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Last week the steamer Virginia Lee, carrying 1,000 businessmen on a goodwill tour, hove to 20 mi. at sea off Norfolk, Va. (where naval reviews are held). The businessmen fell silent and looked at three austere caskets on the edge of the deck. The Rev. P. Roland Wagner of Norfolk fumbled with a prayer book. Virginia's Governor John Garland Pollard, onetime William & Mary law professor, smiled his famed crooked smile, cleared his throat.
"Old Man Depression, Old Lady Pessimism and your unhappy daughter, Miss Fortune," he bellowed at three dressed-up dummies, "the...
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