Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-17

dQlO AT the -
same time. SO MR.. PICKERING
that Ensign Mason could hear
a newscaSt about himself.
He taTned white as a sheet,
Yvette said. He's really very
shy"
Yvette, here TO sing at the
Bowery. told us about Ensign
Mason when we found her at
her suite at the Book Cadillac,
being photographed with her
dog kOko) by X. n. Arnold.
while Yvette's mother tried to
coax KOko TO look In the right
direction.
YNette was asked. originally.
Ia 60 10 Iceland, but, she says.
I'VE were all being tailed by
Nazi agents. We didn't know
ourselves that we were going 10
Newfoundland until we got
there" They were. by the by.
expecting 10 go on the Nor
mandie, anc were happy after
ward that the plans were
changed. The ship burne d
within "a hours of the time they
had expected TO sail on her.
Back I'm New York, she met
Ensign Mason again. when
group of English heroes were
there. Mason still hadn't gotten
used to being something of
hero himself, Yvette says.
He told me 80 times" she
said, that IL was the most thrill
ing night OF my life-meeting
all those heroes and having n
date with Yvette.' Well, he
said Il at least 80 times, any
way"
The following incidentalS also
impressed us about Yvette:
She doesn't smoke, and was
very worried when she began
singing on the Camel show. She
even tried TO learn TO smoke,
but gave il up as bad job.
"I finally asked them about IL,
and they laughed and said II
didn't matter. Just SO long as
didn't smoke any OF II Il X
BRAND"
She Is thinking of buying an
ajrplane and wants to learn to
fiy one. On her last trip TO
Detroit (for the opening OF
new radio station) she flew
here. The air was so bumpy
that everybody got sick. 81 told
the stewardess that I felt bad.
She brought me some aka
seltzer. Take II away i said.
I'm feeling n little bit sick my
self the stewardess said. so she
drank the alka-seltzer herself"
About primping: II don't
think girls out TO go out, and
then say Excuse me- and spend
an hour primping. think you
should make yourself look as
good as possible and then forget
about il. Id rather be entertain
ing than beautiful
NOTES AROUND TOWN:
Artic Shaw made himself un-
popular with some of the news
paper fraternity by sending out
word that he was too busy TO
see some of the top writers.
Eddie Lennane halls me 10
say, Johnny German (of Car
roll and German, Penobscot
Club says the way TO get the
tInfoil off cigaret packages is
10 throw them into warm water.
Then you can get the tinfoil of
without tearing it," Hope this
will help tlnfoil savers. My own
brand now comes in gray paper,
without any tinfoil.
In a game OF dominoes at the
Scarab Club with Clyde Bur-
roughs, John Coppin. Ferenc de
Erdely, Howard Mcdonald and
Jim Little, Burroughs told us
that the Institute Of Arts has
made arrangements In case OF
air raids. They think the heavy
concrete will protect the works
OF art, but have than listed In
order of value I'm case It's ad-
yisable TO put them In the vaults.
In a test they emptied all the
galleries OF spectators In four
and n half minutes. too.
Edwar Everett Horton s
newest trick is 10 ask somebody
Do you like dirty French pic
lures? He surreptitiously slides
picture over. face down. II
turns out 10 be Horizons pass
port picture.
People like that sign nj the
Rainbo Tbeater which Adver-
tised a double feature horror
show. Two super chillers-now
cooled by refrigeration"
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