Evening star., 1921-06-17


uated from an executive position IN
the White House to the profession OF
broker. gave his impressions of the
banking profession in speech de-
livered at the family dinner" of the
District of Columbia Bankers Asso-
citation at it's recent convention at
White Sulphur Springs. w. Va. Serv-
ing these impressions up. with ire
quent applications to personalities IN
Washington banking circles. in the
phraseology of Mr.. Dooley, Mr.. Bra
hany said:
Il see be the report in TIL evenin'
paper that Colonel Bob Harper's
ancient an hon'rable troupe ivv per-
formin' bankers are h4ldin' their an,
nual feast iv wisdom an' flow ~ SOU
At tn, White Sulphur SPRING.; p,sng:,; mane saie
tn welcome ring. as Char-ly Light
says. I'd like t be there. / wud So
I'd get thin in their playful mood.
kind iv off their guard. so t speak,
an I'd borrow a million or two.
Once Banker, Always Banker.
'Ye'd do no such thing" said Mr..
Dooley.. mo matter how far a banker
his guard. Onct banker always
banker. as Bert Galley says: Bank
ers are born. not made. Whtn l was
a boy in school there was curly
Suffering Doyle we called him-who
| had a weak chist. He was tn poor.
est writer an tn best figurer in tn
class. His little body wasn't strong
enough fr him t ingage in any iv tn.
| out-dure spo-orts. but 6efure tn ina no
iv TIL shinneys. marbles. futbalis'
baseballs, bats. masks an gloves in
| tn school an was gettin' tin percint
liv tn gross profits iv all tn atha.
| our prayers Doyle was learnin' tn
interest tables. I well remember his
lispin' remark that subtraction an
division had no place in book con-
tainin' tn inli'tened truths ~ addi-
tion an multiplication. Doyle was
Money is dir'rent firm any other
kind iv commodity. Call it anything
We want-th' me-jum iv exchange.
| tn root iv all evil, or anything else;
Ye can't ate it. or taste it. or smell
it, 1 mean money. not some min !
. know who have slathers iv it. That's
different.
Recalls That Shad Bake.
II wint down t tn Merchint's AS
sociation Shad Bake at Chisapake
Beach few weeks ago. A more
ginrus crowd I niver saw in all me
life. Ed Graham give away iiectric
bulbs, Joe Berberich button hooks
Peter Nee castor irons. Roy Mark
blotters. and so on. each wan t his
own trade an all advertisin his own
business be a free offerin' iv his
wares. I had t hire dray t bring
home me souvenirs. But did any
wan liver see a banker givin' away
silver dollars. or copper pennies? Tn
divil bit iv it. Everywan thought
it was fine t get TIL chewing gum
an t9othpasts an bal1Gonsi H.. out busi
ness be Gift iv his principal article
iy trade he'd be set down as an
omadhon. an tn same min who were
so lavish with tn products iv their
own stores wud sind in a hurry-up
Elizabeth's an testify on their oath
befure Judge Siddons that he wasn't
fit f'r t. be trusted in business. That's
why / say bankin' Is dif'rint firm
any other Kin, kind .iydN ~ business SIN nhxsoenomv
iv a banker? TIL chin iv a prize
tighter. ears that can hear ye-er
heart beat. laughin' eyes that look
through ye like an x-ray. an a mouth
moulded so delicate that ony woras s,,.
Whin a banker says Yis the strain
on his throat is so great that he has
t go t DR.. Richardson f'r a co-orse
treatmint. but No comes trickitn
m MS - dtSy 90 "OoA oASo'o'
Eurelin firm a bottle iv bootleg
Ticker.
"Nothin' is more interestin' as
study in Physiology. as Floyd Cissel
says. than a trip t bank t make
ye'er first loan. It's not like maxim
a touch in tn street. "hin ye way
lay a frien' at tn corner. slidin' up
t. him sociable like. t ask tn loan
iv sivinty-five cints or a dollar he
meets ye with a smile an tells ye
how glad he'd be t accommodate ye
iy he hadn't given his last quarter
t. tn good woman that mornin t buy
a package iv cigaretts. They're al
smokin' nowadays. he says. be way
iy turnin' tn conversation. don't
know what tn worlds comm to. 1t
bates all. Ye know he's ly1n. out ye
don't blame him. Ye expected 1t an
wud do th' same thing ye'ersilf even
iv ye'er pockets were lined with III
coin iv tn realm.
Banker In Special Glass.
.eBut it's diff .rent whin ye go t a