, 1925-01-20

lishments We ~patronlzed were those
with signs on the outside reading,
Doctors TO His Majesty the Shah OF
Persia. or Pipe Makers to Her Ma
jesty tho Queen OF Abyssinia,' etc.
Evidently unless you can advertise
that you arc the manufacturer o,
this to the Bozo OF that, you might
as well close up your shop and buy
a barrel organ. Why shouldn't Il
be a good idea to introduce the same
Idea into America? Just think how
effective II would be to advertise in
the Saturday Evening Post that you
were the sox maker to the honorable
congressman from Kansas, or pa.
jana maker to the imperial wizard
of the Ku Klux Khan, or plumber 70
the grand master of the Knights OF
Pythiss. Z
Late that afternoon Smith and
Wade arrived from Brough. Erik
Jack, and Hank decided to keep
right on working on the planes and
visit London later In the week when
We In turn would remain Mt
Brough.'
In telling about tho great banquet
that night at which Britain officially
paid tribute to the American world
flyers. Les Arnold described It in
the terminology of George AIDE. His
description Is a classic and follows;
state Banquet Torture.
The banquet WAS q regular high
hat stunt" said Arnold. 'or, as the
papers put II, an elaborate official
function There were nocks Of
lords and earls and dukes, accom-.
panied by their ladies. 1t was held
at the Savoy hotel. a place famous
largely for it's American jazz band.
When We arrived we were herded
into a side room and corralled by a
lot OF people who kept US talking
until some one all dressed UP in a
bis red oat came cruising in and
announced hat the Jamboree was
on.
AS We went down the hall we
could see past him and could see a
huge crowd in the room we were
headed for. Right away we knew
what they were up to. The 'bozo'
in the red coat stepped forth, swung
open the door. waved his arms ma,
Jestically. and intoned in a voice
that silenced the multitude:
Lieutenant Lowell II. Smith
Wade and I tried TO sneak in
with Lowell so we wouldn't have 10
go through the same ordeal all by
ourselves. But the 'bozo' wouldn't
let US. Amid tumultuous applause
Lowell walked across the floor with
every eye. every monocle. and every
lorgnette trained upon him.
Then he announced Lieutenant
Leigh Wade. and again l tried tc
sneak in. But you couldn't fool the
'bozo' with the red coat So ] HAD
to 20 in and meet my fate alone
just "a my brave companions hsc
done. To so through that ordeal
once in a lifetime is not so bad, In
fact. no worse than going TO the
electric chair. But. hot bozo, my
heart bleeds for the Prince o
Wales"
Given High Praise.
Commander Smith sat in the plac,
CT honor between the minister fol-
air and the chief air marshal o
the royal air force. Les Arnolt
sat e Lord C'Teddy") Grosvenol
and tho American ambassador. Lore
Grosyenor vas to have had chsrg,
OF tho British sesplane racing team
that was scheduled to compete viii
the United States navy planes 10.
the Schneider cup in Baltimore tina
season. But an unfortunate acct
dent befell the British team and tn.
race was called off.
The world flyers were much i'm
pressed by the professional toast
master. a functionary who is Away
hired in London TO stand behind til
celebrities at the speakers table an
introduce them in etentorisn tones
Many brilliant speeches were made
not only praising the American ait
men for what they had accomplished
up to that time. but also praisiuI
them for the generous help they hoe
siven to the stranded British worli
flyer who had crashed Al Akysb Ii
Burma. Finally, It came time 10
Lieut.. Smith to respond. And then