Martini Story Tossed Wallis Into the Drink

I think I caught most of the names Paul Dean dropped in “The Perfect Martini Is All in the Way You Spin the Yarn” (June 23), but, I fumbled one and now just have to ask: Who the devil is “Wallace” Simpson? Do you wish subtly to reveal the real reason the duke and duchess of Windsor died childless? And if so, have you thought about selling their tale to the tabloids?

The perfect martini does exist, by the way, independent of any mythology. It requires only Tanqueray (no class consciousness here--”too popular,” indeed) kept in the freezer until it turns to syrup and poured into a classic, stemmed martini glass (also frozen) to which one then adds two pimiento-stuffed olives, speared on a single pick and marinated for at least five minutes in a shot glass of Martini & Rossi Dry.

JOHN SHAFFER DIBELKA

Spring Valley