WE'VE

MOVED!!

WE HAVE A NEW HOME!

AS YOU KNOW, SAN FRANCISCO IS WORLD FAMOUS. AND MARKET STREET IN SAN FRANCISCO IS KNOWN FROM THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE TO PISMO BEACH. WE HAVE BEEN PLAGUED BY OUR FOREIGN CORRESPONDENTS IN NEW DELHI AND PARIS SUBTLEY MENTIONING AND BLUNTLY POINTING OUT THAT IT WOULD BE VERY CHIC TO HAVE A MARKET STREET ADDRESS.

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AFTER A GREAT DEAL OF CONFERENCING AND COIN-FLIPPING THE BOARD TOOK THE MATTER UNDER SERIOUS CONSIDERATION AND WE DO HAVE A NEW HOME: SUITE 108, 1232 MARKET STREET, SAN FRANCISCO 2. WE EVEN HAVE A NEW PHONE NUMBER: UNDERHILL (NOT SUBVERSIVE, REALLY) 3-8196.

TRADITION AND PRECEDENCE BEING WHAT THEY ARE WE SHAN'T CHANGE OUR WAYS. THE NATIONAL OFFICE WILL STILL BE OPEN ON TUESDAY AND THURSDAY EVENINGS (AS WELL AS VARIOUS OTHER TIMES WHEN THE COMERADESKIP OF AN UNFINISHED TASK OR DIRTY WORK-PROJECT BRINGS PEOPLE TOGETHER).

AND BE REASSURED ALL YOU WHO ARE WONDERING WHERE TO SEND YOUR FOUR BUCKS TO RENEW YOUR LADDER SUBSCRIPTION. WE ARE RIGHT HERE ON MARKET STREET TOO. AND, FOR THOSE LITERATE MEMBERS, DITTO FOR THE DOB BOOK SERVICE AND THE SAN FRANCISCO CHAPTER LIBRARY.

LOS ANGELES TOO!

NOW IF YOU HAPPEN TO BE DOWN LOS ANGELES WAY AND FEEL THIS MIGHT BE A BIT TOO FAR TO COME, YOU MIGHT TRY THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE LOS ANGELES CHAPTER (YES, THEY HAVE A NEW HOME TOO!) at 527 HAZEL STREET (NOW WOULDN'T YOU KNOW IT WOULD BE HAZEL STREET AND NOT RICHARD ROAD) IN GLENDALE.

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A READER QUERIED IN THE FEBRUARY ISSUE THE ANTECEDENTS OF "IN THE TWILIGHT", A TRANSLATION BY ABIGAIL SANFORD OF A STORY BY MARCEL PROUST WHICH APPEARED IN THE DECEMBER LADDER. THIS WAS THE FIRST TRANSLATION INTO ENGLISH OF THE STORY WHICH PROUST PUBLISHED IN 1893. IT IS NOT WELL KNOWN IN FRANCE, AND IS INDEED HIGHLY SYMPATHETIC. ONE OR TWO OF PROUST'S BIOGRAPHERS REFER TO ITS VERY OUTSPOKEN DEFENSE COMPARED TO HIS LATER WORK.