The Washington times., 1934-05-31

Ihere must be q story some
where to explain why Nora
Bayes, who apparently was such
a famous person not SO terribly
long ago, has never been buried
because no one has come forward
with the necessary dough. When
lesser actors and actresses in life
and in death have had col
leCtiOnS taken up for them, why,
do you suppose, was nothing ever
done along those lines for Bayes
so that she could be given a de-
cent burial! / thought big.hearted
Broadway never had fiSh.hOOks
in its pockets in such cases.
JANET S.,
New Haven, Conn.
AS far as know, Miss Bayes
lies in a common receiving vault
in WOOdlawn Cemetery, the
Bronx.
I wish to thank you for the
comment you made concerning
my newspaper bill. But I think
you misunderstood my statement
regarding the measure. I was a
member of the Assembly of New
Jersey in 1888. Malcolm Stephen
son, a member of the staff of the
Jersey Journal and president Of
the Hudson County Press Club,
requested me to sponsor a bill to
protect the newspaper profession.
1 introduced such bill in the
Assembly and, after a great deal
of effort, the bill was reported
out of committee and was
passed unanimously in the lower
house. We then faced the ob-
stacle Of overcoming the passage
of the bill in the senate. Mr..
Jamison, who was the Associated
Press correspondent at Trenton
and who won the Pulitzer Prize
for his stories on the Lindbergh
kidnapping case. aided greatly in
its passage in the senate. At the
time of the passage of the bill
it received nationwide publicity.
I was informed that very few
States in the Union have such a
law. It is now known as Chapter
167 of the laws of 1888 of New
Jersey.
SAMUEL PESIN,
House of Assembly of New Jersey,
Jersey City, N. j.
(Mr. Pesin's bill provides that
mo person engaged in, connected
with or employed on any news.
paper shall be compelled to dis
close, in any legal proceedings or
trial, before any court or before a
grand jury Of any county or a
petit jury of any court or before
the presiding officer of any trl-
bunal of his agent or agents, or
before any committee of the leg
islature, or elsewhere, the source
of any information procured or
obtained by him and published IN
the newspaper on which he is en-
gagged, connected with or en-
ployed.")
You writer's frequently refer to
the Automats which dot this city.
Well, can remember back in the
old days in Philadelphia when,
not far from the famous Booth
by's, right opposite Wanamaker's,
was a tiny place. You entered a
narrow doorway, traversed a short
space past some stools, thence
back into a little space which
scarcely accommodated h IL
dozen tables. That was the first
restaurant in what later became
a chain of AutomatS. Some years
later, on y cold wintry day, there
stood behind me a tall, gaunt man
minus an overcoat. I turned
around. II would like the keys
to my property" naming the
place. your name?" I queried.
Frank Hardart," he replied. I
met him every day for many
months but never saw him wear
a top coat. I can still see him in
the tiny, veSt-pocket edition res
taurant, graSping hands of Gus
toners he knew, asking them how
things were, inviting them back.
Some of our leading business men
could take a lesson from this
fellow who considered the good
will of every customer-even a
plain pie and coffee customer
necessary. Try and get to the
heads of some of our big busi-
neSses now-and find out what a
cold shoulder really is.
Clarence E. Heller,
FlatbuSh, N, Y.