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...review of the book Edison, by Matthew Josephson, in your Nov. 2 issue is commendably excellent. As a "ham" in a small Western Union office in the 1890s here in the sphenoid tip of the Old Dominion, I coincidentally graduated from high school in 1899 and started looping about over the U.S. and Canada as a "boomer," or tramp telegrapher. When I hit Detroit, Tom Edison was in New York working the first Albany circuit at 195 Broadway. When I hit 195 Broadway, I occasionally sat in on the first Albany circuit, and although Tom had sold his quadruplex patent...
...Ham All Around. Being poor no more, Bob Ruark can and does travel where he likes, maintains a house in London and two in Spain, is an ilustrisimo Knight Commander of Spain's Order of Civil Merit. Not the least of the Knight's luxuries is a former sergeant-major in the British army named Alan Ritchie, who serves him as secretary, listens to his plots develop, and transcribes Ruark's massive manuscripts...
...hunch that 99 million natives are going to make noise in the Union around Christmas, and I want to be there." In his hushpuppy accent (a defense mechanism, he claims), Bob Ruark adds: "You show me a guy writes a column or book and ain't a ham and I'll show you a bad writer. Man, I'm ham inside, outside and all around...
...Sept. 23 The VIP (NBC, 10:30-11 p.m.).* Mr. K. visits the Garst farm at Coon Rapids, Iowa. TV cameras will be sighting in from every angle, hopeful of shooting some well-cured country ham. They will be keeping the vigil all week, at all hours, on all networks...
...best job was turned in by Frank Langella as the son Tom. The Playhouse then resurrected the famous 1844 play The Drunkard; or, The Fallen Saved, "a moral domestic drama by W. H. Smith and a Gentleman." Marilyn Miller staged the work in period costume and old-school ham acting style; and the result was unflaggingly hilarious. Booing, hissing, and the throwing of peanuts were actively encouraged. A pianist furnished background accompaniment on a worn upright; and during the intervals singers favored the audience with such oldies as "'Til We Meet Again," "Curse of an Aching Heart," "Goodbye, Little Yellow...