Monday, Jun. 22, 1925

Herewith are excerpts from letters come to the desks of the editors during the past week. They are selected primarily for the information they contain either supplementary to, or corrective of, news previously published in TIME.

Ste. Anne's

TIME New York, N. V.

New York, N. Y. June 14, 1925

Sirs:

Again I besiege the walls of TIME in the quest of knowledge, with firm assurance that your reply will be as prompt and gratifying as in the past.

The other day, I heard, to my great sorrow, that the lovely Church of Ste. Anne de Beaupre outside of Quebec, Canada, was burned last year. Having always cherished a secret, and not altogether unfounded, desire to visit this church, I would like to know if you can give me (but of course you can) any details regarding the catastrophy and also any information you may know concerning the plans for the rebuilding of this delightful church ?

Not being ashamed of my lack of knowledge, like your correspondent Monsieur Beaucaire (TIME, June 1), I cast aside such titles as Madame Bernhardt, Queen Elizabeth, etc. --and hasten to sign myself.

SHEILA O'CONNELL.

Demolition. There was a raveled place in the silk insulation around an electric wire in the Church of Ste. Anne de Beaupre. On Mar. 29, 1922, the flame, thrusting through the wire, burned away the last strands of silk and began to crackle in a piece of dry wood. That wood was a crutch-stick, one of hundreds piled there together--some thick as fagots, the canes of maimed sailors; some the spindling, pathetic splinters that had propelled crippled children--left behind as testaments of those who, kneeling in the basilica, had been healed by the Holy Ghost. The fire roared through the church like a dragon. Priests turned firemen, saved the statue of Ste. Anne; but, by the time that a special battalion of the Fire Department had arrived, by special train, from Quebec, the cathedral, sacristy, monastery and college were black heaps of smoldering rubble.

Resurrection. On the next day, Mar. 30, the Redemptorists, undismayed, were considering plans for rebuilding the edifice to house the effigy of Ste. Anne. Famed French architects were secured, designs made. In September, 1924, Cardinal Begin laid the cornerstone. The new church will be, it is stated, one of the most exquisite churches in North America. Its length will be 325 ft., its steeples will tower 245ft.--ED.

Paunch Indeed!

Buffalo, N. Y. June 15, 1925

TIME New York, N. Y.

Sirs:

I object to your article on Lawrence Tibbett (issue June 15, Page 13) where you refer to "paunchy hotel proprietor." Here are the names of the five foremost hotel men in the business: John M ("Jack") Bowman, Lucius Boomer, E M. 'Statler, Ernest Stevens, Frank A. Dudley, the last named the head of the greatest hotel chain in the world. But where is their "PAUNCH." Even yours truly denies the possession of one. Gaze on the enclosed pictures of the youngsters in the Class in Hotel Management at Cornell University. Dockery is 6 feet 3; the graduates average just a trifle under 6 feet. Although there are only 110 in the class, one is captain ot the soccer football team, one is on the varsity "eight " one on the football team and one is the best lacrosse player in the university. "Paunch" indeed!

JOHN McF. HOWIE.

Proprietor Hotel Touraine, Buffalo.

"Raw"

TIME Baltimore, Md.

New York, N. Y. June 13, 1925

Sirs:

I have been a reader of your paper since the early numbers and have been recommending it to my friends, but your issue of June 1 has a paragraph that you ought to be ashame

After telling your readers how much Mrs. Woodrow Wilson has desired to keep out ot public notice, you proceed to give intimate parts of her history, even telling of the fracturing of "a small bone in her shoulder, rudely tearing aside the curtain that you say she wished drawn about her own private affairs; following her on board the steamer and there showing how clever you are by pointing out the number of her rooms and showing her in bed with "white gardenias on her dresser."

I hope this may prove to be the work of some raw reporter and that you are gentlemen enough to apologize for it. I notice you do not "Point with Pride" to this paragraph.

F. J. LE MOYNE.

The newsmagazine does not consider its paragraphs about Mrs. Wilson to be "raw," but does nevertheless--out of respect for the feelings of Subscriber Le Movne--subscribe to a promise not to trespass in that direction again.--ED.

Not Excluded

TIME Springfield, Mass.

New York, N. Y. May 29, 1925

Sirs:

In TIME, May 25, THE PRESIDENCY, you state that Mr. Edward Elwell Whiting had called at the White House and been refused admittance.

Mr Whiting was a Springfield boy and is still a constant visitor at the home of his mother, Mrs. Charles Goodrich Whiting. When in town today, Mr. Whiting told his mother, who is my very good friend, that there is absolutely no word of truth in this story--it simply never happened and has no foundation whatever.

Regarding the facts of Mr. Robert Morris Washburn's call I know nothing; but no doubt that, too, is a myth.

If this is a sample of the accuracy ot the piffle you are accustomed to print regarding THE PRESIDENCY, I would suggest that column be omitted.

MRS. A. F. LEONARD.

TIME received the account of Mr. Whiting's reception at the White House from what it believed to be an infallibly accurate source. In view, however, of Subscriber Leonard's letter, and of the testimony of Mr. Whiting's mother and of Mr. Whiting himself, there seems no choice but to admit that the source erred. --ED.

Menlo Park

New York, N. Y. June 6, 1925.

TIME

New York, N. Y.

Sirs:

TIME--May 25.

Page--16, column one.

Menlo Park is not between Metuchen and New Brunswick, N. J. It is between Railway and Metuchen,

JOHN DUFFY.