Sirs:
I wonder how many theater-goers and Somerset Maugham fans will recognize these stockings? They are a pair of heavy checked silk hose that Jeanne Eagels wore when she played the immortal Sadie Thompson in Rain. The drive to collect worn-out silk stockings for use in making powder bags unearthed these from a collection of Eagels' memorabilia.
SGT. HAROLD S. CARTER
New York, N.Y.
GROWING UPSirs:
When Lynn Lee Busby comes from Louisiana to visit my son Jack, I always take a picture of them embracing each other across a little iron fence. Three years ago LIFE printed two of these (Oct. 30, 1939). Here is the latest version. The spruce tree has also grown quite a lot. Lynn Lee is now 7, and Jack is 6.
At first it used to be Lynn Lee who was the more ardent of the two. This year, Lynn Lee, who has become something of a glamour girl, seems rather blase, even though Jack is in the "Army" and wears a uniform. Perhaps she is worried about getting home to Louisiana before gasoline rationing sets in. I'm afraid this will be their last meeting until the war is won.
W. JACK RODDEN
Roswell, N.Mex.
Life August 31, 1942
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