The Washington times., 1934-11-29

OF course. they blamed it on
the printer who never is listed
in the Register because his an
cesterS, it appears while Of good
honest stock, could never quite
handle a lorgnette or a snuff
box with the proper, shall we
say, eclat! But they got even
with Mrs. Saportas in the 1885
Register-they dropped her
name entirely! Perhaps, because
she moved from the East Side to
the west Side.
The former Mrs. James Hast
ingS SnOwden was elimins ted,
too, because, presumably, sb> is
now the wife Of Rob- John
son, who was once the husband
Of the lady who was UnDe the
wife of Mr.. Carl Fisher, Of
Miami Beach. That is why they
dropped the woman who was
once the wife of James Hastings
SnOwden, If you follow me at
all through your yawns.
Cornelia Price, of the much
too ultra William A. Primes, is
out too, and SerDe her 1Uell-dolOn
right, too, for she Went oft and
married Nelson EUerett-the
Nelson Everett OF the "trackS,"
you know. Charlotte (Chottte)
Melburn finds herself out in
the cold, too-"pickled" by the
S. r. arbiters because she tell
IN loUe and Wed young Mr..
Hugh Pickering. There is also
some to do about Goblin
Wright being dropped-but she
has some minor or major con-
ISOLATION. Her former spouse,
William May Wright, is out,
too. He committed the social
tGur pas in 1Dedding his Stenog-
rGpher.
HoweUer, the Sobols Dere not
dropped. The SobolS, it Gp-
pears upon a thorough inUeStt-
cation, Dere neUer in!
Columns Wander
Dear Mr.. Sobol: If this
reaches you personally I am
sure it will interest you for it
is the story of the most inter
esting life any column of yours
has ever experienced. This one
saved my life. For six years
I've bummed around the world
after being dropped from COL
lege. In December, 1882. I
was in Argentina in the employ
of a Would-be revolutioniSt,
Lieut.. Col. Cattaneo, of Argen-
tine army. We plotted to do
away with President Justo but
someone gummed up the works
and Cattaneo was captured and
confessed. Twenty belated revo-
lutionistS, including myself, fled
from Buenos Aires to Bragado
and remained in hiding until
March.
We left BuenOs Aires and
needing equipment, we raided a
ranch, stealing horses, food,
ammunition and a medicine
chest. Things had not cooled
down as we expected and we
were stopped by federals. They
besieged us for four days and
most of my men were wounded.
used up all the bandage for
their wounds.
That night I took t1Do men
tUith me and escaped, but alas!
My t1Uo friends 1Dere shot do1Dn
and / wGs 1Dounded in the left
lea. I had no time to tend to
the Mound. Putting mileage
between myself and my pur-
Suers wGs my first thought.
The Mound 1Oas pretty bad and
I could ride no longer. /
stopped to tir it but / had no
bandage, not eUen shirt or
underweGr. opened the medl'
cine kit we had stolen from the
ranch and found a newspaper
stuffed in the bottom as a
padding for the bottles. I
soaked it in alcohol, wrapped 1t
around my leg and tied 1t D1th
q boot lace. / reached hoSpt-
tdlity, the Mound 1OaS tended to,
and / kept part OF the paper.
The part / kept is the page
With your column.
You will find this column en-
closed in this letter. Don't mind
the stains. I doubt if they are
blood-probably medicine and
must mostly. God knows how
the paper reached Argentina
unless the medicine kit came
from New York. F. ]. B.
Fragment Enclosed
Only a fragment of the col
umn is enclosed. Dirty, grease
grimed and a bit blOtch of what
appears to be blood. Ironically
enough, this latter stain covers
paragraph which starts "At the
elabOrately appointed Casa La
Blanca, Friday night ). Bert
Lahr enters 1 didn't have
time to put on my evening
rags" he explains nervOusly -.
"The Casa Blanca. Not long
after this column must have
been written, Larry Fay was
shot down and killed in the
lobby of the CaSa-Only few
weeks after its opening and re-
naming; it had been the Ma