Evening star., 1921-06-17
TOM BRAHANY BARES GOSSIP
ABOUT WASHINGTON BANKERS
Speech at Family Dinner" Filled With
~ Personalities and Chat Never
Before Made Public.

banker. He can't enter tn plea iv
being jist out iv th' filthy stun. I'm
sorry but Pft 1t home on tn pianna,
don't go in his case. Ye know he has
Ve aR Rnd@ s khows that ye know it. list has as
real estate. or Oscar Evans lightin'
fixtures. or Herb Shannon houses. an
SO We must approach him firm
din,r'nt angle entirely. Th' most i'm
portant thing, is a good front. A
dooms ". t failure firm tn start. So
first ye have ye'er shoes shined an
ye'er nails man:cured. That's what's
called playin' both inds f'r tn middle.
How are ye Ezra. slappin' him on TIL
shoulder; ;ah s,on is ye'er Ereetin' t. the man
stogies. got thin tn las time l was
In Cuby. A fine place an a fine vaca-
tion, but whin ye'er doin' we'll in
business ye'er Untitled t. vaca-
tion. Maybe Ill retire fr good mkt
year. There's no sinse in wur-rkin'
1t an l name t. injoy it.
IN this way ye establish tn fact
that ye'er out to- borrow an not t
deposit. Firm now on watch him
closely; but say nothin'. First he'll
close the dure an lock it. That's a
good sign. He's not goin' t. lick ye
or give ye a piece iv his mind All
he wants Is Z make sure ye don't get
away. FIR while he'll look up at
TIL ceilin'. Thin he'll shake his head
country's comm to. We're in a spasm
iv extravaganza: Everybody is spind-
in too much. We're livin' too fast
The war made everything high an
strange as it may seem money was
tn las thing t go up. In Texas an
Oklahoma they're gettin' as high as
twinty percint.
Handicaps in the Capital.
''Now in Washington we're at a
great disadvantage. We've no fac
tories an little farmin'. It's a shame
We don't get tn tax money like they
do in other places. All iv' our Gus.
toners are complainin'. Times is
awful hard. We've broken G'neraI
an all We get is promises. an hard
luck stories, an they hope twill bt
better soon. An now l see tn rail.
roads are in bad shape agin. TIL
lady bugs have ATTN up tn marsh.
| mallow crop in Kansas. That Bal
what we're comm to at all. at all
THEODORE Noyes says that we won,
get tn vote until 1928. or maybe
1856; Harry Wardman has stopped
buildin' apartments an gone to
Europe. an to top it all there's news
firm Kentucky that B'n johnson is
comm back t. Congress. It's terri
Bile. I've niver known conditions as
bad sinse Bryan ran the first time.
We'll sir. be this time. ye'er ready
to tell him that ye didn't come in
Z borrow, but t give him tn name
iv man in Baltimore. who has good
stuff cheap, delivered t ye'er dure.
full quarts. rev'nue stamps affixed.
no questions asked. After a few
puffs in silence an another shake iv
tn head th' banker resumes: "
course. ate or tin percint is not high.
all things considered. an I wouldn't
want any iv me old customers that
I've had to turn down to know it.
but on tn other hand it's up to th'
banks to keep tn wheels iv COM
merce runnin. as ERNST Herrell says.
"Now here's where tn melancholy
soliloquy inds an tn meetin' iv tn
minds, as julius Peyser says. begins.
Ye'er man says quick like: Do ye
know Charlie Bell? Well If ye don't
It's all up with ye. Ye lose two pints.
But ye come right back at him with
an upper cut. don't know Charlie
Bell. but I've played Kelly pool with
Josh Evans an I've been t b. +.
Sauls country place in Maryland. We
say. This happy ray-jiner gets We
back t. tn cinter iv tn ring all even.