Letters: Sep. 27, 1926

Phiz

Sirs:

Archives for historical films are O. K. It would be an equal help to the historians of the future if the portraits of our political leaders could likewise be preserved. A glance at some of them would be extremely revealing. Any nation that will entrust its destinies to men with faces like those on the front cover, and on pages 7 and 8 of the Sept. 13 issue of TIME, deserves anything it gets.

HUGH R. MAGILL Dunmore, Pa.

Let Subscriber Magill submit his picture—ED.

House Guest

Sirs:

. . . And, TIME, in my opinion one of the worst expressions in the English language as used today is "house guest." Is not the word guest sufficient? Or do people entertain in the garage? To me the term is the last word in small town journalism.

LT. HENRY E. ECCLES U.S.S. 528 Pacific Station San Francisco, Calif.

Bennett Killed the Herald

Sirs:

Your mannerisms are choking your utterance and soon they will affect your circulation. In this way Bennett killed the Herald and you can kill TIME. Perhaps you aim to, so you may recoup by selling this recipe. X. X. P.

The Homestead, Hot Springs, Va.

Stupid Cottle

Sirs:

What an incredibly stupid, stupid letter was Mr. Alfred Cottle's in the Aug. 20 issue, dealing with TIME and the lies it tells!

I am ashamed that this ignorant letter angers me so, as the sheer stupidity of it should be amusing. If I were you, editors of TIME, I should discontinue his subscription. . . .

KATHEBINE LATHAM Lincoln, Ill.

Cottle Flayed

Sirs:

In regard to your "correction" or criticism" in the Aug. 30, 1926, issue of the TIME, "Lies," page 2, col. 2, I want to request you not to make corrections of statements and facts with which you are not personally acquainted; and also wish to inform you that they who have described the Finnish cities to you are actually liars, and stupid, as there are no fish-canning industries located in the cities, least of all in Helsingfors, which city is widely known and visited by tourists, and named "Paris of the North."

Do you, Mr. Cottle, think that a city which smells fish would become so widely praised ?

Also wish to state that the cities in Finland, both large and small, are classed among the cleanest in the world.

The above facts are stated by one who has lived in several different countries on this globe. In the future, would suggest that you personally make sure of facts and see for yourself before you make a "corrected" statement.

CEO. FOGELHOLM Minneapolis, Minn.

Upside Down

Sirs:

Concerning names-in-a-million, TIME of Aug. 30 is clearly right. Mr. Planalp, Mr. Staats, Mary Byram, Otto Baab, Otto Egge and others have proven that "there is more than one person whose surname is a perfect, proper palindrome." Therefore some else must claim the name-in-a-million, and I'm the one to do it.

Bead my surname as it meets your eye.

Then turn it upside down and read it just as clearly and perfectly. Can any of the multitude of TIME-readers match it?

I suppose it would be much easier to turn the written name upside down than it would some of the sturdy Scots who rejoice to travel under it.