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As the youngest child of her brother (George V), Prince John, suffered from fits from his birth and died in one when 13 years of age, in 1919, it seems quite probable that both the aunt (Victoria) and nephew (Prince John) inherited this physical weakness from some remote ancestor, either on the Danish side (Queen Alexandra) or the Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Prince Consort) side. It is not true, as the Sphere says, that Victoria was very like her mother, Queen Alexandra. Princess Victoria (I have seen her close several times at charity bazaars in London) was very like her father, Edward VII, not in the least like her beautiful mother, Alexandra. Princess Victoria had the prominent, rather staring blue eyes of her father, Edward VII, and his curved nose, while her mother, Queen Alexandra, had delicate features and soft, dark blue eyes. . . .
ANN ELIZABETH ROBBIN
Boston, Mass.
All-Important Ciphers
Sirs:
Does TIME [Jan. 6] err on p. 11: "... the Frazier-Lemke bill for paying off farm mortgages with $3,000,000 in greenbacks"? If so, can we accuse our favorite newsorgan of falling into the New Deal habit of treating lightly those all-important ciphers which turn millions into billions?
ROBERT G. KERLER
New York City
Billions it is.—ED.