The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-04-28
By Lorena Carlton

man as he poled his craft out into
the veinwork of canals.
Tall cypress trees grew along the
canals. On plots of land beside the
water trails were farms and flower
gardens, filled with carnations,
baby breath, violets, daisies. Also
there were tiny cottages, even res
taurants in which to dine and
dance. Carlos and the girl had been
sitting erect in the regular kitchen
chairs placed along the sides Of the
chalupa- Now he arranged cushions
so they could recline as if in steam
er chairs or an American canoe.
Two guitar players came along
side, in their own boat, to ask Car
los to engage them. Even though
we are better on Sunday with our
marimba player, we are good with
out him"
They were excellent They knew
every romantic Mexican song
"Marquita," "Quiereme Mucho,"
the American. "Yours": ."Adios
Maraquita Linda" Rosa" Best of
all, they played and sang con-
stantly.
After an hour, Carlos bought
lunch from a vendor who had a
tiny stove in his boat Chicken,
steaming sweet potatoes and hot
tamales. Also, from an Indian girl
in a canoe, he bought two enor-
nous punches of gardenias. NAL
lory realized that Carlos was hav-
ing as much fun as she, that he
also was playing hockey from his
regular life. They kissed raptur-
ously, sang along with the must
clans. 1t was marvellous to be
where no one knew them. So NAL
lory thought, until two hours later,
after Laying along those sluggish
canals, they were back at the dock.
There the guitar players accept
cd Carlos generous pay, then
turned to the girl. I'VE heard your
concert, Miss Baker, and we shall
hear the next one"
| Through surprise she said
please do. Come back STAGE
They did, after both the Dee. Is
performance and the one on Jan. 3
They all but burst with pride be-
cause they were recognized by the
great Mallory Baker. They did not
know that she had faculty for re.
me- ~ ba ripoD focae ,Ig1 tt,at Dat I,
had pounded into her the wisdom
Of friendliness for the poorer peo-
pie who, in turn. would give her
more friendliness than the higher
classes. Despite her black spangled
net for the second concert and sill
YER lame for the last, also entirely
different programs, the singer felt
as II she were living through the
same ritual as she received her
guests. The same flowers, the same
people, Manuelita at her elbow, the
two Smiths, Carlos and his parents
with their cordial bu. unpiercable
friendliness, as II waiting for some
crisis.
| 6Nti y AAtilA6 " 90 AIit 80 iti thItDl
that for the last two concerts her
manager had not even made an ap-
pearance. She longed TO ask Manu-.
elita II she had seen him. Shed
wanted TO ask her ever since the
day Manuelita went to Taxco, but
she was too stubborn. So she stood
smiling, talking and feeling like
some child who had not received a
gift on the Christmas tree. And she
hadn't received one from Tod Pat
rick. Blast him,
Not only did the concerts seem
identical, but also the intervening
hours. Bickering with Prism. Re.
hearsals with Sandy. Worry over
Richard Blythe and the delay In
apprehending Johann and Wilhelm
Schmidt To see them at her con.
certs, light hearted and suave, en-
lrsged Mallory. And those dinners