Evening star., 1937-06-05
|LINDBERGH FEAT RECALLED
Two Articles Current Paris FightOer Fare in June Maga
zines Includes Death Tin Madnd) and
Taxes Tin the u. S. Az.

crowd took than for Russians. -
But when heard . eltpped
PrussiAn voice shout IN order In
German. followed BY other ahouts in
French and Italian, knew thsy Were
not Russians.
The international Column q AnEi.
Faseists had arrived in Mad1A. We
were Watching the frst brigade Of
what was to develop into ths most
truly international army the world
has seen since the Cr,lsAdes."
THE reviewer was . bit cynical Of
Mr.. Konrad Beroovicis account
In last months Harper's OF his gypsy.
ing adventures in his motor trailer.
It sounded . little Ike Mr.. Der.
covici had gone out to interpret
America-and It's . good bsntness.
But this month the famous literary
wanderer makes amends. He tells
one very good story. Somehow, one
finds 1t . bit hasd to believe, but it
u still . good Story. It merits ~.
telling, and. II retold enough times.
VI CUuI6Ss ~ VIII UtSOaAO VI ue' w
there Is nothing against It now ex-
cept its newnoss.
Mr.. Bercovici says he arrived at .
gasoline station one rainy night way
down in Texas and asked the charge
for putting his trailer up there the
night. He was told two bits II hs did
not Use electricity and four II hs did.
He said he'd take the lights, and -
they were plugged In.
Next morning he wenk out to pay,
and. very honestly. offered the man
who seemed to be In charge four bits.
But that worthy took only . quarter.
He was not the one who had dxed the
rates the night before. It seems. He
said two bits was plenty.
Then the man Of the night before
spoke up and said that hs had aus
thorised the four-bit rate and that.
aS Mr.. Bercovici seemed willing 70
pay 1t, he was In favor Of letting him
do So The dialogue as Mr.. Bercovic1
gives 1t was As follows:
what difference does It make
whether he's willin' or notr the other
fellow said Two hts, that's al
It's worth, and that's AL he's sotn'
to pay 7-t
Listen the other one argued. I
told him four bits last night, and hes
willin' to pay four bits, 70 let him pay
four bits; he's willin'. isn't hap"
At this point the two-bit man drew
his gun. He planted it against Mr..
Bercovici's stomach. He ordered the
literary gypsy to hand him everything
he had and make 1t snappy.
Then, when the startled author
started to comply. he put the gun up>
He said to the four-btt man. See,
he's willin' to give me everything he's
got, too But Is that reason to taks
It from him?" .~
Well, - the reviewer remarked, It's
good story, but except for one thing,
1t sounds . little like something that
literary man might imagine would
take place In Texas. The exception
= the two-bit mans subsequent re-
mark to Mr.. Bercovici. The latter
demonstrated with him over his rash.
ness In drawing his gun. A. he tells It:
LOOK here, fellow said. DO you
realise you risked your life? II you
had come upon . Texan quick On the
| draw (sic) you would have been .
dead man now
"'Yeah?' he said scornfully. 'But
got you sized up.'"
EsoU1RE this month tops the ahsurd
- in an article called 10 Women
Hate Work." by Parke CUMMINGS.
Nuts to you, Mr.. Cummings. You
must have been writing while wedding
your garden patch.
Mr.. Cumming big idea Is that
women can never be cheerful when
they have . Job to do. (eome Of Us
earn our hvings and stay pretty ania.
BILE, or else our friends are terribly
nice about 1t, Just the same)
Watch . woman preparing her
house for. let Us say, . cocktail
party" says he, "and you are immedi.
ately struck by the fact that abe y
thoroughly imbued with the belief
that she will never get 1t done in time
that It will look perfectly terrible when
the guests arrive and that they viii all
notice the fact" Then says Mr.. Cum.
mings brAvely, "A man under similar
circumstances apparently doesn't give
| damn"
A woman's cheerfully discourteous
answer Il that you've got no business
to watch her getting her house ready
In the first place, and that, il you do,
and see that she Is worried, the only
proper thing for you to do b to take
on your coat and pitch In and give .
hand-not write An article But II
you do write An article. don't b silly.
A mountaineering woman. too-may
have the Job OF criticixtng It. You
never can tell, in these feministic