To be sure, a little way off I'll look like a walking
barber's pole. Do you know that that Gilbert of yours has been elected Captain of the Freshman football team?"
The barber's pole I successfully extracted from David's mouth, but the difficulty (not foreseen) of knowing how to dispose of a barber's pole in the Kensington Gardens is considerable, there always being polite children hovering near who run after you and restore it to you.
I confess to having received a few simple lessons in conjuring, in a dimly lighted chamber beneath a shop, from a gifted young man with a long neck and a pimply face, who as I entered took a barber's pole from my pocket, saying at the same time, "Come, come, sir, this will never do." Whether because he knew too much, or because he wore a trick shirt, he was the most depressing person I ever encountered; he felt none of the artist's joy, and it was sad to see one so well calculated to give pleasure to thousands not caring a dump about it.
They saw 'Hotel', they saw 'Free Garage', they saw 'Coffee Shop', they even saw the striped
barber's pole. But, unprompted, they didn't notice a woman falling.
Pupils aged between four and seven learned maypole dances and performed them on the village green, weaving coloured braids as they performed the
Barber's Pole and the more intricate Spider's Web while accompanied by accordion player Moira Clarke.
