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that of the late La Verne, the most talented of the AndrewsSisters. I am certain that if she were to develop her LaVerne-voice she could, with her remarkable appearanceacting as opening wedge, become a star. Last night Iplayed several Andrews Sisters records for her and thoughshe had never before heard of the Andrews Sisters (!), sheconceded that their tone was unusual--which is understatingthe matter! Their tone is unique and genuinely mythic, a partof the folklore of the best years of the American past. Theyreally did roll out that barrel, and no one has yet rolled itback. Mary-Ann has just nudged my arm. "Really, MissMyra, you musn't write like that in public!" She chides megently, for to write in public in the electronic age is tocommit an antisocial obscenity. To please her, 1 shall nowput away this notebook and listen to the jokes of thecomedian as he responds to the sterile laughter of thestudio audience of which I am a part, for we are suddenly allof us--such a pleasure on the air!22Just as I expected, seventy-two per cent of the malestudents are circumcised. At Clem's party-I had beenreminded of the promiscuous way in which Americandoctors circumcise males in childhood, a practice I highlydisapprove of, agreeing with that publisher who is foreveradvertising in the New York Times Book Review a workwhich proves that circumcision is necessary for only a veryfew men. For the rest, it constitutes, in the advertiser's