Tug & Hop
Sirs:
Referring to TIME, April 5, p. 11, under "The Presidency"—col, 1—you mention Mr. Roosevelt's waving good-bye to his two mules—"Tug" and "Hop." Is it pertinent to inquire if these two mules might be named for Messrs. Tugwett and Hopkins?
At least, Tugwell denounced the proverbial stubbornness of mulish tendencies enough to remove himself from the present "monarchy."
Continued success to both TIME and LIFE; two splendid weeklies. KATHERINE F. HUTCHINSON
Grants Pass, Oregon.
P.S. In the event of a 3rd mule at Warm Springs, may I suggest the name "Perk"(ins).
Tug and Hop were indeed named for Messrs. Tugwell and Hopkins. No Presidential jenny is yet named Perk.—ED.
Scrammy & Mick
Sirs:
The excellent article on Canadian mining and the Toronto Stock Exchange in TIME, April 5 closes with a reference to a superstition among Toronto brokers that an uprise in mining stock prices invariably results when a certain tabby "kittens."
I am enclosing a clipping from the Toronto Star of April 7 which would cast some doubt on the biological possibility of this feat in view of the fact that the tabby turns out to be an "old tom-cat."
A. C. CLINE
Toronto, Ont.
The original cat that inhabited the old Toronto Stock Exchange was a tabby named Scrammy. From 1929 to 1934 she kittened twice, presaging two mining stock booms. Scrammy disappeared and was replaced a year ago by a tomcat named Mick, who so far has manifested no oracular qualities.—ED.
Message from Edison
Sirs:
In listening to the Edwin C. Hill program, Sunday evening, March 28, I discovered Thomas A. Edison had written a ten word message which only one person has access to. Believing firmly I have received this message clearly, the time has come to show the world that it is not impossible to hear from the beyond. But I am at a loss to discover the name of the one having this message. Will you kindly communicate with me at your earliest convenience, believing me to be ever grateful, and sincere in my desire to relay this message to those most interested. SYDNEY GREGORY (Mrs. A. C. P. Gregory)
Williamsburg, Ky.
"Mentalist" Joseph Dunninger, who can be reached through Frances Rockefeller King of the NBC's Artists' Bureau at 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York City, has under lock & key messages left with him not only by Edison, but by Conan Doyle and Harry Houdini, who said they would try to communicate them to the living after they died. Anyone who receives the message through spiritualistic communication which tallies with the one Edison left can win $10,000 from Mr. Dunninger and the Universal Council for Psychic Research, of which he is chairman.—ED.
Riding on Butler
Sirs:
The review of Malcolm Muggeridge's The Earnest Atheist (TIME, March 8) gives an excellent précis of the book, which is an attack on the integrity of Samuel Butler. Because it is an attack, and there are many people who believe in Butler's integrity, I feel that some account should have been given of his virtues and some correction made of Muggeridge's misstatements.