ONE PICTURE IS WORTH

A THOUSAND WORDS? Dear Friends:

The DER KREIS book of photos is beautiful. I'm sure there is nothing more beautiful than the male human form. I know that it would cost more, perhaps, to have the cover of the Magazine consist of a good photo instead of so many drawings, but I would like to see one more often.

I've been mad as a hatter ever since I read the letter from "A Straight Guy" (March, 1960). He is sick, and I do mean sick! Anyone who has no tolerance for the rights and beliefs of others is sick. I'd hate like the devil to trust him out with a sister of mine. I'll bet he would think it alright to rape every female he met, but a sin to be approached by a fellow who wanted the same thing in a decent way.

He has quite a task on his hands to "expose you all." Too bad he should live so long. We who he would expose have no intent to kill and cripple such as he has. Was it not Shakespeare who had one of his characters say, "Methinks he doth protest o'er much"? Mr. W.

Sirs:

Salt Lake City, Utah

Do you know where one can get nude pictures, or real spicy pornography? Also, a great many of my friends have hinted quite often that certain actors, actresses, TV performers, singers, etc., are Gay and in the limp-wrist set.

Being you are located on the Coast and I suppose you have representatives in New York near the entertainment industry, just how many of the rumors are false and how many of them proven conclusive?

Dear Sirs:

Mr. R.

Indiana

It is my recollection that in one of Havelock Ellis's books he remarked, "A reasonable amount of pornography is good for the people." Personally, having had much experience with both men and women, I never knew anything so silly as the idea that either can be seduced by pictures. The desire must be there first, though a liberal dose of alcohol may bring it out!

All the boys and a lot of the girls I know have seen all the pictures on the latrine walls and have at least pretty well understood them ever since they were six years old. Good photographs are only refined versions of the same thing, (The Kama-Sutra; works of Aretino) and have been cherished by the best people from time immemorial, as in Pompeii.

So I say "So, what?" to the Post Office Department "witch hunters," and, with Bunthorne, "Pooh, pooh to you."

Mr. B.

Washington, D. C.

HOW DULL YOU ARE

Dear Sir:

Very few of your issues excite my imagination, which is I believe the only object of such magazines. You can't go into complete details in any magazine article or any books advertised in your magazine. I could write more exciting stories than half the books you advertise, and in more detail, however, they would be too hot to be published.

Books are so watered down by censors that there's no kick in them. My past experiences would make anything in your magazine or books anticlimatic. They don't tell me anything I don't know. I must confess I find most of your reading matter dull and afraid to say outright what it really means. Your reading is just the same old stuff wrapped up in new window-dressing to look different each month. I bet even you get bored reading your own stories.

Reading is no substitute for living anyway, regardless of the direction-if you understand my point. Please send no advertisements.

Mr. N.

Dear Sirs and Mesdames:

New Hampshire

I am glad to be receiving your unique magazine again. Sorry, though, that it now. has a less sturdy cover and has shrunk somewhat. These economies have presumably been brought about by the shortage of advertisers. I am pleased, however, that my favorite feature "Tangents" still remains and my least favorite, that so-often-ghastly fiction is much less in evidence.

One news item from this side: the announcement that Peter Finch is playing Oscar Wilde in a forthcoming film has set many tongues wagging, for he is widely considered to be the straightest-looking guy in British films.

Mr. W.

Dundee, Scotland

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