Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-03
HE GOT THE WRONG NAME

The man who, while he never forgets
faces, cannot always remember the names
of the owners thereof, has some mournfui
experiences. He is like a chip tossed hither
and yon on the bosom Of q tempestuous
sea- 1t Is dismal thing to be compelled to
make believe that you remember the name
OF the person with whom you are talking
on familiar terms, and men generally make
sad hash of it. A woman, however, can
go on for an hour or SO concealtng the fact
that she has forgotten the name of the per-
son with whom she is conversing and the
latter will never suspect the nameless niche
she occupies in the memory of the dis
sembler.
A man with bad memory for names but
an acute memory for faces was sitting in a
corner OF Nth street car the other after
noon, idly wondering why 1t Is that not one
woman out of twenty today has her shoes
piackened or polished nicely, no matter
now eiaborately she may he gotten UP
otnerwfse, when superb creature swept
INTO the car, getting on at K street. She
recognized the man in the corner of the cal
instantly, and he recognized her face with
out pens precisely able for ten seconds or
SO TO place it. But they exchanged amiable
smiles, and she took the only vacant seal
IN the car, which happened to be beside the
man man VINO couldn't exactly place her on the
instant by the time she had sat iown and
arranged her skirts, however. the words
Martha's Vineyard" flashed through his
mind. and he remembered all about her
S saat IS everything except her name. He
,Iau met her at Martha's Vineyard hotel
iast summer, and they had been real close
70 an eye Irritation when the man was sud
ueniy called away on business He remem-
ueIeo that she was in Martha's Vineyard
"iehout her husband, although he was
quite positive that she was Mrs" and
ne struggled valiantly as he Exchanged
commonplaces with her in the car. mingled
Nun "reminiscences Of little matters at Mar
he
ootn there, to remember her name. The
embarrassing feature of 1t was that she
mad recalled his name as soon 8 she hon-aS
consequence oiA Aiiii LII
nat charming view we had from that
o oiu 1otei up at the Vineyard, did we NOT
MI: Pitapat?' she asked him e'
surely We did. rs.-um--ta-
unPh-one OF the finest views along the At
idnuc coast, verify believe"
.h by JoVe, he was saying to himself ell
1ne tnne would give a million dollars If
ns ,uu.u remember this magnificent woman $
iiahe,iets see-Bifkins, Baffkins. Ruftins
no don't believe it begins with a at ali
iuriey' farley. Tumley-durn the Iuck
anyhow i:Sa, believe am getting paresis-"
forth .. .iie crocuses are beginning to peep
-ustn already, said the ravishiny crea .rre
whose name the man couldn't remember
aHg TO the flower beds in Thomas Cir,
SO they are, Mrs.-er-ah-um-ta--. ,r,-.,
Cyl " the queer sounds coming after the
mrs being simply subdued vocal sn.s ,,,s C
and make believes wal spas MS
,,I finally, when the car was 'wav I'm ,f,
Pleasant. the man suddenly though Up M.
naa a triumphant light came into his
,r MRS; Passout are you thinking of ret,irn-
mer?" ILLS coming sum-
,,o,; zs;,, she said. graciously. but trust
you VIII permit me to request that Won aSe
or ,rss me by name that recognize.''
-, man an almost collapsed in his seat
..St fassout the-er-right-I Thought,
oh. yes, was Mrs. Passout; but 1 have
got my degree since I met you last. and T
e an now Miss Birthright again, and it re-
out" ~ oe caiieo fass-
me next time 1 can't recall a name in.
stantly' reflected the man. I'm Just going
- 10 own up TO 1t, and ask him or her his or