Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-09-27
JAZZ AND GIN FIzz
ADD COLOR TOT LIFE
Of LEAGUE Meeting
International Masquerade
Cheers Delegates.

Jazz bands and poker dice, Mar
tim cocktails and Scotch highballs
deainoes and automobile rides
keep the princes. prime ministers.
lJreign ministers and plain citizens
who are delegates to the second as
Sembly CT the League of Nations.
at Geneva. from getting rusty wher
the days work is over, says New
ton G. Parke, |. \. 5. stan CORE
spondent.
His Highness Prince Arfa-ed
Bowleh, former Minister of Justice
and Persias delegate, IS the leagues
greatest Jazz bend fiend His fav
erite resorts are the kursaal, where
everything from sin fizzes to eh&m
Tagne ffCN with utmost freedom
Gntil ! a. m, nightly, and Msxim's,
a parody ON the famous Paris res
;aurant Of the same name
Now, Ma&in's is notorious for
the number OF demi mondes who
iafest il nightly. Truly representa-
tive are they of the League CT Ma.
tons, for they come from all quar-.
,crs OF the globe. And they are
stony-hearted ladies'. quite ready to
demand twenty Swiss francs from
any stranger who dances with them
or even eonVerses with them across
the table
j." Maybe the Prince knew about
this and maybe he didn't But the
other nieht, jnst after he had de
iivered a lengthy speech in the
Assembly. roasting the League fer
doing nothing on disarmament, he
wandered into Maxim's, took scat
and ordered a bottle of cham
payne at a price that shook Per
sia's treasury.
Persjans Up to Date.
A Spanish girl, with flashing
eyes. engaged His Hishness in con
Yersatic2 Next she borrowed a
cigarette and a glass of wine.
Things were going along sayly in
ranid-ire Spanish untl the Prince
discovered that it was late and he
had to be going He called for his
derby and started for the door
SenCrita was after him in a min
ate.
Here, you. give me some mon
ey-you'ye wasted my whole even
ing She snapped.
But they evidently don't raise
them greer" out in Persia. His
Highne5s respon ed with a grac-
ious bow and a gracious raising of
the hat as he passed out the door,
but without bestoWing a blessed
sou. The Spanish-speaking walters
around Maxims said the girl said
some rough things about the Prince
Last year Panama delegate and
one OF the delegates from UruRuay
were frequent dancers at the Kur-
sasl This year number OF dele
sip wine around the dance
the toddling and shimmy-
executed largely by Young
s. with stenographers and
gin aries from Headquarters
of the league
Cricntals Stick To Work.
Attached to the Sale des Refor-
nations where the Assembly holds
lis meetings is the Hotel Victoria
The Victoria has small bar, pre-
sided over by pink-cheeked Swiss
barmaid who learned to mix drinks
from all American bartender in
hotel at LUcerne.
Here a visitor may find Senior
Gastao "a Cunha, Ambassador to
Paris aud head Of the Brazilian
delegation, who barely missed eloc-
ton as president OF the League
Assembly. mounted Oh a stool and
shaking dice with a fellow delegate
for whiskey sour Grouped
around him are other delegates de-
mauding everything from beer to
brandy, and over in the corner,
taking tea. Prince Sharoon and his
daughter, strikinsly attractive
Bambino Maude belmont, who
undisputed belle OF the Assembly
meeting
The Indian delegates amuse
themselves shooting a queer form
of billiards. The South Americans
organize bridge parties Arthur
Balfour takes long walks at night
along the lake, unaccompanied. The
Chinese and japanese delegations