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Sirs: Referring to TIME, April 25, p. 9, to the article about the Governor, Alvan T. Fuller: My goodness! You don't know what you're talking about. When you come to Boston, be sure to visit Thompson's Spa. Then you will learn just where you erred in your account of it. Instead of "humble office workers snatching a hasty lunch," you would be more nearly correct in saying, "lawyers, stockbrokers, prosperous businessmen meet to lunch and talk." The average office worker cannot afford to eat there. "Food balanced on the broad-arm of a one-armed chair." Aren't you funny—there are no chairs in the Spa—one sits upon a high stool at a counter! "Fifty cents buys abundant calories to sustain life." Just try and get a square meal there for 50¢! Coffee 10¢, bread 5¢, ice cream 20¢, a small piece of pie 15¢! Of course Mr. Fuller prefers to eat at Thompson's rather than at the various hotels you mention. The food he gets there is as good, and in some instances better, than can be purchased at the finest hotel. Come to Boston and I'll prove it. Order a piece of strawberry shortcake at 50¢! Please correct this statement regarding the Spa. It is a reflection upon the Spa, and not true. DOROTHY D. KENDALL
Allston, Mass.
Twoddle
Sirs:
I did not spell "twaddle" with an' "o," nor did I write "Sirs" in place of "Gentlemen."
WEST HUGHES
Los Angeles, Calif.
To Mr. Hughes TIME'S apology for misreading his handwriting of "twaddle" and printing it "twoddle" on the Letters Page in TIME, April 25. As to "Sirs," all letters printed by TIME are edited to begin thus, for brevity and uniformity.—ED.
* An error. President Coolidge travels in a private car. It is not always the same car; it is owned by the Pullman Co. and not the U. S. Government, but nevertheless it is hired exclusively for the President and his party. Only once, in 1924, when he went to the International Livestock Exposition in Chicago, did President Coolidge travel in an ordinary Pullman drawing-room. As Vice President, he was known to have occupied the upper berth of a compartment and given his good friend, Frank W. Stearns, the lower.—ED.