Last week Detroit and the State of Michigan turned St. Valentine's Day into "Eddie Guest Day." The occasion roughly commemorated Edgar Albert Guest's 54 years of life, his 40 years in newspaper work, his 25 years of writing popular verse. Seven hundred Detroiters jammed into the Statler Hotel for a testimonial dinner. A troupe of radio actors broadcast dramatized episodes of Rhymester Guest's life. And Motormaker Henry Ford's mouthpiece, William J. Cameron, spoke for thousands of Guest addicts in & out of Michigan when he declared:
"When we were all young reporters, and Eddie...
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