The Washington times., 1934-12-14

NOW
Buried Riches
Here Reburied
MAYBE" LISTS
BY HELEN ESSARY

By HELEN ESSAKH
The arrival Of another baby,
Or babies, is expected in the
Dionne family!
DR.. Dafoe didn't tell me this
when he was in town day be-
fore yesterday. But l heard it
from a reliable source.
A long while ago the gentle
man to whom I have the honor
to be married cast some bread
upon the waters, and there
floated back to him box Of
treasure. What irritates a lot
of us is that he insists on pre-
serving this treasure intact.
Age and original value have
now made it so precious that
probably it is the jewel of the
household.
Many years ago-although
both persons vince at the ad-
mission-the day of the Grid
iron dinner dawned, and a
friend of Arthur Krock'S came
to town from Kentucky. He
wanted to attend the function,
and the (then) young cores
pondent of the Courier-Journal
had exhausted his guest list.
So he appealed to his friend,
my husband.
! Late on the day of the din
ner the latter gentleman found
a way out of the dilemma
vacant seat. The Kentuckian
attended, happy and caretree,
thanked everyone concerned
prettily, and vanished into the
Dark and Bloody Ground.
A week later a box was de.
livered to the benefactor's Of
flee. It contained four bottles
of a commodity then freely in
circulation and valued perhaps
less by the recipient than by
most people Cat least, he says
So).
He bestowed two of the bot.
ties on office associates and
brought two home. I don't yet
know where he hides them but
the other night he produced
this store for exhibition, where
upon Mr.. Krock, Mrs. Krock,
and Mr.. Paul Fitzpatrick turned
pale with envy and surprise.
They exclaimed:
"Great heavens, man! Tor
words to that effect. Can that
be PendenniS Club BOOne'S
Knoll 1909? That means it
was 20 years in the wood. has.
been rs years in the bottle, is
12O proof. smooth as baby'S
skin, and worth hundreds OF
dollars a bottle"
81 know it," the owner mo.
destly replied: Judge Bing-
ham, now the Ambassador to
Great Britain, told me in 1928
that it was worth whatever
anyone chose to offer for tin
hundreds-since there is no
more in existence"
So saying, he tenderly re-
stored the bottle-he has an
other also, the wretch-to its
gold-foil wrapping and returned
it to its hiding-place, mutter.
ing something about sharing 1t
with a few choice friends when
a certain important wedding
takes place.
For the rest OF the evening
three guests never lost the wiSt-
full, hungry look which ap'
peared on their faces when
the treasure was borne away.
Mrs. Mary Rumsey, whose
illness is so distressing to her
hundreds of friends, would have
been out of danger long ago,
so I understand, if the at
tempted blood transfusionS
had been successful.
In most cases the type OF
blood for TRANSMISSION is indi-
Gated by test of the patients
blood. The test failed with
Mrs. Rumsey. She was made
weaker rather than stronger
by each TRANSMISSION. The in.
ability to find the right type OF
blood has made her condition
serious.
Mary RumSey has always been
a plucky person, When she was
brought into the hospital, ter
ribly weak and suffering an.
guish from half a dozen broken
bones resulting from the fall
from her horse in Middleburg,
she said:
Don't blame the horse for
the accident. 1t was my fault.
/ rode him badly"
Juvenile Christmas lists dis
covered in my family:
One is labeled: my Real
List"
The other is called: my
Maybe List"
But what is a Maybe List" I
asked. Elene said:
"a Maybe List is the list of
the people I'll send presents to
if 1 have any money left after
I've got things for people /
really like"
Here and There:
The MiniSter.Counselor of the
British Embassy, Mr.. F. D. G.
Osborne, is a student diplo-
mat. Only with the greatest
persuasion can he be got to a
party.
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson is al