The Washington times., 1936-04-30
NOW
Cocktail Should
Boom Betting
TSO. K, GIRLS!
nv HELEN ESSARY

sentative from Maryland, mas JUS
picked the PreakneSs cocktail tc
stimulate tagging bettors durine
the PreaknesS race week in BaltI
more, May 1915. The choice
made with the assistance Of five
worthy Baltimore ladies and gen
tlemen. who had jud ciously
slipped eight sample cocktails, CALI
for:
Two parts Maryland rye
One part French VermOuth
One twist Of lemon peel
Two daShes Of BenedictinO
One dash Peychaud bitterS.
It would seem to q person from
the Washington sticks that even
20-to-1 shots could be riSked joy
fully after such encouragement.
Stop worrying, GOV ernment
girls!
A remorseful lady correspondent
rushes to ask our assistance in
righting q wicked rumor. The
lady says she has unconSc1ously
caused much mental suffering
among her coworkers and thur
tells her story:
"The girls in . certain part
Of the Munitions Building are
running for cover because Of .
funny rumOr that spread around
here during the past week. A
married woman was said to
have been seen standing on top
Of q desk, spying with q pair
Of field glasses on someone In
the opposite window Of this
building.
''It was believed that she was
looking for her husband who
was too friendly with another
woman. think Of that!)
'The people who saw and
heard about the spying woman
said she was likely crazy; that
she carried q gun; that she
should be locked up in q Sani-
tarium, and that the clerks
should be very careful and ready
to dodge her stray shots. Every.
body got into an awful state Of
mind.
"All Of this shows you how
absurd rumOrS are, and how
they can grow and grow until
they become serious. This story
is ridiculous to me because /
am unintentiOnally responsible
for it.
zone afternoon I was pass
ing through q certain bay Of
our building after office hours
ON my way home when I heard
. bli1np flying overhead. I de-
cided to see IL I could read the
lettering on the blimp with
opera glasses that I had In my
bag. ... ..- :,
81 went over to the window
which was behind some tail
files and tried to sight the
blimp. I climbed up on a table,
which admit was very un-
dignified, but no one was there
at that time.
"AS / couldn't yet see the
blimp I moved up further to q
ladder which was leaning
against some even taller files.
While / was standing on the
ladder / did notice that two
women and a man appeared
at different times at windows
in the opposite wing
II vaguely suspected that
they were wondering what I
was doing there. But honestly,
at the time, it never occurred
to me that my conduct was
irregular. I was just satisfy
ing my curiosity as to how
strong my glasses were.
$50 much has been said since
then by the people in the build
ing about the woman with the
spy glass and the gum that I'm
afraid to m axe my identity
known and explain the simple
cause for all this anxiety.
please run my story in your
column. Some of the fright
ened girls may read it. 1t may
quiet their nerves and let them
get back to work again with
out fear of shots, murders, or
any other disaster. / might
add, also, that those girls who
have guilty cOnsciences might
then go back to their daily
habits, because their lives are
not in danger. That is, as far
as / am concerned.
(Signed) amused"
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