Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-17


news themselves. If we can't
have the field 10 ourselves, we
won't play. Well talk about
something else.
cor course, we're not really
mad at all. We're really rather
fiattered that the reporters and
editors and such finally came
around to our viewpoint. But by
pretending to be sore, we have
a perfect excuse 10 switch over
TO another subject. Which Is
what we were going to do any
way.)
So we will talk about letter
writing. Since the beginning of
the war land especially since
the post office praiseworthily
decided to let the soldiers write
free" instead of having to buy
stamps) letter-writing has prog
ressed through the stages of fad,
habit and vice.
We notice in the war question
clinic which has just started in
the Times, one troubled soldier
asks what TO do about the girl
re got engaged to by mail.
i She turned out TO be six years
slider than he is. He's only 81.
That goes TO show what can
happen when letter-writing is
carried too far. That's, when ii
takes on the proportions of a
vice.
ard we have just read about
q fsIvice. man who is the envy
of his particular barracks be-
ca Use he is engaged TO six girls
al by mail.
snst thing we know, smart
catchpenny operators will start
running ads such as: Does
YOUR handwriting have PER-
SONALITY? Do YOU know
how 10 win the girl-or girls
of your heart BY MAIL? Send
IS IN stamps for our special in
troductory offer, including 80
sheets OF papre, our Hollywood
glamour pencil, and book of in
struciionS on how 10 FIND
LOVE by mail. -
No such things must come to
pass. Maybe we are old-fash-
ioned, but we still think that
wooing should be done in person.
and not by mail. What the heck
is happening to love, anyway?
SO-We will continue TO print
names of lonesome service men,
occasionally, but at least you
ought 10 see the guy I'm person,
or hold hands, or something, be-
fore getting engaged. It's the
least we can do TO keep the
human touch In romance.
Here's one from Miss NJ. L.
NJ: "Nill some one please write
TO a lonesome marine? He Is
Pvt. Edward T. Miller, Pit. 81,
X. d, NJ. &. b.. San Diego, Cal.
He attended Southwestern High
School and especially would like
90 hear from people from that
school"
And here's another, this one
from 4. c. Aiken, in the mari
time service, who isn't asking
for anything himself. but for a
mate named Pete.
Pete" he writes, enlisted IN
Noyember- 1912. Up this
date, Pete has received few let
tiers.
"IIe is 10. good-looking and
curly haired. and quite an ath-
letc. He likes 20 read books and
letters from Detroit. Letters ere
the urty rrrr1r1s- f1e has OF finding
ont about his home town. They.
AS ] said. are few and far be-
tween.
I've seen Pete sitting in the
corner Of our recreation room
Tine after time, looking as
though he didn't have a friend
M the world. We have tried 10
get him 10 read our mail, eat
our candy. and read magazines
and books which are sent 10 US.
but il doesn't seem 10 do any
good.
"If there IL any one. anywhere
In Detroit, who would spare a
few minutes 90 write, I'm say
ing this for all OF Section 55-E;
We would be more thankful
than words can say.
His address. il YOU take any
acton tn iitts ti1t. .lltr.-riitfi -,,---- -
Peter Cracchi0l0.
Section f5-E.