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Miss Mary van Renssalaer Cogswell, plump, blonde Manhattan socialite, accompanied by tall, brunette Mrs. Mabel Satterlee Ingalls, niece of John Pierpont Morgan, managed to enter Soviet Russia last month without a visa. Last week she got out of Bolshevikland without even a passport, sold to Hearst papers the romping diary of her exploits, then spilled her story all over again to every correspondent who would listen. Young men-about-Manhattan sighed. They know "Molly" Cogswell. Acutely they sympathized with Bolshevik males who were unable to withstand her high, burbling, husky wheedle...
Miss Cogswell and her "Mabel" (Mrs. Ingalls) were in Berlin when a party of 99 U. S. notables passed through en route to Moscow on a tour arranged by the American-Russian Chamber of Commerce. Next day Socialite Cogswell and Morgan-Niece Ingalls decided that they wanted to tour Russia too, hopped onto a sleeping car to catch up and join the U. S. party...
Russian frontier guards discovered that chubby Molly Cogswell had no Russian visa on her passport. She, resourceful, wept slightly (to the huge embarrassment of stalwart Mabel Ingalls), timidly proffered her visiting card. The frontier guards relented...
Passed a fortnight. Early last week Molly and Mabel turned up in Moscow, penniless, disheveled, wearing borrowed clothing. With quiet dignity, Morgan-Niece Ingalls remained in the background Said Molly Cogswell...
...hired a motor bus for $75. It was too expensive for us so we picked up passengers and collected $38 in fares. We charged extra for all bundles though the Caucasians kicked. One young man said he had heart failure and wanted to ride on the front seat, but Mabel and I chucked...