The Washington times., 1935-10-31
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For Geneva
SOME BARKISES
BY HELEN ESSARY

You'll probably see him tonight
at a Halloween party.
He will be that tall, dark for
eign gentleman in the Pierrot
costume. A major diplomat, that
mani He'll be making big eyes
through a mask and gliding
dangerously in a tango.
When saw him this morning
he was shopping with a loidy
at one of the more costly coun-
ters Of ten cent store. And
frowning fiercely at Accent
disguise.
Costumes about 687 of them
should say-were arranged in
neat mounds. That is, they
were in neat mounds before the
diplomat and the loidy began
pulling them out and examining
caps, masques, leggings, bolero
masks, etc. And then turning to
each other and talking in a
strange foreign tongue. Then
pulling and examining again.
The Halloween counter was
jammed about three deep with
other customers. But the diplo-
matte negotiations were leisurely.
As diplomatic negotiations usually
are.
The sales girl was annoyed at
the time the two were taking.
And at the way they were jerk
ing her stock around. You could
tell this by the sharp way she
was trying to Straighten out the
counter. The diplomatic loidy,
who could speak Engleesh, spread
out a long black costume, ruffled
in white at the neck, said:
''What eeS this?"
The sales girl answered snappily:
@That's a Pie-rot."
"A Pie-rotl'' The diplomat and
the lady looked at each other in
astonishment. Then the light
broke on the lady's face.
"Oh-h-h," she said. "A Peer-o!
Well take eet!"
After their package had been
wrapped, the sales girl, still try
ing to tidy up her counter, turned
to me and said haughtily:
"Peer-o! Indeed! If that isn't
Just like foreigners. Always mesSin'
MP everything. Even words"
Although didn't say it,
thought here was an example Of
the extreme difference between
nationaities. And wondered how
the League of Nations could ever
expect to succeed.
George Peek, president Of the
Export Import Bank, won't let his
office force write him long mem
Orandums-no, memoranda. No
suggestion is worth more than one
page, he says.
So they C all him "One Page
Peek!"
Try as Americans will to be
witty or profound, European call
erS like us best for our Negro
stories.
Mr.. Francis w. Hirst, of Lon
don, visiting Carnegie professor.
former editor of the Economist
and member of the London Board
Of Economics, told me how amused
he was at the Richmond tale Of
the Negro preacher who began his
sermon with:
Il There are four important ma
tionS-tfe HugenotS, the Hotten-
tots, the Abyssinians and the Vir.
ginianS."
Mr.. Hirst, on his sixth visit to
America, is in this country lee
turing to university professors
and students on THE Value of
Liberty" Mrs. Hirst says she is
enjoying the United States even
more than on her first visit. She
especially likes cold American
desserts and warm American hos
pitality. Thinks the better ac-
quainted English and Americans
are the better they like each
other. Has a beautiful speaking
voice. And rather looks like Mrs.
George Arliss.
Quoted from the late Mr..
Dickens: You might say said
the carter to David Copperfield,
eating the cake at one gullp, ex-
actly like an elephant, which act
made no more impression on his
face than it would have done
on the elephant, you might say
to 'er as made the cake-Barkis
Is willin.'"
And-suggested by me to the
Republican national committee
for 1896:
The Willin' Barkises:
Herbert Hoover.
Ogden Mills.
Landon,
Vandenberg,
Knox,
WadSworth,
Dickinson,
Ham Fish,