Arts and Manners

Sad Thoughts on a Happy Birthday

Pollyanna, the other day, had a ball. Her date was General David Sarnoff, and the occasion was NBC’s thirtieth anniversary. Pollyanna had never had so much fun. She trilled, in sheer bel canto, even such bits of the multiplication table as this: “Today more people are watching more television over more stations more hours every day in the week than ever before.”