Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-08

members O I
the hospital
MIR. PICKERING staff 1t. j..
G. Wallace Jr. and Sgt. Carl
Cirillo.
(The latter is Detroiter who
was better known in music cir
Giles under his professional name
of Carl VincentD
Anyway. Mrs. Anderson said
she thought something ought TO
be done about il. There's a big
roof space available at the hos
pital and would be ideal for the
fighting men if only there were
some chairs for them 10 sit on.
Right now, there isn't even an
old wooden bench.
Mrs. Anders said she
thought Detroiters could raise
the money for some deck chairs
and outdoor furniture of that
type and 1t. Wallace said that
it would he a Godsend. He,
Cirilio and others have wished
Athat the roof could be QUILTED
lor that purpose but. under gov
eminent regulations, that's
something for which no money
is available.
So how about u2 IL there
anyone in this city of ours uho
Wouid like to contribute to a
project LIKE that
roe just seen some Of these
men, and heard their stoyiss-
men who haze lost foot or an
arm, lad Uhoss eardrur1s wers
smashed by the eoneusssion tOhiie
he lay IN Cuadaieanal foxhoie
in a bombardment. another with
bullet IN has efbow, Who teIis
Of hearing a hopeIsssiy she'll
shoeksd sergeant screaming,
Never mind me! Get my men.
Help thsn,l"
That Das after an ammunition
dump had bIOwn up. almost IN
their faces.
Mrs. Anderson said that she
would start the fund off with a
contribution OF her own and, for
the rest OF the needed funds, she
thinks that quite likely some Of
the war plants, possibly some of
the smaller ones. might chip in.
II wouldn't take a great
amount of money, considering
the size Of the hospital--pos-
sibly $1,000 for a first class job.
but il ought 10 be done soon.
The weathers getting nice, right
now, and those fighting men
fought 10 be getting outdoors.
In case YOU can't quite place
Mrs. Anderson, she's the same
woman who jumped I'm at the
last minute last Christmas when
everybody else had forgotten
about getting Christmas boxes
for servicemen.
\ She got 500 boxes ready.
lacked and delivered between
Dec. 8 and Dec. -.
This current project, for the
outdoor furniture. has been APP
proved officially AT Percy Jones
Hospital AT Battle Creek and
the Detroit committee consists
Of Mrs. Anderson. chairman;
Mrs Henry Forcier. vice chair
man. and Mrs. Robert NJ. Nc
Cabe. Mrs. r. J. Hunt, Mrs.
John Squire and Mrs. Robert
*. O'Nell.
If you'd like TO pass the hat
at your shop, or school, or office,
you can get in touch with Mrs.
Anderson at her home, 800
Merriweather, or phone her. II
you write 10 me, I'll pass your
letters on 10 her.
Two or three dozen shops
raising, say, 500 each WiI get
the ball rolling. Who'll help?
BALLET TOUGH GUYS: Last
time the S. Hurok Ballet Thea
ter was in Detroit. one of the
dancers popped off with the
claim that the average college
athlete wasn't as tough as a
ballet dancer and would fold up
under tn exercise that a
dancer took in stride.
We reported the boast in this
column and forgot about it.
But some of the athletes didn't.
The ballet comes back next
week at the Masonic Temple
and up pops the University of
Detroit baseball team, virtually
en- masse, to pick up that old
challenge.
IL seems that the baseball
team is going to take part in
the ballet as extras I'm Blue
>beard," but I gather that it's
omething of point Of honor.
They have laundering to prove
that they're not softies.
One dancer, Jerome Robbins,
recently insisted:
cit has been proved that n
football or basketball player
doesn't have the control or the
reserve OF strength that ballet
dancers acquire"
What's going to happen, I
don't know. hut unless some