[78-L] Kate Smith stamp

[Julian Vein]

l78rpm at aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 1/8/10 11:07:12 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
> lherault at bu.edu writes:
> 
> Kate was  routinely kidded about her size/weight if the musical shorts I've
> seen with  her are any indication.
> Has anyone reflected on how she may have dealt with this  personally?   To 
> be known and "beloved" by millions as a public  figure, and to be, 
> simultaneously, the object of constant derision?  
>  
> And now her image will be placed on a United States postage stamp --- a  
> remarkable honor. And the fat jokes continue.
>  
> pc
> 
> _______________________________________________
Strange, Mildred Bailey never suffered that indignity, except as I 
recall some banter with Chubby Jackson.

      Julian Vein


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