Detroit evening times., 1943-09-08

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around.
Playing - -
safe. they de MIR. PiCktRiN6
Cidpd not TO serve the brandy
until the last moment-it would
be embarrassing If somebody
m!Stal<!nglV drank his brandy
before the toast, and didn't have
any left. ForcSeeing such en-
barrd>Sing circumstances Is part
OF the job OF diplomacy.
80 Wilson went into his
speech hut. a. he got toward the
end of il. no brandy appeared.
Officials began To fret. They
slipped in alarm into the kitchen
and asked the maitre:
"Where'S the brandy"
The maitre tore his hair and
said IL had disappeared. They
told him To get some more.
There wasn't any more. In the
end ne dug up some other kind
of brandy and slammed IL onto
the tables.
Wilson's own glass was being
poured only as he recited the
last few words of the toast-too
close connections for comfort.
They didn't find out until
afterEard what happened 10 the
original rare brandy and they
haven't found the brandy Some
Chiscler no doubt impelled by
the liquor shortage, Sneaked ~
by representing himself as a re-
porter from a New York paper.
lie slipped the liquor, unseen,
into photographers camera
case, stopped the photographer
outside, repoSseSsed the liquor
and disappeared.
~ -~tieff = narrow S1ucak ti1ry
escaped insulting the South
American VISltOyS-dnd, Who
ever the thief was. lot 4
people hope he gets the hlccupS.
The same 4. y. Wilson is the
central figure I'm another cur
rent anecdote which shows
something pretty important. He
got into his car one day and
told the driver 10 go 10 the
airport. Had to fly TO Wash
ington, he said.
The driver looked around
with some surprise because. a.
he remarked. there wasn't any
airliner going TO Washington for
some hours.
That's all right" said the
GM president. I'm going on
the Ford plane
The driver said "ulp,' but
went 10 the airport and Wilson
got on the special plane that
was carrying Ford executives.
\ couple Of years ago il
would have been unthinkable,
the head Of one biz motor firm
riding in q plane belonging to
n rival.
But since the war rival COM
panieS have been pooling prac-
tically everything-ideas. inVen-
Hans product ief, ittt-t4toti~, nm
chinery, and even airplane rides.
A pretty swell fella. an Off
Clal M an entirely different type
ot industry IN Detroit. was IN
the fast war and Went through
some Of I'S worst battles. Ad-
m.ttedly and naturally. he killed
ms share of Germans In four
years. But that was war. BY
nature. he wouldn't harm any
living crlt,cr.
In fact. he can't remember
taking the life of anything liv-
ing. except perhaps a mosquito.
And, OF course. men.
The other day his secretary
discovered a mouse in the waste
basket and wanted hlm TO do
something about IL.
what" he stalled, "would
YOU suggest -
I'D suggest killing it-quick,"
tho secretary said.
The official just didn't want
10 do 1t but. obviously, some
thing had 10 be done. 50 he
compromised by taking the
mouse TO the gentleman's wash
room and flushing the mouse
down the pipe.
The man who told me the
story added:'
"And the moral 10 this story.
IL there il one. came a couple
of days later. The mouse clogged
up the pipe and he had To
pay plumber TO tear out the
plumbing"
We have heard OF "a new
racket around town and hereby
warn victory gardeners against
IL:
People have taken TO standing
| around victory gardens at har-
vest time looking wiStful. The
opening wedge Wis a remark:
DO you want TO sell some OF
them vegetables, mister?"
II is followed up with not
very subtle hints that the by
stander wishes the gardener
would, instead Of selling, give
lMaN snmn lnf his CROP. Most