from grandmother West's scrapbook Barry West Eleanor Powell Writes to "Jimmie" Sort of like from one member of the profession to another, and also understood to be from one bed of illness to another, came an autographed photograph Friday which brightened the heart of one Behtany boy past ever being forgotten. The photograph came from Eleanor Powell, motion picture star, and acknowledged leading woman tap dancer of the United States to James Hampton (Jim Miller son of Dr. and Mrs. G. A. Miller) who is spending a year in bed to correct a heart lesion. The picture was one of four and three-eights inches. On the side was written: "To 'Jimmie.' Best wished always, Eleanor Powell." It came as a surprise to the boy who has spent more than six long months in bed. He did not know until that moment that Eleanor Powell, noted dancer, ever had heard of James Hampton Miller, who was achieving a reputation about his home town as a tap dancer until he was compelled because of his heart, to undergo extreme quiet. The photograph came from Tuckahoe, N. Y. It has been heard here that Miss Powell has suffered a nervous breakdown from overwork and that she is being compelled to take a rest at Tuckahoe. There are two theories about how Miss Powell may have heard of James Hampton. One concerns Tom Alley, who visited James a short time ago before going back to the east and to Canada. He also has a son who is a tap dancer, and who has danced on New York stages. It is believed they may know Miss Powell and told her of the Bethany boy tap dancer who is in bed for a long time. The other theory is that Harry Hoyt, professional dancer who taught James Hampton, may have told Miss Powell of him. Whatever the answer, a boy has been made happy. Jimmie is doing well in bed, and now is being propped up just a little. He is picking up in weight and has the suspicion of a double chin. His prized photograph is being framed so that it can stand where he can see it at anytime. Behtan Republican-Clipper