Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-27

e. 49, people, w h o
~ M by mischance,
didn't happen
TO pass a
poppy seller
- - during the
MIR. PICKERING day, In the
evening, they go out 10 find one.
PoppieS aren't something TO be
crammed down an unwilling
public's throat.
But I'd like To add an idea
that arose from a couple OF re-
cent visits to Percy Jones Hos
pital at Battle Creek.
Some of the wounded at that
hospital will depart cured, with
nothing to remind them of their
wounds except scar. NJ the
other end of the scale, some will
be doomed 10 stay in hospitals.
That number will be far
fewer than the average person
seems 10 think. You can dis
count IS per cent or more OF the
gossip that II floating around
about horribly manned men.
Between the two extremes
are the men who have some per-
manent injury. such as an arm
! or a leg off. Some take II grim
ming. Some are morose. The
crlnners arc smarter, because
they learn that the loss Of a leg
isn't a disaster. It's no fun, but
there arc worse things.
Somebody al the hospital was
clever when he got a Detroit
doctor on the staff, a physician
who himself lost leg In
civilian accident. One afternoon,
/ pulled up and down stairs be
hind him, played ping pong with
him che WON and spent part OF
the evening with him taking
look at Battle Creeks night life.
Losing a lex didn't mean much
tn him. He limp> some. hut he
lust decided not 10 let II mean
anything more.
Well. you ask, u rs Up 10 the
man himself 10 decide whether
such an injury IS disaster or
only an incident. what IS there
for ne 10 do?
Id say this: Just Try 10 be as
II Ia
4 manufactured vas with Us
and. on the way home. ne re-
marked:
THE way InduSt has
changed, there's no reason why
losing a hand or foot, or even
both. should make him any less
valuable. He's just as good
man"
lie lust volunteered the opin-
ION. WHICH makes 1t of real
value. -
Incidentally. before man
leaves the hospital, he must he
able TO walk without cane. ar.
N his arm or hand has been
hurt. must dress himself and be
able 10 write.
4 great many OF them will
fool people completely. At home,
the other evening. / mentioned
this and Kitty said:
"Do YOU remember Miss So
Andsoo Il did. I'd seen her at
.arknns nIanng 4
wei, did you know that she has
an artificial leg: Her leg Is off
at the hip"
i hadn't known it, And II
girl can fool YOU in a silk
stocking age Cor rayon. YOU
hair-splittPrs) II gives you an
idea OF what's being accom-
plished.
The worst injury isn't from
shrapnel. The worst IS from un-
trammeled sobbing over the
BOYS. which. az ITS worst. can
make an injured man think he's
handicapped when, in fact, he
isn't.
All this IS we'll known inside
the hospitals.
IL you must shed tears, shed
them in the poppy on your lapel.
They won't hurt the poppy.
RANDOM NOTES:
Patty Hill, the newest Miss
Michigan. IL a model now.
The Everyman's Theater group
Of st. Paul's Cathedral takes no
chances on the draft. For its
annual production of Every
man. dune I. 2 and 81 IL has
an understudy for every male
role.
We note among the quartets
listed on the program Of the
Society for Preservation of
Barber Shop Quartet Singing,
ono quartet named the What's
Left Four.
Lois France says that head
quarters at TT Wayne - hunt
ing for any old photographs of
the fort. IL will be 100 years old
June IL. and the officers would
like to copy pictures that might
be In your albums. Originals
viii be zealously guarded and
promptly returned.
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