Show t t I 1 - ' - 414 - THU CURFOOÀ110 ' t Conibused from pose 1 1' ' - '' 4 111 1 I i 1 I 1- P-- 't't t )tu 'Lis l'ii) p -- P: 1 whom iit delights most: the' children who listen to it or the parents who lead it aloud I expect listen 111 for 0M " '''''' k aiJ77') all" ii 4i (idt 4 a lot of letters from receive bet I truly believe rester book than tU "Charlotte's Web" is "Alice IIs Woadetiand" 1 eI OP-n- r— r 1 :r ' - I 1 ' IN PRIVATE LITE Thurber and White are devoted friends and collaborated on a book called "Is Sex Nectssaryr in 1929 Both men like so many other distinguished humorists are shy and introverted a far cry from the "bail fellows well met" uninitiatedI persons expect "funny men" to be Thurber had a particularly rugged time when he tangled with Hollywood "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" was bought for Danny Kaye by Sam Goldwyn but studio underlings had a hard time providing a conclusion that satisfied him Mr Goldwyn decided to call Thurber himself and "see what he thinks" Thurber told him "I know nothing about motion pictures Mr Goldwyn 11sold you my story and it's up to you to adapt it and pick the right ending" Mr Goldwyn was pleased sad reported the coaversatioa to fellow producers Grata-ble- d oae of then:" Why can't I get crldcism like that Is my stuaor r I ' 1 ' -- i r - L KNOX 11) WHITE: Ho doesn't know why Weed i : wrote 'Charlotte's Web' but I can't tell why I sneeze either A book" — and who is there to say him nay? — "is a sneize" "The world likes humor" E B White points out "but it treats it too patronizingly It decorates its serious artists with laurels but its wags get only Brussels sprouts rim sere there teal a imasorist alive who doesn't retail the day whea someone he loved sal respected took him uzioosly into a censer sad asked 'When are you going to setae down and write something serious?'" 4410k140 Major Pantaro r - - IP' t ISIF0111111 Ilk III tr"- - - I VI ii Fo ' r - e ' - ' ':: 1 1 vg no-dru- Choice-of-Foo- :I 11 4 It 'II 1 4 ' 1 -—g irlwair Catherine Ann Johnson WANT TO LOSE IN POUNDS on env Please reed Miss Johnson's re port carefully If your doctor says you are overweight ask him about the Knox Plan It is like no other method you ever beard of No synthetic pills copeuks candies or drugs It is the sale pleasant 'saluted way to slimness as hundreds of thousands have proved And most of them reduced for keeps You can't lose anything but unwanted pounds by sending for the free Knox book t I — t I FnEETKI IOWA MAT SNOWS '1 "diet-hung- --- kir lb --- irylg er IMMO wyr i t i MAIL THIS ' 7 (701 i i ed A utu404 '' "Good morning Sir How MILLION Chart do away with calorie its SY pages pha the libtrul ' simplify reducing on a safe pleasant 'lobed ( counting and basis Developed from a plan approved by doctors dietitians and home economist it is yours without charge I 1 n This coupon brings it ' f airomw---ziapino- - DM WAY FOR MORI WIA! Choke-of-Foo- allogyawalk"latil0 40 e sr 3 !)110 - 4 ! 611 AL —mi— and-Redu- ce 111 ok - AIME& 89 pounds lighter with a new outlook on life and her career take w - Miss Johnson the Knox Plan I Ai '' 3 "Each morning these days I waken eager and happy to get up and the day in stride It's a wonderful feeling which I seldom enjoyed until recently "Ever since I was 8 years old I had been unhappily overweight Occasionally I attempted various fad diets and other means to slim nen Nothing seemed to work for long "Then several months ago my friend food technician Rose Grace Knox Eat g told me of her remarkable experience with the Plan I tried it Without giving up any of my favorite foods including desserts all allowed in the Knox Chart I found the plan easy to follow Even when eating in restau rants and on my Cape Cod vacation trip No battling hunger No loss of energy "Today I am 39 pounds lighter My bust measures 634 inches less my waist and hips 5 inches kn I now wear size 14 dresses instead of those old 20's My voice teacher tells me my voice has been improving faster I never felt better in my life or more hopeful I have ac(piled the easy habit of balanced eating I enjoy my food more than Plan I've won a new life" ever bef ore With the Knox 14'1 ' ' 1 Miss Johnson's own story Ely TOM HUNDUROON 1- 4 When I i I e: 41L mot16 to 3 t to ' 401ist 4 t 4 r SEARING OUT LIII WHITE'S assertion neither the Pulitzer Prize Committee nor the National Book Awards jury ever has given a top prize to a recognized humorist! If either would like to make amends for this glaring oversight I suggest they take a long look in 1959 in the direction of James Thurber of Ohio State and Elwyn Brooks White of Cornell! BENNETT CELT — ) 1 ' I t 10 1 I x t I I I a seZ—wrP44 t ' i i ! s1Lr-"-''''- '111 )t t a lit i 1 1 1 dArturs' 71 hei snoozes i alta'Ah Plan Eat-and-Red- L f' i 0 " ui kpe" -- r f Si''it Ni Wbust Iheroine i I 11 i i1 ( THURSEN IS HIS own most severe critic He admits he rewrote one of his recent or twenty times" and threw books" words! "Once" he recalled 200000 away "my wife started to read the manuscript aloud at a party but she didn't get very far Somebody hissed It was me' It's no accident that E B White's two most successful books concern animals ("Stuart Little" is about a mouse and the of "Charlotte's Web" is a spider) are a weakness with me" admits "Maybe this doesn't explain why I I J il i'LlEtZty LI'7":1 insliiring ease of voictstudent Catherine Ann Johnson with the 1 1 4 1 40 tried-and-tr- ) many shall I Hove ths keys b atisooung plan is Gelatins roconsistsla Koos hat Knox in One 1 today?" I ! ' v Co Wight ' Us-Ama- Physicists Imes grocer and TODAY41111 Knox Gelatine Johnstown N Y Box Tw-I- S Mail me my tree copy of the latest edition of the Knox Man Book NAME ADDRESS s pat-hr- 1 - this famous ra Knox - - KIKE - Wail's Co ' -' ' The 4 j (1 7"--- i |