The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-06-17
A New Yorker
 In Europe
By PAUL HARRISON


 Parts, June 17--There's . young man in an American consulate whose hobby is torturing govern ment junketeers. 1 shall not say which young man, nor which consulate. But if this item comes to the attention of any congressman or senators who have journeyed abroad to find out what the league is doing about the invasion of tent cater. pillars, or to cut ribbon opening an American wing of some obs scure art gallery-they'll know about whom 1 talking. This fellow does not have an expense account for entertaining junketeers, and since he has quito lot of entertaining to do, he feels rather bitterly about it.. So, with the dlsarming fervor of an exile meeting q countryman for the first time in years, he insists that the guests come to his own house and feast on his own cook ing.
 You know I am poor" he says. "But can promise you food such
 
 the continent"
 Having Hot Time
 The visitors, who would like to be out conducting q little research among the cabarets, repair to their hosts apartment and begin long vigil. They watch the champig. mons being washed and skinned. They see the poulet singcd and dressed. They are given an op. portunity to inspect the various iegumes. They hear long dis. course on the delicate use of gar- lie, but do not see half dozen cloves put into the cooking. They're told at length about cer. tain native spices, but scarcely ex. sufficient to scorch the lining out Of their throats.
 This goes on for hours, while guests fidgot and grow ravonous. Whom finally ready, the dinner is very bad. Or Is it?--maybe this truthfuliy is food such as can be found nowhere else on the contl- nent. Senators who choke on one bite of chicken look as though they've just swallowed an insult from Huey Long. And the cheap new wine in rare old bottles isn't much help.
 The young man Is optimitslc about getting an expense allow.- ance for entertaining junketeers at cabaretB and restaurants. In the meantime he's having lot of fun.
 French Roast
 1t Is. of course, e perfectly sim- pie matter for Q tourist to get through a Paris visit without at. tempting word of French. Eas- fer, in most cases, the pronuncia- ton of most of us being what 1t Is.
 There's the instance of the auto. mobile man from Detroit, here now, who had lorded 1t over the other members of his party with { his smattering of the language, So they arranged little dinner the other night; arranged it so everything would seem quite cas- ual. They spoke English when ordering their food. but the motor man made a great show of his French.
 He asked for hors d'oeuvres. got milk toast, and decided to say petite marmite, and got milk toast. Protested, but the waiter couldn't seem to understand. For the main course he wanted tournedos and asperges. But he got milk .a captains--well bribed in advance by the plotters-only shrugged in the face of his rage. So finally he broke down and lapsed into Eng fish, and the dinner went off smoothly. The cosmopolite was cured.
 Recognition
 4 young inebriate Weaved over to Harry McElhone ih the New York Bar the other day and asked: "ov pal, didja see me come into this placer"
 q did," said Harry.
 "Do you know my namef" &n- quired the playboy.
 "No." admitted Harry.
 "Then how didja know it was me?"
 Puzzle
 A trio of incorporates who make this place 6 day-and-night ren- dexvous have invented q little game. It takes q lot of prepara. tion. They sit around ali afternoon and evening drinking brandy. and by midnight they're ready to play. one of them leaves the place. and the game is for the otheT two Co guess which one it was that went azsf