, we would say that
finding fencing foils was q futile
job. But no, In comes Q tele-
phone call from Frank Alex
ander. who says:
"We're going in the army.
We'd like Ia give our stun to
the boys. We'll be down Mon
day"
Well. you know how Christ
mas week is, 10 they didn't
make IL until Thursday. but they
made up for IL handsomeiy--a
complete set of four masks,
foils and Jackets. with two spare
blades for the foils.
! What got US mad was that we
weren't around when they ar
rived. and some of the reporters
Dorothy Williams and Ed
Sleeves. l believe promptly
swlped the story from under
our absent nose, and printed II.
Because II was a pretty good
story Mrs. Alexander was 60
ing INTO the WAC that day.
and MIR. Alexander goes into
The army today, breaking up a
team that has been together for
a long time.
The AlexanderS are that very
wel-known team OF the Dancing
AlcXanders who for the last few
Years have been IN Detroit tor
rather at Franklin Vihage) and
have been teaching dancing,
fencing and archery in the paro-
ch.al schools. Now the war is
dividing their paths.
The fencing equipment will be
on It's way To Colorado as soon
as We can get a big box TO pack
IL in. Not knowing their army
addresses, Wa hope they'll see
this and know that they are
being thanked.
Incidentally, in this year Of
steel prioritie>. fencing foils are
completely unobtainable. and In
the easiest of years. the Alex
ander>' present tn the army
would represent quite a large
sum OF money.
However We want 10 60 on
and tell about what the fencing
foilS did % this sedate and bust
nesS-lke office The desire 10
get a sword in your hands is
universal. Everybody wants 10
be one Of the Three Musketeers
or something
So the city room suddenly
turned into fencing studio.
with various Of the reporters
AinslstinG on taking Us on for
\ few fast bouts
Maurice Walker, the real es-
tate editor, came out of IL with
a whole skin. but Bill Fleming
managed 60 get his finger cut.
II We don't get the stun sent 10
Colorado quickly. we may not
have any stan left
But Vera. Brown cal m ~
worked through II. and merely
remarked:
Listen, YOU stick me with
one Of those things and I'll break
your ucrk.
Vera il wonderful.
ANY way. that's the faScina-
ton of this strange business OF
newSpspering. You never know
what its going 10 turn UP. IL
anybody had said week ago,
You're going 10 be fencing in
your office on Christmas eve,
we would have said he was
crazy
But that's why we think it's
sort OF fun 10 be a six-point
classified ad section.
And. aside from all the nom
sense. we want 10 thank all the
people, the AleXanders and
others. who at one time or an
other in the last year have given
something, or done something, in
response to the various requests
that have been printed in this
department..
II turns the column into n
modified kind OF general store
Tor maybe a trading post at
times, but we fondly hope that
sometimes II docs some good,
and, any way, it's lot OF fun.
Jinx Chaser