Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-10

scorpions and anything else Won
can think Of or course, with
a light on in our little domi-
Gle. we attract many of these
Cre8tuFes.
"But, 10 our good fortune, we
happen 10 have two lizards that
are always At our screen door.
Zach night. we pick a lizard
and bet on which one will catch
the most bugs. I always name
my lizard TOTO and Pete'S Is
Hitler. The one whose lizard
does not eat as much rs the
other one has 10 sweep up and
tidy around the place next
morning"
PROFESSION: Add profess
sions for ladies 49, Mrs. Maria
Freyo Burkhardt Of 439 Temple
Is the only sword swallower we
know Of in Detroit. We heard
about her through some people
who saw her at the Bowery.
She can swallow three swords
az a time.
II was the way she learned
sword swallowing that amused
us. She was born in Cuba.
worked in circuses all over this
continent and finally married
magician he's now a war
worker at Ex-Cell-O.
Somebody had told him how
10 swallow swords It's Just a
trick of muscular control and
really quite simple. Her hus-
band started teaching her at
1870 one day and. by ! o'clock.
she could do IL. A week later
she was doing il in q show.
That's how simple il is.
Only her husband still can't
do IL himself The smarty.
RESTAURANT: Speaking OF
restaurants. a worker at the
Willow Run bomber plant sends
proof positive that there ARE
some good mattresses around,
despite all the incompetents
that have appeared since the
war started. Says our Willow
Runner:
at takes me so long TO break
In a waitress. That's why
rarely change eating places.
"But i don't have TO Jay one
word TO the girls at the New
Golden, where I eat on my way
10 work.
"They bring me two coffees
1.-TWO creams, no sugar. and
bring whatever il very good on
the menu and pack my sand
witch and milk. i can get waited
on and get in and out Of the
restaurant In exactly IL min
utes. But. as I've said, II takes
years 10 train EN-"
SCRATCH PAD NOTES:
People are hereby invited again
10 put their names on any let
tiers sent 10 this department.
Not signing your name is in the
same class with calling some
body on the phone and saying:
Guess who this n ?"
Anybody who gets such a call
Is fully entitled 10 hang up
without listening any more.
A man wrote to ask for helm
in putting before the public his
discovery Of a new cause OF
common colds. hardening Of the
arteries. auto-intoxication, ul-
GERS, bad breath and several
other ailments. Then, he signed
his letter Mr. Y" =. A woman
asked how 70 find the nearest
school, but forgot to sign her
letter. II she viii send nae her
name and address. I will write
a reply as follows:
Dear Madam: Just call the
board Of education. which Ii
listed in the phone book under
Detroit. City Of and ask them"
Lin Ankles has received some
delicate chinaware from his
brother. Yeomsn PIC Lou Ankles,
who Is IN the Canal Zone. He
sent some before but u was too
fragile 20 be mailed and broke.
This time, Ankles asked another
sailor 20 deliver u The sailor
delivered IL. intact, after carry
ing IL padded in packing, for
more than 1000 miles.
Rhoda Barrack snorts dis
gustedly a. our squib about the
Detroiter who wrote a song in
four hours.
MY brother Leo" she SAYS.
''is In uniform now but he won
the Michigan song writing con-
test, and he can compose d com
plete song words and music, in
IL 10 80 minutes"
From Pvt ! r. Morris Jr..
with a Typographical battalion
Gated an APO-soNewheve.
east-oflNew-York. sent reprint,
from Stars and Stripes Of this
column S story Of the girl who
sent her soldier boy friend q
lpstick g.. Also clipping
showing that At least one other
Detroit radio man is doing radio
work for the services. Karl
Hoffenberg. formerly of WWJ.
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