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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-02
One Word Led To AnOiherI
BY ARTHUR "BUGS" BAER

Herewith Is the Lowdown on Buying Hats
A Fifth Avenue mliiner says the secret of buying
becoming hat is to try II while sitting down
discovered that fact many years ago while selecting
from Guttenburgs barrel If the hat fitted you it was
cents extra.
When got SO l could afford them new l always
walked nervousy to and from while scanning myself
from all neghboring angles AS the stros became longer
the proprietor locked the door until the hat paid for
This quite embarrassing the 10 easy payment plan
There is reason why you should not take
promenade before paying for hat Especially you are
strolling baritone. Walk past important build
ings and if you get any rumbles
Since the days of Tom Mix no ranch owner will hire
foreman who big, western sombrero and who
carries sack of tobacco and papers When he isn't roll
ing his cgaret he is chasing his hat.
The play important role in the selection and
adjustment of a hat Should they resemble the
handles on jug or the Hgs trunk? Should they
be like boomarks half in and half out of the hat?
Or should they be independent growths like fungus on
tree trunk?
~~N When a buys hat she puts it on and acts
as if she were another She sneaks up herself
looks herself from sarcastic angles oges herself and
surrounds herself.
She knows thereis nothing quite public drink
'As A'e'i4es''A y = copyrrb, A,s s, Kps Features
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-02
BETTER HEALTH
BY DIR. LOGAN CLENDENING

nIteIy I'm favor of cream, cheese
and canned fruit.
SWHAT part Of the country
w or what part OF the
world YOU live In makes a diff
ference. The southerner likes his
chitlins. Some people can't eat
IL the plate il too full, and vice
versa.
II remember having saved a
mans reputation once by giving
him some dietary advice. 1t was
Judge Summerwell. Some law
yers came To me and said i
ought to speak 10 him. He in
variably fell asleep on the
bench after the noon recess.
gave him a food QUESTIONABLE
and finally talked him into hav-
ing a light lunch and hts heavy
meal at night. That way he
bothered only his family by GO
ing 10 sleep"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-02

she's in his show, Winged
Victory the hit about the air
force that is such a delight
She looks up 10 Moss the man
Because she can look back
or Moss the boy Her name
is Elsa Ryan 81. She recollects
lS years ago when the only
spotlight Moss knew was the
CLEAN i'm his ambitious eyes
She singled him out then
She found that he wasn't
wise-guy kid. He seemed 10
have the stuff of a wise man
For when he was making
SIS weekly as office boy for
producer A. Pitou, Miss Ryan
was earning $3.50 per week as
Pitou's top star =. Proudly she
performs supporting -role-in-
Harris latest smash hit. And
each curtain time she smiles at
him-happy at his success
AS a boy he listened to her
counsel And today he
wisely listens to the suggestions
of others Hart has learned
YOU have TO take advice-if you
want TO keep on taking bows.
HANHATTAN Murals: The
NI expressions on the faces OF
the servicemen as they talk TO
their kin via the special phone
exchange on w. 43rd The
models ankling into 480 Lexing-
ION Avenue where the ad
photoggeTS have their studios.
It's also the address Of the
Army Induction Center! Wa
hoo!
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-02

Our years Of sunshine can't be
taken quay
Though tOday's skies are cloudy
and gray
God gave ygU to me, qNd~f7fssS
noi0 We're apart
Your radiance. MP darling, stu
shines in my heart
Mae Herzog.
A CUES TON that often
comes up for discussion is:
"What is a Creole? ?" A friend
Of mine claims this query was
wrongly answered in one edi-
-tien-ef- a welLkhewh- eheyefe-
pedia. A Creole. according TO
New Orleans historians, is
white d cen d ant of the
French and Spanish settlers
during the colonial period, that
is from 1899 A. d. TO 1903
A. D. AS for a Quadroon the
historians say that is "the child
of a mulatto and a caucasian;
a person having one fourth Me-
gro blood"
ONE of the most enjoyable
" parts of a good dinner is
lingering over the coffee and
cigarets. You can't do that in
New Orleans now. At all the
best restaurants there are long
lines OF people waiting to dine.
Practically every writer who
has visited this city has later
written a short story, novel or
play with a New Orleans back
ground. think I'll write play
That's the easiest. 1t takes too
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-02

fast. I'll have 70 add that 70
our "screwy breakfast" list.
II was over so years ago that
Bill Brady brought James j.
Corbett 10 New Orleans 10
fight John L. Sullivan, Corbett
and John l.. have long since
passed on but Mr.. Brady is
still active as theatrical pro-
ducer. / wonder if | have many
readers who saw that Corbett
VS.. Sullivan fight.
City Park, New Orleans, is
the sixth largest municipal pub
lie park in the country. Can
you name the other five? Ill
name three for you: Golden
Gate Park, San Francisco; Cen
trail Park, New York; Prospect
Park, Brooklyn.
NEW ORLEANS is a dixie en-
" closed area between the
Mississippi and Lake Pontchar-
train. II is LOT miles from the
mouth of the Mississippi. The
river in front of the city is a
half mile wide.
The Charity Hospital is a
wonderful local philanthropic
institution but il should have
another name. People forced
by circumstances 10 take char
ity should not be continually
reminded of il.
The drinking water here
comes from the river. II is
purified by chlorine treatment.
II is said to be excellent water
from a health standpoint. 1t
better be. ] am great water
drinker and have consumed
plenty since here.
Distributed by King Features synd-' Inc
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-02
Il. v. DURLING
ON THE SIDE

Distributed by KING Features synd., Inc.
long TO write a short story or a
novel.
The cemeteries in New Orle-
ans are numerous. II is neceS-
sary to bury people above
ground here, so instead Of graves
the cemeteries are made up Of
tombs.
NAME of a thoroughfare here
is Tchoupitoulas street.
That is the hardest TO pro-
nounce street name in the
country. There are also streets
named Virtue. Pleasure, Desire,
Mystery, Socrates, Piety, Red
fish and Iris.
1t is officially stated that the
name Of the city can be pro-
nounced: New Orle-uns or
New Orl-yuns but not New
Orleens.'
The average annual rainfall
here is larger than any other
major city in the United States
except Mobile, Ala. or Miami.
Fla. II hasn't rained since
we've been here. When IL rains
steadily the New Orleanians
still worry as 10 how oil man
river is going 10 behave. How
ever, due 10 modern protective
measures the Mississippi would
have 10 get pretty high to do
any damage now.
THERE are over 500 churches
Il for Negroes in New Orleans.
This morning / saw a native
eating raw oysters for break
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-02
THE WORLD IN REVIEW


the mass of German strength
organized for its defense.
The French peninsula of Brit
tany would make good bridge
head if a strong defense could
be built up between Cherbourg
and the mouth of the Loire
before the German armies could
break through.
The west coast of France Is
also suggested. This position
would be protected on the south
by the Spanish Pyrenees. Here
are the broad valley of the
Garonne and the great en-
barkation port of Boulogne, If
il could be gained.
But the sea approach would
be across the uncertain waters
of the Bay of Biscay and it
would seem questionable If
Allied troops could be sure OF
arrival and landing with
rapidly equal to the movement
of German divisions.
60 FAR as France is con-
~ cerned, the Mediterranean
coast between the Pyrenees and
the mouth of the Rhone would
appear TO have advantages over
other shores.
We may defeat German ar
mics in Italy. and warfare here
may ielp us as matter Of
attrition, but this would not
lead to the conquest of Ger
many. Between us and them
would still rise the impregna-
BILE barrier of the Alps.
This leaves the Balkans. For
many reasons this is the most
favorable theater for landings
and operations of the Allied
armies. Conceivably this route
could be approached by a pow
erful Allied operation upon the
islands of the Aegean Sea.
But the Germans are in full
possession. They hold the vital
island of Crete and the impor-
tant island of Rhodes, and have
just destroyed British landings
on islands of the Dodecanese.
Nevertheless, l think this
theater offers the best promise.
T he possession of southern
Italy. with its ports of Bari and
Brindisi put US very close TO
Albania and. the harbors of
western Greece.
The ancient route, the old
Roman road, crossed Albania
around Lake Orchida to Mona
stir and on to Macedonia and
Constantinople. Where armies
have once marched they can
mach again.
e~t , Snal factor in favor
of the Balkans is that hundreds
of thousands of guerillas-
Greeks, Serbs and Croats-are
already battling the German
enemy in the mountainous re-
gions of their countries.
If Balkan landings occur they
will occur suddenly, and they
would have to be undertaken
by the concentration of addi-
tional forces in the Mediter-
ranean. Of which. properly, the
public knows nothing.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-02

food. Admittedly the food itself
IL not the only cause for a riot,
hut when the atmosphere I'm any
corrective institution becomes
tense, for other reasons, one bad
meal Is enough To bring about
violent situation.
"And when I think Of the
number OF marriages that are
wrecked on account of poorly
prepared foods, am not sur
prised that the divorce courts
are kept busy night and day.
II see by the medical papers
that n gentleman by the name
Of Selling, In Detroit, has inter
viewed number Of people To
try 10 determine their food likes
and dislikes. IL appears that
sex has something to do with IL.
siNty-se,en per cent of the men
he questioned preferred meat,
but only 35 per cent of the
women. The women were def
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-02
DEAR Boss:
Letters From Times Soldiers

distinguished from a black one.
The local 'muckety muck"
(priesD proclaims this exact
moment from atop his perch on
the Minaret. (Here it's done
with a cannon; in other sections
the guy with the lustiest voice
is the high priest) Every one
flops down and prays whilst
keeping his eye on his mango"
or loaf of bread he brought
along TO end his fast (carib).
12-Up TO now all French
Jokes" seem TO be based on
chapeaux that's TO you).
13-French locks are not
locks; they are things. impos-
sible 10 operate, to test the
patience of Houdini, and come
two to four on a door. (Keys
are used TO pick" emu
JACK.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-02

IN THE preceding article I
L outlined the military doc
trine that wars are won only
by-face to face engagements
with the enemy.
The handicaps we face due
to distance from our foes. and
their holding of the territories
which Immediately surround
them were analysed.
The principle of secrecy on
the part of a commander as to
his final decision as to the plan
he chooses. does not make i'm
proper the wide discussion of
all possible alternates.
There are several theaters in
E"r~ne where landings might
be made and an invasion in
itiated, but they differ in diff
Guilty and promise of advantage.
Norway has been urged as a
country close to British ports of
embarkation, with a people
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-02
ON BROADWAY.
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Pop! Esther is on the phone
Prof. Lyons got on the
wire and began; yes, Esther ?"
What do you mean Es-
Their? was the reply. This IS
Mrs. Astorr
MEMOS of a Midnighter:
WI Frank S.hatra refused a
photog's request Ton his firewell
night at the Waldorf TO shake
hands with Maestro l.. Reisman.
Must be a good reason
Shep Fields crew started al the
Park Central Roof Ben
Grauer says the Raj blitZ on
Berlin was so good it made
Goering's Smedals turn green
with envy =. That lovely thing
with-SeHatef- Happy Chandler
at the Stork was Melody Thorn
son, the model The Senator is
a good friend OF the family
A. c. Blumenthsl, exiled in Mex
leo. thinks he is cleared with
Uncle Sam and will return here.
The FBI is waiting 10 see him.
If he doesn't return, they may
take steps TO arrange II
u. S. Atty. McNally, a Demo
crat, will name one from
B'klyn in the Aurelio matter Fl.
Bravery Dept: The Robbins
music firm has started the
presses on n song poem recently
published in the gazettes. The
author is Gen Patton.
DIGTOWN Novelette,: She is
- one Of Moss Harris greatest
admirers, and not just because
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-02

Dear Boss:
HERE are some observations
Ii now do you wanna come over p?
Arabs never run. If you
see one, something has either
been borrowed, or he is in the
act of doing so. (Or. in air raid
and can they runD
Women here never wear
glasses. Can't determine whether
they don't need 'em or if they
are just. Disguised with what
they've been looking al. for so
long.
3-Dogs here, which you
would consider "wild" in our
country, never chase jeeps or
other wheeled vehicles. think
this shopl6 be called ~ the ~
tention of all dog trainersD
4.-Nq matter how often you
meet a Frenchman or Arab dur
ing the day, you must always
shake hands in greeting and
parting. Even if you have TO
cross the road TO do so :. and
Not open your mouth . silly
isn't IL?
5-"Etiduette" here means a
label on a bottle. or anything
else that has labels.
6-By adding six or eight let
terS 10 any word il becomes the
"diminutive.
THE street floor here is
never the first" floor. When
you have arrived al the fourth
Etage, you have climbed five
flights.
S-The French could easily be
eliminated. Give them all auto
mobiles half with horns.
half without. With the remain
ing few. reverse the process.
Approximate time-SiX and one
half days.
"a one-half day run in
jeep will get you from the top
TO the bottom of Algiers. On
foot, using the maze of inter-
woven stone steps and twisting
streets" this same can be ac-
complished in half an hour.
10-Coffee here is not made
from coffee" It's made from
a "pea-like" bean called "kada-
mia" 1t also makes an excellent
soup. Also used as the base for
CONSCIOUS" the Arabs most
elegant dish. p. Sit doesn't
make good coffee. "
1.-THE Arabic Feast of the
Moon" Misunderstanding the
way it sounds. anyway ended
on Oct. /. Each day, for 30
days, Arabs tasted during the
time a white thread could be
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-02

I THINK the most remarkable
L figure in show business today
and one Of the most remarkable
IN all the history of public
entertainment is Sophie Tucker.
] make bold 10 say no other
female performer commanded
al the age of So the salary of
$1,000 a week that Sophie
draws, and that night club
owners all over the country are
so eager 10 pay that she fIaS
regular route from coast TO
coast which she plays time and
again every year
Sarah Bernhardt may have
been an exception Sarah. d
dramatic actress. got $40, 900 a
week at the Palace Theater in
New York when she was prob
ably older than SO but she was
supported by a company and il
was a brief engagement. Sophie
works only with her piano
player. Ted Snyder who has
been with her 20 years and her
engagements often run for
months in one place.
SOPHIE is a fabulous chsrac-
- ter. She is short and
varies in build according 10 her
dietary moods The last time l
saw her she was practically
svelt She was on a strict diet
and was very proud of the loss
OF a considerable poundage
But Sophie loves food and
sometimes permits the heft 20
sneak up on her wherepnon
she becomes mosSA re ana
goes back 10 what amounts 10
starvation for her
She has the most astounding
energy. She can stand on her
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-02

friendly TO the Allies. IT'S cap
ture would undoubtedly be
loss to Germany, for Narvik is
the port for loading Swedish
steel.
The deep Norwegian fjords
are hideouts for German SUBJ
marine5 and men-of-war. But
even if our troops should gain
Norway they would still-haye-
10 cross the Skagerack or the
straits of the Baltic, and beach
heads on German soil would
still have to be gained from the
water side.
THE peninsula of Jutland.
L Holland, Belgium have all
been urged. But these shores
are all close TO the main
strength of the Germans.
They offer no time or respite
for -uccessive arrivals and or
ganization. Landings could be
overwhelmed by the German
reserves.
This is equally true of the
north coast of France, any
where between Dunkirk and st.
Malo. This coast is very close
to Britain, but even closer to
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-02
By DAMON RUNYON

feet in night club singing
songs half the night. play gin
rummy the other half, get a
few hours sleep and be up by
noon hustling about on IN
Vulnerable small errands, buying
presents for friends, making
calls and promoting the several
little charitable enterprises that
she always has under way
She has a heart bigger than
al outdoors She quietly con
tributes 10 the support Of a
number Of old time vaudeville
stars sick and broke. and down
on their luck. and visits them
when she is in the towns where
they live. She is always being
imposed upon, but dismisses
such incidents with a Shrug
She is a terrific talker and
her conversation IS as rapid as
machine gun fire and in rasp-
ing voice that seems 10 diSap-
pear when she sings She cries
over the mlsfortuneS OF others.
She is enormously loyal TO old
friends She has the most
extraordinary range Of acquaint-
anceS. She is on familiar terms
with numerous lords and ladies'
of England. where She was a
sensation. and she knows more
hoodlumS than the FBI.
As A CAFE entertainer she
n has never had peer. From
the moment of her first appear
ance; usually Swathed in ermine
with a gigantic batch OF orchids
IS Lo~ - rS2sskder Jewels on her
arms ana nngers and sometimes
in her perfectly coiffed yellow
hair. she is in command of her
audience. and she holds the
floor until her face is bathed
in perspiration and she is well
nigh exhausted
She loves TO sing. She revelS
in a responsive audience. She
makes no Hnes about her age,
but Shrewdly capitalizes on IT,
billing herself as The Last OF
the Red Hot Mammals. -
Her material is sometimes on
the ribald side but Sophie some
how makes II seem only funny
and not offensive. She is an
earthly soul. on and off She
likes to reminiSce in conVcrSa-
ton and is fond of songs that
carry a nostalgia tang.
COPHIE has been married a
- couple of tim 5. l believe.
but IS at this time unencum-
bered. She plays the horses and
used TO be a sizable bettor but
has tanned down. She has saved
her money, paradoXical as this
may sound in connection with
the last sentence, and has il
well invested. She expects 10
60 on singing for 10 years more.
She has been a star of Zieg-
fields Follies. K arl CAROLS
Vanities and numerous o I h er
Broadway shows. has b e. IN in
pictures and is making a couple
right now. She has been vaude-
vile headliner and, in fact ran
the gamut Of show business
since she came out of Hartford.
Conn. over 30 years ago, and
today is by seven lengths the
most beloved person in her pro-
feSsionAa great and grand and
gracious lady of the Spotlights.
Copyright. 1913 by King Features
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-02

THE Big Parade; The Capt,
Dan Toppings (Sonja
Henie) togethering, to the con-
fusion of intimates who insist
they are on the verge of divid-
ing .. u, The shapeliest legs
0fe Dietrich-Lisette Verea
0''The Merry Widow" Il.
Lauritz Melchior of the Met
Opera whistling Pistol Packin',
etc" Mrs. Wendell Willkie
and DR.. Frank Kingdom, the
orator, on lower 5th Avenue
after speech-making at the
Music Box Canteen Mrs.
George Patton, the generals
wife, resting in the Pierre lobby
The Asst Sec'Y of State A.
a. Berle Jr.. and his wife en-
route TO Jamaica for holiday
Lord Halifax. a little chunk
of the British Empahr, in the
Ritz Penguin Fred Allen
Juggling his own bags at the
depot The few Red Caps
looking for Mrs. FDR, who
wasn't even on the same RATHER.
CALLIES in Our Alley: The
-. Ritz Brothers silly every
time they meet n new doll:
East is East and West is
West. and never the twain
shall meet. Now isn't that
twagic?" The s year old
unmarried son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
leonard Lyons whoever they
are) answered the phone at the
house last night and yelled:
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-02
Connolly Answers

TAI yorktown; OBJ Alamo;
(c) Saratoga.
-talwater; CD Indians; (c)
sheep.
TAD ballet dancing (bl. onera
singing; tc) novelist.
la minute. distances; I'D
distance walked; tc) capa-
city, metric system.
Mississippi, Missouri. Mac
kenzie, st. Lawrence, Yukon.
'-(a) Nebraska; (b) North
Dakota; (c) New Hampshire.
TAI Island of Santo Domingo.
has Haiti and Dominican Re-
public OBJ Virginia; (c)
Richmond. Va.
Copyright, 1913. by King Features
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-02
Quick Answers

- John Hancock, president. and
IharleS Thompson. secretary
~6f the Continental Congress.
Others signed their names 70
a copy at later dates, extend
ing as far as 1871,
2 The Monroe Doctrine.
3 Bible EccleSiastes 10 20)
4 -Gorget
5-She was Mrs. Robert G..
Shaw. She was divorced IN
1903.
6-~Judge..
Pride. wrath, envy. lust,
giuttony avarice, apd sloih
hts f0irfntnigSiest peak in
Nevada.
New auto.
l0-Club.
Copyright. 1888 by Kins Features
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-02

II REMEMBER II only too
WELL" said my old friend,
DR.. Adrian Gibbs. sunday
noon. That was when my Uncle
John used To come and have
dinner with W.. This goes back
10 about 1880.
tEWell, Saturday must have
jim a terrible day every week
for Mother. When she went To
market ! could hear her muir
miiring under her shawl-John
doesn't eat fish, and they have
such nice bass I'm the market
now
"The list OF things Uncle
John did not eat would stretch
from here IN Moscow. And In
the present later years Of my
NE I wonder how he acquired
those 1000 naDit>.
81 CAN assess myself and I can
see that I have any num-
her Of food habits that are
simple nonsense. For instance.
can not eat liver. Any kind
81 Iiver.-chicken. beef. lamb.
Yet I know perfectly well that
liver II q healthy food.
mot only that. but my sister
Clara yearns for liver. Every
time l take her to "A restaurant
she selects liver. So IL can't he
"A religious prejudice, nor one
based on family remembrance,
or admonitions.
"Then, too, l got over some Of
my earlier prejudices. ! don't
recall ever seeing sausage on
the table at my fathers house.
And until l got married ] never
remember Ia have eaten sau-
sage. Now | can't enough
of IL.
rCHE consequences are deeper
Il than YOU would imagine,
on first thought. All prison riots
begin with complaints about
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-02

This 10 Gen. Barrows final
article before he leaves for
Vacafion. He wii resume his
articles whsn he returns.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-02

EDITORS NOTE-This is
letter to the gang at the office"
from one of the so editors, re-
porfers and photographers who
have gone into service from the
Times editorial department. The
Uriter. Capt. Jack Smith,
photographer Who wos in North
Africa at the time of writing.
The Valley settler. (Palmer, Alaska) 1937-195?, 1943-10-22

The Americ can Legio on Meeting, that
as called last Thurs day was post
oned until next Thurs doy, Oct. 90.
Officers will be elected, feed;
Will be In the USO Foom, Pa liner.
Pud Smith was at q Southern e1if
Army Air Field, when the telegram
announcing his fathers death was
received, in rs minutes he was on
his way to Palmer and arrive here
the next day. Some Service Eli?
Dorothy Moore, Lucille LIE Iuc and
Genevieve Mofitt are going to serve
on the Grand Jury ct Anchorage next
week.
Dole Sandvic ok who is in en army
fir Iraing Field In Ariz ona, wri t s
his Mother, that on his first solo
fiji ght, his engine frooze ct $500
TT, alt. Fe says that It gave him an
empty feeling in the tummy, but he
kept his head, recovered from spi1
end into q dive that got the old
stick working and came out without
getting any cactus spines in the
rear pert Of his anatomy.