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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-03

with the credit Idepaumcnt n
A Chicago store The doctor
looks over thc lctiots NJ appt-
cantS-1nT credit and then de-
cides BY the hand writing
whether or moi --------------i4
a good risk
CAROL HUGHES IS ihc author
Y Of q magazine article 'tlod:
I'm Hard Boiled bar Sr7t7
Got Ne" Sounds like q good
title for p song
The chorus Of such 2 song
could 90 somethi'S~.!fe this:
When he begop 10 ctaA-,
! beg0p 20 str0ous
f7t TIT mF-ir1y U-50-fc5 -5--.
I'm hnrd-boucd, bat a1trG
got me.
Joan Davis could ir- H.
So The major leagues v1l h7ve
the lively ball next season Base
ball was not intended 10 BE-
played with that jackrabblt'
ball It's use RUNS the game.
What is this about an women
being sisters under the Kan
Maybe they are bat when one
woman starts 10 criticize an
other of her sos She. really goes
10 town. Yesterday l overheard
a woman say
why so many useful people
are taken from The world and
that woman il allowed 10 live
only the Almighty knows. Her
being kept on earth must be
10 make Us pay for our sins"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-03

Yes. twenty-five persons were
asked 10 judge each other on
the following eight TRAIT, Of
personality Refinement INTEL
ligence. neatneSs. beauty Social
blllty, humOr. SnObbiShpeSs con-
Celt The results showed the
least intelligent were far poorer
Judges of themselves than the
highly intelligent The highly
intelligent Judged themselves on
each trait about as their CONF
panionS Judged them, bur ne
least intelligent rated them
selves much higher on the de-
Sirable traits and much lower
on the undesirable on
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-03
Song for the '20s

That wopld hare bcCn.the uiRe
-.ae-asa,'h a. dirk.
When plj the rorld wos tar
rritAr sRccrvs:
When dH the icarid Das rottigg
70 me ht~k
And ao one tH(l0-of # they
y dtd-c0Scd iesS.
That wopid haze bees, gourUoice
that hoWats me R0lU,
hat 4-nlLLd AAi---7-4+-vr-7r II yT7lrTY
tcipd that stirred
WHOM iyHg lips corccircd the
iistless por,
AHd danger had behind the
whispered icord.
That Wou'd hore been the night
n suiich moon,
Haif-Iit the sHkep ribbon Of
the I1pc.
Ind we fnho inCo that rupture
came too soon
We've pet 20 icarH ~ ,ooYld not
came a9op.
TF0t iT0V'd hare been an era
gone is toGy
Whose fipsd hid the mold Of
slo'e deeeB.
Young Man Of Manhattan.
- AYMOND PAIGE relays il
IL via pal IN London Us
a % GU tho air corps officer
as gned 70 q desk Job. lie ob-
iccfed 70 fiiers getting'eNtra pay
fnr aylng time
Why should you gel more"
he barked Ar Texas pilot.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-03

? ON BROADWAY


lrfde Mark Regs'er~copyr.eht 1884
"Ne'rc all ia this war together"
II know" cllawled the Texan.
"but who ever heard of two
desks crashing head-on."
DICK Todd sIss the i9,torot
cor presidential pO5slhhite. ls
full at dirk horses with hight
chances
VARIETY discussing the
h-r-rT7rtt--- TTCTUT7lO gIVeu actors
I'M Pittsburgh. RECALLS when
Katharine Cornell appeared
there ~ Three Sisters some
IN the~audIcncc complained that
they couldn't hear much of the
dIalor Told This tbCWccn actsl
hy the stage manager. Miss
Cornell rctoltcd
"TeIl the audience we can't
hear them either"
Much thc anne thing happened
recently when "Rhthe Spirit
played there Night before il
opened some OF 'hc troupe put
on show ION wounded o|drrs
al ana army -irr--77t-rtt- -'Ttfrr1 the
premiere, Clifton Webb wired
ms agent.
Last night we played 10 the
N0uudr1t tonight We plaNpd "a
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-03
INVASION LEADERS
BY BOYD LEWIS

EDITORS NOTE - This Is
one Of a brief series OF Skefche'
on the military men appointed
TO lead the Forthcoming second
front"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-03
Connolly Answers

l b . o. b,c
6-tdl imagine, ho B, >ct nl'
has deluslorS Z grand 1853
looks or Tho d8r. SID %. ia.>
rr-~TlNnS GIMk 49, t
IN bis sleep
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-03

2ued 50 tuf c'cC.rc switches
are within a,e 81 tae ba'5er
TNEY m y ho human wt
traps Is Denver woman If
60 cot Wra cd under the ial-
.cc' tire1 a.077.
was 'ot discovered for io-r
da,
~ 20 tec boxing ea 30"
! 1T- T-Ute. t1o, M t7-.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-03

ever strategic plans VIII he un-
folded in 1914.
From the American stand
point. the first vital AIR event
Of 1913 was the initial strategic
bombing of Germany proper by
Y 5 Flying Forlresses and
Llberators on Jan. 27. II was
IN the nature OF an experiment.
OF course, since we were not
able TO muster enough machines
and men for bombardment on a
scale comparable with tho
British till well towards the end
Of the year.
On Fen, 9, The Japanese
finally evacuated Guadalcanal,
thus giving US unmoleSte ted use Of
Henderson airfield. 1t was that
which made il possible TO pro-
vide the aerial dominance Tor
taking other bases: on RendoVa
Island, Bougainville. Munda and
finally on New Britain. The
Pacific conflict had definitely
resolved into a war for aerial
bases.
THE month Of February was
j. significant also for mega
tive reason-the serious set
backs we suffered in the Tunis-
ian campaign. IT was SUISSE
quently recognized that i'm
proper employment Of air power
and faulty air power organiza-
ton accounted for the failures
and losses.
That recognition led TO a re-
organization whereby the Army
Air Forces were given complete
tactical. freedom within the
army framework. The ground
commander thereafter could tell
the air commander what he
needed. but he could no longer
prescribe the ways and means
Of attaining the detectives. That
was left entirely TO the air
leaders.
(Next article will appear
Wednesday,
Distributed 'by McNaught synd. Inc.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-03
EeE.AEe EsssSS:


EDITOR NOTE-Ttu Is
letter 20 the cong AT the of1ce"
from one Of the 50 editors. re-
porters and photographer uho
hare gone INTO serpice from ~ 90
Tunes editorial department The
urt,er ist st john n O'Erien
reporter. who uas ga North
Africa al thc time ~ urfung
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-03

A.N I|N i--N on Dl IHt luU-
' niol comics talNaYS riot
at thc Palace on Broadway
used % warn others about the
opening matinee audience at
North Adams, Mass ~t
They sit DOWN 'front.' Van
used lo cream and deyour
their touHg"
My iaporic gag with that
tbcmc dealt with funny man
Tat fTau motoring acu who
'e0Udoi coming 10 the l.. ).
from London where he was al
WY Il riot Martin Beck per-
gadcd Iaif 20 come here as
surfing hin De- a click. TO get
1all used 10 American au-
cIencos They booked hum first
g. YDDknrs- = s.. where he
: .a'd "A fightiul omelet az his
.iI Appearances
Next afternoon (Sauntering
along TIE main street thcrc)
Im paused ~ q Gsh store
WINDOW As he studied huge
dead macscrci with eyes star
az hienN} and mouth VIDE
lL-n Llii acclaimed
Tavcn's above tibet reminds
mch hi'aVe a matinee"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-03
READ FASTER and BETTER

By Albert Edward NIgEar.
Sc D. Will double y0u u4a-
s ing spScd.
remarkable Key fr kttp afar
and success SN simple r-f rr.e-
iess EAes Sen vIfnllt Dr.
L1 ADDRESS Nr WIseau
are ~ thr newspaper rre
81 stampcf tsf -rssat
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-03

Ncrcr '1eddlnqlrfrcr oal7
stu q 'ore-lara bean" p0r7
Reqd yoU noi thl s,Yo.g f0- -
doug W. 4
In M ch"et p2'r ~
a. mB life WfV s4ll.1l tCvuQ
III -.,--r-r-rTET
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-03

"HOW 10 take a bath and
IL atc was the SuDlec' OF
an article ~ DR.. Dublin OF Now
Icrt m which he listed 'hc
sfaf. sflcs q 'no record d. iols
chawhor 81 horror,
Ard another statlStlclan n
uo bathroom ended rlS mark,
by me saplent suppb>iUon tf&
Not many people would DO
libcra'cly Smut themselves inside
a closet with a tiger q rattle
snake and a fash of lightning
Rot = few of bathroom ha2-
ard, arc me fault % architects.
WIZ tould ~, bottom OF the
batt'lh lot alone ,jqe, be- so
,moafh That SONIA lIeue WnIa
SHRINK from ru The bo-toin
If 'ue hathtH could bo cor-
ruRatd DR. gcu ANDY ~
&aief Viii bou sou w so tna
b. do rot gt' au pattern or
.our delicate hinder sim
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-03
Answer to Question So. 3

was directed by psychologist
Henry Link.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-03
Nv United Pre-.

Nv Lntcd Pres.
"NAR Is beastlv thing and
W the sooner We get IL over
with the better"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-03

1dTTuTH ttTTTv00 = Ut
a brit vacation. Ills
column will be resumed
shortly.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-03

cry's promotion in the navy
from lieutenant 10 lieutenant
commander She couldn't re-
member hls .CXtacI rank
"oh, Size oh'd 'you know
hes sort OF an associate pro-
duccrr
Bulletin Churchill feels bet
ter with pneumonia than Iojo
tdcis with New Britain.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-03

v bethroon should he de-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-03

NINTER is thc season when
W the home is the most
dangerous -- -
Little Willie in the best Of
saehcs
Eel IN the FIRE and burned
20 ashes
TIrTt yTT7Trv IN example Of tho
Hnordani bumor ol Col SlagEh-
Ter Some such occurrence
happening this very second IN
some home ~ the land
The most dangerous TooTr III
fhc house l> thc bathroom The
cellar is a-ClOSe second
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-03

TIIRCST INTO hi, greatest on-
L portunIty ~ ACCIDENT T.
der is almost InkroWH to tnc-
Evening star., 1944-10-01
Home Accidents
Cause 3 Deaths
In D. G. in Week

A 44-year-old man who died OF
shock resulting from a broken leg
incurred in fall out OF bed, man
OF 81 who suffered fatal injuries
in fall down stairway and an In
FAINT who died of suffocation last
week brought the home accident
death toll to 106 for the year, the
District of Columbia Red Gross
Home Accident Survey Service re-
ported yesterday.
Meanwhile Ss nonfataI injuries
were treated at II local hospitals
There were 40 falls, four burns, three
accidental poisonings, % cuts and
lS miscellaneous injuries.
One child became i'll from an al
coholic drink he found on a table
and one youngster was hospitalized
because OF peanut shell in his
throat.
In other accidents a woman fell
while waxing a floor, boy Of Ia
fell from roof, and child fell with
piece of tin in his mouth. Two
persons fell in bathtubs, and q boy
OF 8 was injured when he slid from
q board fence. A 2-year-old child
swallowed small nail, two children
drank kerosene, woman Of 45
splashed acid In her eyes while
cleaning . sink, and an iron fell
from an ironing board and frac-
tured womans foot.
Evening star., 1944-10-01

TAN and lanky, with q talent for
making friends, Sergt. Martins let
tiers to his family give q graphic
account Of the influence OF Army
life and war on an American soldier.
From England he wrote on the
third anniversary Of his entrance
into the Army: TT was Just three
years ago today that put on these
khaki Clothes sometimes it feels
like million years and at other
times like no time at all. Right
now Falls Church seems very re-
mote"
And again from England Just be-
fore the invasion, he wrote: II am
letting my mustache grow again
: : It fools peor b into thinking
I'm soldier"
IN his FIRST Leo er from France,
written soon aft I Delay, sSeret
Martin said that ~ ~ g little
Evening star., 1944-10-01
Billion Blue Tokens
To Go Out Of Service
In Rationiing Today
OPA Will Store Discs
In Case Processed Food
Is Returned to List

More than 1000, 900 900 blue ratior
tokens went into discard today, but
the Ofilce of Price Administration
plans to store the tokens ava,
against the eventuality of q re.
sumption of rationing" of processec
foods.
An OPA spokesman said no plan.
had been made either for the de.
struction of the tokens or othel
means of disposal. The little plas.
tic discs will be stored at designated
points in the eight OPA regions un.
til it appears as though all fooe
rationing will end.
On September 8, OPA announced
a discontinuance of the use of blut
tokens as change in the purchase
of processed foods. Nearly al
canned foods except fruits wer.
taken of the ration list Septem.
ber II.
OPA purchased 1902 700 900 blu.
tokens at a cost of $1,135, 1858, ar
expenditure which the agency sale
more than paid for itself in tn.
savings to grocers in man-hour'
and cash.
Oficials estimate 200,O00.O0 blu,
tokens were in the hands Of banks
another 200 900 900 at the Cincin'
natl plant which manufactured ths
Evening star., 1944-10-01
Area No. | 10 Draft Plans
For VE-Day on tuesday

James E. Collihower, chairman of
the Districts vE-day Committee
has called q meeting for $50 pm
Tuesday in the District Building for
organization of area No. l, which
comprises the heart of the business,
financial and Government district.
subcommittee for the area will be
named at the meeting.
The city has been divided into
seven. sections, each to arrange a
VE-day program suited to its
neighborhood.
Commissioner John Russell Young
regional director of Civilian De-
fense. has approved the request of
the regional staff to cooperate with
Mr.. Coliflower and his committee
according to Maj Email Wagga-
man, executive co-ordinator for
VE-day.
Evening star., 1944-10-01

scareda week Of war Is enough to
last lifetime. /"
And again, not long before he was
killed, he wrote: Il know now what
a miserable, fantastic, heart-break-
ing thing war Is. However, / cam
not work up that hate that one is
supposed to feel. I just feel sorry
for anybody who is In any way con-
nected with the whole thing.
Sergt. Martin, whose father Is
editor Of the Transmitter, house
publication OF the Chesapeake q
Potomac Telephone Co. took an
active part in the Falls Church
Community Theater before entering
the Army. and his height once got
him the role Of Abraham Lincoln
IN : pageant presented 1t the Cap
itol Theater.
Proud Of hts height, Sergt. Martin
Wrote his sister, Hathleen, from
England On her seventh birthday,
Evening star., 1944-10-01
tuberculosis Association
Appeals for Volunteers

The District of Columbia Tuber.
culosis Association. last night issued
an appeal for more volunteers tc
aid In preparing 1914 Christmas
seals for mailing.
BY November 20, the association
must have some $4,000 900 seal;
ready to be sent out in its annual
campaign for funds. So far, it was
pointed out, only about one-thirc
|of them have been prepared.
Persons wishing to volunteer fol
this work are requested to call al
the associations headquarters, 1901
Eighteenth streets NV, or tele-
phone Adams, TOO.
The association relies solely or
proceeds from the annual Christina.
Seal Sale to carry on its figh1
against tuberculosis.
Evening star., 1944-10-01
Second Five Fos Church Brothers Services

that he. was glad to hear that she
was growing tall ut was q
mark Of the family"
Sergt. Martin, one of eight chill
dren, was graduated from Central
High School. The other brothers
in the armed services are 1t. Henry
G. Martin, 26, serving with the
Army Air Forces In Africa, and Sea-
man tSecond Glass; James E. Mar
tin, a. who has finished boot train
ing and Is awaiting assignment.
Another brother, John, expects to
enter the Army next June when he
becomes Is. There are two sisters,
Mrs. r. B. Anderson and Kathleen.
After the death Of her first son,
Sergt. Martins mother was re-
minded BY ! consoling friend that
she had seven others, which should
ease the pain. Her answer wss that
Just because one has 10 dngers, Il
doss not hurt lsss 70 have ons u
them cut "a.
Evening star., 1944-10-01
Canine Birthday Party Feosts
On 10 Pound Hamburger Cake
Col. Loves T. Hicks Is Gracious Host
As His Friends Romp in for Just Bite

A birthday cake, baked from 10
pounds Of neutrality-suspicious.
but choice-centered the low buffet
table in basement recreation room
festively decorated with boughs OF
evergreen. Iced in white, the cake
was trimmed with pink flowers. IA
candles and the lettered greeting,
Happy Birthday"
The honoree was "T. Hicks -
pedigreed airdale, named for his
master, Col. Thomas H. Lowe, and
"T. Hicks" was preparing to cele-
brate his 14th birthday anniversary
at an informal buffet supper for a
group of canine friends at his home,
3l09 Macomb street NV.
A silver cup which 1T. Hicks
won several years ago when its
master was stationed in Atlanta,
held bouquet of flowers, and large
bowls of dog biscuits temptingly
shaped as bones, were at either end
of the table.
Guests Are Fashionably Late.
As he waited patiently to receive
his guests, 1T. Hicks" wearing 4
large red bow at his neck, occaston-
ally shifted at the cake, but he vas
the soul of decorllm as he glanced
over the buffet. Yes, the appoint
ments were perfect. He did nibble
once on q dog biscuit, but what's q
host to do when his guests are toe
fashionably late? a
Several Of the guests had cele-
brated similar occasions in the past
with 'T. Hicks but the party was
the first Of Its kind ever attended
by S-week-old Buddy" who was
with his mistress, Miss Angie Trim
bic. daughter of South Trimble, jr
Missed from the gathering was
Little Buffy." Formal written re-
erets had explained Little Buffy'
must help his mistress, Mrs. George
is. Simonds, care for her grand
children during the afternoon.
"Tu-Ting ii" and Lulu" the
Evening star., 1944-10-01

Sergt. Paul r. Martin. n. son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. j. O. Martin, 806 Lin
coin avenue, Falls Church, Va, was
killed in action in France, his par
ents have been notified. He is the
second Of five brothers serving in
the Army and Navy to be killed In
this war.
One brother, Jacques r. Martin
~, electricians mate, third class
died on his way overseas In North
Atlantic torpedoing In February
1913. A third brother, Pfc. Joseph
B. Martin, was wounded slightly Ii
Italy, but has recovered.
sergt. Martin was among the first
to land In France on D-day. Ten
days later, on June 16, he was
wounded and hospitalised, but was
soon back ii action. On September
is his parents we're notified that
hs wAs n1isstng. and Tuesday he
va repoeted killed.
Evening star., 1944-10-01
Purchase Of Plane
For Use in District
Schools Proposed
Holmes Explains Croft
Would Be Laboratory
For Aviotion Course

Purchase Of a plane and hiring
OF an instructor to give high school
students actual flying experience
will be considered by a special COM
mittee of school officials, it was
disclosed last night.
After two days of conference with
representatives of the United States
Oflce of Education and of the Con-
greSsional Airport, DR.. Chester w.
Holmes, assistant superintendent in
charge of high schools, and DR..
Garnet G. Wilkinson, first assistant
superintendent, decided to appoint
q special committee of teachers to
help decide the issue.
The plane would be kept at a
nearby flying school and used to
give students ''the feel" of the
aviation fundamentals they have
been studying in the high schools
one-year aviation course. A full
time instructor would be hired, DR.
Holmes said.
The schools would not take the
responsibility OF letting a student
solo," DR.. Holmes explained. "The
training in the plane would be a
laboratory course-practical experi-
ence to demonstrate the principles
OF plane construction, air currents
and other aviation data being
taught"
The recommendations Of the
committee OF teachers, to be ap-
pointed tomorrow, will be forwarded
first to the superintendent OF
schools and then to the Board OF
Education for approval, he said.
The 375 boys and IS girls now en-
rolled in the aviation courses in the
IL senior high schools would not be
required to fly in the plane, DR.
Holmes continued. Flying would
be a voluntary matter after school
hours, credited on school records
as q Laboratory course" ("
The committee will also couside,
expansion Of the aviation instrlc-
ton, established In 1912, into .
two-year course. The decision Il
expected to be made "in ! few
weeks" DR.. Holmes said
Evening star., 1944-10-01

Pekingese sisters who came In the
custody of Col. and Mrs. M. B. Gar
Der and Miss Jane CARRIER, barked
an animated greeting and rushed
over to the table-in admiral ton
as they arrived.
Shifts at Gifts.
1t was agreed, however, that the
cake-cutting ceremony would be
help up until the circle was COM
plete. In the meantime, "T. Hicks
shifted at the gayly wrapped BIRTH
day gifts piled on a side table, One
card, signed "Gretel," bore the
tantalizing message "Pre-war-out
OF our own private cellar!" Gretel',
mistress, Mrs. Charles w. o. Bunker
explained that it was from a special
supply of canned rabbit meat.
With the belated arrival oi
"Mickie." cocker spaniel owned by
Col. and Mrs. e. A. Myer, at. Hicks
gave the signal and the candles or
the cake were lighted. As Col. Lowe
helped him cut the cake butler
passed paper plates decorated with
a birthday design.
When the guests gave their hearty
approval to the quality Of the cake
Mrs. Lowe explained that It was
baked by their cook from her bes,
meat loaf recipe.
This was the first birthday party
IT. Hicks" has held since he was II
In the interval, Il was said, he Ia.
been in mourning for one OF ht
favorite offspring.
Stuffed Dog is Guest.
Mrs. Lowe, who extended the In.
vitations for linn, specified tina,
only humans accompanied by theil
dogs would be included in the festiv.
tiles. Little Nancy Jane Lloyd, S.
year-old daughter of Capt. Edmund
H. Lloyd, got around that hurdle
by bringing her stuffed dog, Tommy
Lad"
One friend pleaded the only dogs
he had were his two feet. He wa.
refused admission.
Evening star., 1944-10-01

five or more years are no Longer
sought by hospital authorities and
their names are stricken from the
list Of escapes.
Mrs. Fitzwater left her apart
ment in the rooming house where
she worked as housekeeper about Z
pm. Saturday. She visited Miss
Martha Phipps, 1899 B street Sc.
who is engaged to marry Mrs Fitz-
waters son, Chester, "a, now in the
Army in England. After learning
Miss Phipps recently had received
q letter from Pvt. Fitzwater, In
which he reported he was in good
health, Mrs. Fitzwater left, saying
she was going to meet a friend In
downtown Washington, according to
Miss Phipps.
Reported Seen With Marine.
She was next reported seen in q
water front seafood restaurant with
a marine many years her junior
Shortly afterward, Mrs. Fitzwater
was said to have entered the Hot
Shoppe Restaurant at the Virginia
end of the Fourteenth street High
way Bridge in the company of a
youthful soldier who had been
drinking heavily.
Her movements from about II
o'clock Saturday night are unknown
When next seen her body was float.
ing in the lagoon.
During the week the FBI parried
most questions concerning the case
with terse mo comment" Un-
expectedly yesterday it announced
that Holmes was to be arraignec
before the United States commits
sioner on the murder charge. Ever
Commissioner Turnage was unaware
that Holmes was being brought te
his office when newspapermen anc
photographers arrived ahead Of the
prisoner and two FBI agents.
Holmes was not handcu1ed. He
carried in his arms bundle con.
tanning pair Of hip boots and 9
raincoat. He sat quietly in an ante.
room while the papers were made
out by the commissioner.
When asked by the commissioner
III his name was Gardner Tylel
Holmes he replied in the affirma.
tive but stated he had been knowY
as Pop for SO long that most peo.
pie had forgotten his real name
After arraignment he was hand.
cuffed to deputy marshal, with
whom he joked.
Holmes was known to his fellow
workers at the Tom Thumb Res.
taurant as "a kindly old man."