The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-21
Observations
Maid Tries Them
All, Likes Setting
Job Best
BY Helen Esssry


come IL this authentic maid story
told by a Washington housewife.
She came into the home-the
Washington housewife, I mean
and found her new cook rocking
contentedly by the drawing room
fire.
Well Louisa said the house.
wife. Il see that you are happy
here. I'm glad you like your job
Yes. indeed, | certainly do
said Louisa, going on with her
rocking. 81 tried bein' an eleva-
tor girl tried helpin' in a beau
ty parlor. tried bein' a white
gemmuns office girl Bat | found
out in a hurry that OF all the Jobs
you get. domestic work is the best
It gives you the most time for
settin'! ~
THERE'S 4 POWERFUL LOT
OF TALK around about the right
Of the men and women overseas to
vote. / discussed this question
with several servicemen on the
train the other day and was told
that the matter is overly agitated.
The men in the armed forces
are not interested in voting said
young Army captain. Il bet II you
took a poll OF the Army and Navy
you would find that not one out
of 10 have ever voted. Especially IN
a national election Why is this?
The answer is simple.
whoever the president may be,
he automatically is commandment
chief OF the Army and Navy. As
commander-in-chief he has the
same duties in regard to the ser,
vices whether he is a Democrat or
a Republican. The men In the
services have to have complete al
legiance to their president And
do, OF course. Even in this Army
made up so recently from civilian
life. there isn't uch talk about
politics"
Getting the soldier vote out
would be a very complicated bust
ness. the captain added. 1t would
rot be possible to keep from using
influence on the men.
Suppose the tough sergeant In
charge OF a certain squad was
Democrat. Can't you Just see him
saying to the privates, Listen, fell
lows. YOU get yourselves to the
voting place. And the guy that
votes the wrong way will get X. P.
for a month
Even Il it we're possible to get
the services whipped up into few
er about voting IL would not be a
good idea. | was told. No use
starting up political feuds inside
the fghting lines.
SEVERAL DIPLOMATS who had
pre-war posts in Italy have been
telling me abovt Count Galeazzo
Ciano, recently executed for trea-
son.
Ciano. am given TO understand,
was the complete go-getter. He
was an opportunist of the first
rank. He used Mussolini TO help
him climb up the ladder Of state
and when he reached a height
where he 10 longer needed Il Duce.
he turned traitor against the man
who had befriended' him in the
hard going days.
Ciano's treachery was one OF the
bitterest OF all MussolinIs disap-
pointments. He adored his favor
tie daughters husband, I'm told,
and for a long time refused to
believe hat Ciano was trying -
hetray him.
I HAVE ALWAYS BELIEVED
that is years was too long for
any human being 10 be president
OF the United States and I have
wondered and wondered how Mr..
and Mrs Roosevelt could not ey-
pect some people 10 notice how
many years they had been running
the White House
But It does seem to me that II
the Republicans, who just met in
solemn conference IN Chicago, want
TO wrench the presidency away
from its long time owner, they must
set to thinking up a better reason
for change than the remark Of
Representative Charles A. Halleck
OF Indiana who said The election
OF a Republican will shorten the
war by months, maybe by years.
A NAVAL LIEUTENANT came
to thexbusy Travellers Aid Booth
in Washington's Union Station
seeking help in finding a room.
The worker hurried through her
lists OF hotels and clubs. called a
number and found a room al the
Y. VI. G. a. Then she found the
address the lieutenant needed TO
know. Then she set TO work help
in the mob crowding around her
desk and forgot the lieutenant. In
half an hour or so the lieutenant