Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1935-04-05
"Chirps" ~
from the
Democrats Pen

Well, Sir, I see by the papers that
my old friend, Senator Phoebus, went
over to Baltimore to see what MRS.
Bauernschmidt looked like; he wanted
10 meet a woman who might be called
the female Richelieu Of Maryland;
woman who can made and unmake
kings, or, at least, governors, mayors
and such like.
I was wondering whether he took
the time to practice up and learn how
10 pronounce her name. People, or
tlinarily, don't like to have their names
garbled, and that lady's moniker is
iaw-breaker. To make a good I'M
preston on the lady, he would have to
allow that German compound to glide
as easily from his tongue as though
it were Smith, Brown, or Jones.
Another thing, was wondering just
how the Senator's missus felt about
his showing so much interest in an
other woman. So far as am concern
ed, have to be mighty particular
about how I behave myself. It's
mighty easy to make mistake along
these lines, and it's not always prac-
teal to lay everything to politics.
However am quite sure Mrs. Bauern-
schmidt would tell him where to get
off, if he just didn't recognize his stop
ping place.
Maybe, the Senator wanted to en-
gage the lady's influence to make him
over into a Governor, u. S. Senator,
or even the President of these United
States. So far as have been able to
size up the situation, there's no limit
to his ambitions; he'll reach out after
most anything and if he doesn't grasp
it, it's, more or less, good publicity
stunt, and publicity is mamma to his
soul.
Well, you must hand it to HIN; he's
been getting it during the session of
the Maryland General Assembly, now
passed into history. Whether it's
just the sort that everybody would en-
joy, is another thing; but Huey Long
hasn't anything on this Eastern Shore
man, which goes to show, you can't
get ahead of the Sho'.
Speaking of Mrs. Bauernschmidt,
looks like she is trying to cook Mr..
Cooks goose. But, maybe, she didn't
count on another of the species whose
ire she has stirred. On the State
Board of Education, there is also
lady whose acquaintanceship Senator
Phoebus would do well to cultivate
Miss Risteau; and Miss Risteau I'M
derstands the mazes Of the woman's
mind. She says Mrs. BIS (tired of
writing that name out, so let it go at
that)-Mrs. BIS trying to exercise her
iconoclastic powers by tearing down
the throne on which the State superin-
tendents of Schools has sat for so long
a time. And Miss Risteau says there's
enough men on that State Board now
for one poor woman to deal with, and
she's not going to stand for four more
coming in the door. And if she
doesn't want 'em there, I'd pity 'em
when they did show up. She'd make
it plenty warm for 'em. For my part,
wouldn't want to face Miss Risteau,
when she wasn't feeling like smiling.
You know how women feel when they
think somebody is trying to steal their
cook; and that's the way Miss Risteau
would feel if she thought someone
was after the Chief Cook, of Mary
lands Educational System. She
thinks he's capable of preparing the
very best menus for the intellectual
meals for the growing minds, and she's
not going to lose her Chef without a
fight.
How-some-ever, I am wandering
far afield. I started talking about
Senator Phoebus and wind up about
Senator Risteau. Of course Mrs. B.
suggested the latter, and Senator
Phoebus could suggest most anything.
He's home now, and maybe We'll soon
hear whether he will launch his cam
paign to succeed Roosevelt or be sat-
isfied with being editor of the Shore
Republican.