Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-20

Mr.. PICKERING tolanot Nc
trick that Rolf Passer did. Not
as well, maybe. but they said
they could do 1t.
Here's her letter:
''For Is years, we have played
q game when We have had sew
eraI couples together, and II
works the same as you de-
scribed It.
zone person leaves the room.
The others decide what he is to
do when he returns. We then
blindfolded the victim and turn
him around several times TO
confuse him on directions.
Then, one man and one
woman stand beside him. hold
ing his wrists so the pulse can
be felt. The blindfolded one Is
told TO make his mind COM
plete blank. and all the rest OF
US, including those holding his
wrists, keep thinking the same
thing, turn this way, back up
o bit, reach out now, ETC.
eff everyone in the room Is
serious and concentrates on the
thing to be done, IL works. But
II there are one or two who
smoker and will not help In
the concentrating, II sometimes
takes q very long time to
accomplish the end. Sometimes,
10 won't work At all with GER
tain people.
ITO people who have never
played II, II seems like n trick.
but you should see their faces
when git Is their turn. II you are
skeptical. you just come out to
my house sometime and bring
your friends. Wen show you
how to do IL and everybody In
Detroit Will be doing IL.
I'VE have had people reach
mp and pick of a certain Christ
mas tree ball from hundreds Of
them. IL In best to use simple
things to do because II doesn't
take no long.-Mrs. A. G. lube,
l3203 Wark."
There have been quite a few
people who have mentioned that
they often call up a friend just
as the friend is reaching for the
phone. too. Some tell about writ
ing letters exactly the same day
that correspondent writes.
Then again. certain things hap
pen In the case OF men away mt
war. The following is taken from
some material issued this month
by the navy.
Edwin Wuerst OF Chicago made
q pact with his mother when he
went overseas. They would think
Of each other each time the moon
is full.
Wuerst was sent 20 the Phil
ippines, was cited for bravery,
and finally was made q member
OF Gen. MacArthur's guard. His
last letter arrived home In June,
evidently carried by the last sub
marine 10 leave Bataan.
For 10 months, there was no
further word, but Mrs. Wuerst
continued to think Of her son
zach time the moon was full. and
said that she never once doubted
that he was alive and well, even
though Bataan had fallen.
After 10 months she learned
by radio that her son was q
prisoner but was unframed.
The navy draws no conclusion
but simply puts II down as an
account Of what happened.
Here's a different type of in
stance told 10 me by one of the
witnesses.
1t happened at Helen New
berry residence, one OF the
dormitories at the University Of
Michigan. A number Of girls on
the fourth floor were telling
ghost stories.
Somebody suggested:
Lets work up n thrill that
will last Tong time"
This evolved into a plan to
hide a note purporting to be
evidence" of a murder. They
wrote the note in red ink (be-
lieving that il would look like
blood). saying that a certain
Anne Connelle" had been muir
dered there.
They just made the name I'D.
the idea being to make il a ro-
mantle sounding name. Hence
the odd spelling of "Connelle."
Then the note was hidden in
the rafters by one Of the girls,
Lois DeFries. They waited for
somebody to find IL, but nobody
did and they forgot IL.
Each spring the girls are re-
CURED to write notes of greet
ing to new girls who have re-
served rooms for the following
autumn terms.
That spring the house mother
gave Lois DeFries the name of
the girl TO whom she was to
write. The name was Anne
Connelle, a girl in Northern
Canada who intended TO come