A tour of inspection to Simesite’s editorial office

By Morton Bryer (special envoyé from Norwalk)

St. Paddie’s Day in old Madrid! I couldn’t resist the idea of taking a trip to swinging Madrid in late February to soak up some Spanish culture, to gas, gossip and hit some pubs and grubberies with Senor Besas, but more importantly to check out the modus operandi of the editorial office of Simesite. There had been rumors about some irregularities, of how the editor didn’t get to work till 10 or 11 a.m., or how he was wont to stray from the path of total commitment and instead take long walks in the park and sip wine in cafes, or spend hours on the Internet exchanging gossip and questionable political opinions with some of his cronies.
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Feline Felicity

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by MURIEL PAGAN 

How many of you remember Morris, Variety’s orange tabby cat? Morris was Variety’s mouser. He spent his nights on the fifth floor of 154 West 46th St., trying to do his job. He may even have caught an occasional mouse, such as the one that got away from Norma (see Keith Keller’s story on Simesite or in the Souvenir Album).
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