Letters, Sep. 13, 1943

Windbags Compared

Sirs:

. . . Hard to forgive is the implied comparison ... of the regrettable Benito with Mr. Toad (TIME, Aug. 9). I have known Toad for 25 years, and I resent the slur upon his good name. He is a windbag, no doubt, but generous and lovable, with no harm in him. . . .

H. W. RlCKETT White Plains, N. Y.

> TIME, going on 21, may not have known Toad as long as Reader Rickett, but considers that his soft verdict on that essentially incorrigible character does more credit to his...

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