The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-04-06
Observations
Gown Buyers Must
Take Their Turn in
Dress Shops
BY HELEN ESSARY
BY HELEN EssARY

Sights and Sounds OF Our Town:
One smart women's wear shop is
so crowded with customers and SO
empty OF sales-persons that in ord
or 10 get waited on you have TO
take a numbered card, in the man
ner OF shoppers at the local meat
counters.
Next, clutching your card in your
hot, clenched hand. you lope about
until your number is called. Next,
rushing up TO the clerk you eager
~ pay 10 times too much for
sleszy garment you don't like a.
all. Cest la guerre'
SHE WAS A NEWCOMER 10
Washington One OF those new
corners OF which al times there
seem to be almost too many. She
said she used to live in Wyoming
Il do hate this place." she said,
shaking her four-tiered bracelets in
emphasis IT'S so messy and
crowded. You can't get a place
10 live You can't get waited on
anywhere. You cant get any
thing 10 eat And as for sery
ants
Aren't you settled YETI
oh, yes, were settled. We have
a house in Spring Valley
That's a pretty nice community.
You we're lucky to get a chance
there. Have you got a mald?"
oh. yes, we've got a maid. She
is a general houseworker She does
everything Even minds the chill
dren"
You're lucky there, too Not
many people have been able 10
keep satisfactory maids
She might be worse But the
food situation is terrible here. WHY
/ simply can't find a good piece OF
beef anywhere. Would you believe
it have TO 60 up 10 New YORK
every week end just 10 got rib
roast
"Humph"
Yes indeed Isn't it outrageous?
But it's worse trying TO get butter
| wrote TO father-he still lives
in Wyoming and asked him 10
please come TO my rescue So he
sent me 19 pounds from our dairy
farm there / declare do have
such trouble living. II il weren't for
these little helps do think Id Just
starve.'
MORE WASHIINGTONIANA -
OFFICIAL DIVISION.
The state OF health OF President
Roosevelt cannot be judged by
his manner or appearance at one
news conference alone. His man
ner and appearance varies dec!d'
eddy. 1t is impossible for mere
observer to decide Is Mr.. Roose'
welt really liz"
Some days when he meets the
representative OF the inquiring
public he seems to have everything
in this universe and the next one.
we'll in hand. Straight back.
Head held proudly high. .Cigaret
holder tilted =. Voice mocking e..
Winning smile e. Dtsdainful wit.
All signs OF the charming Roose-
welt personality are rampant.
on other conference days, Mr..
Roosevelt looks so weary, so frsil
yo.r heart aches for the poor,
troubled man.
Perhaps these changes are due
solely to the mental and spiritual
fatigue that must be the constant
burden OF the man in the White
House today.
THE TULIP BEDS in the front
yard OF ! 500 Pennsylvania Ave are
thick with chickweed. You can
barely see the sprouting bulbs.
The grass in the front yard OF
1900 Pennsylvania Ave is thick
with wild strawberry plants and
sprawling dandelions.
Wild garlic waves cheerfully in
the breeze and the spots where
grass should be are showing only
faint spears OF last falls seeding.
In short, the White House
grounds are shabbier than yours
and mine. Don't ask me why.
Every other public building with
q large or small piece Of garden
is better cared for than this, the
official residence OF the highest
oficer In the government
Aren't there enough workmen
about to spare a little labor for
freshening up the place." | asked
one authority.
Every place else In town gets
looked after better than the White
House grounds" was told Why
the White House has TO be run
down. don't know. Maybe it's
TO keep people thinking things are
hard You know what mean
Maybe it's done for effect"