Show ALL FOR THE SAKE OF BETSY when col J J S atto astor jeopardized his yacht and passengers passenger for a dog some years ago col J J astor and his yacht Nour mahal and his son eon vincent were reported lost at sea the now new york correspondent of the cincinnati times star recalls every one got excited about it especially in new york newspaper offices it was waa a new york newspaper you may remember which ran this headline over the story of the wreck of the titanic col john jacob astor lost at sea two thousand others also drowned the astor part of the headline was in very large pink letters and the rest was comparatively modest type when the Nour mahal was waa reported lost the papers began to talk about sending out searching expeditions the government dispatched a cruiser to search for astor now richard barry tells the story of that episode for the first time astor was waa very fond of his pet dog says barry the pet dog hated the sea the second day out on the cruise the dog began to mope astor told the captain of the yacht to point her nose for shore share ill take taka betsy off and give her a run said the master of millions they landed that day on the carolina shore and betsy got her run mn but one run enough tor for her bar each csach day as they voyaged south betsy betsie was waa taken on land to stretch her logo finally they were off the honduras Tron duras coast and betsy began to howl how for a frolic the captain protested that the coast line was insufficiently charted and that the nourma hal bal was in danger of being wrecked it if he be was obliged to run in too near no matter said astor aster betsy happy so they put in and shelved the Nour mahal on A rock and every one north of panama became violently excited because it possible to hear from the astora and it cost the yacht owner a good many dollars to got get her ber om 0 but he care ile ho was fond of betsy and betsy had her run |