ing as it reached skyward in modernistic stepped- in design. 
Still uncomprehending, we were led inside it, and found that 
it was a memorial to My r i am Stef ford, the American aviatrix. who 
crashed on this very spot three or four years ago. Lighting- 
matches to- see * the- way, we went down a flight of marble steps and 
f ound ourselves in a pitch-black room, lined with black marble , 
and off it an alcove , also of black marble , where the girl her- 
self is buri ed . XhExxaiot jtKgpra& Carved in the marble at her 
feet is a curse on the man who defiles this tomb, and the story 
is that her jewels are buried with her. Hear by is part of the 
broken airplane wing. This awe-inspiring memorial, thi s Taj 
Mahal of South America, was erected by her Italo-Argentine hus- 
band, in memory of her and in hope that, with its high-burning 
beacon, no o ther aviator might lose his life on this spot • 
Back at the hotel, Mr. andMrs. Farre came to tea. Farre 
is a young Spanish newspaper man, married to an American girl 
who teaches English in Cordoba. 
About seven o * clock, while we were still sitting in the ho tel 
lounge, I smelled a curiously strong smell of dust. Wondering 
about it, I turned to look out the window, and saw that the plaza 
was simply blotted out in a yellow fog of dust. Trees were bent 
nearly double in the wind, and people scurried a.long with hand- 
kerchief s over their noses. Electric lights in the hotel went 
out , and the storm raged for a couple of hours. It had let up 
a little by the time we left to catch our train, but the air was 
still full of it, and we felt choked and miserable. 
Farre, Bosch, Pereya and Martinez were all down at the train 
to see us off. They had been so friendly we really hated to 
say good-bye to them, especially to Martinez. 
May 11 - B. A . 
I was taken violently ill in the night, and had all I could 
do to get to the City Hotel and into bed. Bill called up Monnett 
who recommended their doctor, and he « came to see me. The attack 
seemed so much like appendicitis that we were all scared, but 
as I stayed in bed, and had nothing but tea to drink, 1 began to 
feel better. 
May 12 - 15 
Spent all Friday in bed, and Saturday afternoon went out to 
the Davises. Dr, Brinkman has put me on much the same diet Pearl 
is on, and by eating very little end resting a, lot 1 think I’ll 
be all right. 
May 14 - B. A . 
Went to chiirch in the morning and to the Zoo in the afternoon. 
It was interesting to see the tremendous crowds at the &00 on ounday. 
People were simply scrambling and shoving to buy the 10-centavo 
