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World War I. He was in the Lost Battalion. And he acted like a general. He would designate things. He never did much himself. He always thought that he worked very hard, but he really didn't. But he was a great gentleman, and we were very, very happy with him.

When Klopfer went off to the Army then, Haas was still there, Saxe Commins was there...

Yes, Haas was still there.

One of the terrible things that happened during the War.... Bob Haas had one son who became a pilot and was killed in action. I don't think Bob ever got over this.

But Donald Klopfer went off and became a major in the Air Force. That left me with Haas to run the business.

Did the war affect the business at all?

We prospered.

You did?

Oh, yes. We prospered. The Modern Library was sailing along in those days. Paperbacks still hadn't taken hold. Then war books started coming out.

Now your book on humor is one that I want to...