Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-23


vas caused by two handsomely dressed
women who entered the stalls wearing e4-
centionally large hats. They were at once
renuested by those sitting behind them TO
take these hats off, but the women reso-
,ute,y refused to comply with the request |
At last two young men whose seats were
Immediately behind 1.-The hats got up
and left the theater. 1t was for moment
supposed that they had been driven away
in disgust. but in reality they had gone to
the box office and paid for four seats d.
rectly in front of the resolute women
They had then gone to the huge centrai
market which almost adjoins the Chatelet
and had engaged the services OF four OF
the giant porters of Les Haiies. Ihess
porters are picturesque figures knoWn 10
all Paris and are called lies forts des
HaIles" They habitually wear cart-wheei
hats with great Tapping brirns. In these
hats the giants entered the theater ana
occupied the seats in front or the ladies.
a fearful scene ensued, and at last the
police had to be called In. The men re-
fused to take off their hats unless the Ia
dies did the same. and in the END all the
big hats were removed to the huge &c
light OF the audience. This Is perfectly
true story, without a touch OF exaggera-
ton to give a bit Of atmosphere
A Mysterious Case.
in a breezy little incident. At a recent
soiree. as the Parisiennes designate their
small parties some one in fun suggested
reviving the old-fashioned game OF for
feits. Amid great cries of How jolly"
the fun started. and the circle was
formed After nearly every one had paid
forfeit a young girl sat down in the
middle of the ring. She was blndfolded
and. the pledges having been thrown into
h0I Ia haf ~ II
and the owner. in order TO redeem the
pledge had to sing a song or do some kind
of stunt. When the game was finished
guest came forward and claimed her dia-
mond bracelet. Everybody recalled her
having given it as a pledge search
was made for 1t under tables and chairs.
but when it was not found an Icy silence
fell over the party. None of the guests
had left the room. They all insisted upon
being searched. but the diamond bracelet
remained invisible, and the last account
of the unfortunate ending of the fun was
the calling in of a clever detective to In
restigate the affair
Why Not Be q Molluskp
Are you afflicted with ''molluskry?'
Never heard of the disease. perhaps. yet
1t is the most fashionable complaint OF
the day, a kind of artistic laziness as OPP
posed to the erstwhile strenuous fever We
have been luxuriating in lately. But
after ALL why not be contented to be a
n,oilusk If 1t expresses our ideal of life
better than a violent energy that leads to
nothing in particular? There are already
so many overbusy people in the world
that molusk that has become proficient
in her art is not to be despised.
There is no greater mistake than the
conviction that II you want thing done
well you must do II yourself. AS a mat
ter OF fact there Is always some one who
can do it quite as efficiently as you can
and probably better. The test of con-
noisseur in the art OF living is to find
that person. II Is quite surprising what
a number of people there are in the world
who are only waiting to slave for the
molusk Take. for example the duties
Of housekeeping Most women hate house
keeping yet they waste years of their
lives supernt ending details that could be
carried out Just as well by competent
servants On the same principle underly-
ing the advertisements one sometimes
sees in papers headed why Pay Rent?
one cannot help asking ones self Why
order dinner when 1t will come up Just
the same whether you order II or not. pro-
vided your cook Is endowed with the av-
erage intelligence OF her species and
knows what you like. Yet most women
waste their lives on things which could
Just as well be done by some one else
Unfortunately, however, every woman IL