Letters, May 15, 1939

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About five years ago I asked Frank Marshall to make a duplicate of Charlie. This figure I still have in my possession, but it has never been used. . . .

In your article you also made mention of the incident that occurred at the Grand Central Station upon our arrival in New York, March 9. The photographers were taking pictures of the group when one of the photographers called to me, "Hey, Buddy, would you mind stepping out of the picture." . . .

EDGAR BERGEN Hollywood, Calif.

Ear-Appealing Nan

Sirs:

In selecting as the vocalist record of the month Nan Wynn's record Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man, you erroneously described her as a "rising Negro chanteuse" [TIME, May 8].

For your record, Nan is white, 20 and still free. Ear-appealing Nan can be heard Tuesday nights on "Time to Shine" with Hal Kemp's orchestra at 10 o'clock, EDST, over

WABC-CBS. As evidence that she also is eye-appealing, I enclose two of her latest photos. Probably the error occurred because Miss Wynn and the mellow-voiced Maxine Sullivan, "risen" Negro chanteuse, are both under the management of Columbia Artists, Inc. LOUIS RUPPEL Director of Publicity Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. New York City

>To TIME'S Music experts a well-earned, resounding rebuke for failing to catch an egregious slip.—ED.