It being Thurber Thursday here on the Spill, I wondered this morning what was going on Thurber-wise in The New Yorker back in, say, the 1930s, around this time of year. Not too surprising was what I came across while looking through the issue dated March 4, 1933, exactly 88 years ago today. Thurber was all over the magazine, from The Goings On About Town section with this charming spot drawing:
to a full page French Line ad:
to a classic Thurber drawing:
and finally, this Thurber piece:
