Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-22

y a Is e u Ms
Mr.. rIonTEINC car, he'd tic
tho ticket on
AGAIN and 4 policeman walking
by would see n and pass on. II
worked for A long time.
Tho racket Will not work any
more. though. For one thing, he
happened In use il on a beat
which was covered by r team Of
two men. Each thought the
other was tagging the car.
Then the police department
cut down 10 having one man on
the beat. That spoiled the
racket at once.
There's another reason YOU
needn't try the dodge yourself.
Now that the police are wise 10
~. they're apt 10 he shall we
say unfriendly to anybody who
pulls IT.
This doesn't sound believable,
hut II comes from a man who
heard II himself. 4 mother
iugged sickly child into n
hospital and the yOungster had
all the symptoms of malnutri-
tion and ricketts,.
Are you giving the baby
orange iuice:" was the doctors
first question.
yes" said the mother. THAT
is. 1 give her lots of orange
pop"
II might he funny In II weren't
80 pitiful that a child should
have to suffer for adult ignOr-
ance.
And. again, sometimes the
foolish things we do turn out
70 have their uses. Unexpected
uses.
Mrs. Jeanne Bonham, wife of
General Motors man. is a ma
tive of Belgium who is in De-
troit after fleeing from the war.
When she was very young she
fled from the first World War
and found herself among the
rrfugees in the railroad station
~ Antwerp. The only merchant
who had anything to sell was a
baker. and he sold his big,
round Belgian loaves as fast as
he could bake them.
But nobody had a knife TO
cut the bread. Young Jeanne
came 10 the rescue. She I'M
packed her suitcase and pro-
duced a big butcher knife that
she'd taken along with her ito
kill Germans with"
Yes. she still has the knife, as
a souvenir.
The bread reminds me OF
Chastian Thurman. who's a
salesman and is always trading
notes with other statesmen. One
0f them said that his wife did
all her own baking and saved
81 week by doing IL.
That's an awful lot of bread
Ia bake. brother" he said
The salesman didn't answer
directly. He Just pulled out a
folder that he uses. IL says on
the front. "Eifieen reasons why
YOU should buy from me-"
Inside the folder II the eXpla-
nation-the Is reasons, and also
the explanation Of the amazing
savings that his wifc'S baking
brings.
The ~ reasons are pictures Of
his Is children.
What by the way. has become
NJ the BIG families that used 10
he 30 common? Modern cIviiza-
ton. apartment house lives, and
50 on but haven't we got any
really big ones in Detroit?
NOTES: 4 "P. Il. ". opera
tor" l. just professional lingo for
switchboard operator" I'm
told. Short for private board
exchange operator" Ruth
BROTHERS SAYS Shc went 10 CaSS
Tech with Edna Potter. the sing
Ing operator. and says. "Why
not start contest for singing
operators There seem TO he
contests for everything else"
We'll. I've got enough contests
IN keep me busy. hut singing
operators ought Ia be encour-
aged Detroit's quite n must
cal city. You'd be surprised how
many Songwriter, there are.
JuStus Isler of Lincoln Park,
and Cyril RAY. who used to
write for Warner Brothers. have
lust had their 1n a Little Cafe
in san Jose" published, and Don
pablo'S orchestra. az the Palm
Beach Cate, viii he playing u
within a week g.. Don Pablo
likewise will introduce America.
We Are Ready" written by
Carrie Hoffman Of Ferndale and
Percy J.. Smith Of Pontiac.
Major share Of the profits from
II have been pledged To defense
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