Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-13

prooiem-at least the alert, neat and self
respecting younger woman was relating
her tale of distress
- certainly did hate to leave my serv-
ice place because there was only three
In FAMILY and my wages were GOOD hut
honest, was getting so shiftless I wasn't
worth my saf-and 1t was all the mad.
ANS : a,ss lault too. When I first went there
do 1T all right and still have an hour a
DAY Tor my sewing. I did general house.
Work-cooklng, washing and ironine-and
was always ready to do up an extra
s sil waist TOT MISS Amy or any pressing
she wanted done. But one day her ma
caught me darping my stockines+and the
way she laid me out! Said was stealing
her time After that she was forever rak-
ing up useless things to keep me busy.
and when l saw what she was I'M to 7
took to dawdling over my work in SELF
derense, and I got SO poky I had to
leave TO get out Of the habit I hate to
go to chambermaiding In a hotel. but.
anyhow, when my works done it's done:
1t all depends on the view Won get Of
the shield.
Two colored wagon drivers were talking
John. The old fellow who answered
spryed up with the Importance that comes
from having news to tell.
Johns all right. He's got telefome.
sits up all evenin' talkin' to lists ue
all evenin' talkin' to it."
The repetition of Johns sittings up
seemed to impress the other old man.
ana anesaa as the woman who overheard
would be before two other such men
would come together and talk over some
other Johns airship.
There was nothing to the incident. of
course. Nothing at all. except
1t stood for progress And progress II
the greatest thing In the world.
woman whose course ticket for a
series OF lectures represented a front
seat In the peanut gallery looked down
at the people below. In the orchestra
chair directly beneath her sat a man
whose head was bald, Next to him on
lesser degree. On his right, with four
women between, sat another bald-headed
man. Then the woman extended her in.
vestigation to find that the majority
scattered throughout the orchestra were
either entirely bald or In some stage of
Its symptoms. oven young men, as
viewed from aloft. had Interestingly wide
almost juvenile crowns.
Il am counting bald heads" said the
woman to an entirely strange person be-
side her. land l am wondering why men
hair"
The entirely strange person had a rea-
son handy.
IT'S worry and hard work-especially
brain work. The men who come here are
intellectual or they wouldn't care for
the lectures"
We'll. I'm here and I'm not bald. Are
you? And l know many women who
worry and have brain work to do What
can't understand is that ever since the
year l mothers have been cutting the
hair OF their girl children SO that II would
grow thick How do you account for
such foolishness on their part"'
The entirely strange person, having ex-
hausted her stock of reasons. smiled nom
committally as being the only ladylike
thing she could do. The woman who
was keeping tab on heads explained:
It's just another good old doctrine
gone to smash! Like that adage about
old maids being particular. and you
know very well they are just as careless
as the next"
Maybe the entirely strange person knew
It and maybe she didn't. for just then
he lecturer stepped on the stage, the
lights went out and the amateur head
hunter was on the Mediterranean sea.