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states: "In real life, I believe, seldom will a man continue to love without hope . . . Love must see the chance of being reciprocated or the emotion dies, as the flame of a candle expires in a vacuum." I know better, for I have had the experience.

I very seldom read first person stories, but there is something about "Forged Faces" that grips. Possibly it is in his vivid portrayal of character. I enjoy Westerns, the kind written by men who know the West and its people. A. F. B.

Why is it that movies taken from stories run in the Argosy are mostly all flunks? "Flight to the Hills" as a story was great. As a movie it was simply rotten. "Cañon of Light" was all right in a way, but the story had the picture beat a mile. The only film which I remember seeing that followed the plot of the story closely was "Where Was I?" by Franklin. The movie hero was Reginald Denny. I surely enjoyed that picture. Almost burst laughing.

By the way, Mr. Editor, was it the Argosy which first printed that tale, the "Curse of Capistranto," by Johnston McCulley? (Yes, it was, or rather the All-Story.)

As to the discussion about how many Westerns to run per issue, keep the Argosy as it now is. It suits me to a T. I read about one of your readers not liking Kenneth Perkins's stories about "hombre," et cetera. That's all the bunk. Perkins is a good writer, and he has a style all his own. I somehow look forward to his "hombre," et cetera.

I guess it is enough for me to say that I, too, would walk a mile for the Argosy if it cost fifty cents instead of ten cents. A.

I have been reading the Argosy for the last four years and consider it one of the best magazines on the market. I like the Western stories best, and if it is not asking too much I should like to see Charles Alden Seltzer's "Drag Harlan" appear again in the Argosy J. B.

You are inviting readers to tell when and how they happened to buy their first copy of the Argosy. I bought mine about three years ago, having noticed a story by Edgar Rice Burroughs pictured on the cover, and I have been a steady reader of your magazine ever since.

Mr. Burroughs is my favorite author, and I have read every one of his stories, those that have run in the Argosy and those published in book form. His story, "The War Chief," now running in your magazine, is excellent, but tell him to give us a more unusual story. Other authors write of the American Indian, and give us just as real and interesting characters as Burroughs; keep him to the Mars, the Tarzan, and his own fascinating type of story. Let him leave the Indian for some other writer.

About Westerns, keep just the number you have now. No more and no less. Why not some business stories? Or stories of horses? "The Pot of Pansies" in this issue is enjoyable. Hulbert Footner gets better with every escapade of his famous character—Mme. Storey. And by all means continue the Reader's Viewpoint. H. E. W., Jr.

Connecticut doesn't seem to have much to say in regard to the different subjects under discussion in the Viewpoint, so if you don't mind, I'll say a few words. Having read the Argosy ever since I can remember, there isn't anything more to be said in favor of it. No better stories for any class of men, women and even youngsters could be bought for any price than in the Argosy.

Before now I have had in my jeans just one dime. Did I buy a small pack of smokes, a sandwich, or an Argosy? Thousands of miles from my home, a whole night and day until pay day, nothing to eat, or smoke, but I spent that dime for an Argosy and lived on the real life as found on its pages.

I could strangle some of your critics who attempt to knock our magazine. Let them travel and see if they can see such things as names of streets, et cetera, when, to write stories, one must live in an inspired and romantic realm.

I have read the Argosy in such localities as England, British Columbia, Alberta, in the Yukon, in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and now Connecticut, and if there isn't an Argosy in heaven I won't stay there.

Keep up the good work, Mr. Editor; don't let anybody kid you at all. L. R.

P. S.—It is a deliberate falsehood to say "There ain't no Santa Claus," as long as the Argosy is delivered for a dime! Good luck.

I have been a reader of your Argosy since the days of the Cavalier, Railroad Man's Magazine, All-Story, et cetera, and I have not missed a copy. I like all your authors, and the fact that I never miss a copy puts me as a good judge of Argosy. A year ago I met with an injury to my spine and have been in three hospitals; seeing the authors discussed in the Reader's Viewpoint I made a canvass among the patients of the three hospitals who were all Argosy readers and I am sending you the results. (Question) If you could change the Argosy to suit yourself would you cut out all the Western stories? One hundred and eighty-three, yes; seventy-two, all but one a copy; fourteen, no, print more of them.

I talked with two hundred and sixty men and women in all classes of life. In closing will say you are doing fine as you are. I read all your stories; have no favorites. Wishing you and authors success, also my deepest tribute to the late Mr. Munsey, whom I met while in the U.S.N. T. F. O'B.