The Washington times., 1935-02-05
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Tale of o. Martyr
To Government
BULLITT'S IRE
By HELEN EssARY

should not emphasize this-but
the middle name of Governor
Nice is-"Whinna."
l only know what I see and
hear. And so saying, l submit
n this. It's probably frightfully
significant.
Secretary "Steve" Early one
afternoon about 6 o'clock at the
White House announced a
caller to President Roosevelt.
Colonel Early said:
"It's one of the Brain Trust.
Mr.. President"
The President said:
"Let him come in, but tell
him not to be too d0ggOne
smart-it's getting late!"
She was the wife of a Cabinet
member. Not the one you think.
She had been to a morning mu-
sicale and a luncheon; had as
sisted at four teas, and had at
tended an art exhibit.
At about Z o'clock she sank
into q chair in her own bed
room. Recklessly she pulled off
her hat and threw it on the
floor. She said she thought
she was going mad.
Smiling faces were destroying
her. Miles and miles of smiling
faces, she'd seen that very day.
# somebody had frowned or
glared, the world would have
seemed less like one gigantic
Cheshire cat. Like an octupus
of q Cheshire cat.
One by one the smiling coun-
tenances had passed her by with
lips parted. Teeth showing. She
felt like a doctor looking at sick
horses. And while she was say
ing, $50 nice to see you," over
and over again, she had sub
consciously taken to counting
teeth.
She knew, since she had left
home that morning. that she
had seen approximately six
thousand, seven hundred and
forty five teeth (permanent).
five thousand, four hundred and
eighty two teeth (acquireO. i.
And six hundred and ninety
two open spaces dental mem
ories). Her husband said grimly:
sand this evening we are din
ing with that Mrs. Merriweath-
e., the one whose smile is pinned
on with safety pins"
And then the wife Of the pub
lie man shrieked, and was borne
away quite. quite mad-a martyr
to her government.
Another heart-breaking story
of public service:
At a reception at the Sui
grave Club, Mrs. Copeland, wife
of the Senator from New York.
was receiving. The young
woman who was introducing the
guests said to a handsome gen"
tleman with a flower in his coat
lapel:
''May I introduce You to Mrs.
COpeIand?"
Said the gentleman:
Gan excellent idea. I used to
know her but I think she's for"
gotten me-"
The young woman said pleas
antly:
'Indeed?"
eyes, but for the past week
she's been running a cOnvcn"
tiOn, day and night, and I've
been trying to run other things.
Please present me to her. I'm
Senator Copeland"
William c. Bullitt, American
Ambassador to Russia, is i'll in
q Philadelphia hospital with a
slight infection of the jaw.
Yesterday I heard a story bout
his conversation with an office
seeker (young, beautiful, and
anxious to go to Russia) that
undoubtedly caused the Ambas-
Sador'S complaint.
This person said to the Am
bassador to the Soviet that she
would be the happiest person
in the world if he could give
her a job at the American
Embassy at Moscow. Because
he was kind and because she
was charming. "Bill'' Bullitt
didn't say mo-, not imme.
diately. He politely inquired
about her professional equip
ment.
Could she type? No, she
couldn't.
Did she know stenography9
No. Oh, no!
Did she speak Russian? Ger
tainly not. But she was going
to learn French.
Then what could she do?
She could, she said (and
this is authentic), she could
play the piano-just beautifully
Ambassador Rullitt. ordinarily
a very patient man, gnashed
his teeth so fiercely that today
you know the rest. I wrote
1t at the beginning of the para
graph.
The section of a certain
child's report card devoted tt
good citizenship Improvement
in attitude toward school anC
home work, teacher, and play
mates) is quite blank except