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Disquieting rumors eddied through the quiet corridors of slick, Hearst-owned Town & Country. There was talk of a staff shakeup, a new editor perhaps, and possibly a change in policy. Last week a fact filtered down from the seat of empire at San Simeon: the resignation of slight, bright Editor Henry Adsit Bull, 42, had been accepted, "with reluctance...
From coast to coast, 17 Hearstpapers dutifully spread fine phrases over their front pages. But the best anniversary story of the day appeared in only one Hearstpaper. A directive over the private wire from San Simeon read: "Chief does not want published in cities outside of San Francisco the 2,500-word . . . story covering 60 years of San Francisco Examiner under ownership and direction of Mr. Hearst...
...invasion of New York. Old Hearst (in whose presence age is not discussed) was still living out the last chapter last week. In his 84th year (his birthday is April 29), the gaunt old man with haunted eyes is no longer the whirlwind. Neither is life at San Simeon, his 275,000-acre seat of empire, where Hearst once thought nothing of entertaining 80 house guests at a time...
Guests say that San Simeon has gone domestic; the zoo full of wild animals is gone; and Old Man Hearst likes to watch his children and grandchildren, and Miss Davies' in-laws, enjoying San Simeon's simpler pleasures, like swimming in the massive pool. The women of the household go in for homey pursuits like crocheting bedspreads or making lamp shades...
Once a month or so the Old Man leaves San Simeon to visit Los Angeles, but he goes to few Hollywood parties. Mostly he sticks to business, firing directives to his editors with the familiar salutation "Chief suggests. ..." A recent one urged all hands to keep paragraphs and sentences short, "so your stories will be understandable...