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THE SIGN OF THE BOSS 157 modest error, said, Tve made a stupid mistake beyond all be- lief/' to which DeMille replied, "I've made some pretty bad ones myself." The salutary result of this confession in open court spread quickly, and as a painful but quick remedy, full admissions of guilt grew in popularity among staff members. DeMille could take eulogy in stride, but like most men of accomplishment he was sensitive to criticism. His doings in- spired a great many letters, a hundred favorable to one un- favorable. Few though they were, the critical letters were apt to slow down the operation, sometimes even bring it to a halt. In the summer of 1947 Kasper Monahan, the wise, affable drama editor of the Pittsburgh Press, visited the bungalow and spent the night with Mr, DeMille at Paradise, kter writing a series of three articles under the title, "The Fabulous Mr. DeMille." One was about Paradise, which the critic described as "a walled-off valley ruled by an absolute monarch... a wilderness domain where DeMille reigns as king... a Shangri-la echoing to the cry of mountain lions and the pop of champagne bottles," It turned out that the Press articles stirred a soul in Munhall, Pa. This particular reader was moved to criticism by Monahan's crisp references to Paradise, picked up his pen and wrote DeMille that such men as Tom Edison "did not see fit to wall themselves in," adding, No, Cecil, I am afraid that, stripped down, you are just a forked carrot like the rest of us — Jou, I fear, are a little man trying to look great. Why don't you try screening a play about a proud, selfish, narrow man with delu- sions about cheating nature and base it on your own life. Mr. DeMille called us into conference on how to handle the situation and dissipate whatever similar public sentiment was aroused by the Press articles. We called Monahan, who agreed to print the letter alongside whatever reply Mr. DeMille cared to make. After endless revisions of drafts, a reply was sent to the man in Mvmhall, and a copy to Monahan.