He made national headlines by giving an interview while " sitting in a tub of hot water, soap in one hand, washrag in the other, and a cigar in his mouth . " The lack of recognition continued until " satisfactory evidence of improved conditions " was provided to the AAUP and the other institutions in 1932.
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She joined the staff of the newspaper in 1915, originally as a society columnist writing about tea parties and society events, but news was so slow she later admitted to making up some of her stories : " Somebody would say,'Who's that Mrs . T . Y . Washrag you've got in your column ?'And I would say,'Oh, you know, I don't think she's been here very long'".
