The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-15
1.-THE MORE YOU SAY THE LESS PEOPLE
REMEMBER" ONE WORD WITH YOU
SAP Pol 10

What poets would speak of as a wealth
of hair stuck out from under his hat
brim. 1t was the blacklist kind of hair
blacker than the pointed black whis-
kers which aided in making his front
view striking. If ut is true that each
hair of ones head is numbered, the
ledger page isn't made that is big
enough TO set down the figures of that
head, or as much of the hair that was
visible beneath the hat brim.
People laughed as the long-haired
man retreated to THE elevator. Those
who read the comic papers and the
homemade witty columns of the news
papers were constrained to remark that
the owner of THE hair would be valua-
BILE ITO any football team
Other jokes were passed just as
weighty, and then silence fell upon the
crowd. "A slender, pale-faced man, who
wore a long black Prince Albert coat
tightly buttoned around him, trousers
of a light pattern and boots whose high
heels betrayed their continental make.
stepped up TO the Office and began a
conversation with Clerk Schaeffer.
1t was none other than Ignace Jan
PaderewSki. the man who can make a
piano say more sweet things than any
body since the earlier days Of Ruben
stein. He and his managers, Hugo
GOerlitz, John G. Freyer and z. c.
Fisher, had just arrived from New York
an hour before. They caused small
sensation in the hotel, and when they
left the office to go 10 their rooms the
crowd gathered around the smiling
Schaeffer.
''Was that really Paderewski?" He
has got his hair with him this time,
eh?" Anyhow, he surely can thump
those fvories,'' were some of the COM
ments fired at the clerk. But say
Schaeffer, who was the other chap car
rying so much hair?" asked one.
That" said Mr. Schaeffer. was
Marsick, also a musician of wide repu-
tation. All such people come here"
They do, do they? Well, we'll just
put Eden OF the Great Northern hotel on
TO you Eden is a friend of mine. and
If these musical wonders won't put up
at the Great Northern, III see that a.
least Eden gets his Bit
The party Withdrew to the cafe and
soon afterward laughter was heard
therein. Nobody except themselves
knew the fun, but an incident of the
afternoon might serve as a clew and
prove that Eden's friend had kept his
word II was just 3 O'Clock when a
smart looking man in check clothes.
carrying a black valise, such as doctors
and piano tuners carry, appeared at the
Auditorium office.
Say, just send UP and tell Pade-
rewski l am here" he ordered. Clerk
Kennedy looked blank. The cashier
and bOOkkeeper and assistant clerk
and room clerk all came forward and
said in concert. "Hha-a-t."
That's right" repeated the smart
looking man. send up and say that
I am ready 70 do that job. Don't see
though. what ne wanted 70 put it of
until this time OF day for. was of
this afternoon"
Look here, who ara you?" said Mr..
Kennedy, as the smart hooking man
placed his black bag on the counter, /
opened Il and disclosed a collection Of
bottles. shears and towels.
I'm the barber. I'm from the Great
Northern. and I've come 70 trim up
Paderswski. and give him shave. too.
II ne needs Il. Mr.. Eden got word chis
morning 70 have a man here al $50
O'Clock. and I'm the man That piano /
player Is keeping me from q concert
now"
The clerical force Of the Audi to-iun
was staggered. but 70 guard against
mistakes a messenger vas ssTst 70 the /
virtuoso's room - ascertain Z he
wanted a "haird-esSeT. That hair I
dresser was a brilliant piece OF fi1esse 4
on thu part OF NJ Kennedy. Barber /
and ''lla5--cuctc-' are in bad form. ncr .
% say offensive. - a man Ike Psde- F..
rewSkL Answer came down that the I.
viTcuoso did not. with = ;ea-bo-se pow 4
- accent Oh The hot. want the hair I
dresser. and the gentleman from t1s I.
Great Northern was sem back 20 Mr. .
Eden. swearing every step Of TIA way /
Mr. Schaeffer says he thinks he knows
the identity % the joker. but y : ye, .
UNDECIDED with whom he shall share !
the small bottle. me funny man o. Eden .