Funny Letters From Famous People by Charles Osgood

Author:Charles Osgood [Osgood, Charles]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780767911771
Publisher: Random House Inc.
Published: 2003-04-15T04:00:00+00:00

P. G. Wodehouse

IN 1931, P. G. WODEHOUSE was a guest of the estimable Citizen Hearst. Stories about the bizarre behavior of the multimillionaire abounded throughout his career, and Wodehouse added to the heap. He wrote to his friend William Townend:

February 25, 1931

Dear Bill:

Since I last wrote, I have been spending a week at Hearst’s ranch. He owns 400,000 acres, more than the whole of Long Island.…

Meals take place in an enormous room hung with banners, and are served at a long table, with Hearst sitting in the middle on one side and Marion Davies in the middle on the other. The longer you’re there, the further you get from the middle. I sat on Marion’s right the first night, then found myself getting edged further and further away, till I got to the extreme end, when I thought it time to leave. Another day and I should have been feeding on the floor.

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