Evening star., 1926-11-08
THE BANKERS LUNCH.

IT is dlf1icult enough to he Queen
In my own country. but to he .
Queen in a country where everybody
wants to be kind to you at the same
time is still more difficult. 1t is GER
tainly very fattering to he 80 much
sought after, but it makes you regret
that you cannot he in several places
at once.
The immensity of everything in
New York does not exclude the i'm
mensity Of competition, and. may !
dare say. jealousies. To compete with
these were more my ladies and gentle
mems task, but the echoes thereof
reached me nevertheless and some
times our problems seemed as gi-
gantic as the skyscrapers because
here we We're. innocent foreigners
unaware of local feuds and yet, IL we
selected one or the other OF the
parties we were looked upon as par
tial and. alas, in spite Of the many
talents I dearly like to believe that |
have. l have not yet learned how to
divide myself into three persons.
Therefore, some one was inevitably
left out in the cold whilst other invi-
tatiOns We're being accepted.
My motto has always been, enough
unto the day is the evil thereon: !:
therefore did l shut my ears as much
AS I could to these puzzling dissen-
tions and did all and even more than
one woman can do in q day.
Has Frugal Repasts.
IF any one was neglected or disap-
pointed I must be forgiven, because
even the efficiency of the Americans
has not invented how TO make more
than ~ hours out Of night and day.
Besides even a Queen Graves for her
bath in the morning and quiet )
minutes to put on a dress and drink
cup Of coffee
These frugal repasts are generally
carried into my bedroom whilst I am
signing photographs. answering let
ters. reading through petitions, giving
Thousand answers 10 thousand
questions and often have been
obliged to put screen before my
bath 40 as to he able TO continue talk
ing TO people during my abIutions.
Also we Europeans are not ac-
customed to the disconcertine pub
licity Of everything in America.
Though we were brought up to have
certain opinion Of our own impOr-
tance, we never ina agined that every
thing We did. said. thought. touched,
looked at. bought. or did not buy.
could he so interesting. ! felt like
caught up in a net Of events ] could
not quite understand. Every offer
which looked simple enough on the
surface Of 1T had some sequel, some
unexpected reason beneath the out
ward appearance of things with
which had not reckoned.
These again were more the prob
lens my followers had to contend
with than myself All the same. I
was often prevented doing things
which seemed to me quite natural.
because my faithful bodyguard shud-
dered to think in what q stream l
might he caught.
Oh. dear, life could he very glori-
ous II people loved each other little
more and hated each other little
less.
Tells Humorous AnecdOte.
One Of the events of the day was
a big lunch at the Bankers Club. on
the fortieth story of tall building.
given to me by all the fnanciers Of
New York 1t makes me quite dizzy
only to think Of the billions those very
amia BILE looking gentlemen represent
ed. Fortunately | saw their very
human side. They were Just a de-
lightful company Of extremely pleas
ant gentlemen clever, humorous.
many Of them brilliant. and exceed
ingly welcome. We sat at several
tables and certainly considered my
table compa MONS as agreeable and
easy to go on with IA more everyday Y
mortals who are not worth several
times their weight in gold.
L joked with my two neighbors
most happily and one Of them even
told me a very amusing story. When
I mentioned that they were not very
Frightening, although such important
despots. one Of them related to me
a humorous anecdote Of banker who
had glass eye. This banker asked
somebody he had something to do
with If he could guess which was his
glass eve. The answer was. his left