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That it is far from being unknown abroad also must be evident from the fact that King George VI and the Rt. Hon. David Lloyd Grorge, of Great Britain, are two of its representatives in Europe; as, I might add, the late King George V and that great French statesman, George Clemenceau, were for many years. I do not know if the officers of our illustrious organization will feel at liberty to tell anyone who does not bear the name of the Father of our Country about the work of our Society. If, however, Elmer Samson's wish to know more about this is not prompted merely by idle curiosity, but rather by a sincere desire to cooperate with it—and in spite of the fact that he himself is not eligible for election to it—I would suggest that he write to our Founder and Perpetual Secretary, Mr.
George W. Dulany Jr. (Yale Ph.B. 1898) whose address is South Second 1100 St., Clinton, Iowa.
GEORGE PARMLY DAY Treasurer
Yale University New Haven, Conn.
Sirs: . . . Most of our 33,000 members are proudly christening new sons George Jr. or George III and applying for membership cards at the same time they get birth certificates.
The death of the late George Cardinal Mundelein of Chicago leaves us with the office of Chaplain vacant, and we are asking for nominations. . . . Senator George of Georgia certainly is still our very appropriate President. . . .
GEORGE W. DULANY JR.
Secretary SPCSCPG
Clinton, Iowa
Sirs:
I note your allusion to Senator George and SPCSCPG. If the presidency of same goes by priority,* may I call your attention to a ballad I printed in the old Bowling Green (Saturday Review of Literature) some time in 1927 or maybe 1928. I give you only one stanza: Obedient to the phobias of the regimented herd, To the dictates of the masses I have properly deferred: I always sent out Greeting Cards, and Mother's Day I kept, I never wore my panama beyond the 15th Sept.
And if I wished to send a girl a birthday wire, poor clam, I'd use a Western Union predigested tele gram—That'll show you what I am: Just a boob, a Simple Sam, But I have my one rebellion, and I stick to it, by damn—For in one thing, I insist, I'm a misbehaviorist, As heroic as they were at Valley Forge: With amazement hear me speak My accomplishment unique, I NEVER CALLED A PULLMAN PORTER GEORGE. If you want the other stanzas, you can find them in the files of the SRI.. Will not Senator George accept the madrigal as the marching song of his society?
CHRISTOPHER MORLEY New York City
Pistillate West
Sirs:
Your review of My Little Chicadee [TIME, Feb. 26] reads: "highly staminate Flower Belle, Mae West. . . ."
. . . Dull as the sex-life of flowers may be, they still distinguish between stamens and pistils, and the stamens are indubitably masculine.
LAURA B. ALEXANDER Portland, Me.
Odditorium
Sirs:
IN FEB. 26 TlME, PAGE 42, ARTICLE HEADED "LISTEN GODOY" REFERS TO "WE, THE PEOPLE" AS "SANKA COFFEE'S TUESDAY-NIGHT ODDITORIUM OF THE AIR." MAY I CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO THE FACT THAT "ODDITORIUM OF THE AIR" IS OWNED BY MYSELF AND APPLIED TO MY OWN "BELIEVE IT OR NOT" PROGRAM, SPONSORED BY ROYAL CROWN COLA, FRIDAYS OVER 89 CBS STATIONS FROM 10:30 TO II PM (EST).