Nov. 25, 1960: Matt Weinstock checks in with John Cheever, who’s in Hollywood doing a treatment of D.H. Lawrence’s “The Lost Girl.” “If the short story, of which I am an enthusiastic addict, has any future, Cheever is one of those in whose hands it will rest,” Weinstock says.

CONFIDENTIAL TO HANK: Love cannot be preserved in alcohol. Get wise.

Nov. 24, 1960: Matt Weinstock has the amusing saga of a national anthem titled "The Salutation and March to His Highness the Sultan of Muscat and Oman" and the British admiralty’s attempt to obtain a fresh copy of the score. The story also appears in Time magazine. And the story appears here. I hope it’s true.

CONFIDENTIAL TO "WAITING TO BE PAID": Take a lesson from my Uncle Henry, who was a credit manager. He sent out a letter saying: "We have done more for you than your mother. SHE carried you for nine months — We've carried you for 12. Please remit!"

Also on the jump, a story headlined: “Arab-Israel Feuding Perils World Peace.”

Nov. 22, 1960: Several kind-hearted women in Arcadia have been saving the cellophane strips from cigarette packs in the belief that a pound of the strips could be exchanged for 48 hours in an iron lung for some needy person. Not so, Matt Weinstock says.

DEAR ABBY: If a girl has had quite a lot of experience with kissing and a fellow goes to kiss her, is she better off pretending she doesn't know what it's all about? Or should she just use what she knows and let him think the worst? Please answer before Saturday night.