In a message dated 98-04-13 13:40:02 EDT, you write: << Why does he make so large use of the word "old": old Phoebe, old Maurice, old cap and the like? >> Doesn't this come directly from Gatsby? I think holden says something like, " i just love all that old sport stuff" Salinger paying homage to Fitzgerald, was what I always took it as. Isn't there a passage where he references both Ring Lardner and Fitzgerald in relation to DB? I can't find it, and my JD interest resides with those snotty Glass kids anyway ( that's a playful jab for you Brendan) So my copy of Catcher is not underlined or marked in anyway. Now if anyone needs an inventory of the Glass family medicine cabinet.... Robert