National Affairs: Comings & Goings: Apr. 2, 1928

Visitors in the U. S. last week included:

Trader Horn. The old man named Smith who "dictated" a fanciful autobiography of his life in Africa and signed it "Alfred Aloysius Horn" continued his adventures in Manhattan last week.

His publishers, Simon & Schuster, presumably arranged to have Mr. Smith interviewed by another of their best selling authors, famed Will (Story of Philosophy) Durant. To newsgatherers Philosopher Durant later confided: "After talking to Trader Horn, I am convinced a man can love after seventy."

Meanwhile the "Trader" cackled harmless and sometimes intriguing remarks. Example:...

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