Mud Month
Sir:
The month of October is always the month when we show our ignorance to the world. The political mudslinging did neither party any good, and anyone who paid any attention to it should have his head examined by a nonpartisan psychiatrist.
PHILIP YARNELL
Baltimore
Sir:
After reading your whitewashing of Ike, I want to cancel my subscription. When I subscribe to a magazine, I want news—not love notes about that golf-playing idiot in Washington.
GORDON H. MARTIN San Francisco
The Eugerons
Sir:
We were delighted to see our own Amos Alonzo Stagg on your Oct. 20 cover. Mr. Stagg is a vital part of the life of our association. He is idolized by the youngsters, and has become an example of the highest qualities of Christian character—which we have encouraged our older boys and young men to follow.
CARL I. MELANDER Y.M.C.A. Stockton, Calif.
Sir:
You included the butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker, but nary a diplomat. I therefore nominate Robert Peet Skinner, a career Foreign Service great. As keen as mustard, Mr. Skinner at 92 is fighting for the return of an honest U.S. dollar.
JAMES B. STEWART U.S. Ambassador (ret.) Denver
Sir:
Or Pediatrician Dr. Sydney V. Haas of New York. He is 85 plus.
MARGOT SEITELMAN Brooklyn
Sir:
Seeing Eisenstaedt's gallery of U.S. elders is inspiring. What a privilege it would be to meet the owners of those faces. One would like to know about their errors and omissions, foibles, loves and hates, and whether they were child delinquents or loved by their parents and happy in their youth.
MRS. R. G. MESNEY Curaçao, N.A.
Sir:
Oho ! So TIME has interest only in men! ADELINE DE WALT REYNOLDS
Hollywood
¶Oh, no! For an Eisenstaedt study of "Grandma" Reynolds, 97, who became a movie actress after 75, see cut.—ED.
Sir:
How could you possibly have omitted Bishop Herbert Welch, the remarkable senior bishop of the Methodist Church, who is 96 ?
HOWARD E. STRAUCH Delaware, Ohio
Sir:
Growing old usefully—excellent! Thank you for your kind reference. It accords well with "eugeron" [a well old man].
C. WARD CRAMPTON, M.D. Miami
The Pleasure of His Company
Sir:
Plenty of men and women come to Broadway bearing checkbooks. Bumptious or diffident, they hover on the fringe for a season or two. They go over the bumps and to the cleaners and back to their natural habitat, taking with them some deductible losses and dinner conversation. Roger Stevens
I Oct. 20] came with a checkbook, but he made it. He is in the theater. And his contribution is unique. You described him the opening night of a hit. Closing night of a flop tells a lot more. He blew in from somewhere (London? Washington? Detroit?) to catch the author. "I'm glad we did it."
MRS. ELIA KAZAN New York City
Sir:
I have done five plays with Mr. Roger L. Stevens. Unlike most producers, he brings idealism, love and a fine mind to our theater, and I, for one, am grateful for it.
KIM STANLEY New York City
Sir: