| Show V reary peary and family dug out of a drift ar W ME commander robert washington E peary U A N who sledded to the north pole and back about a year after dr cook of brooklyn mado made the trip on the imagination limited had an arctic experience a few nights ago within miles ot of washington that was almost as bad in so some me respects as anything ho experienced in latitude 90 or thereabouts As a result of the unique adventure the explorer was inconvenienced for sei several dayt days 1 I ab nod sure he told a friend bud I 1 I 1 toog gold by doze id all dubbed ab aided aid id siddy bound tor for dinner party commander peary mrs peary and mrs peares sister were on their way jo fo keep an eight dinner engagement at the country homo home ralph P barnard son in of it job barnard of the supreme court 0 orthe district of columbia the taxicab in which they were riding skidded bucket bucked a couple of times and hopped off the roa dinto a six six foot snowdrift the chauffeur managed t to keep his seat but the peares involuntary assembled in one corner of the vehicle whereupon ou the commander although in evening garb and wearing low cut patent leathers started off across country in the direction of the nearest light the next day he intimated in nasal tones that it w was as one of the meanest trips he ever made ho he plowed and wallowed through drifts of snow that sometimes reached his knees sometimes his vest and on one memora memorable blO oce occasion aslon his shoulders the explorer knocked at several doors before he arrived at the hospitable homo home of mr air barnaro the work of digging out the jhb taxicab took more than an hour and tho the peares and the other guests sat down to a dried up eight dinner at halt half past ten |
