Detroit evening times., 1943-01-14

informed, and
v il took black
- o. eve or two
Mr.. PICKERING before Krick
finally persuaded the other fel-
low that he wasn't being a
smart aleck about il. He really
used 10 be a pretzel bender, Tor
is years.
A reminder 10 people win
sons or friends overseas In the
armed forces-the deadline Tor
sending any sort of presents Is
almost here. The new order,
prohibiting mailing Of packages
10 the soldiers, takes effect FRI
day. so Thursday IL the last day
N you intend TO mail any last
minute parcels.
Jim Mccarthy. at the parcel
post window At the post Office.
SAYS that, although not much
has been printed about the or
der, ID seems 10 have gotten
around pretty well. The volume
of parcels Ia double the normal
amount.
starting Friday, the only way
n soldier can get a package from
home Is To get an order from
his commanding officer saying
that ne needs some particular
article. He sends the order
home. his family shows IL at the
post office, and eventually he
gets his package.
For our file Of miscellaneous
statistical matter, Eddie Len
name gives US the result Of a
perusal of one Of those income
tax textbooks that tells how
MANY kinds OF deductions are
possible for various professions.
Actors are the best off. Out
OF 54 possible deductions, they
are permitted 10 use 49. Al the
other end OF the list are boot
blacks. who have only two de-
ductions listed. A caddy has
three.
A coIumnist. Eddie discovered,
has % deductions. which means
that there are about 20 that
this department didn't kno"
about. Looks as though IT'S
time for US TO go in for book
larnin.
Speaking OF condolences -
well maybe we weren't speak
ing of them. but If we weren I.
that's probably coincidence IN
itself 49, our erudite column on
pawnshopS the other day IS hav-
inc all kinds Of rcverberations.
In and down HockShop Lane.
the proprietors are insisting that
we done 'em dirt, and We must
have gotten into the wrong store.
and why don't We come back
and get the real lowdown. one
of these days we will do so, but
in the meantime VIC have 10 res
cue Albert J. Goodman.
The man we quoted. you re-
member. was manager named
Albert J. Goodman Now, we
get a pathetic letter from an en-
firely different Albert j. Good
man who happens 10 be in the
discount business, too. but not
in the pawnshop variety.
Writes this second Goodman.
who manages the Michigan Dis
count Company in the David
Stott Building
Dear Pick: With surprise and
CONSERVATION. I read about my
namesake who happens To he In
n kindred business. He makes
loans and we handle CONNER
cial contracts.
1T is causing me no end Of
embarrassment, rs all my friends
and their friends friends are
asking for little personal loans
and I have to refuse. They CON
tinue asking me the value OF
their watches, rings, etc.
"PIease, MIR. Pickering, call
off these hounds and explain
that I'm not good for these
touches.
I'm glad 10 know. however.
where I can get few bucks
when needed, and perhaps my
namesake would he inclined 10
be a little more liberal In my
case.--Albert j. Goodman"
In fact. we seem TO have got
ten practically everybody stirred
up with that column. We even
got spanked for the language in
II. james j. Adamick chides:
"You mention the incident of
\ Goodman handing you his busl-
! ness card and then chuckling,
Looks like n stock brokers,
don't it,
Now, Jack, look at and read
that again. That a man of your
experience should make such n
glsring mistake Is quite beyond
me. That sentence should read
thusly: Looks like a stock brok-
er's, DOESN'T It, Doesn't or
does not is the correct way Of
putting II Meaning mo Of
fence. I am, Yours, James j.
Adamick.'
Looks like we got in Dutch