Detroit evening times., 1943-08-23

garden is IN MIR. PICKERING
side-a dozen tomato plants
that have struggled d up 10
scrawny adulthood and several
rows of green's and other vege-
tables that pcSSlmlStIcally de-
Clced 10 grow only few
inches
Any experienced gard dencr
would write the soil. and plant>
off rs a loss, but the gardeners
keep on scrabbling Evidently
they have daytime Jobs, because
nobody sees them az work cN-
cept after dark when thoy
labor by the lights Of the bill
board
\ There isn't, frankly much
\ chance that they'll harvest
enough 10 pay Tor the seeds lct
alone their labor bW yoH cant
help wishing that n miracle
wnld happen and make their
pebbly earth fertile
SHE WAS one OF the more
glsmOrOuS visitors In Detroit,
and one of the wOmen's clubs
was elated when she agreed to
attend It's garden party
After a gratifying prelude OF
publicity, the celebrated ladN
arrived at the garden party. but
went into an instant and mNS-
terOus sulk. Later the hostesSeS
got the reason. WHY" de
manded the celebrity indig.
nantly. "didn't they tell me ~
was going Ia be held outdoors ."
SOME TAXPAYER is no
doubt feeling pretty snug
about getting away with so on
his city taxes One ~ the
clerks in the city hall made a
mistake undcrchargIng hIm
that much. but giving him =
reOeipied bill for the fun
amount.
When ihe taxpayer VA, nO'I-
fed ne denied that there had
been mistake bu' said u hIS
hank balance showed any DIS
crcpancy. he would pay the so
lie hasn't paid anything
though
Possibly he thinks he put
something over on the city The
fact IL that the $50 comes out
az the clerks pay check The
cashiers get $50 "A dav and
have Ia make up any shortages
Themselves, and that $50 error
means that this man will have
to work more than two days for D.
nothing.
~ CHARLES y WILLIAMS
deputy treasurer says that Incl
dents like that happen every
year a. tax timS but he docSn
think that many ~ the incI-
dents are planned swindleS
just spur of the moment affairs
Only the other day another
clerk undcrcharGed an Italian
woman SO. In that case, Tho
woman cheerfully paid tho SO
y as soon as she was notified
IN THE past the clerks have
been former bank employees or
= office cashiers who have been
glad n get the $50 DAY.
This year II was almost lmpoSSl-
BILE 10 find enough people
The DSR, the Water Board
some downtown banks and other
offices finally loaned some en-
ployeS. and few married
women who used 10 work IN
banks volunteered
One girl worked two days
and quit the morning OF the
ihird-sbe was SIS.09 short.
and at $50 n day she just
couldn't afford to work, she
said. q. r. RusChman. office
trouble-shoOter. tried 10 peSuade
her 10 stay, hut she wouldn't.
He checked over her accounts
and discovered that she wasn't
short at all. Shed just figured
wrong.
ABOUT 10000 Detroiters
have paid their taxes al banks
any bank or branch Will aC-
cept tax money but thousands
still insist on going 10 City Hall
10 pay. very often IN cash.
II guess taxes are sort of n
holy thing to some people,
especially the older people, =,
Williams SAYS They Just in
siSt on coming here 10 pay. and
N they want 70 pay In money in
stead OF checks. don't know
why"
USUALLY SOMEBODY gets
his pocket picked Of course. but
TINS yTaT -TT-y dTfTCTChr SO rar
not a pocket has been picked
perhaps because of the police
war on pickpockets. or because