Smith & Wesson Line

sirs: TIME has brought two delightful experiences me within recent weeks for which I am grateful. One of these was caused by the excellent, impartial review of my book on lynching, Rope, and Faggot, which appeared in the ssue of June 24; the other by TIME'S printing n the July 8 issue of letters from below the Smith and Wesson line threatening me with ynching, tarring and feathering and other courtesies. Such solicitude and statements as Mr. Eldon O. Haldane's that ''the well balanced Southerner hopes that lynchings of Negroes will increase rather than decrease'' amply prove, it seems to me, some of the main contentions of Rope and Faggot--the inherent lawlessness of certain parts of the United States and trigger-on." :k propensities to defend positions which are morally, ethically and practically indefensible. Such correspondents of yours as Messrs. Robert E. Lee and Eldon O. Haldane reassure me. The reviews of Rope and Faggot have dwelt almost without exception upon the judicial, impartial tone of the book. . . . Messrs. Lee and Haldane by their denunciation of me will help mightily in bringing the whole matter of lynch law to the attention of Americans who need to know the facts. Their brazen defense of murder, however, must not be attributed to all Southerners for some of the finest comments upon the book have come from Southern white newspapers and correspondents. . . . WALTER WHITE

New York City.

No more letters on the whites v. White controversy will be published.--ED. Kijkuit Sirs:

In TIME July 8, under the heading Books: "In the Pocantico Hills, N. Y., is an estate called Kijkuit (Dutch for 'Keep Out')."

The correct translation for Kijkuit would be "The Lookout."

If Mr. Rockefeller wished to put up the sign "Keep Out,'' in Dutch he would have to say Vcrbodcn Tocgant.

GERRIT VAN COEVERING

Grand Haven, Mich.

Sirs:

... I happen to have been born in Holland, as were my forebears for some 300 years and "Kijkuit" means "Lookout" if you use it as a noun. The sharp warning: "Look out!" in Dutch would be: "Kijk uit!" At Dutch railroad crossings we see the signs "Uitkujken!" "Kijk" is the Dutch for look. "Kijkers" is also the Dutch pet name for eyes, so that, if we tell a pretty girl that she has beautiful eyes, the Dutch would call them: "Mooie kijkers." To make the word seem still more useful, the Dutch also have kijkcr mean opera-glass or telescope and, if the Dutch had speakeasies (which they haven't and thank goodness have no need of) the peephole in the entrance door would be called, like Mr. Rockefeller's retreat, a ''kijkuit." EMILE W. VOUTE

New York City

The translation "Keep Out" was accepted by TIME from Biographer Winkler, author of John D.

Last week, Colyumist Walter Winchell of the New York Daily Mirror reported that Biographer Winkler's "confidential, unimpeachable" source on Rockefeller data was Mrs. Anne Urquhart Stillman.

--ED. Mason's Feathers Sirs: May I call your attention to the fact that the photoplay The Four Feathers was taken from the book by that name by A. E. W. Mason, and not written up to supplement the animal pictures which feature it, as is indicated in your review in this week's TIME. I mention this because I have always thought Mr. Mason deserved to be better known than he is, and while his plot may seem "silly" when put into the cinema, his book, although written for a less sophisticated decade, would perhaps find more favor with you. Present day readers might appreciate more his House of the Arrow, which I consider one of the best mystery stories ever written. ANITA CIFRE

Portland, Ore.

Pig-Footed Eagle?

Sirs: Are we ever going to hear the last of the hysterical ravings over Charles Lindbergh and be informed of one kindly deed, one generous donation, one appreciative gesture, any tribute of love and acknowledgments of his mother's part--the major part, of this overrated, childishly magnified onetime flight across the Atlantic? Perhaps you too will dare to say the Eagle has pig's feet. ALVA REMING

Philadelphia, Pa. Mrs. Evangeline Lindbergh:

1) Was made a member of the Guggenheim Fund Committee on elementary and secondary aeronautical education.

2) At her son's homecoming, was received with him by President & Mrs. Coolidge.

3) Was given specially designed clock by the Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce.

4) Was invited to Mexico City by President Calles to spend Christmas, 1927, with her son.

5) Has received, among other gifts, a silver bowl from U. S. residents of Mexico City; a silver desk set from citizens of

Rock Island, Davenport. Moaene; Sea Scout's Mother Sirs: Being a kamaiina myself, I found your ac count of Honolulu families very interesting, and I would like to add the following. Elizabeth, the eldest daughter of Prime Minister Judd, was the first white woman born in the Hawaiian Islands. She married Captain S. G. Wilder, who organized the first inter-island steamship line, known as the Wilder Steamship Company. In telling me of the incidents related in your article about her father and Captain Paulet, she added the following: Captain Paulet declared sn embargo on vessels leaving Honolulu and sent his despatches to the English government by a schooner sailing for Acapulco, Mexico. An American business man secured passage on this schooner, and Prime Minister Judd en trusted to him protests against the action of Captain Paulet, to be presented to the American and English governments. Arriving at Acapulco, the English despatch agent and the American sought sleeping accommodations, but later on the American arose, and hiring every mule and burro available, left Acapulco, leaving no means of transportation for the English Agent. Crossing Mexico, a steamer to New York was available, and the despatches of Prime Minister Judd reached England in advance of the Paulet des patches. England disavowed the action of Cap tain Paulet, and the English Admiral Thomas was sent to restore the Hawaiian flag, which ceremony took place in the plaza now known as Thomas Square. Mrs. Wilder's eldest son, G. P. Wilder, is a well known horticulturist, and has improved the Hawaiian mango. He and his wife have spent some time in Tahiti, investigating the origin of the Taro, the native food of the Pacific Islanders. On the West Coast of the Pacific in China and Japan the native food is rice, a grain. On the East side the American aborigines used maize or Indian corn, also a grain, whereas we find the Pacific Islanders .using Taro, a root, which seems indicative of an entirely distinct racial origin. The youngest son, James Wilder, while at Harvard, introduced the Ukulele, and Hawaiian Music. He is a noted artist, and is known to every Boy Scout of America as Pathfinder Jim, Chief Sea Scout, the man who organized the Sea Scouts of America. C. S. STANWORTH

Comdr., U. S. Navy. Retired Norfolk, Va. Australia's Robertson Sirs: . . . You should afford a little space to telling your readers something about one of our big men. MacPherson Robertson is Australia's biggest commercial product. He is the man who was asked by the Prime Minister of Australia and Sir Douglas Mawson to give some financial assistance in order that an Antarctic Expedition, o be led by Mawson, could be made possible.-- Mac Robertson's response was practical and apid, for in a few hours he gave -L-10,000 sterling, ind all the chocolate, cocoa and confectionery leeded by the Expedition. Mac. Robertson is the Confectionery King of Australia. He is a man who has had six months' schooling only. iis first working plant was a nail can and a small pannikin. He has never had any assistance from outside capital, and, starting at he lowest rung of the commercial ladder, he las pushed his way to the very top until to-day has a group of twenty odd factories, covering over 35 acres of ground, employing over 3,000 lumans, and paying out half a million sterling innually in wages. He contributes between -L-17,000 and -L-20,000 annually to hospitals and other public institutions. A few months ago a combination of business men tried to purchase his establishment and offered two and one half million pounds sterling (-L-2,500,000), but Mac. Robertson refused to join the ranks of the unemployed. . . . ... I am not in any way connected with the Mac. Robertson Organization, being the Victorian Manager of The Dictaphone Company. . . . E. V. E. NEILL

South Yarra, S. E. i.

To Subscriber Neill, all thanks for a TIME-worthy report. -- ED. Baylor, Too Sirs:

... It was listed that Hillsdale, Michigan College gave the LL. D. degree to Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt.

Baylor University (1845), Texas' oldest Baptist school, at Waco, also gave Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt the LL. D. degree. . . .

GRACE VESTAL-LEUSCHNER

Belville, Tex.

Non-Stop Motors

Sirs:

I wish to call your attention to an error in the second sentence of the first paragraph of "Roosevelt's Record" on p. 44 of TIME for July i, in regard to non-stop runs of motored vehicles.

The motorships Augustus of the N. G. I.,t Saturnia and Vulcania of the Cosulich Line have all run over 200 hours without stopping on their trips between New York and Naples, Italy. . . .

L. S. ARMSTRONG

Penn Yan, N. Y.

Senectissimus & Pershing Sirs: In your issue of July 1, p. 10, in reference to Senator Warren's term in the Senate, you state in the last paragraph that "his influence was largely responsible for the selection of his son-in-law, General John Joseph Pershing, to command the A. E. F."* On as important a matter as this, regardless of one's feelings for General Pershing, the records should be kept straight. If you will remember, General Pershing had proven himself to the War Department to be a commander who could follow orders to the very last letter.** That was the type of a commanding officer whom Secretary Baker desired, and it was Secretary Baker and General Moseley, now of El Paso, who were responsible for the selection of Gen eral Pershing for his high command. Senectissimus may have had something to do with Pershing's marvelous rise from Captain to Brigadier, but in this important matter he had no hand. This can be easily verified by consulting with Ex-Secretary Newton Diehl Baker or Brigadier General George Van Horn Moseley in com mand of the First Cavalry Division of El Paso, Texas. PAUL GALLAGHER, M. D.

El Paso, Tex.

* Last week Sir Douglas announced the personnel (27 men) of this expedition, which sails next month on the Discovery, oldtime ship of the late Explorer Robert Falcon Scott. The Mawson purpose: to spend two years mapping Antarctica. /-Navigazione General Italiana. These motor-ships, each propelled by two diesel motors, can run six months without stopping. ** In the Mexican fiasco over General Pancho Villa.