Letters: Jan. 3, 1927

Dentist Cram

Sirs: . . . To my mind your cover picture (TIME, Dec. 13) of our great architect Ralph Adams Cram is libelous. Mr. Cram is a handsome well-favored man. Your artist makes him look like a dentist! . . .

MRS. POWEL LOOMIS

Boston, Mass.

Double Breasted

Sirs:

Just how many "bosoms" did Elizabeth Barrett Browning's aunt have?

In TIME, Dec. 6, you say: ". . . this pure and lovely miss, standing with round arms pressed to round bosoms. . . ."

E. GANSON

Tucson, Ariz.

Equality

Sirs:

Do not care to help any magazine whose managers or editors put themselves down on an equality with Negroes and call them "Mr." and "Mrs." Do not send mine any longer than it is paid for.

W. C. POYNTER

De Witt, Ark.

Let Subscriber Poynter look on p. 10.—ED.

Suggestion

Sirs : . . . One little suggestion for a better TIME—Don't be so contemptuous of your contemporaries. "Gum-Chewers' Sheetlet," "Pinko Political Weekly," etc. I know nothing about the Gum-Chewers' papers but the New Republic which you call Pinko, I value even above TIME on my magazine list. As for Physical Culture, which you so lately maligned, it has done and is doing much good in the world and deserves better treatment than you have given it. . . .

HUGH SPENCER

"Briarpatch,"

Chester, Conn.

Mediocre Evans

Sirs: TIME, Dec. 6, re Hiram W. Evans reads: "Once in Dallas, Tex., there was a mediocre dentist."

Why be narrow-minded on the subject of the K.K.K. ? Would TIME say of Abe Lincoln, "once there was a mediocre storekeeper" ?

Why not listen with an open mind, to one of Mr. Evans' speeches, not on dentistry, but on politics. Draw your own conclusions after that.

TIME'S editors will probably never curb their Roman Catholic instincts enough to advertise, tritely "TIME—Kurt, Klear, Koncise."

FLOYD WEIMER

San Francisco, Calif.

TIME would indeed say of Abraham Lincoln, "Once there was a mediocre storekeeper." At keeping store Abraham Lincoln was sorely handicapped by his generosity, his fondness for books.

As to spelling, TIME, having no bias, relies upon standard dictionaries.—ED.

Dragon's Praise

Sirs:

As long as TIME plays fair, it will remain a pleasure for me to receive my weekly copy. I note that some subscribers take exception to things you say about their "pet" ideas. You have rapped my Organization several times but this has not changed my opinion of TIME. In such cases I smile at your mistakes and misunderstanding and wait for the time to arrive when you will know facts. You can rest assured that TIME has a great future before it and will continue to build up a first class list of subscribers.

ARTHUR H. BELL

Grand Dragon, K.K.K.

Realm of New Jersey

Lake Como, N.J.

Unwholesome, Infidel

Sirs:

. . . I really like the magazine very much but have been disappointed in the different articles appearing from time to time, especially the article about St. Francis of Assisi [TIME, Oct. 4] which is very disappointing to me and makes unwholesome reading for me a Catholic.