Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-01
HEARD AND SEEN HERE AND THERE.
By Earl Goodwin.

prance around on lively horse and NUM-
for watch in his pocket. It's got to
be right there in front Of him
So don't laugh at wrist watches. WI
Irwin once said he had seen them on hun
dreds Of the bravest men who have died
in the European trenches.
Then there was another incident
which shows you never can tell:
which reached a college town in the
east. She was the best little dancer
the town had ever seen. and the whole
! college turned out to see her. She
made a grand hit.
After the show a dozen college men
gathered about the stage entrance bent
| upon entrapping this young woman;
They had an idea she would be proud
to accompany them to fraternity
house and give an exhibition OF her
few However, when she made her ap
pearance and had the proposition put
up to her she was scared stfn and
started to run.
made up this particular group OF sports
didn't possess all of the ref1nements OF
life and they didn't appreciate the
| dancers feelings at all. One OF them
grabbed her by the arm and said; -
Come on. kid; we won't hurt you.
Whereupon the kid" screamed long
and distressing scream and asked to be
let alone. She was really scared;
Just about that time a lone and lowly
chorus man made his appearance. He
had never spoken to the dancer, be
| cause of the wide difference In their
status. She was a star and he was a
lve-dollar-a-week mutt that mao
less Importance than the scenery. He
of young men as drop OF water In
the midst of the Atlantic ocean. HOW
ever. he soon made his presence felt.
He grabbed the arm Of the man VINO
had said. Come on: kid and nearly
into wall and laid about him like
giant of old. scattering the rest of the
group in most startling and unexpected
fashion. They were all game. however,
and came back as strong as possible, but
this marvellous and mysterious chorus
man seemed to be a machine gun against
muzzle leaders. He cleaned up the entire
dozen. and then. with blood and bruises
disfiguring his face. asked the dancing
girl II he could be OF any further service.
She let him accompany her to the
hotel.
The next day she sought him out Of
the chorus and got acquainted. She
music, dance, write cleverly. and knew
when to use fork and when not to use
knife; and. in fact. had all of the
habits of ACCEPTED on s9eey rooa
who had gone on the stage and had SO
far failed to make good.
Whereupon she determined to make him
make good.
The first thing she did was to marry
him.
Then she got him to write for her a
musical comedy. in which they both
starred. After that everything was easy.
All Of which goes to show that you
never can tell. Who would ever dream
of a chorus man wiping up college fra
ternity as easily as he wipes off the
grease paint?
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There have been some interesting
debates in the House of Representa-
tives recently. and for reasons best
known to the general public these de-
bates have not yet seen the light of
print save in the gloomy columns of the
Congressional Record. At almost any
time one can drop into the House and
get a thrill, but owing to the news from
the Mexican, Austrian, Galician and
other harried borders 1t takes more
than a speech in Congress to get rise
out of newspaper these days. Per-