The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-09-26


tons without passion or prejudice, the
anarchist appears to have less liberty
Of initiative than the poor dupes of
recommendation" and anarchism it
self but new name for a despotism
in petticoats.
Ban On Silk Hats.
A trip up the white way in the
evening, when the theater crowds are
that New York men are growing less
conventional in their observance of the
dictates of fashion. Perhaps the most
noteworthy evidence Of this change is
the absence of conventional evening
dress and silk hats. The Tuxedo, with
the accompanying derby headgear, is
much in evidence, and has apparently
displaced the more formal style of mas
cullne evening dress. Even at the best
theaters only a small percentage of the
men wear the high hat that a few
years ago was almost universal The
silk tile is evidently headed toward the
museum OF ancient fossils unless the
tide should be turned in its favor.
Dealers report that their sales Of
in former years, having been constant
ly decreasing for the last three years.
There is still a limited demand. how
ever as New Workers. have not yet
reached the point Of wearing a derby
with full evening dress, as in London
The frock coat and the derby are often
seen together along Broadway and
Fifth avenue, but the high silk hat is
likely to remain the proper headgear
for formal evening wear for many
years to come.
Eva Won't Wed.
mo Wedding Bells For Me" is the
very latest song in the repertoire Of
the inimitable vaudevillian and SALON.
er, Miss Eva Tanguay. Some time ago
1t was announced that Miss Tanguay
was to wed Julian Eltinge. the female,
impersonator, and for a time Broadway
was plunged into deepest despair lest
It's falr headliner should find matrimo-
NAL duties so insistent as to cause her
retirement from the stage. After q
considerable period of this eart-rend-
ing suspense, Miss Tanguay has de-
hnitely and finally, once and for all,
announced that married life is not for
her The engagement has been broken
and the members of the prospective
tenn are still dancing in single bles
sedness.
1T would interfere with my work.,
declares Miss Tanguay, land so have
decided to forget this marriage BUSH
ness Mr.. Etinge is saying nothing,
but busily saving wood in his own
particular line, and if his heart is bro
Ken, 1t Is not visible to the nude eve.
And SO. let us hope, they will live
happily ever afterward.
A Pipe Dream.
pleasant press agent pipe dream
which has been published in nearly
every newspaper in the United States.
delaware and foreign parts deals with
the experience Of a gentle old lady
from the country who was visiting in
New York. According to this veracious
tale the consuming ambition of the
aged woman was to dine at the Jim
-Hysteria hotel, Unfortunately she
possessed only so cents and that sum.
wh1le II might serve for tip. would
nardly make great inroads On a Jim
Dill rare.
Confding her desires to the genial
general manager of the-hotel-who is
always hanging about, anxious TO lis
ten to the tales Of the hungry but i'm
poverished-that worthy gentleman i'm
medlately assured her that the snm
she possessed would be quite ade
quate. SO the gentle old lady from up-
state was seated at the best table, in
the Anlng room, and served with
everything on the menu from soun TO
nuts all fo- .25 cents And the waiter
refused a tip!
NOW, that is nice story. q Worry
excellent yarn. and Lam no iconoolast
tnat would willingly deny that it is.
veraclous record of actual facts Vet
few days ago, L saw an aged woman.
clad in shabby black dress enter tho
corridor of famous New York ho-
.ei ana overheard her ask for some
'hlhs To- eat. Did the solicitiOus clerk
escort her to the dining room? Not no.
uceabiy. He threatened to call a no
uceman, and bell boy escorted the
aged woman, none too gently to the
street
It's that yarn sent out by the press
agent OF big hotel that caused all
the trouble" explained the clerk. "Now
every old woman who comes to New
FORK thinks she can spring a story
mat Will get her a free feel at anv of
!he best hotels, and We are constantly
pestered by them. They are almost as
Dad as hotel shoppers"
The hotel shoppers ?' 1 inquired in.
terrogatively.
Sure says his ribs .sNeye,. heard
or them? They are homegrown -nro-
uucts, mostly the wives of fifteen-a
week clerks who live in Harlem and
brooklyn flats. but who drift in here
With a great flourish of trumpets and
annuonce haughtily that thew wish to
look at some Of our best apartments.
Ihey spend an hour or two sight
ing about the hotel. and then decide
tnat our shack is hardly I'D to tho
standard. They have an eye on a thon.
sahu week apartment at the St. VII
tus, but if that has been taken. thew
may come back. But they never do.
"lth some women, hotel shopping is a
haoit' and we've got next to these
enronlcs. But there is always a new