The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-10-05
BY RING LARDNER

NEW YORK Oct 4-Well friends,
you can imagine my surprise and hor-
hor when I found out tonight that the
impression had got around some way
another that as soon as this series
was over 7 was planning to buy a ex-
pensive fur coat for my Mrs. and put
a lot Of money into same and buy
coat that would prabably run up into
hundreds and hundreds of dollars. Well
II did not mean to give no such KIND
Of impression and I certainly hope
that my little article was not read that
way by everybody especially around
my little home because i'll first place
II am not sucker enough to invest
hundreds and hundreds of dollars IN
garment which the chances are that
the Mrs will not wear 1t more than
a couple Of times all winter.
| AS the way it looks now we are libel
to have the most openest winter IN his
, tory and If women folks should walk
along the streets In expensive fur coats
in the kind Of weather which 1t looks
like we are going to have, why they
wouId only be laughed at and any way
! d
LOT better time in winter staying nome
and reading a good book, or maybe
have q few friends in to play brloge'
Further and more I met man at
sunper last night that has been III tile
fir business and this man says Ina
thew are a great many furs IN tnis
,,-o,,Id which is reasonable priced thaI
tLas po+ much warmth in them as hlSh
n,icad fI1rs and looks a great deal Oet-
"a. 4o,, instance he says that man IS
= smoker TO invest thousands anu
thousands Of dollars In expensive Lul
like Erminie, Muleskin, Squlrrel enlI
land Kerensky when for a hunureo "o4
liars AR not even that much' why lh"N
oan h,1v a owl skin or MORSE eN'1
weasel skin garment that LOOKS Inv
,..o dough and practically prostrates
.,,o with the heat when they wear
them. ,,,,11 nut q
,,io+,s nm the silly rumor that L am
Manning to plunge in the 1ur ma ne -. :
-,,l sa that my Mrs. Is dressed l"
,-,o,.,,, a gtyie as she has peeh "c
% to,,,od to but neither her nor 1s
,-I,,d that likes to make q Dls
'no N- on I'm and down 9Th Ave
cwe,+erine In q 500 hog skin sarillen,
=, or6er SO as people Will urn atou',e -
and gap at us. Live anu 4eO
my slocum' oo+ anisode and
: ~ hear no more about 1t ana WI
> Ie' ~ with my article wnlch
n,vst lrU apologize for 1t not neins E0L -
, lnI o,.d the reason is on account ~
80. very nervous after our ht'Ie i4U'
. IVA Polo grounds to Park NJ"
= - o- INV Intentions to take THIS u Il
.,,hxpsv. but while Wallng aci oe'
i IN 'lcu tto,d after the game had run lnt'
, t,ie ttaI,, after the game / run 'n''
. Izzv Ka Plan, the photosl0p, so-,,r
w. savs I would like TO rue uo",
-, car which him ana ms D.,
had r,red. so I and Grantlalu ~, G
- and we hadn't sooner
so' ,vhen one of our fellow pan
saws that we ought 10 oeo'
: ,.t7 +haro coming up. 1--WE maoe 'h'
, w.. from Park Row in "a minutes ~
? "ond our driver said he was soi'
:, ,oo+ that record on the return u !,
" os<ad them what held them oae'
I,ng I'M and one OF them salo Ina
p, 49, ariver had kept peeling ana cav
'n bananas all the way and that n
ala not drive so gooo "hen ..sas 49, tina
ra,de was off the wheel. BesloeS .i'.'
.xo,, had ran into guy ana h"0
nt+ +,1 the ambulance come an
",o1,od him up. Well friends WI
pt. o+ NV to describe our flight only
+nst we did not beat the recor
| nnt m ties It and the lack Of banana I1
didn't prevent our hero from driVin
Ii -. his hands off the wheel as h