The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-08-31
BY Edward
e. Britton.

an unQSual SlSnt, DuC the OIHeT udy THESE
drew my atten-
THE MAN WHO ton, not because
CAUGHT THE TRAIN they alighted, but
LOST HIS DOLLAR. because of their
after movements.
One was in a hurry He had his arms
full of bundles, and among these was
a handbook. He was plotting lady ana
two children. He was a young man, too
old to be the lady's son. and too young
to be her husband. His face was red
with strenuosity. He got off the South
ern and with telegraph rapidity hurled
out the question: Has the Seaboard
gone?' Yes" came the answer. Can
l catch 1t at Johnston street?'' was the
next staccato movement. Yes" was
again the chorus. He hurried his charges,
clinging with desperate earnestness to
the band box. out to- the waiting hack
men, agreed with a sigh to yield up a
dollar for the trip and went dashing
away across town. I learned that he
+. made the train and that he was simply
a friend of the family who had rendered
his services, and given up his dollar.
And the second man. Well. he did the
hurry act also when he alighted. Asked
about the train
THE MAN WHO and went through
LOST THE TRAIN all the prelimi-
CAUGHT THE MAID. naries. He was n
young man too.
but he had no bundles and was escorting
4 remarkably pretty girl. whom the
crowd heard call him Henry" There
was a fleeting look of disappointment IN
his eyes when he heard that he might
catch the train at Johnston Street Sud
IDENTIFY he discovered that he had left
something or other on the train and had
to rush back for it, He came out with
an umbrella. He came up the platform
with the young lady, explaining that
there was plenty of time, change of en-
gines and so on. He hired a carriage,
but | notice it was one with a slow going
horse, and also that he w:nked at the
driver. He missed the train. ] am told,
or rather | know it, for l saw him later
yield to the Establishment of an ice
cream sign as he was keeping step with
the bright-eyed belle who had alghted (
from the train with him. He was glad /
he missed the train and that his was +
late. He had yielded up his dollar too, /
but he was escorting the apple Of his eye, /
for the time being.
So you see that it all depends upon the /
man, and the maid, whether or not you
object to trains
THE MAN WHO missing connec-
MINES HIS CLOTHES ton. This, too
IN PUBLIC VIEW. reminds me that
there are men
and men. What pleases one does not
please another, and so it goes. Take
the matter of dress, for instance, and
you have a variegated variety of tastes +
some of which shock the aesthetic clear
to the marrow, and jar all ideas of har
mony way out of sight. There's the man /
who wears silk hat and short coat I
or the one with tan shoes, black trous- |
ers and a black derby of last seasons /
vintage, and there's the man with a /
Prince Albert, negligee shirt, tan
belt, an ear high collar and white
cravat, not to mention the man with
shirt waist and a hat that is designed /
strictly for appearance with dress suit. |
These are the curios of the art of dress
inc.
The man with the Panama Hat has
been the central hgure In the PUBIC eye /
this summer |
THE MAN WHO season, and
STARTLES THE WORLD he has work |
. WITH HIS PANAMA. ed The Hat to
the fullest ex- !
tent of it's capabilities. AS the season
grows older the more brim and the more
flap has attracted the attention of the
curious public. The man with the largest |
lrs. ,:r,Ao 81 20 &c
Panama who appeared in this section had
no need of an umbrella. He wore his
sun shade every time he crowded under
the Panama. 1t is a hat that destroys
all individuality, for when you see it
coming down the street you forget all
about the man under it. but you gaze
with a fearful gaze at His Panama. 1t
covers everything, and the funny thing
about it is that each wearer thinks it is
a great Improvement and ten to one
asks: How do you like my hat?" If
you tell him you would prefer it at home
in his hat-box he thinks you are jeal-
Gus because you have not got one of such
extra extravagant proportions as his.
1t is a curious study as to how the
odd and the bizarre finds soil ready for
their eccentric-
THE MAN WHO ties in the dress
IS ATTACKED WITH parade of mems
THE VIOLENT HOSE. lives. 1t is chief
ly young men who
are thus afflicted though the older ones
are of times beset with fatal effect A
case in point is the young man who
essays to startle the world with his style
of hosiery. You've seem him just as
often as |, for he is a public exhibitor, and
all who look may see. AS he walks along :
the street he may not attract your eyes,
but when he sits he is sure to do it. He
gets a preliminary hold on his trousers
as he takes his seat, and with swing
his legs are crossed, and the full effect
OF his militant hosiery is thrust upon