Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-09-28


49,. .,o.- has brought
MN ri0NI"iN" forth + o m
Ben and Lou Cohen, the Para
diSe-Roxy theater men. their
confession of some finagling in
the last war, finagling that did
them no good, they admit.
Lou was in the army but Ben
was rejected. Some way. Lou
got mixed up with a French
outfit and was pretty thor
oughly lost in the maze of
military bookkeeping when the
war ended.
Lou wrote plaintive letters TO
Ben, begging him, in the rugged
language OF that era, 10 get him
the hell out OF the army.
Dutifully. Ben laid siege IN
every office he could find, from
Pershing's on down.
Came the blessed day. Lou
was on the boat. Ben hurried
10 meet II. Lou Cohen was
there, all right, hut IL was the
wrong Lou Cohen.
Ben tried again. and vet
again. Twice more he liberated
somebody named Lou Cohen,
hut both were total strangers.
Tho fourth time, working with
exquisite care, he got Lou
started home.
Ben and his father met the
boat and went aboard. But the
fourth Lou Cohen turned out 10
he . strappingly set up Negro.
At that point, they gave up
completely. In due time, Lou
got homo, not n minute quicker
for all Ben's work. Presumably.
the four other Lou Cohens ap-
precisted all Ben did for them,
though.
RANDOM NOTES: Margie
Harris favorite card game is
poker 49, but she plays with
deuces and one-eyed jacks wild
Women are all alike Height
Of something: Gloria Swansons
pet dog wears a pearl necklace.
Whether they are real pearls Is
not specified Mrs. Henry y
Joy and Mrs. Fred NJ. Zeder are
among the people who are send
ing packages 10 soldiers through
the Times Christmas Ship
Jack FerentZ, head Of the
musicians union, met violiniSt
who, a year ago, was playing
. symphony music Now. he's IN
j uniform. Eerentz looked al the
violinlst'S callouSed hands
What" he said. aghaSt have
YOU done 10 your hands,"
Replied the viollnlSt
They've got me- shoveling
coal. But its all right. II that's
whats got 20 he done. I'm will
Ing 10 do it."
Those handbllls plugging f.
A Carey for mayor are getting
an official going-over. The worst
thing about them Is their open
appeal 10 race eludice
The Detroit Citizens League.
incidentally. fatty denies his
claims Of having been endorsed
by that group, and the city hall
says that his claim 10 being on
the staff Of the corporation
counsel is equally false
Unfortunately there doesn't
seem 10 he anything 10 do
about his appeal 10 race hatredS.
To think that any one should
resort 10 such poison in view
of things that have happened
lately,
Francesca Valentino gagged
nv many as one of the best
RiRolettos In recent years Che
will sing that role In the opera
here) IN another American who
took an Italian name for must
cal purposes.
That's an argument without
an answer-whether 10 use An
American name. In YOU have
one, or adopt an Italian name.
Edward Johnson became ed
oardo Giovanni" when he sang
In Italy; now that he's general
manager Of the Metropolitan
Opera, he's returned 10 his
original name.
Plain Lily Norton from Maine
became Lillian NOrdica: Joe
Benton beca anne BentoneIli:
Charles Marshall changed II To
Carlo MarZiali. y
On the other hand, MANY kent
their real names--and did all
right, too. Sydney Rayner IL
one Of many in the la Scala
Opera Co. here who didn't
change. And not all take Italian
names. The famous Melba. an
Australian, named herself after
the city Of Melbourne. And Rosa
POnselle attempted 10 60 the
other way and change the Rosa
In Rose. But. In her case. they
kept on calling her Rosa. sny-
way.