Word: namee
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...footnote on your gymnastic and unfailingly interesting letters page in TIME, Sept. 26 you reprove† Subscriber A. F. Higgins for inquiring about "Bernard" Macfadden. You point out that this publisher and physical culture bug spells his name "Bernarr." You know pretty nearly everything. Where did he get that nobby name...
Bernarr Macfadden was christened Bernard A. He dropped the final "D" from his first name because "Bernarr," unusual, catches the curiosity of readers such as Dean Slade Miles. Many public folk, particularly actresses, alter names thus, on the theory that they stick easier in the public mind...
...ashamed, but proud of the school which I attend and therefore have written its name in bold letters. I suppose that this is but one of hundreds of letters that you are receiving from the students of Andover, Mercersburg, Pomfret, Choate, Groton, Lawrenceville, Exeter, Hill, St. Paul's, Taft and Hotchkiss in reference to "Denny's" letter, printed under EDUCATION in TIME, Sept...
...does not "Denny" honor us and his school by mentioning its name in his letter ? You doubtlessly have "spotted" his school by looking at the postmark on his letter. Perhaps he was wise enough to write during vacation...
Until "Denny" publishes the name of his Alma Mater, De Pinna stands approved. The above institutions are the leading "prep" schools of America...