Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-01-08
Heard and Seen


have been worn for a week or 80.
and some Of the color faded out Of
| them, it may not be amiss to con-
slider the "one.tie" man..
He is the gentleman who seiLss
| upon one particular necktie and wears
1t out. He wears 1t to a FRAGILE. lie
| may have a hundred ties at home.
but he chooses one particular speci-
| men morning after morning.
For several months it will be red
| tie, for instance. When that one be-
comes wrinkled and frayed be
switches to a brown tie. which he
proceeds to wear for weeks.
He is not unique. At least i've out
| Of ten of the male persuasion are
! "one-tie" men. A man becomes at
| tached to his necktie, even rs a wom-
an may grow fond II string OF
pearls. He feels at homo with par
ticular one. and hates tn soc it wear
| out right before his face.
Riding on a piano from New Mexico
| to Washington is quite a stunt.
A young doctor accomplished tho
feat, however. OF course, he did not
actually ride on the top of the plano.
But he made the instrument pay his
way.
He Is an ex-service man. who was
doing work in a hospital in New Mex
| leo, at the same time he was there
for his own health. Feeling that ne
deserved a better job, ne decided to
come to the National Capital to see
abe vi the matter.
| Being a good piano player and hav-
! ing no ready funds. the doctor hit
upon a novel scheme to work his way
| front door bell. and when it was an
| swered. ask: would you like lit
| tie music?"
| Explanation being forthcoming. he
! would tell the people that he was 4
| good pianist. and that he was trav-
| cling to Washington, and that J. they
had a piano he would come III and
play for them.
Many people invited him in to play
on their pianos. Once seated. he
| would ask they what sort of music
| they preferred. He could play al
finding out what his audience pre-
ferred, would begin to ask them to
name individual selections.
| In return for the music he would
| receive whatever the family thought
an adequate return. In most cases it
! alone he took $2l. He would go as
far as his money would carry him.
then he would put on another course
! of home concerts.
| A model of persistence was seen in
a street car one morning last week.
She was a large woman, fat lady. to
be exact. She got on one of those cars
with the long seat running along the
side.
| She picked out a defenseless man
seated in a solid row of four men.
Why she picked upon him is hard to
say. for had he gotten up. the space
he occupied could never have held the
lady in the world.
But she was determined to make
him get UP. She swung from strap
lin front Of him. glaring doyn upon the
lpoor bird. Thus an unspoken conflict
ranged for several blocks.
Then several people got OF the car.
leaving a nice wide seat on the OPP
posite side of the car. A seated wom-
an called the attention Of the stand
ing lady to the space, but the latter
only shifted and made few general
remarks about gentlemen.
Instead of taking the available seat.
she resolutely stood her ground. sway
ling on the strap. How far would she
ride standing up. while seating space
WAS available?
That woman rode considerably more
than a mile, after that refusing to be
iseated. but steadfastly standing
! squarely in front Of her intended vic
l tim. At last two men got up by his
side, but the woman budged not. 1t
lmay be mentioned. neither did he.
At last one whole end of the car
cleared out. leaving enough seat for
a dozen women. The large lady stuck
to her self-chosen post for q few
blocks more. but finally gave up the
battle, and moved down the car to a
seat. which she might have occupied
a mile and a half back
And some people wonder why men
won't get up and give their seats to
women in streets cars like they used
Ito! CHARLES Z. TRACEWELL.