Letters Plump Puppet "Time describes the celebrated puppet of North Korea as 'leathery' and 'sharp-eyed.' He doesn't look very sharp to me." James L. Stewart U.S. Army Forces in Korea IMPORTANT FIGURE 5/27/46 Congratulations on high quality of article on Chen Li-Fu [May 26]. it is the first intelligent study of that important figure. Lin Yutang New York City REPUGNANT PICTURE 11/17/47 I, as Imam of the London Mosque, leader of the Ahmadiyya Moslems in Great Britain, crave the hospitality of the columns of your magazine--to expose the serious injury that has been caused by the publication of a picture of Mohammed (may peace and blessing be on his name) the Holy Prophet of Islam [Oct. 27]. The painting of portraits is not approved by Islam, and the idea of making a picture of the Holy Prophet is absolutely repugnant and extremely abhorrent to the Moslems. But the slanderous picture, which has appeared in your magazine, depicts ideas that have no foundation in Moslem history, and the inscription below is simply exasperating...Mohammed's (may peace be on him) sword never took the life of a single human being. He preached peace--not war. M.A. Bajwa London UNMYSTICAL METAPHOR 4/5/48 I ... read with great interest the very able article on my father, Mahatma Gandhi [Feb. 9]. It was of the high standard you have led people to expect ... I profoundly agree with the thesis ... that there was something more human and greater than "mysticism" in Gandhi. But the "notably unmystical metaphor" which you attribute to him--"If we Indians could only spit in unison, we would form a puddle big enough to drown 3,000,000 Englishmen"--was never uttered by him.I know that the metaphor was used by some other public speaker during the great agitation led by my father round about 1920. On a pure point of fact, it is necessary to emphasize that Gandhi was one of the most refined persons in the world, refined to his scanty dress, in his speech, in his manners. There are many small and fine points on which I would always have something or other to say, if only by way of information, even if I lived for ages. Devadas Gandhi New Delhi QUEEN FOR A DAY 4/5/48 The "Queen for a Day" program originated from Earl Carroll Theater, Hollywood, not from Broadcasting Studio [March 15]. For once I am right. Tokyo Rose Tokyo Every Rose has its day. --Ed. PLUMP PUPPET 5/3/48 Time, Feb. 23, describes the celebrated puppet [Kim Il Sung] of North Korea as "leathery" and "sharp-eyed." Attached is a photograph of the gent [see above]. He doesn't look very sharp to me. James L. Stewart Director Office of Civil Information U.S. Army Forces in Korea Nor to TIME--which swallowed a Communist-controlled radio description of cow-licked, cow-eyed Kim as "fiery-eyed." --Ed. CHINESE SHRIMPS 9/6/48 I read about the aged Chinese painter Ch'ih Pai-shih [July 26]. According to your article, he sells his pictures for a dollar. Knowing a bargain when I hear about one, I sent him $1 cash...and today the picture really arrived, a traditional Chinese brush painting of a pair of shrimps. His calligraphy is gross, but his figures are sensitive and beautiful. Ch'ih writes as follows: "I am nearly 90 years of age, and I want more time to rest, so I charge U.S. $11 per sq. ft. for my paintings abroad." Also, he wants a copy of "the American magazine in which someone has written about me." Clifford Odets New York City To Painter Pai-shih, by airmail, one July 26 Time. --Ed. HOLLYWOOD ABROAD 3/18/57 Why do American moviemen require pith helmets, salt tablets, quinine pills to visit the Caodai capital, Tayninh [to film The Quiet American--Feb. 25]? The climate is somewhat similar to a Washington summer. Perhaps the inhabitants were mystified by their strange attire and eccentric diet. Graham Greene London