Paul V. Coates -- Confidential File, Aug. 1, 1959

Confidential File Mash Notes and Comments "Dear Mr. Coates: "You are my court of last resort. I've tried everything but my mind will not rest. "On June 12, we went into a pet shop in Inglewood, as a friend of mine told me they had a 2-month-old bobcat kitten for sale for $75. She knew we had been watching for one. "I first phoned the pet shop and the owner told me this was so. So when my husband came home from work we went right over to purchase the kitten. There was a large sign on the cage: FOR SALE, 2-month-old BOB CAT, $75 (male). "So when my husband wanted to buy it and take it home, the owner said he'd like to clean it up a bit and keep it for a few days for attraction. "In a week's time we figured we could bring it home. Although he marked it sold for us, we had not completed the deal as he wanted to hold it a while. "Now he still wants the bobcat, which is almost 4 months old. "Expecting to get the kitten, we built a large yard for it in the middle of our back yard over a large hill with caves in it that my husband had built in our desert-style back yard. "We even voted on a name for him and waited for the day we could bring him home. "I just can't tell the boys. It's final and we will never get the kitten. "We've tried all over to get another male bobcat to replace this one, but no one has one. "My children and my husband I just feel terrible." (signed Mrs. J.S., Inglewood      -- You feel terrible? I bet your neighbors are heartbroken. (Press Release) "NEW YORK, N.Y. -- The ever anonymous, always unacknowledged 'ghost' finally gets his due in the new issue of Cosmopolitan magazine. "The article points out that the richer a ghost writer gets, the more his invisibility torments him. "Perhaps the most famous ghost of modern days is Gerold Frank, who has penned such stories as 'The Beloved Infidel' and 'To Much, To Soon.' "Frank is currently at work on 'The Zsa Zsa Gabor Story.' He will split the profits fifty-fifty." (signed) Publicity Dept., Hearst Magazines, New York City.       -- At to bucks a copy, the too of them will be well on the road two riches. :: "Dear Paul, "I sure wish you would put this answer to Mrs. R.J. who hates chorus girls, in your column so she can see it. "She has her mind confused with yours. She is the trashy kind. You are a very intellectual type and what you say is the truth, even though it hurts sometimes. "A policeman is no different than a civilian. He is just as human. Those chorus girls are all right. Everybody makes an honest living in their own rights. "Some girls that are not chorus girls can be unrespectable. Mrs. R.J. probably weighs one pound less than an elephant and is sore about it. "Maybe she robs her husband's trousers while he is asleep, or she is definitely angry that she couldn't meet up with a policeman when she got married. "Boy, is she jealous of those young folks and she sure shows it. "She is only jealous because she couldn't reach the stage. If she had the opportunity to be a chorus girl, she'd jump at the conclusion." (signed) A Respectable Chorus Girl, Los Angeles.     -- You must be a Goldwyn Girl.