of Philadelphia complaining that her breasts had continued to grow to their present monstrous size (photo enclosed, showing unbelievable mammaries) and that I had to do something to stop it. I wrote back, telling her to come in for an antidote shot, warning her not to smoke pot because it reacts with the Silastic to form an unusual growth hormone. The letter came back, "No such address." The photo, I later discovered, was cleverly mounted to look like a Polaroid, but actually was a ckip from a skin magazine. Mess said later that she felt I'd eventually smell a rat but concocting the letter had been such fun. Books edited The Mademoiselle Handbook: for the Girl With a Job and a Future, Hamman, Mary and the Editors of Mademoiselle. Whittlesey House., New York, 1946. Picture Cookbook by the Editors of LIFE, first published 1958, with second and third editions in 1959 and 1960. References American humorists American magazine editors Writers from New York City Writers from Baltimore 1907 births 1984 deaths Women humorists 20th-century American women writers 20th-century American non-fiction writers American women non-fiction writers Women magazine editors