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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-13
Some Things THAT the Elevator MAN Hears

vate bills through. Besides he's tried TO
obstruct the rest of us Of the Oossic riv-
er bridge bill and I'm going to show him
two can play at that game.
The elevator man also hears Repre-
sentative Bazook when he says TO the
author of the Brown bill
Brown, I'm willing to back that meas
ure of yours. but I'd like to know first
what your views are on my Oossic river
bridge bill"
Whereupon Mr.. Brown hastily assures
him that this bill above all things else on
earth meets with his approval.
The elevator man must derive consider
able satisfaction when he hears Mr.. Ba-
Zook some moments later launch into an
impassioned defense of the Brown bill,
mot only because IL is piece of RENE
dial legislation long needed in this coun-
try. but also because IL tends directly To
conserve the interests of this great ma
ton ="
One elevator man was asked what his
years of labor had developed
Well he said. Il reckon l know bet
ter than anybody else how hard people
keep tryin' to put one over on each
other
There is only one small bit OF informa-
ton which is withheld from the elevator
man, and that is the Information concern
ing himself. III he almost breaks the neck
of stout person by causing him to step
down SIX inches at his landing the stout
person wanders absently away and later
hunts up the manager OF the building and
enters his complaint. ii he gets rough
with seeker after Information that
seeker doesn't comment on his attitude
while he is in the elevator Inciyility.
carelessness and other faults are not dis
cuSsed In the presence OF the elevator
man, whom they most concern. The COM
plainants wait until he is safely out OF
nearing. and then decide to take their
KICK TO the management. This they do
And when the elevator man gets his no.
tice to quit the thought occurs to him:
why should / daily receive advance
tips on stocks. and yet not know until the
ardy?"
And the echo sends back no answer.
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have a saddening effect on the counte-
nance. You will seldom see a man with
chubby face buy long, slim cigar
one of the panatella shapeS-and you
will seldom see a man with long, angu-
lar face buy short, thick cigar-one of
the club shapes. l sometimes think that
this fashion is wrong, because long,
slim smoke would have tendency to
lengthen a short face. and thick, fat
cigar to shorten long face
'Oh, yes. we see some funny angles of
man nature in this shop" said an F
street cigar clerk. \ dapper chap was
looking over the cigarette holders last
night. Not one seemed to suit him.
Have you longer holder. something
like this?' he said, showing the broken
pieces of one about eight inches long. We
had one and he bought it.
4 don't know that ii makes cooler
SMOKE he said, but, YOU see, / was
abroad last summer and the holder
bought there got smashed The unusu-
ally long holder with a cigarette in II has
a decidedly foreign look and ! like that
1t gives u fellow a fine chance to tell of
the quaint little shop he bought il in, Of
the wonderful old boulevard on which the
quaint little shop stood. and of the fine
old city through which the wonderful old
boulevard runs on which the quaint iittle
shop stood. 1t starts the conversation on
foreign travel and this is where l
shine.
"A ladies' hairdressing parlor isn't III
it with barber shop when you want to
know about the little weaknesses of hui
man nature said barber friend to The
Star man You can study il yourself.
Look at that man who is getting his hair
cut and with one of our manicure girls
sitting by him king up his nails. Look
al the silly. smpering smile ON his face
while ne is saying some idiotic stun In
the girl. She is not at all pretty, but
she's woman and that fellow thinks
he is making hit with her. It's habit
with him and most of the others. lie
thinks he must make an impression Per-
haps the girl encourages him. She is
used to that line of talk-hears il from
almost every man she helps tn primp up,
and she has to act pleased and look as
though she had never had such an en-
joyable conversation before That's a
way women have. It's good business.
too If she should tell the fellow that he
is mush-head he would get sore and
never come into the shop again.
Take that fellow over there getting
a facial massage with electric vibration.
hot towels. cold cream and such. He is
fighting off the lines that the years are
putting in his face. He is trying Il
stave off old age as hard as any woman
does And I'm not saying this is wrong.
only that he is vain. as all men are.
There's another man getting a sham
Doc and having the hair at the temples
touched up with a soft and harmless dye.
He has noticed that few gray hairs
have come there and he wants to cover
them up-it's human nature in a man as
well as a woman.
Look at that man tying his necktie,
Could any woman. even a professional
beauty, be more particular about getting
her hat on just right than that gentle
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-13
AN is vain,

IL ~ One of the extreme cases
vNu of male vanity coming under
my notice. said Avenue
cigar stand keeper to The Star
man. was that of a man who dropped
in to patronize me last week. He was
an Englis. man portly, well groomed and
prosperous. He wanted a rather eXpen-
xiye pipe-soInething for about TWO dol
lars. This looked like good sale TO me,
hut I soon understood that | had
troublesome customer He would put
one pipe after another in his mouth. walk
over TO the mirror behind the cigar light
81 and survey himself at various angles.
He wo,lld say, This does not quite
please ne or Il do not think ii hangs
lust right At first | could not make
out what the trouble was. because | knew
the pipes were all right. and they looked
pretty swell 10 me. But, by patching his
bits of conversation together, there was
no other conclusion possible than that
the man was trying pipes very much
as woman tries on hats. He was look
ing for IA CurVed-stcm pipe which he
thought would he becoming. / spent fifty
: five minutes by the shop clock making
that sale and finally sold him A briar
for $50 Next day he came in and told
me that his wife did not approve of the
appearance OF the pipe; that she thought
II WAS not jaunty or jolly enough for
him, and that ii made him look too old.
/ told him that if he did not want 10
smoke that pipe ! would give him his
money back. that | did not have time to
match pipes to the many types Of beauty
among my customers
nat ift7n of
brsg about said another Avenue cigar
man, To whom The Star man told the
story of the unbecoming pipe for [
have customers who consider the color
OF the cigar band in its relation TO the
necktie and the complexion. The real
reason why most cigar bands are red
is because that color helps 10 light up
the face, something after the manner
of d red neckte Most men like a red
necktie. though only comparatively a
few have the nerve 10 wear one They
know that red neckte. especially at
night puts ruddy glow on mans
IdCe and doth for him what rouge does
for "A woman.
II nave a customer who likes a par-
ucular brand of cigar that comes with
d yellow band He always removes this
and replaces il with a brilliant scarlet
band. which when not in use he carries
IN his vest pocket Many men talk
about how a cigar fits the face but
many of them really mean by this how
cigar looks in the face. Some men
affect "a careless and independent air by
carrying their cigar tilted at varying de-
srees of inclination, just for the same
reason that they wear their hats tilted
backward sideways They think they
look better that way. You know the cava
liers of the olden time wore their plumed
hats cooked this way and that way as
their fancy willed.
Now. when "A man affects "A melan-
choly or contemplative air he carries
his cigar tilted downward. or. If a cigar
etse, he lets it droop. This is thought to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-13

There is no doubt that a cane adds to
the elegance of a mans manner, If he
carries it as though he always had car
ried one 1t gives him something to do
with his hands aid with one hand busiiy
occupied with "A cane and only one hand
free he is not apt to stuff that hand in
his trousers pocket.
Most men haven't much taste in neck
ties, said a haberjasher. but they try
to buy those they think they look best in.
Ne guide them well as we know how.
Many go to the glass and hold the necI-
tie against their coat to see how it goes
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a lady Of high degree makes an appeal
in behalf OF some slaves who have be-
sought her intercession:
ITO my lord. the secretary OF tho
palace, thy handmade Sara'a. May Be-.
Belt OF Babylon. Nabu. Tashmet lshtar
Of Nineveh, and Ishtar OF Arbela bless
my lord. May they grant my lord Ions
life with health of mind and body. The
Governor OF Bit-na' alani has sold TO
Marduk-erba the slaves. seven in num-
Der. whom he had from my lord These
people are now here and have come 20
me saying. Inform the secretary OF
the palace before We are conveyed To the
house OF Marduk-erba. My lord. the
officer who executed the contract is now
with them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-13

The elevator man gives out no tips.
He merely snorts at this mushy nonsense
and continues to haul his human freight
up and down until one day neither Jimmy
nor Miss Jennie show up-whereat their
employers, in deepest desolation, wonder
where they have gone.
A man preparing to move into new
Office building could find no better d.
rectory of the characters of the other
only persuade that clamlike person to
talk. If there is a chronic borrower in
the building the elevator man will get
the information in half a dozen reliable
conversations held on his elevator. He
invariably knows the affable person who
interrupts business in half dozen offices
while seeking a match. He knows, the
person who is always dropping in for a
''little chat" which usually becomes a
dreary monologue after the first five min
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Prof. Eiselen read inscriptions on other
bricks setting forth marriage contracts
of Babylon and Nineveh; contracts re-
latins to alimony; complaint from lodg-
err i'm a boarding house against the fare;
:; prescription for toOthache: business
and government records. and messages
relating To the daily life of those ancient
people whose capitals have been dust for
centuries.
These bricks were unearthed by savants
of the German Oriental Society,
tDeutscher Oriental GesellschafU, who
are now making extensive excavations on
the sites of Nineveh. Babylon and Ashur.
which antedated Nineveh as the capital
of the Assyrian empire. The Northwest
ern University recently has obtained
sixty of these bricks. Many of the bricks
are inscribed with temple records. Others
are engraved with messages to the kings
official records of government and letters
of the common people.
The bricks vary in size. The largest are
three inches long, two inches wide and
one-half inch thick. The smallest are not
more than an inch long, half an inch wide
and one-fourth inch thick. The average
is about an inch and a half long, an inch
wide and one-fourth inch thick. The tenn
pie records and the bricks, which may be
termed official documents. kiln
baked. The love letter is likewise kiln
are on sun-dried bricks. The bricks vary
as greatly In value as in size The tenn
pie records and the bricks setting forth
official minutiae are valued a. So apiece
Others. especially those of historical sig
nificance, are valued at hundreds and
even thousands of dollars The cuneiform
writings cover both sides of the bricks
Many of these bricks, said Prof Else
len. were found singly or several to-
gether, scattered through the dust and
debris of the ruins now being excavated
One of the most important finds of these
ancient records ever made was that of
the library of King Ashur-Ban-Apal, who
f1ourished in Nineveh in $50 b. c. The Ii
brary contained 10000 inscribed bricks
and cylinders. 1t was evident the bricks,
or volumes, as We should cali them. had
been kept on shelves. and a carefully kept
index was found classifying and naming
them. This library contained descrip-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-13

..And" adds Mr.. b.. 81 don't propose
bssitatine TO tell that shyster lawyer
what think of him. Why. would lou be-
,;aye u A was made executor for an es-
tate not long ago. and before he got
through he had executed 1t down from
S615 to $50 I'll bet he got every cent
that wasn't paid over to the heirs"
Thus, when noontime comes, the eleva.
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man is about getting that necktie exactly
to suit him."
This saloon could not hold its trade
without those mirrors. said a bartender
you will see men preen themselves ana
pose while taking IA drink. Watch the
posture of that chap and look how ne
holds his glass and eyes himself crlticai'y
while he drinks. He is thinking of him
self. of the expression of his eyes ana
mouth the condition of his hair, the set
of his hat and coat. the contour OF MS
face and the excellence of his whole
figure. He is stick on himself. Most
men are, though many OF them pretend
tn the contrary 1t is Il thin prctcnsc.
That man is getting more satisfaction out
Of the looking glass than ne is out or the
other glass"
Men use that looking glass at the side
of the car more than women do SAID an
elevator hoy in a tall office building.
Seven out of ten men who ride with
me make a few witches at their necktie
to arrange it neater. or 10 FIX the set Oh
their hat, OF comb their hair WITH their
fingers or smooth il down. or arrange
their coat so that it fits better about the
collar or pull their cuffs out OF Their coat
sleeves so as to show little more white
linen, or clear their throats, or examine
a filling in a tooth, or rub their hahd
over the face as though apologlzng for
having missed their morning shave, and
as though saying 10 the other people Ill
the car, Il know ! am not looking my
best just now. but it's me for the barber
Snop right away.
why do men who are sound and well
carry canes" answered an Avenue mer-
cnant who sells such things. well, you
see in the olden days gentlemen carried
swords. and | think the cane Is Il sort OF
survival of the sword habit sort OF IL
marx OF distinction which gentlemen cling
TO. Most men carry canes, though, not
because they are thinking of the sword
carrying days, but because they think a
cane adds TO the ease and grace OF their
walk. A man can give d gentle swing
to the walking stick which adds to, the
rhythm of his walk. 1t gives To man Il
leisurely appearance-kind of an l-don t
haVe-to-work air.
Many men take much pride i'll the
way they carry their sticks as some OF
them do in the grace and courtliness of
their head and arm movement in lifting
their hats to ladies.
Most of my customers on buying a
cane always say something about having
lost one that they had carried for twenty
years, and which had been given them by
a dear friend. They usually say L feel
lost without stick
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tor man is prepared to witness mortal
combat when A and b. meet. Soon after
the twelfth hour has struck the bells on
the seventh and third floors ring simui-
taneously A. climbs on at the seventh
and B. at the third. They take one look
at each other.
well. by GEORGE yells A.. who -
have thought Of seeing you here: You
must come out and lunch with me-.
No. my dear fellow" chortles B.. you
must come out and lunch with me-
OF they CO. arm in arm, while the ele-
vator man ponders on this little fiction of
civilized life, which he has unw.ttingly
penetrated.
This same elevator man one afternoon
took a prosperous broker and his friend
to the formers offices on the NTH moor
As they rode up, the broker turned to his
friend and said impressively:
Buy all the preferred copper you can
lay your hands on"
He hesitated a moment, and then men
toned the name of the stock i'm detail,
warning his friend not to forget the tip.
Three days thereafter the elevator man
picked up a newspaper. having slight
curiosity as to the outcome of the VEN
ture. and learned that the stock had adj
vanced 10 points. In another Week it
went up more. And here comes the
strangest part of the elevator mans phi
losophy:
didn't You kick yourself" he was
asked. when you learned what you'd
missed by not getting in"
Nav he replied. I'm hearing them
tips all the time. What did l want to
mix in for?'
Possibly, like an overturned athlete or
an overfed gourmet the elevator man,
being surfeited with secrets of this kind.
loses ambitio nto take advantage of any
of them. 1t is a fact that not l per cent
of all that he hears ever benefits the man
who overhears them.
The elevator man probably knew
months before anybody else that Jimmy.
the clerk for Mr.. BeezinZ on the third
floor front, would probably marry Miss
Jennie. who took a turn at stenography
for Mr.. Lumpkins in 721. He heard
Jimmy announce to friend that he had
reached the ultima thule of delight when
he took Miss Jennie to an ice cream
festival. Only a short time afterward
Miss Jennie and a bosom friend rode up
And you can believe me or not" said
Miss Jennie. but Jimmy has the delight
fullest way of talking of any man l ever
met. Why. when he talks to me l keep
wishing he'd ask me to marry him on
the spot SO / could tell him how much L
love him."
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A~ OINCP"

. OINCP:"
The innocent stranger and
his friend bound lightly in
to the elevator. Once safely
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cigar stand keeper IN The Star
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-02-17
CABBAGE CONTINUES
MOVING TO MARKET
VIII Not Reach Maximum Until
March. However-N0t Hurt by
Cold.

McDavitt Bros. shipped two cars
more Of cabbage durins the past tvs
days. making a total ~ about four
ten cars OF cabbage 80 Ear shippe
by this firm this season. The ship
ping from this time on naturally IN
expected tO increase. ~ The rrOp
Will not reach IT, maximum until
March.
". + McDavItt. ne senior men,
Der OF the firm. states that the crop
has not Deen injured 20 any apprcci-
able extent BY the little cold snaps
which we have experience
The returns % far continue very
satisfactory, and probably viii con-
iinue TO be 50. as the acreage this sea
son Is considerably less than that al
list spring. and there Is no ~pr0babili-
~ Of the market being orerstockad
Mr.. McDavit states also that thn
here has escaped any injury
and A. selling well. Though w. have
shipped any car-lots on lettuce.
the aggregate shipments by express
1--we been equal TO several carloads
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-02-17

A. the result on the investigation
nto the killing ~ Jose Flores. whose
dead body was found near Lyford
Thursday. with a gun-shot wound in
ne back OF the head. Deputy Sheriff
jose Longoria yesterday placed un-
der arrest two men. whom he
brought 10 town last night and plac-
q In jail. IN
Deputy Longoria and Rangers AS
kew and Carthey went 10 Lyford
esterday morning to investigate the
murder. They found that the victim
had been killed with buckshot. The
rush about the spot where the
hooting occurred was torn up with
the shot and several empty shells
were found in the vicinity. At the
place where the body was found
there was a pool ~ blood.
An inquest was held yesterday az
ernoon by Justice of the Peace ~. I'll.
on Raymondyille which
r0ught u very little evidence 10
establish the possible Identity OF the
murderer or murderers.
The body OF the murdered man
was inferred y the Lyford cemetery
40 I o'clock yesterday afternoon.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-02-17

" H M M A
TO The Herald.
Mercedes. Texas. February le.-
T. n. Bennett. a real estate operator
Of Lamar. Colo. will make a contrae
and bring settlers from his locality
10 the Mercedes country. Mr.. Ben
nett i a large land operator with "A
long list 0f agents under him
He was IN Mercedes recently with
r. III. Hnffendick. president ~ the
Valley Land Company. who showed
him the many advantages OF this
great project. Mr.. Bennett viii be
here On Che next excursion date with
a party 81 p~r0spectors
Mrs. a. H K~aibn.isch and daugh-
ter az Peru. Ind. are making their
second annual visit 10 Mercedes
They r guests az the Mercedes Ho-
tel.
Mr. and Mrs r. r. King and
daughters 81 Chicago are registered
IT the Mercedes Hotel.
Mrs. &. X. Watson and brother.
Raymond Green. az Lewiston. Pa.
have gone 10 Monterey. Mexico. for
a short visit
Those from Brownsville who have
registered recently At the Mercedes
Hotel ar Mr., and Mrs.. Uriah Lott.
Keith = Williams. WIN. X. Craig. q
q. Dancey, " Hlcks.A. ny. BATE. H
J siattery and Raymond \ slnttery
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-02-17
NOTICE TO WATER USERS
ON BROWNSVILLE CANAL

A meeting OF the water users On
The Brownsville Irrigation Compa-
ny's Canal will be- held al the office
q the company on Levee street on
Wednesday next. February 2Ist. M
? o'clock ~. I'M. All water users on
the canal are requested IN attend
1td-itW
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-02-17

Glad He Came John ; &. Mich
i. president OF the First National
] lnk 81 Noble. lll.. who had been
ere for several days, left yesterday
! IL noon for san Antonio Mr. Mich
T. says that he came here merely 10
- what the country was like. and
hat he was glad ne came. The WISH
or says that. while he did not come
y IN the intention % investing. he
'ould not D. surprised In some day
X should buy land I'M this country
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-02-17

Improved by Change Letters
I'm Dr. and Mrs. Works. who left
D re for Captain. New Mexico. sew
raI months ago. 0n account NY the
ocfor's health requiring a higher
Innate. state that both have i'm
r0yed very much since going there.
neir many Brownsville friends sim
erely trust that the doctor may be
esfored tn health entirely.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-02-17

The Brownsville Growers Ass0ci-
; Ion yesterday shipped two cars 0f
Abbage 10 the Northern markets
Ir. Duncan. secretary 0f the asaoci-
ton. says that they are shipping a
= barrels Of lettuce and radishes
very day.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-02-17
CONTRACT LET FOR
NEW CITY BUILDING
Farias and Monies Will Erect the
New Market and City Hall for
$11.860.

The committee appointed BY the
city council 10 receive the bids for
the erection OF the proposed city hall
and market house me- yesterday af-
ternoon IN the office ~ Mayor Ko-
WALSH and decided that the bid Of
d. v. Farias and Tomas Montez for
the erection Of the new building be
accepted. subject 10 the approval o.
the city council. and upon condition
that the necessary one-third of the
bid 10 filed a. bond. The above
mentioned firm Offered to erect the
proposed building In accordance with
the plans adopted By the city coun-
1T Tor sI1.Ss0.
The committee met 10 consider the
BIDS Thursday morning. ar which
time five propositions were made
The bid Of Messrs Farias and Montez
was several hundred dollars under
the price offered By any Of the other
contractors.
The other bidders and their re-
sperfive bids we're: ~. A Elliott
sl5.S02; y. \ Rose. s15.4il+ H II.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-02-17

Pretty. neat and trim paper. the
kind that command attention as
soon as you see II. is the kind the
Frontier Lumber Co. carries. Every
thing In wall paper 70 make the
home attractive and restful. From
tier Lumber Co., Brownsville.
12-29tf
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-02-17

l.. n. Boyles returned yesterday
ON Pharr. where h. went ID assist
4 setting up and starting the Cot
rell cylind'r press which the Clar-
n purchased from The Herald.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-02-17

A marriage license was issued yes-
eriay 70 Juan Trevin0 and Miss An
LA Pena.