Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-13

Office, still
blows up with
MIR. PICKERING a minor case
of Mysteries at mention of Leo
pold Stokowski. >Stokowski, al
ways the temperamentalist,
insisted on putting on his gloves
before shaking hands with
Stolinski, who at that time was
Mayor Jeffries' secretary and
especially designated to welcome
Stokowski to Detroit.
That Stokowski's name is not
his real one. He used TO be plain
Leo Stokes, but that didn't
sound artistic enough.
That the number OF golfers
may be waning, but as many
people as ever (says Eleanor
Robinson) still buy books on
how TO play the game One
popular one Is called armchair
Golf"
That Henry Ford still patro-
nizes n tailor In Ypsilanti, the
same man from whom Ford
bought his first tallor-made suit
years ago.
That a shoe-shine place on
lower Woodward avenue shines
soldiers and sailors shoes for a
nickel. that one place offers to
shine them for nothing. and that
Staff Sgt. Roland Hutton was
embarrassed because a woman
shined his. The shine boy was
busy. so the boys girl friend
picked up the brushes and shined
Hutton's.
That one OF the chorus girls
at the Bowery. Mary Ellen
Mitchem, collects cellophane
scraps for a blind man who is
saving up 10 buy a Seeing Eye
dog.
81 was wrong"
Ted Campeau Of CKLW tells
about the barber in the Guar
anty Trust Building in Windsor
who. summoned 10 the recruiting
office, put a sign in his shop,
viii be back at 3:30.-Fred
Bloomfield"
They popped him, however.
into a uniform forthwith. and IL
was next day before Bloomfield
had time TO stop by at his shop.
Under the Back at 800" he
penciled this:
81 was wrong. And make II
Pvt. Fred Bloomfield now"
SEEN AROUND TOWN:
Flying officer Johnny Hill, at
dinner at the Wonder Bar with
people from the Fox. Hill. tech
nical adviser for Eagle Squad
ron," never listens to the
commentary by Quentin Rey-
holds, because the pictures with
the commentary include too
many other Eagle Squadron
pilots whom Hill knew we'll. OF
II in the group that went over
seas with Hill, only four are
left now, and he can't look at
their faces without weeping.
Ethel Shutta doing her hilari-
Gus THE Girl I'm the Back Row"
ut the Casanova Young
Frances Trice OF "Hellzapoppln,"
doing n guest appearance there
). Ethel says that the classic
story about ChIna's war with
the Japs was originated by Will
Rogers and a Chinese. You know
the story:
The Chinese patriot gets word
from the front that 100 Japs
have been killed and 1000
Chinese killed; then 1000 Japs
and 100000 Chinese: finally
100000 Japs and a million
Chinese.
The listener heaves n hope
full sigh. every good" he says.
pretty soon no more Japs."
NOTES IN BRIEF:
Paddy Cliff is considering Of
fers 20 go with Ted Flo Rito.
Bandsman. Mike Falk's cur
rent disappearance is because he
went TO Angola and married Kay
Pinninger, isn't It?
Gen. A. II. Clancy was In De-
troit yesterday on n flying one
day trip. Getting set 10 take
over the Union Guardian Build
Ing.
II isn't so despite rumors)
that Western Union has quit ac-
cepting singing kilograms. Only
thing Is, because Of the shortage
Of messenger boys they won't
guarantee delivery at any partic-
ular time, Bernard Smith says.
They've quit trying to have girl
girl messengers deliver singing
kilograms, too.
Best war bond ad yet dunno
just why. but you notice IT'D Is
that armored pay roll truck
that's painted red white and
blue.