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Perkins. He had a wisp of hay out of one ear, and a bit of wheat out of the other. He had on overalls and galluses. He was always saying something funny and witty, but it was always a hayseed's comment.

So a person named Perkins has long ago gotten over the idea that it isn't a funny name. You know lots of people think it's a funny name.

People called me “Madam” to my face, but they never called me “Ma” or “Frances the Perk.” I was sometimes referred to as “Fanny de Perk.” That was after they had begun to refer disrespectfully to other members of Roosevelt's friends. They didn't call me that at first. I think it was Henry Morgenthau who called Tom Corcoran “Tommy the Cork.” After that then “Fanny de Perk” came up. “Tommy the Cork” was originally supposed to be quite intimate, I suppose. It was a little intimate pleasantry to indicate that he was a broth of a boy, bubbling full of life and fun. That was what “Tommy the Cork” was used for by Henry Morgenthau. There was something that was common in the lingo of either the cartoon or something else at that time that brought that up. Or else it was when the gun men had begun to be so prominent in New York society. When you read the front pages, there was “Louis de Gimp,” and so on. In the news stories about the various gangsters there would appear