That Mast

Sirs:

Of the same opinion as Sir Thomas, re the consistent consecutive winnings of the Enterprise, concerning which he is today quoted as saying, "I put their success down to that mast," I offer you the following information in order that you may, as is your custom, give credit where credit is due:

"That mast" was designed by and executed under the supervision of Charles P. Burgess, elder brother of the designer of the Enterprise. This elder brother Burgess is also one of the designers of the U. S. Navy's new dirigibles, ZRS 4 ZRS 5--now being built at Akron, Ohio.

G. S. STEWART

Akron, Ohio

Stink Puff, Pigs Fleas

Sirs:

The obituary notice of Dean Spooner in TIME, Sept. 8, together with a few choice specimens of Spoonerisms, suggests these which you might possibly like to add to your collection. I am sorry that I cannot vouch for their authenticity.

I stopped to boil my icicle.

I was hushing my black brat.

Please pass the stink puff.

Give me some pigs fleas.

JOSHUA L. BAILY JR.

San Diego, Calif.

Alaskan Indians Too

Sirs:

. . . Some weeks ago you published a letter from my wife, L. Worden Royal, regarding the pros and cons of conservation of bears in Alaska (TIME, July 14). Since then we have received letters and newspaper clippings from all parts of the country regarding that letter.

In this morning's mail came the enclosed clipping, sent by my mother-in-law, Mrs. Alex Vreatt of Wrangell, Alaska. This clipping from The Alaskan of Petersburg, Alaska is especially of interest if you turn over the title page. There you will note that it is published by the Alaska Native Brotherhood Publishing Co. The Alaska Native Brotherhood is an organization of native Alaskan Indians. Evidently your magazine and articles are read not only over the entire world but by Alaskan Indians as well. . .

Louis M. ROYAL

Saylesville, R. I.

Limited Sirs:

On p. 18 of the Sept. 15 issue of TIME: ". . . Monday night the Reno station is crowded with happy ladies catching the Union Pacific limited, east to Chicago and a new freedom."

For your information Reno station is on Southern Pacific Lines and not Union Pacific.

O. P. BARTLETT

Chicago, 111.

But from Ogden to Omaha, longest stretch of the train's run to Chicago, it is Union Pacific.--ED.

Fruit & Vegetable Editor

Sirs:

PLEASE ABANDON DESCRIPTIVE TERM APPLE-CHEEKED IN CONNECTION WITH ENGLISH-GIRL MACDONALD STOP MISLEADING IN SUGGESTING SHAPE AS WELL AS COLOR PERSONALLY OBNOXIOUS SUGGEST TIMES FRUIT & VEGETABLE EDITOR CONSIDER VARIATIONS IN SEASON

A. V. JUNKIN

St. Paul, Minn.

Juvenile

Sirs:

I have just finished reading The Kid, a juvenile by Mary Biddle Titler (Harper's, N. Y.) Her first book Reddy was published a year ago, and is in its sixth edition, nearly 10,000 copies sold to date. The first edition was 2,000, and its success warranted Harper to make the first edition of The Kid 4,000. I understand the life of most juveniles is only 5,000 altogether. I quote these figures to substantiate my personal opinion.

It would seem to me fitting and helpful to parents who read the book reviews in TIME to recommend or mention the fact, when a good, clean, juvenile that is amusing and inspirational is written. Harper's call Reddy the modern Huckleberry Finn, and The Kid is a sequel to it, and even better.

MRS. HOWARD BUTCHER JR.

Ardmore, Pa.

When a Subscriber encounters a juvenile of extraordinary merit, let her (him) submit it to two other Subscriber-Parents. If these Subscribers agree as to the merits, let them notify TIME ; their report will be printed in this column. Let it be understood that no publisher or bookseller or author shall have instigated any of these notices.--ED.

Why Tinny

Sirs:

Myron White's objection to the "tinny" sound of small airplane motors (Letters, TIME, Aug. 25), is a common one. The secret lies entirely in the exhaust, not in the motors themselves.

Many manufacturers of small planes, following the trend toward radial motors for greater efficiency, cut weights and costs, by allowing each cylinder to exhaust directly into the air from each cylinder head, rather than collect it from each head into a single exhaust "stack." As the cylinders fire in rotation, the exhaust is freed from each of the five, six, or seven cylinders in separate explosions, and each explosion in a different direction.

Standing to the side of such a plane, as most spectators are, only half of the exhaust is heard. . . .

C. H. GILLETTE

Sales Manager

Taylor Brothers Aircraft Corp. Bradford, Pa.

Autobiography

Sirs:

Anent "Autobiography," p. 4, your issue of Sept. 15:

Ted F. Higgins is too young and ignorant to be writing even short articles for good magazines. Every older man knows that just any woman's autobiography if written in four words would read: Teething. Marriage. Hell. Death.

VIRGINIA FAIRBANKS

Lincoln, Neb.

"Gentral horst Pittle"

Sirs:

You may be interested to read that we received today a letter addressed only:

"Gentral horst Pittle."

ROBERT I. PARKE General Hospital Cincinnati, Ohio.

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