Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-02-03
MONG the girls who were FOND
\ of young Holly Reyes 1t was
N thought the knowing thing to

say that lie had the "Iatir
touch BY this they meant to say tina
lie was lightsome spark, fiexibly eX'
pressive and Of a contagious Gayety.
He could do positively anything,
they said. for this tall gentleman was
a master OF light accomplishments
He was 4 willing player upon the
pianoforte. being one of those dashinl
young amateurs whose hands sweeI
the keys like sea birds running tc
rise from the water. lie improviseG
and composed; he had written several
charming little songs. OF course. he
danced like an angel" and he drew
recognizable caricatures. but not mali
cious ones.
Moreover, no had ii light baritone
voice with touchingly wistful tones
in II.
Holly had no vanity at all. lie tool
his accomplishments and himself not
seriously but careiessly; he was the
friendliest soul alive and would dc
anything he could for anybody. Con.
sequently he was asked to do n great
deal, and the general imprefsio
about him was that with all his lifts
he would never amount to any
thing"
why don't you?" a girl asked him
one afternoon on the Country Clul
veranda. She was visitor from out.
of-town. why don't you amount &c
something and fool 'em?" she urged
him. anyhow. why don't you try?'
I've thought of IT sometimes. Why
do they think / won't amount to any.
thing? l don't mean 1 think 1 shall
myself: 1 only mean / wonder why
they think 1 won't. What reasons
do they give?"
They don't give any" the girl re.
piled. They Just say. oh, yes
Holly's charming, but, of course, he'll
never amount to anything They
don't stop to analyze why they think
so, you see. They just have that i'm.
preston of you and let 1t go at that
well, why do you think they have
it?' he asked.
She looked thoughtful, concentrate
ing. II think it's because they all use
you" she said. "They know you'll dc
everything they ask you to, and a LOT
of polite. thoughtful things. besides
that they don't ask you to. On tor
party'-you've certainly been the life
of every party I've been TO since ]
came here. The trouble is you don't
charge anything for it. I mean by
that. you don't act as IL you were con.
fering favor. You let 'em take i,
for granted you'll do all the enter.
tanning and carry all the baskets
too. They love you, of course; blu,
they know that they use you and tina,
they don't have to make any returns
for It; so they really feel you'll lie,
everybody else treat you the same
way, wherever you go and whateve,
You do
$50 that's it," Holly laughed
Amounting to something is jus,
getting returns, is it?''
well, isn't It? Look at the hand.
some little NJ n with the strong jaw,
Thompson r. inert. He makes every
body feel that he's out to get returns
for himself, and they all think he has
a great future before him. II you
and he both wrote to papa that your
Intentions were fairly honorable, and
if papa had to take one of you, II
would seem much wiser to let 1t be
the good-looking little Rennert man
with the jaw"
II see," Holly returned, nodding,
You're ambitious"
Not SO very, but your wife would
have a poor time of it, my friend
When you were star in theatricals
she'd hear 'em say, He ought to have
gone on the stage" When she'd 81,
in the gallery to hear you make ar
after-dinner speech, she'd have to
listen to everybody whispering, He
ought to have been an orator" And
when you'd play or sing: oh, he
ought to have been a musician" Your
wife'll always be hearing what you
ought to have been; and that's the
painfulost thing wife can hear abou,
her husband
Whereas. with little Tomnie Rem.
merit" Holly suggested.
Whereas, with little Tommie, shed
have husband with a lot OF selfish
energy, and shed get to be prosperous
and important some day." said the
visitor. Little Tonr.ie Rennert Is
rather narrow-minded, but he's good,
he's affable. he's devoted to business.
and he wouldn't do anything for any.
body unless he got credit for it. He
sent me some sensible flowers-just
about third as many as were in tina,
enormous stack you cent me yester.
day-and at the dance that night he
expected me to make fuss over him
for it. You sent me n bouquet for a
dance YOU couldn't go to. yourself
No; I'd take Tomniie, because he'll
get on In the world. and you'll probably
be working for him some day."
What a horrible prophecy
you see." she explained, "hed hire
you because he'd think he could make
your popularity useful to him in his
business. Don't you really see tina,
you'll be working for him some day."
Holly shook his head ruefully
'Lordy" he said. What did give vol
that idea7 Are you a good prophe'
USUALLY"
NKISS VIRGINIA PEEL of Leming'
AVA ton. the visitor, looked at hin
thoughtfully. "I think I'm a goot
prophet In this case" she said. 'Ti
tell you why. Wherever you 90 70,
find more or less the same types, dom
you? OF course everybody's an indiv
iduaI. and in some things diferen
from any other person in the world
but when you 60 from one town L
another. you're pretty apt to fln'
people that correspond to people 20,
knew where you came from. The wa!
It Is with me. when I'm visiting in {
place like this. meet a woman, TO
instance. and pretty soon begin t.
think. oh, yes! know lot abou
you You're another Mrs. Calvin Jones
that'e what you are!' You see. Mrs
Calvin Ionea is q type I've Away