The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-09-14
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BY PAUL HARRISON

New York.--This is q rather be-
lated note about the bank holiday,
but Ben Lucien Burman, the
writer, has just arrived with Il
from, the interior of Morocco. That
lis the country where Burman goes
when he wants to write a novel
about life along the Mississippi
river. Some day he thinks he viii
go down on the Mississippi and do
q story about Morocco.
Anyway, he and his wife,. who
illustrates his books under the
name of Alice Caddy, were estab-
lished in o $12-a-month mansion
in Marrakeesh. They had an as
sortment of S2-a-month servants
and sem of cook named Ia
houra who looked after the Bur.
mans constantly and swore she
would kill any assistant they tried
to hire for her. Burman, who alb
hors radios, or isn't disturbed by
the throbbing Of native drums or
the shipping Of Riff rifiemen, had
settled to his job Of polishing off
his new novel, Steamboat Round
the Bend" And everything was
dandy -.
Then came news of the
American bank holiday. Mon.
ey had been hard enoght to
get before, requiring O f5O--
mile ride to the coast. But
now it couldn't be had mt all.
Local Arabs began to gossip
about the once rich visitor
who no longer tossed pennies
20 the bcggars In the niarlxeA
place *ts
Zahoura was equal to the occa.
sion, though, always managing to
buy food on credit from the
tradesmen who knew her. One day
Mrs Burman told her to have
caulifiower for supper that eve
ming. As Zahoura returned from
market, the Burmans noticed that
her two-solid silver bracelets were
missing. Which was strange, be-
cause the cook was fonder of
those Bracelets than anything else
In the world except-as 1t devel-
oped--her master and mistress. =.
Zahoura explained very simply
that she had been told to get
caulifiower, but that none OF the
merchants she knew had cauli-
flower. Merchants in another part
of the town had caulifiower, but
one who has no money cannot buy
caulifiower from strange mer~
chant. SO she had traded the sill
yer bracelets for nice fresh head
Of caulifiower, and she would cook
It at once for the supper.
Zahoura was an excellent cook,
but somehow the Burmans didn't
enjoy that caulifiower very much.
Happily, though, word came next
day that the banks had opened In
America, so Zahoura soon was
wearing her bracelets again. :
This Oar StlI Moves!
ust as fisherman can become
sentimentally attached to q supple
rod, or q golfer to a favoritc from,
80 can an oarsman have an affec-
ton for q tried and trusty our.
Take the case of Cy Weed, for
example. About two decades ago
he was the famous stroke of the
Cornell crew, and when he left
college, he took with him the
graceful length of ash with which
he had won, or helped to win,
many q race.
Weed came 70 New York,
shipping the oar along. Like
most New Workers he has
moved rather often, but each
time he docs Il Is not 30 much
q question OF the general de-.
STABILITY OF the new place as
Il Is whether the oar can be
gotten into Il. The problem
usually IL solved only when
Mr.. Weed returns to his pre-.
vi0us home, gets the oar and
carries It through the streets.
maneuvcrs Il upstairs aud
around corners, and finally
into It's acknowledged place
Of honor in the living room.
Story OF Pole
Then there is story about q
pole. 1t Is 20 feet long, occupies a
narrow box covered with address
es and shipping labels, and Is kept
In q warehouse on Ftfty-second
street. It was used once by two
brothers in an acrobatic act. One
brother balanced the pole on his
shoulder and the other brother
climbed to the top OF 1t and did
tricks.
Well, something went wrong
one day and the aerialist fell and
was killed. The surviving brother
never used the pole again, yet he
wasn't willing to dispose OF II.
The thing to him was a symbol OF
many happy years, and OF what
ever degree Of fame It is that aero
bats attain So he sent It to the
warehouse and has paid storage.
charges on 1t year after year. He's
still q performer, and has another
partner now. But whenever he Is
is town he goes alone to the ware
house. opens the long, narrow box
and looks inside. Just looks for
few moments, then closes the box
gently and goes away.