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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-21
Mary HAWORTH'S MAIL

plain why I consider divorce
inadvisable; and that, in the cir
cumstances, he should devote
himself TO duty and when he re-
turns, we will talk things over
and reach a decision.
In most of my letters, though.
I talk about other things-our
child. a book. a play-not men
tioning the situation at all.
John and I have been mar
ried seven years. and we had
known each other four years
prior 10 that.
In all that time, he had never
looked at another girl.
We were sincerely in love and
good friends as well.
Almost three years ago. John
enlisted.
About a month after he left
for training. / discovered l was
pregnant and we now have a
lovely 2-year-old girl. whom
John last saw when she was 10
months old. and we were living
near his camp and very happy.
have been living with Johns
parents since he left. and they
are devoted 10 us and broken
hearted by the turn of events.
Dad wrote John that II II
were a question OF seeing the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-21
One Word Led to Another
By Patterson
The Detroit Time
By Arthur Bugs" Baer.

There's a cute little lady down in Washington who
has neat scheme for the women to run the works.
Her organization is tagged Matrots Foundation. In
my bright lexicon of mumbes that sounds like dove
failing of matrons and riots.
You make government unattractive to males"
she says. say if women the government it will
be unattractve
She says lured by power. So she is throw
ing a switch in the power house.
There is something in her argument that
obsessed by competition which matches conflict So long
males run the works, so long will there be
The Matriots claim there will be no goodwill to men
until it is dshed up by them.
The argument listens melodious until you pin back
your and ogle history. At time the world was
by the women and they raised Hades than
the devil with a derrick
There tribe of warriorettes called the Amazons
who lived in Themscyra the Thermodon on the south
shore of the Euxine That's making drugstore out of
history.
Their leader dame known as Tootsie Hppolyte
who had sister named Antiope Heracles started war
to get the grde of Hppso Showing they were just as
scarce then
copyuFht. lstt.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-21

ORPUS CHRISTI. Tex, Nov.
~ 20-Along about 5 a. m. to-
day I received a telephone call
in my hotel room from Mr.. Bill
Mason. the distinguished ROOM
caller.
1T II time to arise. my pretty
one" rumbled Mr.. Mason. Tho
bus for tho airport IL leaving ut
5:45. So please be down In the
lobby by 8 o'clock. This Will
give you Is minutes 20 walt for
those VINO do not get down
until 6:15, and you can have
great FUN cursing those who do
not get down until $50"
I will admit that Mr.. Mason's
conversation might seem strange
under ordinary circumstances.
but not on this survey tour we
are taking through Texas. BY
comparison ii represented cold
nationality.
asked Mr.. Mason what was
afoot.
I'VE are Eonng out to Kelly
Field for breakfast" he said.
Then the navy In flying IN
down TO Corpus Christi"
"Never mind where we are
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-21
THE BRIGHTER SIDE

and to go places for no par
ticular reason.
Wherever I went I had to
work, so / might as well have
remained in some one place.
I knew about 'bindle stiffs"
and gay cats" and I had brief
experience in some of the
"jungles," or hobo camps, Of
those days, sheltered spots in
the woods or along rivers near
towns where the 'boes "jungled
up and made common cause of
''mooching" food in the towns
and stewing it up in one big
community pot over a camp fire.
It was in one of these camps
outside Provo. Utah, on what
the 'boes called the bread and
milk route, that I saw a man
crouched over a tin can in which
something was brewing over a
fire.
He kept Swimming the top Of
the substance in the can and
afterwards Kid Swift told me
that the fellow was boiling
dynamite and Swimming of
nitro with which he intended
blowing a safe.
Kid Swift said the fellow was
a John Yegg, which meant a real
tough hombre.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-21

election day. WEIGHED on bets
running into hundreds Of Gs.
A dress designer for dowagers
Is i'm for a mess of trouble with
her eyebrow-lifting sideline.
Takes photos, etc. 9TH
take a half a dozen of these
and six Of them.~.
A recently returned radio
favorite may soon be Cancelled.
The rating is that low.
The audience at the Mae
West hit almost choked laugh
ing when during her most tor
rid boudoir scene, some wag
yelled "Gitcha ice-cold lemon
ade!"
ON THE Grandest Canyon:
" Postage meters throughout
the u. S. were being rugged
with the slogan: slap the Jap
9Th War Loan"
The idea was all set TO 60
but the Post Office (Washing-
toni rejected it in these words:
POLICY not TO accept for meter
ad, any subject that may be
considered TO be of scurrilous
or defamotory nature"
Tell that to the boys on
Leyte.
It's a boy for the p. Philbins
isis Wilmer. the poeD.
Fred Allen. will retire from
show biz mot radio) with the
completion of his film chore.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-21

Women tend to be more
conservative than men and dis
like change more, in almost
everything except clothes. Men
are far more conservative about
changes in styles. Mems styles
change so slowly it takes 80
years, on the average, to show
radical differences.
2-No. All criminals are lazy.
They want TO swagger, wear
loud clothes and jewelry. and
spend money freely where
others can see them, yet they
are too lazy TO work for these
things as others do. Very few
criminals have ever done any
steady work.
3-It is just one little straw
that shows which way the wind
blows. In your case il is blow
ing toward yourself as a selfish,
self-centered. neurotic person
atty. IL shows you are suspi-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-21
WASHINGTON Scene
BY George Dixon

going" said. LET us take
this thing In chronological or
der. Where are We now?
I'VE are In San Antonio" re-
piled Mr.. Mason, who Is q big
tire and rubber man from Ak
ron, o. II Am surprised you
don't remember. Don't you re-
call trying TO barricade yourself
In the Alamo last night and
challenging Santa Ana 70 come
In and gct year Yoa sai1 IL
was . memory test-you wanted
70 SO n no could remember the
Alamo"
SSVOU are deliberately dis
L tortinE tho facts," I said,
coldly. 81 knew he could re-
member all the time. I was
practicing deception became I
told tho room clerk I was Sam
Houston"
Anyway, I got downstairs at
7 o'clock and had to wait only
IS minutes. My fellow Journal
lists, who staggered down one
by one, comprised the finest
body of men you could see out
side delirium tremens.
Mr.. Kenny Nichols Of Akron.
O., emerged Juggling two suit
cases and q 10-gallon hat.
as this the bus for Little
Rocks ?" he asked.
He shook himself a bit and
then looked at the hat. Some
one asked where he got II.
THAT worries mo . Bit" he
said. 81 trust I have not de-
capitated any ono. But I have
. distinct recollection that
when I got the hat there was .
head I'm It."
A fellow came up to Mr..
Mason and said a man was
calling ( rom Corpus Christi to
ask what time we had left.
"Give him IN evasive answer"
said Mr.. Mason. Tell him TO 20
to hell"
WE WERE told some amazing
w things about the advances
that they have made in war
plane repairing and recondition-
ing at Kelly Field. Today they
can completely recondition a
bunged-up plane and put il
back in combat faster than
they can build a new one.
A couple of years ago II tool
two and half hours to change
a wing. Now they do IL in 80
minutes.
Z The Job Of reconditioning q
spark plug used to take an
hour Now u tskes IS minutes.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-21
THESE DAYS

1T SEEMS to me that I h o S e
Il who vocate a hard or
soft peace are equally guilty of
the error of wishful thinking.
The task, first of all, is to win
the war and to win il in such a
manner that a peace is not only
possible but of some durability.
The longer this war lasts, the
more likely it will be that the
peace, which might even be a
prolonged armistice, will be the
product of regional agreements.
The first of t hese was the
treaty between Czecho-Slovakia
and Soviet Russia.
Other arrangements leading
to a Pan-Slavic regional under
standing are in the making in
the Romanian-Russi peace.
the eventual Polish-Russian
treaty; Yugoslavia is already
Russian sphere Of influence.
WHAT the Latins will do Is in
w the making.
Italy is In a bitter struggle
between Communists and the
Fascist-oriented MODS who
struggle for power.
II is obvious in Italy, as in all
the world, that generations
reared in a statistic atmosphere
may turn on their master but
not on the enslavements which
are normal to them.
Their re-education Is almost
an impossible task - certainly
with adults.
The Fascists have been In
power long enough to control
the thought processes and habits
of everyb ody now under 40
years Of age.
In France. De Gaulle faces
the same difficulties.
There is a possibility that a
peace conference may be faced
by a Latin league Of the dispa-
rate governments OF France,
Italy. Spain, Portugal and Bel
gium who will seek to work out
their own salvation in their
own way.
Alternatively, the continent
of Europe may form a council
of its own-the nucleus of a
united states of Europe-with
or without Soviet Russia.
Should Russia desire 10 limit
her influence to east of Ger
many. she would voluntarily
remain out of such council.
but this much is now clear, the
Russian is more popular on the
continent of Europe than either
the United States or Great
Britain, not only because sue
cess breeds popularity but also
because Stain is softer"
toward European nations than
either the United States or
Great Britain.
AS TO Germany. who can
"A tell a month in advance
what the situation will be
there?
Today, Hitler is apparently
out of the picture.
Hlmmler has taken over and
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-21

He and his mgr, Walter
Bachelor. divided four months
ago.
Arnold Reuben has invited
500 servicemen as his guests
on Thanksgiving at his famed
place.
A society gal shoplifter pulls
the cinderella act at IL d. m.
nightly and leaves her favorite
bistro to be home within parole
rules.
NEW YORK Novelette,: He
~ just returned from overseas
duty minus leg.
Before entering the service ne
had plans to marry his sweet
heart-on his very first furlove.
But in the two years since
they saw each other-she fell
In love with another lad.
AS for the soldier, the war
had changed his mind, too.
He hoped to become a priest,
and then after he became used
to his new leg. a chaplain.
He didn't know how to tell
her about his decision to en-
brace the Faith instead of Mar
rage.
And because he had lost leg,
she didn't have the heart to tell
him about her new love.
They are both miserable as
we go to the printers.
Unless. that is. they read this.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-21
On the
Side

But nowadays when a young
woman Is still single at the age
of Is she begins to think she il
an old maid. I would hesitate TO
say at what age a woman can
rightly be called an old maid.
After all, age is a state of mind
and that is particularly true in
the case of females.
CIDELIGHTS CT Joes
~ seeing the sights in Paris
should look around for the
statue of Etienne Marcel. He
invented the income tax.
Deputy Chief Inspector Of
Police Patrick Mccarthy of
New York City originated the
one-way street and the stop"
and "go" traffic sign system.
Both of these traffic systems
were first introduced on Duane
street, New York City in 1910.
In Spain son can take his
choice as to which surname he
prefers; his fathers name or his
mothers maiden name. II I had
taken my mothers maiden
name my name would be Eddie
Robinson.
EOUR young women OF Chi
Il cago state they are all en-
gagged to marry Texas men.
Three of the lucky fellows come
from Dallas and one from Fort
Worth. why do you think
so many Chicago girls prefer
Texans rather than the men of
their own city," asks one of
the aforementioned young
women. I don't know the
answer to this. I have asked
our Horses & Women depart
ment to investigate.
Copyright. 1914. By King Features
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-21

Think not, the husband gained,
that all is done.
The prize Of happiness must still
be Won,
And oft the careless find IL to
their cost;
The lover in the husband may be
lost.
George Lyttleton
TIVE pocketbook I reported
l. missing is still missing.
Am one of those fellows who
doesn't carry much money hut
packs a wallet with a lot of i'm
portant things in the way Of re-
ceipts, credentials, etc.
This particular wallet is also
a gift from my girl friend.
1 will probably get it back in
time.
1 have lost a number of valu-
able things but the only one /
didn't get back was a cigar case
/ lost in 1923.
TIiE y. S. marines have the
l. smartest dogs in the Allied
nations armed services. At Bou-
, granville not one u. S. marine
was killed while in a patrol led
by dog.
Detroiter says her mother is
married to her husbands father
ii being the second marriage for
both. A very unusual situation.
Ever hear of a man trimming
his hair with a comb? A But
Ter. Pa, subscriber says he uses
a comb with a blade in il TO
trim his hair. He still goes to
a barber for a haircut but not
nearly as much as formerly.
Lillian Kiiiian of Beiiport, L.
J.. has been made a member of
the my name is a poem club.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-21
DEAR MARY HAWORTH:
A BOUT Is months ago. JOB

4 BOUT Is months ago. John
"A left for England.
He. wrote faithfully, always
expressing the hope that he
would be with us soon--untii
two months ago. when my whole
world crumbled.
Two months ago, had let
v II from him the was then in
France). saying that while he
was in England he met young
woman-they were just friends
at first-who told. him just be-
fore he left that she was bearing
his child.
He also stated that he had
planned TO tell me about this
relationship eventually; but
things had come to head; and
in order to keep me out OF the
mess. he asks a divorce.
He says he cannot leave the
young woman TO her own de-
vices.
| answered that loved him
too much to condemn him before
seeing him; and since then
write TO him two or three times
a week.
In some. I have tried TO ex-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-21
Il. v. DURLING

QUERIES from clients: @
0 You say Mike Hall was the
best horse named after a man.
How about Billy Kelly named
after the Buffalo sports writer?
A-Billy Kelly was q great
Splinter but not as good an ALL
around horse as Mike Hall. In
cidentally, the versatile Exter-
minatOr once beat Billy Kelly
In . six furlong dash. This sur
prised everybody as "Old
Bones" was considered q dis
lance horse.
Q-What kind OF a break do
your star-gazing friends give
Scorpio women?
A-The star-gaZers claim
ScorpiO women are usually 1t"
and "Oomph' girls, who have to
battle to keep admiring men
away. They are good home
managers but only IL provided
with up-to-d ate equipment.
When n Scorpio woman hasn't
washing machine she suiixs.
Ii she has a clothes washing
machine she kicks because she
hasn't q dishwashing machine.
DASSING BY: jeanette Mac
L Donald. This departments
favorite re d-haired actress.
jeanette recently was a terrific
hit singing with the Chicago
Opera which is the third best
opera company in the country.
First is the Metropolitan, Sec
ond the San Francisco Opera.
Did you ever see a red
haired old maid?" That's what
I asked recently. I thought a
strawberry blonde spinster was
a rarity. However. have since
heard from a lot of red-haired
women who consider themselves
"old maids" Most of them
probably are not in that class.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-21

T CAN remember when it was
i quite the fashion for writers
to put themselves away as for
mer hoboes.
/ think it may have been in
imitation of Jack London.
Jack wa7 the top writer of
his time ard he cast a long
shadow of influence over that
period and the years ahead.
He was a flannel shirt fellow
who was suppose to have
"boed it" all over the country
in his youth and 10 have been
an all-around rough-and-tumble
gee.
Personally, thought the man.
ner OF living RI David Graham
Phillips was to be preferred.
He had a Zillion suits OF
clothes and dined at Sherry's
and Del's.
And yet I have seen the day
when I magnified a few little
jaunts of my own into regular
hobo career, though of course
/ was never any more Of real
DO than one of the Rockefeller
kids.
T JUST thought it was the
Il thing to do to steal rides on
freight and passenger trains
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-21
By George E
Sokolsky

the war has grown tougher.
The unconditional surrender,
hoped for in 1914, is not taking
place.
If Germany were to break up
quickly, some one would have
to step in to prevent civil war.
Would it be Russia or Britain
or the United States or some
joint operation?
A durable peace can only be
the result of justice and bread
for all peoples, the conquered
as well as the conquering.
But bread is scarce In Europe
and work will be even more
scarce.
That cannot be solved by
shouting slogans - "A Hard
Peace" "A Soft Peace" "Un-
conditional Surrender"
Stain shouts less and Is more
urbane-and Europe Is turning
toward him rather than to US.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-21
BY Damon
Runyon

IT WAS at this general period
Il of my life that I heard of "a
No. l." so-called liking of the
hoboes," the character whose
mention here a few weeks ago
has produced a large number of
letters.
I must dismiss him before he
becomes a sort of stock player
in my company, and I can do
this with some grace because
Louis A. Pease, justice of the
peace Of northeast Erie County,
Pennsylvania, gives me the exit
lines.
He says he knew "A No. /"
for several years before he died
and that the erstwhile monarch
OF the brakebeams lived for ID
or 20 years in Erie, Pa, prior
to that unhappy event writing
books and travelling around lee
turing against his old profess
sion.
Judge Pease thinks he may
have married an Erie lady.
In winters he worked I'm a
poolroom In Erie as manager.
He gives "A No. is" name as
Leon Livingstone, which jibes
with other information I have
received on that point, and rec
ommends that I write to John
J. Mead, editor and owner Of the
Daily Times of Erie, who had
a long article in his paper on
our hero at the time of his
death. "A No. /" wrote several
books, Judge Pease says, some
of which are in the Erie Public
Library.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-21
WALTER WINCHELL 1., On

4 ND you think you have 1t
"a tough, huh ? Along Mel
bdy Lane he Is rated as q kid
with a real future.
vSefore he was drafted into
= army he was the conductor
the New York Symphony.
And so the Brain Trusters in
khaki made him a band leader.
The last time he was home on
leave he was guest conductor OF
that aug t group of long hairs
when they held their concert at
Carnegie Hall.
When he returned to camp he
was summoned by the c. o. and
handed the bawling out of his
life.
Because he failed to make a
satisfactory marching arrange
ment of the waltz: Carolina
Moon"
TfIE Late Watch: Taiu Bank
l. head and VIM. Eythe are
ahem.
During Sinatra's engagement
at the Paramount he was also
hit by a cantaloupe. thrown by
a COB who went backstage and
apologized.
Next movie star for the
navy's inactive list will be
Robert Taylor.
Abigail Adams is Jose Iturbfs
current inspiration One OF
those playbores is missing since
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-21
RETTER HEALTH
BY DR.. Logan Clendening-

TYiE Christmas seals OF the
i National tuberculosis Asso-
citation will soon be on sale.
We realize that there are
many appeals. especially this
year. to give. but the seals do
not cost much.
II every family would buy a
dollars worth TO put IN the
Christmas mail the amount
expected TO be raised would be
realized.
The money really accom-
plishes something.
We are winning the cam
paign against tuberculosis Just
as we are winning so many OF
our campaigns.
L Victory Is, of course, far from
mplete.
" There still die every year in
the United States from tubercu-
losis what would represent the
population OF a fair sized town
of about sixty thousand people.
This is a loss by a prevent
able disease pure loss, the
kind that needn't occur.
But il is much less than IL
used to be.
DERHAPS as graphic way
i TO show the improvement as
any is to compare the amount
of money disbursed by a large
insurance company like the
Metropolitan in death claims.
In 1881, the disbursements Of
the company for deaths from
tuberculosis was 7.3 per cent
of the total disbursements; in
1871 il was Al per cent.
/ cannot find In my files the
figures for later years. but have
no doubt the Improvement is
still going on.
In that same period the dis
bursements for cancer rose
from 10 per cent in 1881 to II
per cent In 1871, and for heart
disease from Is per cent in
1881 to Is per cent in 1871.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-21

JOHN is thinking and feeling
anything but straight.
Fear Is driving him towards
a course of action he would
surely regret: that would make
him a desperately unhappy man
for life.
If he had any sense of the fit
ness Of things, he would realize
that his primary allegiance be-
longs permanently to you. and
that his mistake with the girl
does not alter that fact.
She created a problem for
herself. not for him or his wife,
when she got herself pregnant
by a man she knew to be mar
ried.
My advice to you is TO hold a
steady course. gently refusing
your husband a divorce, explain
ing to him. in effect. Il cannot
feel. and your parents share my
view, that you should take q
step so significant at this time.
Your instinct was right. in as
surfing him Of your faithful love.
regardless. i.
II John can be restrained
from acting the weakling and
fool twice over he will be for
ever grateful to you for refusing
20 succumb to his hysteria at
the height Of the crisis.
NJ. n.
EDITORS NOTE-M@y He
worth eounssis Through her col
smn; not BY mai o. psrsensi
interview. Write her IN care 81
H. Defroif TiMsa
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-21

showing that we have far less
control over these latter chronic
diseases than we do over tuber-
culosis.
What causes can be ascribed
for the Improvement in the
tuberculosis death rate and
incidence Is IL natural
phenomenon or did We plan IL
that way?
Well. partly il must be ad-
mitted that il is natural
phenomenon.
But undoubtedly the deliber-
ately planned campaign against
tuberculosis has done its share.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-21
Brain Game Answers

Wimbledon.
2(b) is correct.
E(a) false.
5-An ore deposit in the gravel
of a stream.
emily Post.
Omaha, Missouri; Louisville.
Ohio; Richmond, James;
Albany, Hudson; Memphis,
Mississippi.
Sir Walter Scott.
Copyright. 1914, By KinT Features
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-21
Detroit Times Rationing Timetable

PROGRESSED FOODS
Blus AZ through w-s-vslid indeh-
nitely.
MEATS. CHEESE. FATS
Red Az through P-s-valid indefinitely
one 10. salvaEe fat good for 4 cents
and two meat ration joints.
SUGAR
Stamps %. n. N. m and ~. Beok
a-Valid Indefinitely.
stamp 40, No. I Boos-5 lbs for can
ming through Feb. as. ia45.
spare Stamp ~, Me- q n,ok-Veld
for msrimum Of 40 !bs- Tor esns.ins
Apply local board.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-21
GASOLINE

A Coupon 49, gallons. Valid through
Dec. Al.
- and ca Csspsns-5 gallons each.
% anf CO Csspsns-5 gallons each.
tLav requires state name and license
number Be written on every coupon
vuKL OIL
Perssi 4 ana Period . and s-valid
through sept. 30. ie45.
Airplsss Stamps 4. . and s-vslid
Indefinitely.
Ne. is-vsiid through Nov. 30.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-21

cious of people, you have few
friends because you do not trust
many persons, you feel they are
rather "agin" you, and you
have more or less a feeling Of
persecution. This is only one
out of over 200 items and habits
that describe personality, but il
Is a very important one, and
pretty bad one TO have.