Evening star., 1924-08-03
Heard and Seen

The absent minded professor has
been the subject Of song and story
for many d year; it remains for
Washington to produce the absent
minded artist.
! This man is regular guy. in street
| parlance. who turns out some mighty
clever work with pen and brush, a
the same time he remains a plain hu-
| man being. Some folks still think
| artists have to be "temperamental"
whatever that means. But they are
| mistaken.
As a matter of fact. successful ar
| becoming increasingly difficult to
pick an artist out of a crowd of 100.
| Your choice likely would turn out 10
| be a plumber.
| The artist of this tale was occupied
| at his drawing board one day until
| late. The day being hot. he took off
| his collar and tie, the sign manual
of modern man.
| Take a man out of his collar and
tie. he is something less than man.
The artist got to talking TO
! friend at quitting time. walking with
| him To the office door. On the way
| homo in the street car he was occu-
| pied with his paper.
! His wife was waiting for him on
| the front porch
My heavens. look at you" she
screamed. bursting into laughter.
We'll, what's the matter with me-
he asked.
"Nothing-you just forgot your col
| lar and tie" she grinned.
Sure enough, he felt of his neck, to
| find buttons sticking out fore and aft.
His collar and tie still were at the
office.
He blushed deep as he thought OF
that long journey home.
Men are such creatures of habit.
forgetting a collar and tie is subject
for discussion, both among that mans
acquaintance and here.
Yet there is no particular reason.
! other than an Adams apple, why
| man should not leave off his collar
and tie on a hot summers day, if he
| feels like it.
Not one man in thousand, though.
| would do il Intentionally. Perhaps
as many as one man in a hundred
might be induced to go down town
prefer 10 have it in his hand.
II the. fashion of going without
collar aid tie should become preva-
| lent it would be good thing to
safh gether " Then enc there mere would tHh be sito no
chance for them TO roll under the
dresser.
Another Washingtonian. whose
profession need not be named, was
in the habit of leaving his car parked
| outside his door.
One night he failed to turn on the
lights and policeman came out to
arrest him.
The cop" rang the doorbell, metl
the automobile owner and started ,oI
tell him of his violation of the law.
The man began to explain.
A demonstration on the spot fol- /
lowed. The good and bad points ofI
the car were discussed and the rea.I
sons for no lights.
The discussion ended by the man6
selling the car to the policeman fo,
$50. Discretion is always the betterH
part of valor.
Dr. Hugh Stevenson. pastor ol
Bethany Baptist Church, recentlJ
had a bullfroc attend the mornins
Bible lesson class which he is con.
ducting in the church basement thif2
summer.
As explained in this column last
| week, the bullfrog picked mos,
appropriate church for such O. denize,E
of the water when he singled ou&
Bethany Baptist
/ Now DR.. Stevenson is thinking o.
| limiting the class membership foI1
Thursday a horse wandered dowuI
| the steps and stuck his head in tn Il
| door, as IL anxious to come in.
A bullfrog and horse in tive
weeks is regarded as something OF
| record in summer Bible class.
CHARLES r. TRACEWEII.