Yale's Hollister

Sirs:

Permit me to correct a partially incorrect statement in TIME, Nov. 16. On p. 12, "The ist Ohio," you refer to Congressman-elect John B. Hollister, as "a Harvardman."

After graduation from St. Paul's School (Concord), Hollister went to Yale, where he and 1 roamed together in sophomore year, and both graduated with the class of 1911. Subsequently he went to Harvard Law School, but he is still very much "a Valeman."

PAUL C. NICHOLSON

Providence, R. I.

Great Broken Heart

Sirs:

As defendant in the case of Xan Britton against Charles A. Klunk. 1 naturally took cognizance of your article concerning the above case, which was lately tried in the Federal Court at Toledo, Ohio (TIME, Nov. 9, 16).

Let me suggest, before the trial had terminated, counsel for plaintiff made the statement in open court that all his client desired was vindication. To my lay mind that evinced the purpose of this action on her part. She was seeking publicity ... so that she might sell The President's Daughter to a credulous public and realize a fortune. For almost three years my counsel, Grant E. Mouser Sr. of Marion, Ohio, and Donald F. Melhorn and Crary Davis of Toledo, Ohio, used every reasonsable and honorable means to have this case dismissed and to end this tragedy which involved the reputation of one of the most gentle and beautiful characters I have ever known. Their efforts were in vain, and again I repeat the purpose of the plaintiff, to my mind, was most heartless in seeking to foist upon an unsophisticated people an unwholesome and dangerous book, the publication of which would only have the tendency of undermining the morals of this nation and to make legal marriage a mockery.

I regret very much that your magazine has denominated my hotel, Hotel Marion of this city, which in a large part belongs to Clifford Kling who was a brother of the most beautiful and fascinating character. Florence Harding, "a musty, old, American plan hostelry." I resent this characterization and I am sure you made the statement without investigation. If your editor or one of your representatives would come to this city and take a room at my hotel, they would at least say to the people of this country that your statement is untrue and that someone connected with your magazine has been misled. I feel sure you owe this to myself and to the owners of the same. At the end of this unwarranted and noisome litigation now pending in the U. S. court, you may rest assured, without thought of gain, that I will have added and contributed in a small way to the defense of one who is universally respected and loved as a kindly, genial and capable gentleman. His only fault was that unscrupulous characters betrayed him. and this treachery when revealed to him in all of its ugliness and criminality broke his great heart. . . .

C. A. KLUNK

Marion, Ohio

Atrocity Explained

Sirs:

In your April 20 TIME you published under Animals. "Atrocitv." I was instrumental in setting that incident before the public in that I reported it to the city editor of our Times-Star, an evening newspaper. I endeavored to run down the culprit, or culprits; the deed took place beside the river at Fernbank, but I was not persistent enough in my efforts: I had no success.

I am not fortunate enough to be a subscriber to TIME; I would that I were. However, while in an oculist's office Fate put your magazine into my hands again, of May 4, 1931, this time: Mrs. M. V. Roquelaine of Baltimore, Md. commented upon the unusual cruelty of the person or persons who strung up that dog. Your answer to her query as to whether the perpetrator was not to be brought to punishment was: "If and when Cincinnati's fiend ... is apprehended and punished, TIME will tell."

Permit me to give the solution of the mystery to TIME: A railroad telegraph operator, retired on account of failing eyesight, owned a couple of collies. His home is near the two great westbound main lines of the B & O and Big Four (beyond these tracks flows the Ohio River). One day a train killed one of his dogs. He knew of the accident, and instead of burying his pet, left that job to the section-crew. But somebody took the lifeless body, strung it up and built the fire as described to me by the policeman who discovered it. ... MRS. EDITH JUDKINS KNAUL

Cincinnati, Ohio

---L---de Bosis out of Gas Sirs: I love you, because you are so impertinent, and scalding, and just at the right time and place. I started reading you in Rome where I have had a residence for the past 25 years, and have kept up the good work until now. Let me add that I send every number to friends back there, who eat them alive.

N.B.: In your number of Oct. 26 on p. 18 you speak of Dr. Lauro de Bosis, and his flight over Rome. In the following number I looked for another contribution regarding the same person. Perhaps you are not aware that Dr. de Bosis lost his life on the return flight to France. No gas was the cause, and his plane dropped into the sea somewhere near Corsica. He was known to the writer. 'Twas a big pity that he became an anti-Fascista, as his career had great promises. He will be mourned for many years.

ST. JOHN EDOUARD

Pasadena, Calif.

Aye for Aye, Toot for Toot

Sirs:

Most people are afraid of a "dripping Wet'' candidate, not that "Prohibition that does not prohibit" is desirable but history indicates that "dripping Wet officials" and all kinds of graft and immorality go hand in hand and in their Mutual Admiration Society, "reciprocity" is their password and their slogan is "An aye for an aye and a toot for a toot."

T. LESLIE CULLOM

Kerrville, Texas

Asleep on the Deep

Sirs:

On p. 66, TIME. Xov. 9. under Miscellany you say "In Staunton. Ya.. Arthur Fournier fell asleep on a bus. dreamed he was asleep on the deep. Still asleep, he leaped to his feet, cried:

'She's sinking! Jump for your lives!' No fool to remain aboard a sinking ship, Arthur Fournier jumped through the window, was killed."

_ If "still asleep" when he jumped and "was killed" how do you know what he was dreaming? However your surmise, if such, is good. On the other hand it appears that Arthur Fournier was a "fool." It is not always wise to jump from a. sinking ship and seldom wise to jump through a window.

CHARLES EDWARD THOMAS

Indianapolis, Ind.

Sirs:

. . . An opinion about a dying man's dreams might be expressed but to tell us baldly that the editor knows what a man was dreaming as he jumped to his death is just a little too much.

Oh well.

JOHN B. NORTON

Lancaster, Pa.

"Yait Till Ve See"

Sirs:

Being a subscriber and a consistent reader of your much-admired "mag" I think it is within my province to criticize your remark on p. 23 of your Nov. 16 issue of TIME in regard to motion picture heads commenting on RKO-Radio combine in which you state and comment upon comic-strip remarks of Jewish motion picture heads such as "Vait till ve see vat Radio vill do/'

May I ask where you get authority that Jewish motion picture heads talk as you state, whether comically or straight? 1 can't imagine persons of the type of David O. Selznick or Jesse Lasky speaking like that: or is it possible that you take figures of speech of Jews for granted.

People coming from Europe and other countries to us all speak with an accent, but very seldom do you see it joked about as when the Jew speaks. Still I would like to know if they spoke as you printed? (Possibly the Scotch as much.)

HARRY R. ROSENTHAL

Durham, N. C.

TIME'S cinema editor is well acquainted with the cinema industry, meant no offense.-ED.

Discriminators

Sirs:

Our thanks for the excellent story on The Current Jewish Record (TIME, Nov. 9). Your staff writer has compressed a wealth of material into his half-column story.

Incidentally it may interest you to know that letters quoting TIME as their source of information have been received in amazing numbers. Which may prove that Jews are discriminating readers.

SIDNEY WALLACH

Editor

The. Current Jewish Record New York City

Surprised v. Astonished

Sirs:

In TIME of Oct. 19 under Animals the police-man was "surprised'' to behold the old gent peering through the binoculars. It strikes me that your writer has fallen into the same error in the use of the word surprise as did Mrs. Noah Webster, who was duly corrected by her erudite husband.

Noah, at least the story goes, was caught by Mrs. Webster in a somewhat compromising situation with the housemaid. "Why Noah." she exclaimed. "I am surprised"; to which he replied "No dear, / am surprised. You are astonished." . . .

HARRY J. TROXEL JR.

Great Neck, N. Y.

Eternal Cinema

Sirs:

. . . Did you notice that Plato in Timacus states "Time is the moving picture of Eternity."

Of course, Plato must have been one of your subscribers 2,400 years ago.

C. H. CHAPLIN

Cincinnati, Ohio

Prediction

Sirs:

An Indian recently made a prediction in northern Minnesota that the coming winter would be long and cold; when asked how he knew, he said that he had seen a white man putting up a lot of wood. . . .

H. MCCARTHY

St. Paul, Minn.

Fitzgerald's Frogs

Sirs:

I have recently noticed your Letters and reference to "Frogs in Texas" (TIME, Oct. 26). I have every respect for Mr. Joe Fitzgerald's letter referring to "those Texas Frogs" but do want to comment on Frog No. 20. In this letter we have 20 frogs accurately sized beginning with No. t about as large as a walnut up to No. 20. It is assumed that each frog is exactly twice as large as the one preceding it in the "Bell Ringing Act." Let us set down this little problem as follows:

Frog No. 1-size-1 walnut

Frog No. 2-2 times frog No. 1 or 2 walnuts

Frog No. 3-2 times frog No. 2 or 4 walnuts

Frog No. 4-2 times frog No. 3 or 8 walnuts

etc. etc.

Frog No. 18-2 times frog No. 1" or 131,072 walnuts Frog No. 19-2 times frog No. 18 or 202,144 walnuts Frog No. 20-2 times frog No. 19 or 524,288 walnuts

Assuming an average walnut has a volume of 1 cu. in. and a cubic foot has 1,728 cu. in. in it we get 524,288 divided by 1,728 equals 303 cu. ft.

This would be a HAM or FROG approximately 7 ft. long by 7 ft. wide by 6.19 ft. deep.

I can assure you, your readers and Mr. Fitzgerald that Frog No. 20 was certainly capable of swallowing a larger Canadian goose, maybe two of these, or a whole flock.

BILL ANKENMANN

Salina, Kan.

Had to Speak Before

Sirs:

"A New Jersey woman pushed her baby carriage to Manhattan, first passenger from her State" (TIME, Nov. 2). Beg to differ. She was the second passenger. Or was she taking home the washing?

I've had to speak to you before. . . .

A. J. JAMES

Los Angeles, Calif.

Four to One Mex

Sirs:

On two separate occasions have I noted TIME'S erroneous conversion of Chinese "Mex" into gold dollars.

The ratio is two to one, not as TIME puts it, four to one. Therefore, the spending of the Leagues' representative of $120,000 Mex, is, in our sotight-for medium of exchange, $60,000 (TIME, Nov. 16).

FRANK E. GILBERT

Riverhead, N. Y.

As correctly indicated by TIME, decline in the price of silver has carried the Mex-dollar (based on silver) down to an average four-to-one ratio for the past four months.-ED.

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