When famed Hearst Editor Arthur Brisbane died on Christmas Day 1936 he left a son, four daughters, around $5,000,000 and an unmatched 39-year record for turning omniscient piffle to profit in his column Today. Last fortnight a new Brisbane byline bobbed up for the first time in the Hearstian New York Mirror. Wrote Seward Brisbane, 24, of an interview with another great man's son:
"Jan Masaryk is a pretty illustration of man s inability to transcend his environment, except when it becomes absolutely unbearable. . . . Florid, faultless plaid suit, suede shoes, a...
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