Uncle Scott & Aunt Zelda (R L Jr #5)

The 1936 Princeton Yearbook featured a photograph of an unofficial student organization with a mystery title: L.O.L.A.
It stood for the "Loyal Order of Lardner Admirers."
Ring Lardner Jr., that is.
But it wasn't his father's name that led him to Princeton. It was his father's neighbor.

The idea of going to Princeton originated with Scott Fitzgerald who described its virtues to me when I was eight...He told us stories and performed card tricks for us. But it was Zelda who made the greater impression on me at that age. I have never seen a photograph that conveyed the beauty I saw in her or known another adult who said whatever came into her head without any discernible exercise of judgment.

-Ring Lardner Jr.

The author of I'd Hate Myself In The Morning was not the first Ring Lardner to have a special affection for Zelda Fitzgerald.





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