Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-10-29

Hello, you are Just the man / waat to see. -
said each 70 the other almost simultaneously.
Then they stood on the curbs;one and talked.
Was II business they were discussiugp No in
deed. Were they discussing the political std
atom! Not that either. The question that in
terested them so much related TO hats. should
they buy stiff derby hats or should thew invest
In flexible hats? They finally came to the con
eIuslon that the latter were the more correct
and they made an engagement for early day.
when they should 60 20 the hatter's and make
thelr purchases. In few DAYS YOU VIII doubt
less see them with lofty brown fel; head cover
inSs, the crowns of which will be cleft by
deep valley. aanked on either side BY two
mountain ridges. Now. as they separated. one
OF the young men went away saying to himself
tnat the other, who is the man who is being
studied, was rafting fine fellow"
ANOTHER STYLE OF CONVERSATION.
The rafting fine fellow" proceeded on his
way. and he kept bowling pleasantly right and
left, for he seemed 10 know nearly everybody.
He had hardly gone another eighth Of a mile
when be stopped again, this time to talk 20 an
older man. He excused himself for OBTAINING
him, but he wanted TO know if he would be kind
enough 20 tell him whether So-sn6-so would be
safe man TO have business relations with
The older man gave him advice and he took il
so gratefully that the former. when they parted.
asked him 70 come 10 see him and went away
saying half audibly that the Young man was
one who would be sure TO rise
The one "who would be sure 10 rise got on
the next block and climbed the steps and went
into a LAWYERS office. He knew the messenger
at the door and spoke pleasantly to him: be
had few words TO say TO the typewriter and
when he entered the room where the LAWYER
was they called each other BIZ their first names
and began an earnest conversation on club
matters. He left promising to attend to the
matter for him" The messenger looked ont
of he nj AID oil ral %,
writer that he was the most popular young
man in town.
What constitutes his popularity? Why. he
simply enters into the hobbies of people. With
the dude he talks hats. with the business man
he asks for business advice. with the LAWYER
who takes an interest in clubs he talks clubs
Everybody likes him, and, a. be knows every
body, he has a vast acreage of popularity, as
one might cay, since it extends widely in the
community.
ANOTHER TYPE.
Now, il will be interesting TO observe another
kind of man who stands high in the popular
estimation. This fellow is known as a solid
man and thoroughly fine fellow. He usually
wears gold-rimmed spectacles. but he never
wears eyeglasses. for they frivolous and ILL
suited to his dignity. He is rather grave and
never looks really youthful. whatever his age
may be. He is fond of wearing frock coat
and his shoes ALWAYS have broad soles to them.
He never claps people on the back nor do they
take liberties with him. He is ALWAYS polite.
but he is never graceful Ii cannot be said that he
Is really energetic, but he does the work that
comes to him, if not rapidly. at any rate thor
oughly and in accordance with accepted rules
He is not likely to branch out into much
originality. This class of man is very popular
not widely in the way of the Young man who
has first been described, but substantially and
safely popular. He will be surprised when be
iRds how much success he achieves for he
Knows there are hundreds of men as able and
industrious as himself who are not half as sue
cessful. Why is he so popular? Why, simply
because he does not offend anybody.
POPULAR FROM PITY.
There is a third type of the popular man that
must not be overlooked. and he is the man who
is popular because of his misfortunes. Every
body pities him and likes him. To ask him 10
dinner is to give yourself the pleasure of con-
ferring favor upon him: TO listen to his Jokes
and to laugh at them Is delightful for you
know he is never going to presume on your
social intercourse with him TO ask YOU 10 help
him in the industrial or business world. This
variety of human being is spoken of as Ibis
own worst enemv, and consequently he has no
other enemy. To tell the honest truth, be
may have vices, but he is not disreputable-
only jolly. He is nearly always clever.
good-natured, lazy and weak. He becomes en-
deared to his friends as dear old John" Ii he
could lose an arm or a leg he might become
more popular still. Really, this man life is
sad. Something went wrong. with it in the be-
ginning, and the weak side was allowed to de-
velop itself while the strong side was stunted
The very popularity, too. has helped to ruin it,
II there had been some one by in the beginning
to protect him from his friends he would have
been more of a friend to himself. But he is
popular-perhaps the most popular man in the
community.
pOprI
OF course. it would be rather absurd to talk
about popular men in Washington without
speaking of the truly popular statesmen There
are great many of these, but some Of them
are more popular outside of Washington than
they are here. Ut is not fair TO say in this con-
nection that familiarity breeds contempt but
it is true that the residents of this town see SO
many statesmen, and see them SO intimately
that they learn many Of their tricks of trade.
That hand-squeezing act, for example, creates
great impression at first, but after you have
seen that il Is something which any person may
enjoy the luxury of by stepping up and help
ing himself you begin 10 get weary of it. Then
there is another trick that Washingtonians
get the hang Of after a time, which consists
In the statesman always pretending that he
knows all about you. You are introduced TO
him as Mr.. Smith, let Us say. At once he pre-
tends that be has always known the Smiths and
that he has spent sieepless nights thinking Of
the welfare OF the Smiths And II by chance
your father, old Mr.. Smith, once met him, and
you mention the fact TO him, at once he re-
remembers it and is delighted. He asks after
old Mr.. Smith-perhaps asks to be most par
ticularly remembered to him. You 60 away
singing loudly the praises Of this pop
ular statesman-that is you do IL you are a
new conner, but IL you are an old Washington
ian you are not TO be SO easily caught. You
look oct for that statesman, and il, the next
time you see him, you find he has forgotten you
and all the other Smiths you may reasonably
conclude that he never cared a snap of his
finger for any of you. Yet the man who fol-
lows the system described often gets the rspu-
tation Of being . very popular statesman.
wfrH WOMEN.
How about popularity with women? The in
vestigation in this line met with obstruction.
One person, who plumes himself on knowledge
Of women and their WAYS, said that the main
cause OF popularity with women was their
beauty, another person said that Il ali de-
pended upon their disposition and a third
thought it was . matter dependent upon their
brain. tis hard thing to say what q popular
woman is anyhow. Is the girl with q hundred
men who come to her house and all admire her
AZ popular as the girl who is visited by three
men who love her? l. . girl whom other
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