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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-01-16

I AM wond ering how many
Il gentlemen theatergoers have
found their attention diverted
from a play and their enjoyment
of same married by the sartorial
tidings in the current number
OF the Playful. which is the
theater program of the major
houses, as happened to me the
other evening.
/ had adjusted myself in my
seat at the Mansfield Theater
and was idly skimming the
pages of the program while
waiting for the curtain to rise
when / came upon the column
called What the Man Will
Wear" a standard feature of
the publication for years.
l read this night at the Mans
field that the directors suit is
again on the upbeat, the column
explaining that the directors
suit consists of the black or
dark gray single breasted lounge
jacket worn together with a
ditto waistcoat and trousers
patterned in bold stripes or
smallish checks.
"Such kit Is, In effect q
daytime tuxedo suit midway
between formal and informal"
the column said.
Well. as I sat there reading
this news. a chill Of apprehen-
sion crept over me because il
came TO my mind that I have
no directors suit in my ward
robe and suppose / was sud-
denly called out for an occasion
that demanded accoutrements
in the plate of fashion and the
mold of form? Like q tea or
something? / mean suppose I
simply had to attend?
l tell you the blood turned to
ice water in my veins as /
thought how the folks would
laugh at me in my old-fashioned
blue serge suit.
THE curtain went up and the
Il show went on but much of
the first part of il escaped me
because l was lost in contem-
plation of my sad condition and
wondering what the people
around me would think if they
knew / had no directors suit.
The play was Anna Lucasta"
and when 1 finally caught the
drift of il / could see that il
was something like Rain" or
Anna Christie" in sepia and
of course all of them are Mary
Magdelenes.
This play is big hit and I
reckon IL is a pretty good play
but personally prefer the NOV
les to the stage. The movies
tell their tale from start TO
finish without that accursed in
terval called intermission when
most of the customers surge
from their seats UP the aisles
and back again with charming
disregard of courtesy and the
comfort of the nonsurgers.
/ MEAN there are some per-
Il sons organically placid and
not nicotine daffy who like to
sit still between the acts and
who are consequently subjected
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-01-16
BRIGHTER SIDE
BY Damon
Runyon

to a mauling by their nervous
neighbors. / think the inter-
mission should be abolished as
il serves no purpose and pro-
duces only confusion. The play
should run from start to fish
the same as a picture and peo-
pie would get home earlier and
sleep more as a result.
/ thought all this up during
the intermissions of Anna Luz
casta" along with my sad sar-
torical cogitations. 1 got pair
of barked chins and a sadly
crumpled hat through sitting
out the recesses but suppose
/ had gone out into the lobby
and suppose som e on had
stepped up TO me and asked,
''Runyon, have you got
directors suit ?"
1 tell you / would have
simply died of modification and
chagrin. No directors suit!
copyrisht. is+s. BY United Features synd.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-01-16
Il. v. DURLINC

A NJ ASKED IL / ever read any,
N thing by Laura Jean Libbey.
Never have. but, OF course, /
know who she was.
Her highly romantic novels
were enjoyed by millions OF SEN
timental females.
Laura's grave is in the Green
wood Cemetery. Brooklyn.
Nearby is a monument to
minstrelsy marking the grave of
Billy West OF Primrose e. West.
/ believe Lola MonteZ is also
buried in Greenwood.
DASSING BY: Frieda Ines
Il court. Clever and smart
looking actress. She has
cocker spaniel named Eleven.
Pup was so named because he
was given TO Frieda and her
husband as an eleventh wedding
anniversary present.
Leslie Brooks. Film performer.
Said 10 have the most beautiful
back in Hollywood.
Remember Kitty Gordon, mu-
steal comedy and vaudeville star
OF the yesteryear She was
supposed to have the most BEAU
tiful back in the world.
The thing / always remember
about Kitty is that she had nine
Pekinese and took Them all out
for walk at the same time.
l know / mentioned this be-
fore. But il impressed me.
Have you ever seen anybody
walking along followed by nine
Pekinese
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-01-16
BETTER HEALTH
By DR.. Logan Clendening

7 HAVE always stated in this
= column that coffee drinking
was not a harmful habit.
In fact, for many people it
Is beneficial.
1t keeps the circulation going
ut an even rate in The heart
and kidneys.
People subject TO heart at
tacks" do very well with IL,
using no other medication.
OF course. for the same rea-
son that IL increases the rate
of circulation in the heart and
kidneys IL increases circulation
also in the brain and. for this
reason, tends 10 keep one
awake. 4---
But that Is a minor disad-
vantage that can be avoided by
not taking coffee with the eve
ming meal
Now. perhaps I will have 10
make certain reservations about
the entire harmlessness of
coffee.
/ say perhaps because / am
by no means convinced by the
evidence. but I will present II
In complete fairness.
Three Chicago investigators,
Drs. J. A. Roth, A. c. Ivy and
A. J. Atkinson. report that
caffeine and coffee beverages
increase the secretion Of tho
stomach and hence predispose
TO the formation Of ulcer.
They also suggest that by
studying the prolonged stomach
secretion response 10 coffee II
is possible TO spot those people
who are predisposed 10 have
ulcer.
They produce no case his
tories on human beings which
would indicate such a relation
ship. but in experiments on cats
where the inside Of the stomcah
can be observed. the use Of caf-
feline causes a "blushing rcac-
tion" over the lining membrane,
and If histamine is given al
ternating with caffeine there is
seen some epithelial desquama-
ton and small eroSions which
might turn into ulcer il they
we're further irrita,ed.
QUT / never once heard one
~ say that coffee made him
uncomfortable.
And il one puts enough cream
In the coffee il will neutralize
the excessive secretionS, cream
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-01-16

being one Of the most favored
articles of diet for ulcer
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
NJ. a. my mother-in-law
demands that cut my little
girls hair II IS long and natur-
ally curly. Il there any SCien-
tiflc basis for the theory that
long hair saps a childs
strength (This is accompanied
by the photograph of a darling
little girl with long curlS)
Answer Tell your mother
in-law 10 go jump in the lake
and mind her own business. Tell
her 20 read about Samson. Be-
fore the era Of the -beyish beb,
women never had hair OF their
heads eut and they came West
and fought Indians and cleared
forests and ploughed the fields
and bore families OF eight. What
about Buffalo Bill and Xii Car
son and Sitting Bull? They had
long hair and weren't weak.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-01-16

EDITORS "NOTE-Cpi.e Pick
ering, former Times eoiumnist.
Is an infantrymdn at r.. Me-
Cielian, Ala. These writings are
excerpts from his letters TO
friends at the office.
NOTES on travelling with
~ prisoner-This was a new
experience, shepherding pris-
oner, but another Fort McClel-
Ian man, S/Sgt. Boudrie. also a
Detroiter, was home in Detroit
for the same purpose.
We met in the office at Fort
Wayne and joined forces for the
trip back. There's not much
danger of physical violence from
these prisoners, because you
have a As and they don't. It's
calculated to make a prisoner
doubly docile if you let him see
you load the pistol before you
start out.
However. you can't afford TO
do any mapping, and that's why
the sergeant and / were lucky
10 be going back together. One
of us could catch few winks
while the other watched the
prisoners. His was repeater
who had gone AWOL several
times. and we didn't care TO
take any chances.
Besides, the guy had quietly
disaHietihg way of humHing and
whistling restlessly. For 900
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-01-16

I HOPE Mrs. Luce will think
Il il over and make public re-
traction before II is too late.
II would be no trouble for her
10 achieve this reCtification,
either. All she need do is pose
with a nice piece OF shaft show
ing. so il can be printed under
the caption:
Only kidding, says Clare"
If she doesn't do this, shud-
der TO think what the harvest
may be. For one thing she
may blight my social life. The
other day-after the Lucian no
glamor' statement-I called up
a ripe tomato I know and
begged her for a date.
This two-Scorer IS still a
knockout in any language and
has more mileage remaining in
her than a brand new jeep. But
when ] implored her 60 accom-
pany me on a round of the
flesh-pots. She said sadly:
mo, I am too old and un-
glamorous To 20 about any
more. Get some one younger
say 80! 1 will just sit homo
here with my memories"
So, you see what you've done.
Mrs. Luce! Amt you ashamed?
DEP. WILLIAM THOM OF
IL Ohio is back with us again
but he feels that a squatter has
taken possession of his old
office.
Mr.. Thorn first came TO Wash
ington as a congressional secre-
tary back in 1910. Then he be-
. came a newspaper correspond
ent covering Capitol doings. In
the fullness of time, working in
his spare hours. he graduated
from Georgetown University
and went back home TO Canton,
o., to practice lave
In 1892 he was elected to Con-
gress and was assigned to room
324 in the old House office
building. He was reelected in
1884 and 1886 but got beaten in
1898.
He came back again in 1910
however and got his old office.
The electorate ditched him in
1912, but relented and sent him
back in 1914.
Well, he tried to get his old
office once more, but the occu-
pant, Rep. Charles M. Lafollette
of Indiana. refused 10 vacate.
81 asked LafolIette IL he
would mind moving" said Mr.,
Thorn. "and do you know what
he had the nerve to say? He
told me he wouldn't move for
less than $4,000 cash.
'T love my old office" contin-
ued Mr.. Thorn. "but the price
was exorbitant. However, I
managed to get back In the
same corridor. I am now In
room SIS across the hall"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-01-16

Most scientists believe
that mother love is mostly
natural, that the love for any
particular child is largely ac-
quired. If a mothers babe were
exchanged for another at birth,
and If she should meet her own
child when il was 20, she would
have no special love for il. Her
love would all be centered on
the foster child. The fact that
foster parents usually love their
adopted children as intensely as
their true children supports this
theory, although the desire 10
adopt hildren is no doubt
largely Unborn. AN
2-Not so completely that his
friends will not know him, but
he can improve il greatly.
Psychologist Sadie Myers Shell
low says you should go at inn
proving your personality just as
you 60 at untangling a knotted
string. You cannot unite all
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-01-16

HOW is the WAC recruiting
progressing around your
way? Sgt. Bill McCahill on re-
cruiting duty states: Pasadena,
Cal, has more than passed the
100 per cent mark in quota for
women to serve with the WAC
in the medical department
army"
Very interesting. That means
the medical department will
have some smart looking WACs.
Pasadena girls are just as
good looking as those from Dali
las. Tex, and Santa Monica,
Cal, and nearly as beautiful as
girls from Brooklyn and Provo.
Utah.
OUR bitter mpaign No.
" $3.50 continues TO get no
where fast.
This campaign is designed TO
persuade females not 10 use
first names intended for males.
Now ] learn there is feminine
nightclub singer named Eddie
PoindeXter.
This is the hardest blow
of ALL
/ never expected 10 hear Of
a female named Eddie.
Miss PoindeXter was chris
tened Eddie.
Her father had hoped for a
son.
To ease his disappointment
when a daughter arrived he
gave her a boys name.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-01-16

miles the only tune he whistled
was Don't Fence Me In"
TNIIE news and candy butchers
- do a rushing business-when
they have anything to sell. Once
the man came through with his
complete stock consisting of
three tattered pulp magazines
that looked as though they had
been sold half a dozen times
before.
Magazines, magazines he
cried mournfully, adding more
dolefully still, "Magazines-love,
detective and nurder." He sold
them all-again.
IT'S wonderful what G.. l.
Il excuse me. There's a cam
paign being conducted now to
do away with calling soldiers
&c. /. joe" / don't mind the
term, but IL seems that o m e
soldiers do, so the army now
frowns on ii.
Anyway. a bunch of overseas
men, headed for redistribution
center, joined us between De-
troit and Cincinnati and sat on
their suitcases and barracks
bags in the aisle. One laxative
Pfc. (who assured everybody
that "Pfc. means Person a |
friend of the colonel y suddenly
announced that he was hungry.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-01-16
PATRIOT

Hes plenty sore that racing has
been banned -.
N leaves guy "iOithOut a
thing TO do"
And often he can't get his fdv'-
rite brand
OF cigarets - and that has
burned" HIM, too.
The taxes have him crying in
HIS beer -.
The crot0d Is really nuts in
Washington.
His roadster has been idle half
the yedr--
He just can't 0e. the gas to
make 10 run.
The restaurants are targets of
his ire,
Somehow, the steaks "ain't
tohat they used 10 be-:
OF course he keeps some irons in
the fire
That makes his roll a healthy
sight TO see.
Crouehed in the night soldier
siumps and dies
AZ He'll flames down from out
the lsnden skiesl
Don VAIN.
A DID Boomerangs: In our al
IA most Is years at this bust
ness, you'd think we'd practice
what we preached. |. e., never
deny the other fellows stuff.
It's liable to turn out true. And,
besides, why let victims Of
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-01-16
MARY HAWORTH'S MAIL

il is "a damn lie"
Dick is quite a bit overweight
and his father constantly refers
10 him rs Hog Fat, Fatso,
Porky and similar insulting
titles.
The situation would be easier
10 handle If my husband were
more interested in changing his
attitude and less concerned with
justifying il.
He maintains that Dick is
msddening and will go to great
lengths TO prove his point.
I maintain that while Dick
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-01-16
On the
Side y

QUERIES from clients. O.
bS Tell me what three num-
bers give the same total when
added or multiplied or send me
a stogie?
Allow about one, two and
three? Don't forget TO rush
stogie. need 1t to help pay off
the boys stationed on Treasure
Island, San Francisco, who
pointed out that another celeb
rity named Simms was Ginny
Simms. This stogie thing II get
ting tough what with whole
regiments coming through with
corrections.
Q-Am making a present OF
a Bible. Can you suggest some
thing to write on the fly leaf?
Allow about following by
Pollok:
Most UOndrous bookl
Bright candle Of the Lord.
Star Of eternity! The only star
BIZ chich the bark Of man could
navigate
The sea of life
And gain the sea of Bliss Sc
curely.
WRITES a Californian: my
w nephew went into a barber
shop near a bus depot I'm Los
Angeles for a shave. He had n
few hot towels, a little oil on
his hair and q shave and was
charged $3.50. He had just re-
turned from 80 months overseas
duty I'm the armed forces and
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-01-16
One Word Led To Another
BY Linda and
Jerry Walter
This Detroit Times
By Arthur Bugs" Baer

I'm still getting okays my suggested marine acad
envy combing the toughest features of West Point and
Annapolis
This eliminates the algebra, the discipline and the
currycombng above the knees.
There would be no buildings because the boys don't
like to be fenced in Naturally there would be dorm
tories for lads who sleep on the ground.
/ guess they would study the telephone book The
rest of the time they would be swinging vines in the
woods.
Ny suggestion to study the present academies
and build tough college in between them. 1t would be
open to all marines who got the Purple Heart in the South
Seas the blue in the Aleutians
concede started the idea of marine westopolis
gageroo. Since then l have heard from the boys all
the world including the District of Columbia l
marine football team that faced out in its huddes They
wanted to see what going
Just got letter from Cherry Point N. c. endorsing
my suggestion for marine editorial policy of bad news
for the Nps agree with the boys that four years at
West Point is equivalent to post card from Guada
canal.
If get enough signatures to this thing it would help
the campaign. And also show the boys write How
about entrance requirements? Do you want to be APP
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-01-16
The Detroi, Time,

LIQUOR
No. tT-Valh through Jan. 81.
PROGRESSED FOODS
Blue KS Through G-2-Vand indChA
nitely.
MATS, CHTESE. PATS
Red o-s through N-S-Vaiid Indefinitely,
one 10 salvage fat GOOD for 4 cents
and two meat ration points.
SUGAR
stamp n, Book valid indefinitely
A neg stamp valid Feb. 1 for 3 months
probably.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-01-16
Brain Game Answers

both are in Belgium.
2-False. It has two equal sides.
BIB is correct.
4-They all played the same po-
sition, catcher.
5-Grandson of.
6-"Only a Rose" Vagabond
King; Deep in My Heart"
Student Prince; Lover
Come Back to Me-" New
Moon; Diane" Seventh
Heaven; Love Is the Sweet
est Thing" Say 1t With
Music.
7-Deuteronomy, chapter 5.
verses 6-22.
S-Beets.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-01-16
Detroit Times Rationing Timetable
GASOLINE

GASOLINE
A Coupon iA-4 gallons. Valid through
March Al
RS and C-s Coupons-S gallons EACH
BE and &c Coupons gallons each
O LAW requires state name and license
number be written on every coupon
when received.
FUEL OIL
Periods 4, n and s-valid through Sept
80.
SHOES
Ahpiane Stamps 4. = and s-valid
Indefinitely.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-01-16

tlence of saints, he is neverthe-
less an exceptionally fine boy.
o. l..
DEAR .. l.:
TIERE is nothing much you
Il can do TO help this situation,
except bolster. Dicks morale in
trying to make the best of il.
And that means % by con-
fidentially praising his good
points, encouraging his labors
and ambitions. and rejoicing in
his achievements 10 keep his
self-confdence in good working
order.
And (2) by letting Dick
know. with word here and a
sign there, that you realize his
fathers chronic criticism of him
is excessive and unjust ard
something Of a trial TO your
nerves. too.
In other words, don't give hum
dolefui sympathy. such as breeds
self-pity and surly defiance.
This kind OF bone-deep hos
tility between parent and child
is not so uncommon as you may
think; and usually asserts itself
between those Of the same sex.
that is, between mother and
daughter; or father and son.
] imagine time holds the only
real cure for the friction in your
household; and that your hus-
bands attitude towards Dick
viii never relax Until the boy
has grown up and out from
under his thumb.
EDITORS NOTE-Mury HG.
North eounseis through her col
unn. NOT BY mail or personal
intcrVicW. Write her in care Of
The Detroit Times.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-01-16
DEAR MARY HAWORTH:
I HAVE given a years Seriou

- tn0ugnt 10 TINS prODlem.
My husband nags our 11-year-
old son constantly.
1t begins with his trying 10
get the boy ready TO carry his
morning paper route and ends
with his trying TO get him 10
bed at night.
In between. IL centers on
everything annoying. past and
present, the boy has done.
When Dick tries TO Justify
himself, his father shouts that
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-01-16

the knots at once, but as you
work at II, pretty soon many of
the knots almost unite them
selves. So IL is with the knots
in your personality. Our book
let, How TO Develope Person
ality. by DR.. Shellow, gives
lot OF fine advice. Sent at cost,
10c, plus a 3 cent stamped self
addressed envelope.
3-She should let II dawn on
him by slow degrees, according
TO the best authorities. If she
makes the campaign too OBJ
vious, he Is likely TO take to the
woods before she gets him suf-
ficiently in her coils to hold
hun. I think a woman has a
perfect right TO try to get the
man she wants, provided
neither of them is under previ-
Gus obligations.
the DETROIT TIMES CT
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-01-16
Connolly Answers

1-b. &c. 3-b. "A. 5-a.
6-ta) Midnight, tb) two
years, (c) eight, I'D life
time, (e) afternoon.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-01-16

undoubtedly would try the pa
uence OF saints, he is neverthe-
less an exceptionally fine boy.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-01-16

THE DETROIT TIMES CT
Jan. '945
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-29

Army, navy government Off
cials, distinguished guests, over
seas veterans and servicewomen
packed the room, where Cmdr.
nellie BoSworth of WDCA pre-
sented an engrossed citation Of a
resolution, h IGNORING Publisher
Hearst for his patriotic contribu-
tions and his assistance TO WDCA.
Presenting the framed citation
to young Mr.. Hearst, Cmdr. Bos-
worth said:
1--WE are honoring one OF our
nations greatest Americans
William Randolph Hearst"
SONS RESPONSE
The publishers son said: ~'
ain accepting for my father
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-29
1000 More NaZis
Listed Criminals

LONDON, Sept. % QNS)-
More than 1000 additional Ger
man war criminals were listed by
the Allies today in a document
which disclosed that Himmler and
q number of German doctors en-
xfneered fatal experiments on con-
centration camp victims.
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-29
Clio Storms Capitol
To Push Must Bills

WASHINGTON. Sept. 28-CIO
delegations, running up to 1000
men and women, are swarming to
Capitol Hill in mass demonstra-
tions for the bills listed by Presi-
dent Philip Murray as legislative
"rouctc"
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-29
Publishers Push
Newsprint Output

NEW YORK, Sept. % GNS)-
The American Newspaper Publish
ers' Association announced today
appointment of a committee to
stimulate production OF newsprint.
Members include Norm n
Chandler of the Los Angeles
Times; Gene Robb, assistant gen.
eral manager Of the Hearst News
papers, and Arthur r. Treanor of
the Saginaw, Mich, News.
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-29
William Randolph Hearst Honored:
WOmlen'S Corps
Presents Citation
Special to THE DETROIT TIMES

CHICAGO, Sept 28-Achievements of the women of
America surpassed everything else in the history of national
service in the war John R. Hearst said at patriotic cele
bration of women here
He received testimonial for his father, William
Randolph Hearst, from the Womens Defense Corps of
America at ceremonies in the Sherman Hotel.