Mr. Lanham Revisited: Oct. 14, 1926

A bit more about the talented violinist Helen Dean Rhodes

Mr. Lanham said he was late getting to work today, too late, he wrote, to sweep the floor. (Goodness! Couldn’t they find someone who didn’t have a law degree to do something so menial?) “Business gradually falling off, but was over $400 again today,” he wrote. That’s about $7,700 in current dollars.

He was focused again on his civic duties, including wri…