The Washington herald., 1919-05-11

II see where President Wilson sent
a letter to the German government
that they might just SO well save the
carfare and not send any delegates to
this here Peace Conference. which
wouldn't be prepared for the worst
Mawruss," Abe Potash said one morn
ing in April.
You would think, considering how
excited the German people gets now
adays. that they would have a hard
time finding anyone to take the job
of delegate, Abe" Morris Perlmutter
suggested. which the least that hap
pens 10 one of them German delegates
after the German people finds out
what was in the paper he signed is
that his executioners would claim that
the daylight saving law made ii un-
necessary for them TO wait till sunrise,
y understand"
We'll. he would always have the
excuse that the only thing he seen Of
the peace treaty before he signed 1t
was a dotted line. Mawruss," Abe said,
and also. Mawruss, II is just possible
that the return half OF them German
Peace delegates will read via Amster-
dam, and that before taking a three
years lease Of an Amsterdam apart
ment some Of them Peace Delegates
would first visit ticket scalper and
get that much Of their minds. any
way"
And even in Paris Them German
Peace delegates wouldn't be too safe.
neither" Morris declared, which see
that the French government is arrang-
ing for the accommodation of them
German delegates at a hotel next to
the place where the Peace Treaty is
going to be signed, Abe. and the lot on
which the hotel stands is going to be
protected with an egg-proof fence eight
feet high, so that the German dele
gates can escape any stray rotten
esga"
The fence could be twelve feet high.
Mawruss." Abe remarked, ''and 1t
wouldn't do any good. because NOBODY
could escape rotten eggs in a French
hotel. Mawruss, rotten coffee neither.
Also. Mawruss. eggs amt got nothing
to do with that fence. because IL that
fence wouldn't be there. Maw-uss,
when il comes time for them German
delegates tosign the treaty. Mawruss.
the Peace Conference would got to
appoint a committee of Resident Buy
erS 10 round up the German QelegateS-
on account that nobody else but Resi-
dent Buyers who is accustomed to
entertaining their American clients
would know where them German del
egates had disappeared to-"
We'll. in way. it is the Peace Con-
ference's own fault. because they sent
word to the German government that
they didn't want to deal with no mes
sengers. but that the German delegates
should all be high-up officials. Abe "
Morris said. which seemingly as a
general thing the higher up a German
happens to be. y understand the low
er down he can act Take. for 'ex-
ample. the Crown Prince. Abe. and
always thought that no matter how
much people abused him. Abe. he could
anyhow go home and say to his wife
whatever l done. done it all for you,
instead of going sornewheres else and
saving it to ballet dancers as his
wife's mother clafms---
II understood he was leading a
double life Mawruss-" Abe observed
He was leading a double life in
spades. Abe Morris declared, allud-
ing to the game OF auction pinochle-
Day after day his wife's mother says
he would leave the house to go down.
town to the palace and instead he
would go downtown to the palace and
never show up till all hours of the