The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-29

|, price s5-.ort Of staggered ne. Five dollar,
IS a good BIT to pay for a necktie. you know
so resolved to be economical and to stern
~ deny myself. We walked past the neck
tie That day out IN the field somehow I
saw red necatics floating before all az
ternoon. I came mighty near n1uffing IT,
In good shape, too. just cOgitat;ng the
alurements Of that beautiful red lace-cov-
cred puff The more I thought about II the
more wanted II. l dreamed al night that
every friend i had was wearing that kind of
necktie and that l was out in the cold. Why,
.t was awful, Woke up early the next
morning and dashed out 10 Budd's to see IL
IL was still IN the window. Yes. there. for
sure. / took another look and had just de-
| cided TO march in and buy when Bobby
Wallace hove in sight and dragged mo
away. Bobby doesn't approve of my neck
| tie fad. though he will in time. Tn con-
| ver,ing him by degrees. and l predict that
] BY the end OF the summer he'll be as fierce
a fiend about them as am
1 But Bobby wouldn't let me stop to buy
| the tie. Said any fellow who'd pay s. for n
necktie was-well. never mind what he said.
But opposition on the necktie question isn't
good for me won't stand H. just waltzed
| back to Budd's the very next morning and
no Bobby. Butt makes me sick to think
OF IT, even nOw-when | reached the window
no sign of tie there. I rushed inside and
demanded TO see those lace-covered red
puffs.
VERY sorry. sir said the salesman but
We Just sold the last one not half an hour
ago to Mr.. Wallace. on the st. Louis bail
team. Very becoming. too. he found it
The convincing signs Of MIR. Heidrick's
devotion TO neckties are everywhere out
ward and visible. l made my way down the
hall to his apartments at the Normandis
through rows OF canvas-covered trunks that
contain neckties and nothing else. at least
you would have to show me everything in
those big trunks before I'd believe other
wise.
Hes got hundreds" said Mr.. Donlin.
when I asked about the trunks. And he
sends his four brothers and his sisters
enough every week or so. to last them for
the rest of their natural lives"
Necktie. ornament the Heidrick rooms to
the exclusion CT almost every other va
rfety Of bric-a-brac. Long scarfs OF Chi
nese silk dotted in red and bordered in
Persian. and speckled in white hang from
his mirror. and float idly In the breeze
about his dressing table. Fsstocn of neck
ties drape his photographs and ornament
his book racks. Summer strings of silk and
cheviot and madras Irvine about every Gen.
ceivable nook and projecting hook that Ie-
veals itself. And all the ties are selected
with discriminating eye and a know;edge
OF what Is becoming. as well as what is
good style. The center fielders collection
of neckties, OF which I saw but tenth
part. Is one of which he may well be proud.
Strange to say. he wears very quiet ties
himself. A soft tie Of blue-that is his ia
yorite color-or a neat-looking four-in-nand
Of black or clear white silk for dress occa-
sions, caught with a small, but rich-lookins
scsrfpin he inclines toward. with few
changes.
The numbers OF old ties that he must
have secreted away is something astonish-
ing.
wanted-Any one desiring silk neck:ies
somewhat worn, that may be used for
crazy quilts or sofa pillow covers. for char
table or personal purposes. may communi-
cate with ]. Emmett Hedrick. Hotel Nor
mandie, st. Louis Mo.
SERENA LAMB.