Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-07

crack OTIS.
One man eN-
" planned that
""' nv all | had 10
do was call mp about 20 people
a day, explain his proposition to
them. and then. II they were In
terested. he would have me type
them a letter and pay me for IL.
but. brother said, i
haven't the time IN call up all
those people and not get paid
for 1t
"Oh,' he said, then YOU
don't want 10 get in on the
ground floor-well, Noull he
sorry" Then he hung up
- GIVE never set heard OF one
These ground fIoOr SaIe>men
whose proposition was worth
the butter to-frl an ecg IN
To ger back 70 1t : Another
customer sand he had q very
small letter so she quoted him
a small price
And what letter he showed
up with" she writes 1T GOV
cred every hit at space on a
long sheet of paper, single
spaced. All he wanted 10 pay
MAS 10 cents. and when
wouldn't do II for a dime he left
In huff Another fellow asked
" he could get his mail ri my
house and II he wanted 10 an
sWer any Of the letters. The.
I could write An occasional let
ter for him
But the most curious cuS'o-
mers she gets are tho anonl
nous letter writers That
gong hgn hat hiring >ccre-
tarV 70 write anonymous letters
"f,e had several" 81 : says
"Of course they always say they
are writing for some one else.
one daN wrote a note for y
lady who advised another one
that the man she WAS running
around with was married.
another time I wrote a let
ter for woman 10 an unknown
gentleman. warning him that
the dame he was In love with
was n no-good, etc. We'll. il
all in the line of work. and II
certainly gives one an insight
on human nature"
7 suppose that rn CITY this
SIZE there must be hundreds end
perhaps thousands of necessary
OCCUPATIONS tb.t rho rest of Us
nj think much about And
- NJ oddities n those ions
Milton Ro~, might hc inter.
eSted 10 know n no doc>n al
ready know n that when Don
VILE worked for one OF thc Joe
cal motion picture companies
nc had 10 60 oU' and ind an
imitation d.nosaur ii" found Dr.
too
Don Lu'N some Years aco.
used 10 he n charge of >ciins
off dynamite IN salt mine
and did you ever notice mo
miners coming ouf ot the >dlt
mlnc> A. WNandot'e Their
faces arc green ! imagine that
tho green color washes off
though and | suspect that IT is
from the chlorine IN salt
Gene who runs the spot, and
other hight, A. tho BoWcrN has
his equipment ON top Of tcIe-
phone booth That's what YOU
call cramped quarters
Some Of the other professions
that I've heard about in Detroit
a girl who lnvent> different
color combinations for the frost
lnC Of fancy douchnutS a man
Danny Sullivan. who addresses
envelopes. doing the writing m
elegant. flowing script and then
ColorinC the words like the H.
Illuminated manuscripts {
monks used 10 make several nun
drcd years ago. psychologist
who works for big indus
trial firm, determining by tests
whether a certain man will he
a good welder or foreman or de-
Signer. without having 10 wait
SIX months 10 sec whether he
succeeds or fails m the Job.
1f 7 could spend - hours in
any Job | wanted. the one, that
Id like 10 try would be the ones
Al cant possibly fll. bui Il
meet some interesting
people\ For instance. taxi-danC-
lng. hounCer IN a saloon. a do
tective "a parachute Jumper or
a long distance telephone OPP
orator Z
Opco a follo,V irvine "a cot