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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-25
MERRY CHRISTMAS is a
Az good deal of a mockery

good deal OF a mockery
this year.
Many OF US are lonely for
loved ones far away, 10 say
nothing of our anxiety about
their safety and comfort.
In a land where our fore
fathers came in order 10 live
their own lives untouched by the
ancient quarrelS Of Europe and
Asia and which they turned.
by their industry and resource
fulnesS, into a land of plenty.
we are suffering privations in
our daily lives which. so far as
we can see, we do-not deserve.
The world into which Christ
was born 10 bring peace and
love for all mankind has turned
into an armed camp with most
OF our energy directed towards
making instruments of death
and destruction.
y The whole sorry scene the
Il ones ! can think of with the
most pride and respect are the
men and women of my own af-
filisted profession-the nurses,
the nurse aides, the Red Cross
workers. staff assistants the
doctors. dentists, veterinarians
all over the world.
OF course, this Christmas /
am thinking mostly OF the fell
lows saw 90 marching off.
There is little Bill.
I've known him ever since
when
| saw him on the train going
10 California this spring.
With his eager boyISh face
and figure adorned by the uni
form OF a lieutenant commander
in the navy, head OF a hospital
unit.
II seemed impossible that he
was entrusted with such respon-
sibility.
But I heard from him the
other day.
The hospital has set up shop
somewhere down under and is
probably doing rush business.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-25
DvT. BARNEY RUDITsKY of

DVT. BARNEY RUDITSKY Of
4 Battery A of the 54th Battal-
hon. out in Camp Callan, Cal.
favorS me with copy Of the
Range Finder. a civilian enter
prise published in the interests
of the camp personnel and con-
tanning a challenge from his out
fit TO the rest of the battalion
for any kind Of sports contest.
The challenge. which is signed
by Private Ruditsky himself, on
behalf of Battery A mentions
tug-o-war and golf as COMPETE
tive sports possibilities, but adds
that the battery also will take
on any other in a contest in the
manual of arms, bayonet drill.
on the target range or over the
obstacle course.
You can see that this gang is
really feeling its oats.
HOWEVER, my interest is not
H in the sweeping defiance or
in the athletic potentialities of
Battery A, but in Private Rudit-
sky, formerly a famous member
Of the New York Police Depart
ment. who at the age of IS is
serving in the United States
Army for the second time.
He was in World War /
He put in 20 years in the New
York Police Department.
Much of the time he was in
plain clothes as a detective.
He was one Of the men usually
detailed 10 the special squads
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-25
BY Herbert Stein:
l.. -. Christmas

Tn MANY OF the villages along
i the Mississippi River the folk
use the driftwood TO make
Christmas bonfireS.
CANTA CLAUS is a tiny, quiet
- community in Ohio which
becomes a beehive of activity
with the approach OF Christmas.
An even greater volume OF
mail than received in Christmas,
Fla. pours in TO be re-maIied
and stamped with the Santa
Claus poStmark.
on the highest hill OF the VIII
1age Is Santa Claus Park. in the
center Of which a towering, smil-
ing granite statue OF Santa Claus
stands on a brightly silvered five
pointed star.
THERIOTS La, inhabitants
l. celebrate Christmas in the
middle of February.
They are all trappers and De-
cember % is the height Of the
trapping season which each year
finds them scattered over the
vast marshes.
Instead of a Christmas tree
the belated celebrants content
themselves with live oak boughs
or saplingS. covered with Span
ish moss "A native holly called
yaupon and winter berries.
MILWAUKEE'S Polish chill
w dren believe in Gwlazdor,
Polish Santa Claus.
4 LABAMA farmers. many of
"a them, still Loyalty celebrate
old Christmas on January z.
They Solemnly affirm that
pokeweed puts forth sprouts
and all the farm animals kneel
with their heads toward Jerusa-
lem at first daybreak Of the
day.
This first dayhfcak occurs.
they say. about an hour before
the usual daybreak and reaches
almost the brightness of sun
rise.
Then darkness returns the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-25
QUESTIONS, ANSWERS

B. Els there any harm in
taking a half teaspoon or a tea
spoonful of bicarbonate of soda
in a glass OF hot water after
meals for acidity and gas?
l have heard that soda should
always be taken in cold water
as hot water changes It's char
acter
Answer: Hot water does not
change the character of bicarbo-
nate of soda and il makes no
difference whether it is taken in
hot or cold water.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-25

WORK. Tia, sees its Christmas
i festivals opened by q color
'ul parade IN which Santa Claus,
escorted by the high school band.
comes down Congress street on
Tho back Of an elephant.
At Palmer Lake Colo. every
year, the Sunday before Christ
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-25

DORCHESTER, y. y. gives
IL flower show on Christmas.
The old-iashloned community
Of Blanco Tex. retains many
of The customs of other dAAS.
On tho night before Christ
mas the men and boys gather
on the town square. divide
sides and stage a sham battle
with Roman candles.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-25
Better Health Il. 1r G"1s.
by Dr. Logan CIendening

THEN there was another Bill
4 who is somewhere across
blue water. leaving his wife and
two babies here at home alone
One OF them wants TO know If
Daddy is mad at them because
he doesn't come TO see them.
Well, Daddy is doing fine sur
gerry wherever he IS, and I
watched him grow into a fine
surgeon.
en4=tS= another ~-f1g has Fe7-eT
seen his baby who was born last
month.
And Ed. and Max. and Joe,
and Jim. and Mahlon, somewhere
in England.
THAT gang in San Diego-if
Il they are still there.
We used 10 practice side by
side with them and they pulled
up stakes and made plenty OF
sacrifices.
Then there's Humpty learning
TO get used to a temperature Of
120 day after day.
Merry Christmas 10 you, COM
rades.
Wherever you are we know
YOU are doing your duty and
holding the faith of the profess
sion to heal friend and enemy
alike with equal skill.
You. at least, represent the
doctrines of the Christ who was
born in Bethlehem of Judea
1912 years ago today.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-25

1t. Com. Walter Winchell
is temporarily on leave out
of the country. Meanwhile,
"On Broadway" is being
written by guest columnists.
Today's guest is Herbert
Stein. author and illustrator.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-25

mas. the ancient ceremony OF
hunting and burning the Yuie
log takes place.
Christmas IS celebrated with
hrccrackers IN the southern part
Of Missouri.
There is 4 Bethlehem in Penn
Sylvanla, a Jerusalem IN Mary
land.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-25

DUMANIAN singers in Ohio
~ co from door 10 door on
Christmas Eve.
YugoSlavianS decorate their
houses with ivy and scatter
straw on The floor 10 symbolic
ChrIS1S birth IN a manger.
n Hilton Park. Wilmington.
y. G. stands what is claimed to
he the worlds largest Christmas
tree. a live oak fCsiooned with
.noSS. 20 feet in height, - feet
n circumference 1t the base Its
limbs spreading ll5 feet.
fhTy trCr * Itvay~ decorated
for the Christmas season.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-25
On the Side
-Ry T.. v. Durling

nlsu4oaod BY KING Feature sgna 100,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-25
On Broadway
-WincheIling for Walter

Trade Mark Registered. Copyright. 1912
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-25

1TILWAUKEES Polish chill
w dren believe in Gwlazdor.
Polish Santa Claus.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-25

HOLLY is The name Of towns
IL IN several states, including
Michigan
Al Christmas time The farm
erS from the upper Bear River
Valley Wyo pat away their
wheeled rigs and drive into
Evanston III poDgicGS WHFfe TIE
Three Wise Men. their camels
and the Star OF Bethlehem are
outlined IN electric lights on a
snowy hill east OF the city.
DOSES bloom in Portland,
IL Ore. al ChriSimas-time
while the North and Northwest
Is covered with snow.
Is many Norwegian towns Of
North Dakota. June Bokkc, or
Christmas Fools. still make the
rounds OF The homes between
Christmas and New Year.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-25

CHRISTMAS is the name Of a
y little town IN Florida which
receives much mail during Yule-
tide holidays, when more than.
$4,000 letters are run through
the cancellation machines and
relayed TO all parts of the coun-
Try
People throughout the world
before the war mailed gifts via
Christina" so they might be
stamped with the Christmas
49,. ~
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-25

MASSACHUSETTS did not
4'I celebrate Christmas until
1910.
1t was banned by the Pilgrim
Fathers.
Newcomers 10 the State, who
put wreathS in their windows.
were called 'plScopalS' and were
criticized by their neighborS.
II is different today.
In many villages carol singers
make the round on Christmas
Eve.
ESTERO ISLANDS, Fla, near
II Fort Myers has a special
Christmas celebration on the
beach; a barefoot Santa Claus
steps from a speedboat and dis
tributes gifts 10 island children
under the cocoanut palms.
On January 6. the sponge fish
ermcn from Tarpon Springs,
Ella, celebrate not only the com
ing OF the Wise Men but the
baptism OF Jesus by John the
Baptist
According TO their calendar. il
is Christmas Eve. a time both
for prayer and revelry.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-02-12
CHI F'S EDGE.

4, ,r.r. cdcse it holds
rt.r n red tone.
rum That has stiiiencd in cold,
waited allow"
W.. ,rr .cc meath OF winter.
sn.e ....ndcd and still
nIr Ind, the frozen limbs,
rba dreams secret and dark
ut .ull and burn within
The frozen bark.
rb1., twisted tWigS have gathered
Hrd -.p from winter sky,
Ara t.a l.aumer essence breathing
IN -a.. .srlug cry
az n,-a and water flowing
r. down where roads + going,
,n5 ,.c blac smoke is Wreathing,
l~4 ,.. lone hawk swings by.
George Able
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-02-12

Eased Quickly Win Be

Agonizing headaches and an
noying neuralgia pains usual
ly yield in a hurry to the
quick-acting ingredients in
the &c" formula. &c" is
also effective for the relief
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-02-12
At Watts Hospital.

S. Il. Harris. Who has been taking
treatment at Watts Fosatjal. Dva-
hGt1, for me time. is said to be get
ting along very we'll.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-02-12

The senior choir OF the First Meth
odlst ehulcn viii practice tonight at
7.45 O'Clock at the CHURCH. ana aI
members are urged to attend.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-02-12
Miss Wilson Improved,

Itjerf~ VIII lie glad u learn that
Mis- Hazel wilson is up after beng
confined to her bed for a week with
influenza.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-02-12
Goes to

Mis- Ann Watson left today FOR
Hickory, where She will be as Istaut
librarian in the Worth EIliott-Car-
neglc Library.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-02-12

Loser Gladly beaten): ~"Remombe'.
FL owe you something for this.
Winner: THAT doesn't mean any
,hin2. You never pay anything YOU
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-02-12
Birth of Daughter.

Mr.. and MR.. H. b. He's. of Ra-
announce the birth Of a daugh-
tire, Donnie Rebecca, at Maria Pa
ham hospital Thursday, February ;,
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-02-12

of muscular aches and func-
tional periodic pains. Acts as
a sedative in simple nervous
ness. 10c & 25c sizes. Use only
as directed. Consult a p>zszi-
ci1n vrl'en osi7e prs
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-15

exclusive hotel in the world Even the guests allowed in
only visiting days"
YES sir, general"
81 give nice job, far from the firing 'front.' in the Van
Insomnia Cass Rip Wrinkle slept years
and only got charged for night.
II promoted you from the ranks TO hotel clerk thought
you in a million. relied you in the hour of
stress and peril. Do you hear me-"
Hear general?" replied You're all the dial"
II took out of the gutter" he said; II gave you
chance They said to that you bum if there
And there It's you. Bugs you have
destroyed my faith in human nature You have destroyed
something that fine in
when they put the you, stood up for you. And
this has to happen Bugs have betrayed trust
DO you hear Bugs:" he said you have betrayed
trust"
General" l said II didn't know you ONE
(To be contnued)
Copyright
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-15
They Needn't
BE Younger

replied briefly, "Oh pecans.s or
something to that effect. Maybe
it was filberts. Anyway, there
has been a distinct GOODNESS be-
tween them ever since, and, con-
fidentially, I blame the dame.
If she did not sympathize with
her mans yearning, she should
have kept her trap closed.
OF course, the If-I-Was-
Younger Association retains its
active membership beyond so
years of age who can carry on
the traditions of the organiza-
ton, but, the way things are
going these days, you can never
tell where the government is
going. 1t may finally leave the
association with only the boys
past 60. The government is not
at all choosy about service mate
rial any more. As a recruit
described the method of exam
ination for the draft:
They just touch the body
and, II IL II warm, you're In"
Copyright, 1912. by King Features
Distributed by International News Service
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-15
The On|ooker

THE Russians are bombing
- Budapest. and our hope is
that a bomb falls on, or near, a
certain Budapestisn we met in
that city in the summer OF 1886.
He is race track tout. or was
at that time. and what he did 10
our travel budget all but caused
US to leap into the Blue Danube.
muddy as il is, without holding
our nose.
We met him outside OF the
race track on the day that the
Kentucky Derby Of Hungary
The ST. Stephens Handicap-was
run.
That is. he met US. proving, as
we said later after he had put
the bite on the Morris Plan, that
a sucker is a sucker in any Ian
guage.
With Old World grace and a
checkered vest he CALAMITY led
us TO our seats, bought us pro-
grams. nudged us when the ma
tional anthem was played, and
generally chaperoned us
LIE WAS former Jockey, he
IL said. We believed him, just
why we'll never know. because
in our travels 10 the race tracks
Of the world we have met no
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-15
The Brighter Side

I THINK the government has
played an unkind trick on
the members of the If-I-Was-
Younger Association by an
nouncing that it will accept for
military service any applicants
up to so years of age.
This sort o. knocks The con-
versational props out from under
guys who have been standing
around remarking, II wish l
was younger so / could get in
there myself" meaning in there
in the war business, the remark
usually being made in a tone of
envy TO fellows in uniform, or
with note of criticism to lads
not in uniform.
Now that the government,
through the %war department,
offers TO take them for the ask
ing. the If-I-Was-Younger set
will be reduced to silence, which
is the worst thing that could
happen to them, because they
enjoy Cabling.
1 am inclined to think that
this is a severe blow TO social
chit-chat. Heretofore, the I'LL
Was-Youngers had a nice OPEN
ing crack on being introduced to
young soldiers at the gatherings
behind the ramparts of Fort
Stork Club, and elsewhere.
1t was a fine thing TO say to
the wife and children, too
IL wish 1 was younger so 1
could get In there myself"
Of COURSE, suppose some
" of the helpmeets received
their husbands statements of
regret with silent reservations.
possibly having a wifely insight
into the true nature of the
blokes.
But I am sure most of them
believed their partners in matri-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-15

keeps but he had him on the
floor so my prediction was not
so silly as some people claimed
it to be at the time. Mr.. Baer
is about to open a cafe in
Sacramento, Cal.
Mrs. Ionic Maschek. Charm
ing and smart looking wife Of
Jockey Francis Maschek. The
MaschekS live in a trailer.
Remember l have stated a
couple of times that jockeys
make fine husbands but always
want to live in trailers. / got
that from the files of our horses
and women research bureau.
Before you marry you better
consult this department and we
will tip you off on the
idiosyncracies of men in vari-
Gus occupations.
Take newspapermen: they are
always saying they want to live
on a farm. When a newspaper
man gets on farm he is about
as happy as a duck on the
desert and is always figuring
out excuses so he can stay in
the city.
If you marry newspaperman
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-15
Seen and Heard
Around ~. v.

Nazi spy Bahr, who just got
30 years (instead of DEATH, can
get out in less than 10!
TALE Of Manhattan: They
Il would have you believe that
it actually happened-but even
If IL didn't-so what?
A couple. happily married,
came 10 New York for a visit.
At the hotel bar one night he
struck up some smalltalk with
diverting young thing who, as
Fate and Temptation directed,
dwelled i'm the same hotel.
After waiting for her groom
several hours, the worried wife
went looking for him.
As she walked 10 the elevator
she encountered him coming
out of a room down the hall.
where have you been all this
time ?" she demanded
His face turned 10 flame.
Bowling in shame, he whiSt
pered:
AT last you've discovered the
truth. I'm q jewel thief"
COUNDS in the Night: At
~ Fefe's Beach;
"She has a skeleton In her
closet--and the resemblance Is
amazing"
At the Stork Bar:
"Oh, dear-this Is 5000 sell
DOM"
At Reuben's:
al never knew what imitation
meant until I saw her In Stacks"
At LaMartinique:
Hey. Corny. Who brought
you--the Stalk ."
At Mother Kelly's:
Hes IA in the army hut AZ
In a cab"
DIG Street Ticker Tape; Wal
- ton e. 0'Rourkei s fascinating
puppetry at the Rainbow Room
is attracting bids.
When Leon Henderson plays
roulette (twice year, his
system never fails. he says.
Puts chips on 4, 8 and 13.
The 4 flor Leonl=the 9 for
Henderson, plus 9 is -.
No. - won him a young mint
at the Copacabana in Rio.
A phony who posed as Hal
Chase tthe one-time baseball
starr was flattened in one spot.
John Broderick. the famed
Broadway sleuth. pointed out a
con man this way
There goes the guy who once
swiped the tunnels Oft the Queen
Mary"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-15

w.
ing a shave) was being refused
admittance.
SORRY" said the man at the
door, you cannot come in"
ooh, he's Okay." interviewed
Brown, II know him. I'll yOuch
for him"
The man came in and in no
time at all lost S23 900.
The management gave Brown
$500 with which 10 buy some
gum-dropS.
MEMOS of a MidniGhter: Not
A'A all the white armbands YOU
see during afraid alarms are
worn by wardepS. Some with
quill and pencil crossed) are
worn by the press. and G-Men's
white arnbands feature the
initials FBI.
Maureen Holmes. former Zieg-
field girl. is in Reno.
A. Childers, Royal Palm Club
tMiami) boss, is in our feverish
midst with the report that
many places there are doing a
healthier business than they did
during 1.-THE season. "
And that trains from the north
are packed daily.
l.. Parker has popped the
question to Colette Lyons.
Fox will test lovely Cece
Eames of the LaMartinique en-
semble.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-15

BY Dr. Logan CIendening

"THE main trouble with
Il many of the patients I see
every day Ii that they are al
ways weak and tired, and full
of pain, and always getting sick
in one way or another.
"Many have been operated on
several times, and still aren't
we'll"
So writes my friend Doctor
Alvarez of the Mayo Clinic
about the group of people he
says have constitutional made
quacy.
He says they are getting
raw deal from the medical pro-
feSSion.
Over and over again they go
to some medical institution TO
have a thorough overhauling."
and always a consultant finds
some little defect that he views
with alarm and has fixed. and
the poor victim thinks he or she
is going to get better, but never
does.
EAVORITE diagnoses on such
Il people just now are colitis,
spastic colon, chronic appendi-
citis, mild endocrine gland dis
order, low blood calcium, vita
min deficiency and low blood
pressure.
The fact is that some people
are put together in a way that
makes tt m constitutionally
inadequate TO take the hard
knocks and do the hard work
of the world.
Physicians should recognize
this more frequently, Doctor Al
varez thinks, and tell these
people frankly they are never
going to be cured" in the
sense that they will have bloom
ing health.
Their fundamental condition
is ineradicable and they should
adjust their lives 10 a lower
level of energy expenditure.
IN MOST cases the doctor
Il should be able TO recognize
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-15

pay no attention 10 that line
of chatter about a farm. or A
little house in the suburbs. A
newspaperman is only happy
when he is where things are
happening.
81 WAS formerly a stenog-
rapher. Now I assemble
parts for machine guns" writes
a Detrolter.
ut is discOuraging To find that
married women working I'm fac
tories are as fllrtatious as those
working In offices.
Cant these women realize
they are doing harm to marriage
In general: Single men noting
disloyalty OF that kind are likely
to become disillusioned about
marriage.
Furthermore, IL very often
makes young married men In
clined TO be suspicious Of their
own wives when they see 50
much flirting carried on by
other mems wives. There never
can be law against this type
Of filtration but how wish
there could be-"
WHEN it is the second mar
w riage for both a very happy
married life usually results. 1t
was Dumas The Elder who said:
Zone loves more the first time,
better the second time"
When Ted Shawn was 10 and
a student at the University of
Denver an illness caused him
to be temporarily paralyzed
from the waist down.
When he improved little his
doctor advised him TO take up
dancing.
Mr.. Shawn is now 50 years old
and is still dancing profession
ally.
A fellow who has worked for
lot of film stars insisted upon
giving me the Inside stuff" on
the home life in Hollywood.
l am not going to repeat any
of IL except that he told me
the best job in film colony
domestic service was considered
to be working for George Raft.
And he added:
II don't mean by amount of
money you get. But Mr.. Raft
knows how to treat people who
work for him."
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-15
by Damon Runyan

mony really were suffering pangs
of disappointment over not be-
ing able to join UP. have great
confidence in wives as a class.
Besides, their husbands regret
gave them something to talk
about, too. They could tell their
friends how poor Wherefore or
poor Sam were just eating their
hearts out because they were
too old to join up.
I know of only one wife whose
skepticism in her husbands
protestations went so far as TO
lead her to look up his record
in World War / when he was
younger, sure enough, and I
consider her an unworthy mate
for patriot. She found that he
not only did not hasten to the
colors but adopted a hacking
cough and a haggard expression
in case they ever got around TO
drafting him.
60 THE first time he remarked:
~ 81 wish I was younger so I
could get In there myself" she