The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-01-10

diana and Kansas citizens who com
pose the North Carolina society have
made tho South rather a fad" if
Manhattan. Your manicure will liar
softly that your left forefinger re-
minds her 20 much 81 gentleman,
in Richmond. Va ON. certainly. but
many a lady has 10 work now-ths
war. you know.
When Dixie wns being played q
dark haired young man rprang ur
from somewhere with hosby guer
rilla yell su1 waved frhnticaiiy hli
soft .briinmsd hat Then he srayed
thru the smoke. dropped Into tho VA
cant chair at our table and pullcd on,
civHr.ts.
The evening was al the period
when reserve IN thAwsd. One OF uF
mentioned three wurxburgers to this
waiter: the dark.haired young man
Acknowledged his inclusion In the
order By smile and a nod. I hastsn.
I'd 10 ask him a question because I
wanted To try a theory I had.
would you mind telling me-" I be-
gan. whether you aff FROM"
The fist u ". Rushnor. cogian
banged the table and was Jared
into silenc.
Excuse me" said he. but that's a
question ! never like 20 hear AAked.
What does II matter where n man In
froinY Is II fair 10 Judge a man by
his po#toffice adfroasy Why, i've
seen keniuekians who hated whisky.
FifKiniann who weren't descended
from Pooahontas. Indianlans who
hadn't written a novel, Mexicans who
didn't wear velvet trousers with all.
yer dollars s~wcd along the seams,
funny Engilnhmen. npcndthrift Yam.
KEGS. oold.biooded southeruerm. mar.
row minded Wemterners. and New
Workers who were too busy to stop
for an hour on the street 10 watch a
onearned xrocer's clerk do up cram
berries In paper baKn. Let a man be
a man and don't handicap him with
the label OF any section"
Pardon me-" | aid. hut my curl
oaify was not altogether an Idle one.
] know the South. and when tina band
plays Dixie I like to observe !
have formed the belief that tho man
who appiauds that air with special
violence and ontenslblo sectional
loyalty s Invariably a native OF
either secaucus. ~. j.. or the district
between Murray Hiii Lyc~um and
the Harlem river. this city. I war
about 10 put my opinion 10 the ties;
BY inquiring Of this gentleman when
you interrupted with your own
larger theory. 7 must oonfess.-
And now tho dark haired young
man spoke TO me. and II became rvt.
dent that his mind also moved niong
s,A own s-s OF grooves.
Il should like 10 be a periwinkle. :
said he. mys,rrtouriy. ION top ~ .
valley and ring too~alioorniloo.'
This was clearly too obscure. 80 I
turned again TO Cogian-
I've been around the world Il
umna.- said he. Il know an Esaui.
man In Upernavik who sends to Gin.
cinnau for his n~ckties. and I Jaw
. goathsrdes IN Uruguay who won =
prize In q Battle Creek breakfast
food purxis competition. I pay rent
on . room In Cairo. Ewypt and an
other In Yokohama all the year
around I've got siippws waiting for
mo In . tsa house In Shanghai and
DOM have 70 tail en- how u
cook my esss In Rio Janefro or seaa.
tie. It's = mighty little old world
What's the use Of Dragging about
being from the North. or the South.
or the old manor house In the dale.
or Euclid ave. Cleveland. o. Pixies
Peak. or FairfAx county. Va. or
Hooiigan's fats or any plAcer TIN
be better world when we butt he.
ing fools about some widowed town
or 10 acren Of Ewampland iur, b.