Putnam patriot., 1919-11-28
WHOSE IS WHOSE
 IN AUTO ROBES
Dramatic Situation Turns to Light Comedy When Blankets
 Get Mixed Up
Enter Little Mir. Fix-It and Matter Is
 Adjusted

I A little two-aet playlet in real life was staged on our busy Main street last Saturday It was matinee per formanee with four characters, in- cluding two reputable citizens of the Nutmeg state, one respectable citizen of Little Rhody and John Bulger in his seven-day-a-week role of captain of the Putnam police force. The prop critics consisted of two automobiles and two automobile robes and it was a mix-up in the robes that furnished the plot.
 Two cars, one bearing Rhode Is- land registration and the other Con- necticut registration, stood side by side in front of local store. When the Rhode Island owner stepped from his car he took out robe and laid it over the hood for protection to his en- zine. When he returned to the car the foue ndu uiSdppcdteu.
 Enter Captain Bulger-The auto- ist told the captain that his robe had been stolen while he was doing some shopping The captain took descrip- tion of the robe and had it all down in his little book for future reference if he should happen to see such robe on his beat.
 Before leaving the scene the cap tain decided he would look around in the immediate vicinity and see what he should see He stepped over to the Connecticut car and there, neatly folded, he saw robe. He asked the | excited Rhode Islander if perchance the robe in the other auto was his and after superficial examination the man exclaimed, Eureka" n Along comes the owner of the Con necticut car and when he was asked how it was that the Rhode Island robe was in his Connecticut car he became very indignant, saying that the robe was his property and was purchased with his own cash.
 The Rhode Island man then told the policeman that he had cut open his blanket and sewed his name in it and then sewed the cut up again. He of- fered to pay any damage in cutting the robe to find the name providing the name was not found as he assured the captain it would be.
 Getting more and more indignant the Connecticut citizen said that no one should cut his robe. The captain thought differently and pocket knife was produced and slit made and there. just as he said, was the Rhode Island mans name. Circumstantial evidence was piling up, fast and things looked blue for the Connecticut man. The captain wanted to know how the l robe came in the Connecticut mans machine but the Connecticut man con- tinued his assertion that the robe was his property As the captain began to finger his nickel plated cuffs up came friend and companion of the Con- necticut man and wanted to know what all of the fuss was about When the situation was disclosed to him he partially solved the problem.
 This last character to appear told the three already on stage that he had returned to the car and seeing a robe lying between the two machines recognized it as one belonging to his friend so picked it up and put it in the front seat of the Connecticut car.
 This complicated matters the more, as now there were two Connecticut men identifying the robe as belonging to the Connecticut car, but how could the appearance of the Rhode Island mans name in the inside of a onnec- ticut robe be accounted for.
 It was suggested that the Connecti- cut man look in the back of his car and see what other mysteries might be hiding there. He opened the door and pulled out robe. There it was, the same color, the same make, ap- bearing, and in fact was, identical with the robe in dispute that had the Rhode Island mans name in it. It developed that each had bought the same kind and make of robe and each had paid the same price for 1t, al- though one had been purchased in Connecticut and the other in Rhode Island.
 On account of the drouth there were no health's drunk after matters had been satisfactorily explained. There was no ceremony beyond hearty hand shake all round.