Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-21

the train, Tap Nm. PithfhiN"
" m On ( he
AhouIder and warn him, That's
enough. Buddy He'll under
stand"
The skipper is probably Detroit ;
most nCiGhhorly character ana Is
on friendly terms with every one
IN sight within FIVE minutes. That
Is. unless somebody says he's a
maniac.
Signs Of the times: The telc-
phonc company is using reverse
English craftsmanship. Try to order
an extension phone for your home
and they'll tell you;
You can have II II you insist,
but II uses up defense materials,
and we've been asked TO explain
this 10 customers"
Soft drink companies have been
told 10 cut sugar consumption oO
per cent.
Women's Apparel Club of Michi-
gan. in convention at the Statler,
saws womens skirts will be shorter
and materials thinner A week ago
styhSts were saying skirts would be
longer. Which proves only that
women will be women, And skirts II
be skirts, And unpredictables.
now have a new stamp col
lector who wants all the unusual
stamps that l happen 10 receive.
He's one of the Times reporters
John Gariepy. and his goal is to
collect 100000 stamps.
Probably l gasped when he men
toned 100000 stamps, so he eX-
planned why he wants them.
1.-THE principal reason" he said,
ISIS that I'm one Of those guys
Who Is always starting something
and never finishing IL.
This II the third time I've
started collecting stamps, and i
thought II 1 had some goal. I'd
keep at u.
I'm four years I've saved 2OO.-
600. which means going through
lot Of peoples wastebaskets.
That's $4,000 year, but think
can speed II up and reach a
million In 10 years"
He doesn't collect the ordinary
one, two or three-cent stamps
but saves all commemorative
issues and everything else he can
get
After 10 years he expects either
10 sell them 10 a dealer or 10 trade
them for other stamps and keep
on being a collector. Depends on
whether he is more in need OF a
hobby or Of money in 1913 or
Whereabouts.
a good many of the stamps he's
saving won't be worth much. he
thinks. but by the law of averages,
he reasons. he'll have some that
other people will have thrown
away. They will be valuable.
The cheaper ones, he figures,
may bring 81 or IS hundred, but
he hopes he'll have a few Tarer
ones 10 bring the average up
Some Graf Zeppelin stamps"
Gariepy saws. "were issued in de-
nominations Of SIS cents, Sl.2O
and $3.50, and not many were
used. The government destroyed
the ones that were left over. \
used stamp II worth as much sS
an unused one. and $40 II a bar
gain price for any one OF them
now.
SOME NOTES: William
Corstock. although no longer gov
crnor. J. still a queen crowncr, and
Is going on tho snow train Satur-
day for the Alpena Clubs trip
Hell crown the Alpena Snow
Queer.
Such clubs. although We don't
paw much attention 10 the fact, are
4 symptom of freedom. It's the free
countries that have them.
Jim NcCabe has book called
Rotary m Italy telling how Ro-
tary grew from one member 70
loss. Sometime later all the clubs
were diSbsndcd in Italy. Germany
and the countries that fell under
German domination
note from Charles Borchard
tells about the kiwaniS Symphony
Choral Festival this Saturday al
tho Masonic Temple quite a con-
Cer' and given by 10 kiwanis
clubs 20 raise money for under
privileged children.
We have come 10 take these
things for granted But IN some
courtriCs. such a festival would be
illcSal And there wouldn't be- any
Masonic Temple 10 hold u IN
eithrr
SUCH >'wpie things and ~ tho
r1cr-rrt ~ ~rcm, to mo 10 be- 81
siniste Thought. ~ reallzc that ir
lands vnrf' FREEDOM has died
thc-c simple things arc regarded
3 dangerous
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