The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-06-26
WHY vAUNT YOUR CALLING I
Observant Traveller Can See No Rea-
son for It-Public not Interested.


Observant Traveller Can See No Rea-
son for It-Public not Interested.
From the New YORK. Telegraph.
A youth with a flowing black tie, neg
lige shirt, and seif-confident manner.
walking along Broadway yesterday. saw
a crowd gather in the neighborhood OF
the Cadillac. He rushed into the midst
thereof. ostentatiously pulled out note
book, and announced loudly that he was
a reporter and wished to get the news.
Then he waited for the homage that
never came.
why do men vaunt themselves on
their business or profession asked a
traveller. why do they think that they
amount to more than any one else merely
because they are lawyers, or doctors, or
reporters, or cowboys?"
81 give II up" said some one.
"Out IN Los Angeles recently I saw a
man riding down the main street OF that
city looking like a circus" continued the
traveller He was q cowboy, and wished
all tho world to know it. He wore a
bright red shirt, with neither coat mol
waistcoat He had on wonderful chaps
a broad-brimmed hat, a gun az bis right
hip Also I noticed that his hair had
been oiled and curled and brushed for
ward on his temples. Why did he think
that any one cared what his business In
life was? Is a cowboy anything wonder
ful? I had not heard that he was.
Riding on a train through Kansas,
noticed youth board the train at Hutch
inson. He wore the rough clothes which
are supposed to go with the West Talk
ing with the youth, he told me he was q
cowboy. He was a preachers son from
Akron, Ohio, and had been working on q
farm near Wichita for six months tending
cattle and sheep. He had a paper called
the Kansas Cowboy in his possession
and folded IL so the word cowboy could
be seen. and then he stuck It in the
handkerchief pocket Of his coat so that
all who looked at him would get the
word. What did people care because this
poor. feeble-minded person had been
working on a Kansas farm? I give that
up, too.
Somewhere in Illinois a churchmar
boarded the train. He was clad in black
with knee breeches on, wore a purple
ribbon around his neck, on one end OF
which was an eyeglass. He had on q
Roman-collar, and wore an enormous
ring on the third finger Of his right
hand. What do you suppose We cared be-
cause he was a bishop? And yet he un-
dOubtedly wished US 10 know or he would
not have worn the ridiculous knickerbock-
ers, the shovel hat. the purple ribbon, the
absurd ring. and all the other parapher
MALTA OF the ehurchman.
There was a thin-faeed woman on the
train, also, with flushed face and rather
anxious look. She attracted some atten-
ton TO herself and then osteEtatiouslS
produced a yellow covered book. one oil
the old French editions OF some play, and
carefully began 10 read ii. looking up al
times and making her lips move. She
wished every one present 10 believe shf
was an actress. It's a funny world wher
every one thinks it Is smart to tip of hi:
! profession 10 every one else, isn't It
now?"
Sure. It is" said some one. THAT /:
very handsome pin you are wearing
there. What's the design"
1t is a horses head inside Of a stirrup
the whole with a whip running arount
| IL. replied the traveller.
WHY DO you wear that?"
ITO show that I'm a horseman. see?"
Yes. I see"