Sirens screaming and horn ablare, Benton & Bowles are riding the air. Tinsel and paint and a jester's cap, Tinkling bells and a moit of pap, Under our elms and over our maples Selling themselves as they sold their staples.
In this querulous doggerel, a disgruntled voter in the Hartford Courant last week recorded her opinion of the noisiest off-year campaign in Connecticut history. Benton & Bowles, formerly of the advertising firm of the same name, were Governor Chester Bowles and William Benton, whom he had appointed to the U.S. Senate. Chester Bowles,...
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