The Washington herald., 1919-04-06
Illustrated BY ALBERT LEVERING

1 "T don't blame him." Abe COM
mented.
Later on the Polish National Com
mittee called on Mr.. Wilson and was
shown into the parlor before the
butler had a chance to put the slip
covers on the furniture" Morris con-
tinued, "and that very evening Murat
went around saying that IL France
Vas going to have to police the cor
ridOr through West Prussia TO
Dantzig. he was against articles four
teen to twenty both inclusive of the
League Constitution. and where could
he find a good dry-cleaner."
That don't surprise me neither" "
Abe remarked.
But it wasn't till the Presidents S
body-guard of Secret Service men had
an all-night stud poker session in the
yellow guest room. that he actually
made speeches against the League OF
Nations" Morris went on, land at
that, the room will never look the
same again"
Next White House Tenant.
Il wonder IL there amt some kind
| OF property damage insurance that
he could have took out against thing
happening like thst?" Abe speculated
! Il don't know" Morris said, but
II there is, you can bet your life that
| this here Mrs. Bischodsheim, where
the President is staying now. has got
it"
And she is going to need 1t, Nav
russ" Abe said. because what the
best home-trained men do with cigar
cites and fountain pens when their
minds are occupied with business mat
tiers. amt calculated to improve the
appearance of a barroom neither"
Say Morris commented. The
President oser cares what his address
is in Paris. but I'll bet you he is
doing a lot of thinking as to what
it is going to be in Washington after
March 4, 1871
1T amt a question of who is going
to move out of the White House. Nav
russ" Abe said. What people in
America Is wondering IS: Who is going
TO move in. which right now there is
couple of generals. five or six Sena-
tors and a banker or so which is fisur-
ing on not renewing the leases OF their
apartments beyond March 5, 1871, in
case they should be obliged to go to
Washington for four years of maybe
eight"
Lots of things can happen before
the next Presidential election" Morris
said.
What One General Thinks.
That's what these senators and
generals think" Abe agreed, -and
in the meantime, Mawruss, nobody
has got to press them a whole lot
to speak at dinners and conventions,
which | see that a general made a
speech at a meeting in memory Of
Grover Cleveland the other day where
he didn't refer once TO Mr.. Wilson.
but said that Mr.. Cleveland wasn't
an expert at verbal messages and be-
lieved in the Monroe doctrine
We'll, suppose the general did say
that" Morris asked What Of it?"
Nothing of it," Abe replied. but
on the other hand if this here general
had gone a bit further. understan nd
me. and said that Grover Cleveland
never refused TO meet Judge Cohalan
at the Metropolitan Opera House and
as a general rule didn't act cold to-
ward a Sim Fein committee. Nav
russ, you would got to admit that
such remarks is anyhow suspicious,
amt it,"
''All it is suspicious Of to me. Abe. -
! Morris said. 'is that if such a gene
raj has got ambitions to be President,
I understand, he amt going the right
way about it, because fashions IN
| opinions changes like fashions in gar
| ments, Abe. At this day and date
nobody could tell no more about what