Letters, Jun. 18, 1956

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ORRIN K. WARD, D.C.

Denver

Sir:

Leo L. Spears was a chiropractor. He may have been an anomaly. Neither make him a member of the medical profession.

ED FRANKEL Inglewood, Calif.

U-Usage

Sir:

I think that for an American magazine you handled the question of U and non-U speech [May 21] splendidly. But there is one aspect of this enthralling subject which seems to me to have been generally overlooked: the U attitude, around which a whole school of humor has grown up. The classic story of this school is, I believe, the following: A young officer who had lived through the Battle of Dunkirk was being urged by his hostess at a dinner party to describe his experiences. With a shudder he replied: "The noise, my dear! And the people!"

MARY STRICKLAND

New York City

Sir:

Enjoyed the story on Nancy Mitford. Precieuse few are U these days.

B. BECK Champaign, 111.

Gremlins Answered

Sir:

I would like to thank you for the June 4 story on our radio operations; however, a little gremlin must have been at work—and he succeeded in transposing the call letters of our Omaha station. They are KOWH—being derived from the Omaha World Herald, the original owners of the station. On our station in Minneapolis, you batted 50%, one time referring to it as WGDY, another place as WDGY. The latter is right.

TODD STORZ

President

Mid-Continent Broadcasting Co. Omaha

Sir:

Enjoyed your story about R. Todd Storz, King of Giveaway. KOWH is one of the finest stations to listen to because of its music and news, and its commercials are often a riot to listen to.

L. D. BAUGHAN Lincoln, Neb.

Non-Skid Row

Sir:

Novelist Nelson Algren, according to TIME, May 28, is convinced that "Skid Row makes the choicest book fodder." Does it? Am I the only one who is weary of problem novels about problem people and of stories that suggest fun and games are to be had only extramaritally ? Mr. Algren would refuse to attend the wedding of Marjorie Morningstar to The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit. Why should I have to officiate at the agonies of his Man with the Golden Arm?

PAMELA M. LOWRY

Toronto

Navy Knots

Sir:

I thought that your May 21 article on Admiral Arleigh Burke was excellent; there has been a little contention here concerning the cover. We are wondering if the line around the Admiral's picture has 31 knots in it or not; there are 27 knots visible, but others may be obscured by the yellow band in the upper right-hand corner.

THOS. LEE ALLMAN JR.

Midshipman '57 Annapolis, Md.

Sir:

For a taut cover shouldn't there be 31 knots?

CONSTANCE L. OLINDER

Summit, N.J.

The missing four are adrift behind

that yellow bulkhead.—ED.

Many thanks for the mention of my opera, The Birthday of the Infanta, in your issue of May 28. The "happy returns" are already coming in with eleven performances in the offing, publication and recording. A small correction, though—my age is 26.