Letters, Aug. 31, 1931

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TIME, Aug. 17th, was misinformed with others as to the contents & amount of the silver bowl left by charivarists in the Marengo, Wis. charivari. Witness letter written by victims, appearing in the Ironwood Daily Globe, as enclosed. Their liberality was over-estimated by reporters.

MRS. HARRY RIMSTEIN

Ironwood, Mich.

Explained Mr. & Mrs. Arvo Juoni: "Miss Lillian Kovala placed a bowl on the table and the serenaders or charivarists tossed coins into the bowl. The money was counted and it amounted to 94¢ We wish to thank Miss Kovala and also all the other charivarists for it. Here is the truth. The money totalled to 94¢ and not almost $30. We want you to please print the truth about this."—ED.

Strong Hearts

TOO FANTASTICALLY DIRTY TIME AUG TENTH TITLE CRIME FAT OILY WOMEN ETC WHY AFFRONT FAIR ITALIAN WOMEN WHO HAVE GIVEN BIRTH TO MOST THAT IS FINE IN THIS WORLD STOP POVERTY STRICKEN WOMEN IN SQUALID DOMICILES WHAT STRONG HEARTS THEY MUST HAVE HOW FRIGHTFUL THEIR LOT IN A COUNTRY THAT SQUEEZES SIMPLICITY STOP BE UNDERSTANDING BE MEN.

JEROME DELISI

Washington, D. C.

Sirs:

A masterful piece of work—those two descriptive paragraphs under Crime, p. 14, TIME, Aug. 10.

Let's hear more from the fellow who wrote it. Dickens' diction—that's what it is to me. What more can be said?

After reading it. I felt like calling TIME and savins—''Hello—Hello—is that you Dickens?"

H. W. JOYCE

Squantum, Mass.

Unafraid Southerner

Sirs:

As a Southern-born white man, I take issue with the statement in TIME, Aug. 17, p. 10, subject "Races": "In the back of every Southern white man's head lies a mortal dread that some... crazy black man will lay hands on his wife or daughter, rape her, kill her or both."

In spite of the qualifying adjective, "crazy." I am afraid most readers would make a generic application of the sentence. This would be unjust both to Southern whites and to the millions of self-respecting, law abiding, industrious Negroes who comprise the major portion of our colored population.

Naturally I cannot speak for every Southern white man. For myself and for my acquaintances, may I say that we do not entertain any more fear of such a calamity than any man, here or elsewhere, entertains of violence at the hands of criminals, white or black.

Villains among Southern Negroes, crazy or otherwise, are in the minority, just as villains are in the minority in the white race.

Residence in the North caused me almost to despair of ever hoping for the Northern whites to understand the attitude of Southern whites toward Negroes. The unfortunate statement referred to tends, in my opinion, to further the misconception.