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celebrities and would be celebrities the chances were about 100 to 1 they'd never receive one word of appreciation, of if the story was unfavorable, one word of comment.
This advice has stood me in good stead all my life. I don't advocate using this idea as a gimmick, but fact up to it, if you are in public life, the newapeprman and now the TV or radio commentator or interviewer, gives your career a little impetus every time he mentions it. So a word to the writer is an investment in good will. As I think of it, I recall Bill quoting to me a famous saying attributed to the glamorous Lillian Russell, which was, "Talk good about me if you can, bad about me if you must, but for God's sake talk about me."
"Treat 'em right,' said Bill, "You'll find them a friend in deed as well as a friend in need."
It all began to listen well so I kept my tongue between my teeth and my ears wide open, I also had my mental jogging pad functioning full fashioned using all capitol letters.
"So ;you see," continued Bill, "You've got to learn not only to respect these men, but to appreciate them. Let me give you an example. Everyonêês talking nowadays about whether it's [[strikethrough]] possible to loop the loop. Let's say you go out to the desert and make seventeen loops. Unfortunately for you there isn't a newspaperman out there to write about it. What good does doing it do for you? Nothing?
"Well, I'd have the satisfaction of knowing I could do it. I could also choose my next staging area and do it where there was some press present to write about it.," I answered.
Poor Bill, he was almost lick by what he referred to as my 'obdurate stupidity.'
"Oh, for heaven's sake, Blanche. What in hell do you think I'm trying to teach you? Doing something then getting proper credit