Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1940-05-17

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Aunt Olympia said It wouldn't work
with Americans; said somebody
would slip the orchestra leader Q
dollar to. Swing it, and they'd al
start dancing and she'd have them
on her hands for breakfast.
adele complained that they did
not serve nearly so much as at
most Of the Embassy things, the
South African Union, for instance,
where it was a banquet as it al
ways is at the Siamese Legation.
Aunt Olympia says it's the law Of
compensation; the smaller the ma
ton, the bigger the feed.
II finally put Gabriel d'Allotti to
shame on the pacifist question by
proving that we are not as vulnera-
BILE as we look and sound. Uncle
Lancy pointed out all the hidden de-
lenses to me and I made q lovely
map Of them. I'm keeping it for
you, in case you 60 on National de-
tense.
"And, oh, Brick, weren't you sur
prised at Ed Eicher retiring from
the race for Congress after he had
won denomination in the primary
And what break for us Iowa Re
publicansl Aunt Olympia was furi-
Gus. She said in her opinion it was
a congressman's Christian duty to
hang onto a good seat instead of
chucking it to the wolves. By wolves
she means us, R., Iowa. She want
ed Uncle Lancy to call him up and
give him a piece of her mind!"
On a morning in June, the girls
were amused to find Aunt Olympia
sitting at her desk, very red Of
face, frowning intently at a thick
pad of paper and chewing the rub
Der of pencil with a long, sharp
point. As they watched, she bent
forward, smiling broadly, and wrote
few lines, very fast. When she
had finished with big black period,
she looked up at the girls with q
slight smirk.
1T can't be her expense account"
said Limpy. "For even in q dumb
thing like trig they figure things out
in numbers"
cts my Speech" said Aunt
Olympia, obviously well pleased
with what she had written.
"Your speech!"
For the campaign" she ex-
planned.
"You know, Helen" said Limpy
reproachfully, 'that trigonometry Of
yours has got me clear off the Eng
lish language. That's what cosines
and tangents do to brilliant mind.
I understood her-trigonometrically
speaking-to say she doesn't make
speeches"
you understood me all right"
said Aunt Olympia. "But there al
ways comes a time, quite late in
the campaign-I select the time
when the Senator is delayed in an
important conference-perhaps with
Farley, or maybe just long-dis-
lance call from the White House
and just to fill in the gap till he
comes I arise and make a few ex-
temporaneous remarks And l al
ways like to be prepared. Len Har-
desty taught me that trick and it's
a good one. He helped write my
last speech and it was the hit of the
campaign. But now can do all
right alone.'
"You know, Brick" Helen wrote,
quite anxiously, there's no getting
around the fact that this is the
crookedest racket you ever heard of.
Not exactly crooked perhaps, but
definitely bent. Maybe you'd better
stick to groceries. l think I can
get you an appropriation from Con-
gress. Brick, you can't believe a
word anybody says. Aunt Olympia
looks so honest, so open-hearted and
frank, and here she is, even before
Congress has adjourned, writing
and practicing her extemporaneous
speech to fill in strategic moment
that she selects herself.
"Brick, when we do get around to
getting married, if you stick to poll
tics, I warn you that if you rise at
the wedding to make few extern
poraneous remarks, I shall arise
myself and publicly denounce you.
I've learned that there is nothing
extemporaneous in politics."
The next time Len flew down to
Washington, Adele, who had what
was virtually unique quality for a
beauty, straightforward frankness,
looked him gravely in the face.
81 told the folks that if it is at all
dangerous, or if it embarrasses
them in any way, I would not see
you again until after the election"
Figuring me, suppose, as some
sort of electrical current that can be
turned off or on at will"
81 meant it, Len" ..-
Eyes, dear adorable little devil,
I'll bet you did. What did they
say?"
They said it was not necessary;
that Won do not ennharracs fhann