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Two Trade Winds authors, who go by the names of Chris­ topher Wren and Jack Shepherd, have Cleveland Amory come up with a satire on youth. No, we aren't making it up—they have made fun of youth. It didn't seem possible Sign of the Times—Re: the Capitol DEAR MARY, please take me back. I in this day and young age, but there it bombing, from the New Yorlc Post: love you and it was only a passing was, the evidence of their crime, a new fanny. novel. The Super Summer of Jamie A powerful bomb ripped through the JOHN McBride (Simon & Schuster, $5.95). Senate wing of the Capitol early today, Needless to say, we arranged to meet causing extensive damage but no in­ Tell me, John, where is fancy fled? both men in a dark place—one which juries. Finally, Nancy Steele of Philadelphia No group stepped forward immedi­ favored us with a travel item from the ately to claim credit. Philadelphia Inquirer: Well, we say, these days you can't For visitors, French St. Martin is a have everything. Meanwhile, Mrs. Rob­ bit like the Cote d'Azur of bygone days ert Woodyard of Picayune, Mississippi, —unhurried, uncrowded, and largely found, in the Times-Picayune of New undiscovered. There are only a hand­ Orleans, an attack by Representative ful of hotels and guest houses at the Butch Lambert of Tupelo upon the moment with a total room count of statewide system of public defenders: less than 100, but they have an ambu­ lance that combines West Indian we had previously cased as containing "If this is set up to give somebody drowsy charm with casual French no one under thirty. justice who maybe doesn't deserve it, chic. We peered at the men. Unquestion­ this legislation is crazy," he said. ably their names were pseudonyms. There's nothing, we always say, like Who, we demanded, were they? But remember, folks, it was a Missis- the sick chic. "We're both," said the one who pur­ sippian who sent it in—there's at least ported to be Mr. Shepherd, "editors at crazy hope. Elsewhere, our favorite In this column we have attemped to Look." "Personal" in many a moon came from bring you all shades of opinion—ours Ah, we smiled, at Look. Obviously Mrs. G. A. Rutledge of Warwick, New editorially and ours personally. (Yes, their cover. York, who found it in the Warwick Virginia, the we's won—you remember "I'm the Washington editor," said Valley Dispatch: our poll—in a walk). But now we ask Mr. Wren, "and Jack is a senior editor." A senior editor! At this we exploded. A senior editor. Clearly they expected Return to Sorrento. us to believe anything. "Actually, I'm Mr. Wren," Mr. Shep­ Even if youVe never been there. herd said. "He's Mr. Shepherd." Return to warm, sun-drenched Sorrento from other We held up our hand. We reminded sunny places like Naples, Venice, Florence, Rome, them they were both in this heinous Pompeii and Pisa. offense together. And then we asked a They're ail part of Alitalia's Italy Tour. crucial question. 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