Evening star., 1925-10-25

she reached Germany she would drink
a glass of beer for him. which. IN
way, was almost as formidable re
quest as for the Red Rose that made
up the story of Beauty and the beast
seeing that the woman doesn't ike
beer
However, q request is a request, ana
when she got to old Heidelberg she
ordered stein of the foamN. Being
an August afternoon, the colo dFlnK
looked as If it had a mission TO per
form, but-you know how bitter the
stuff is--So she passed it on to the
woman next. who saved 1t from get
ting fiat. In the usual way.
When she got to Paris she scuttled
from Napoleon's Tomb to an imposing
shop and asked to see the best white
silk four-in-hand in stock. The clerk,
who spoke English most beautifully,
which was more than the woman can
say for herself. produced a sheet OF
silver tissue on which lay a. Whlte
silk tie-a plain tie Of Eenteel appear
ance, but some way too much like
other ties to be accepted as an arblter
Of fashion. But the clerk was insis-
tent: The elegant simplicity Of that
tie made it popular with the best
groomed men of Paris. He could
assure madame that. And then he
mentioned the price. At that, the
woman knew she was being imposed
on: for though she had never bought
a white silk tie for outside men, she
was thoroughly acquainted With color
ed patterns for nephews-at almost
three times the money. But he was
so polite that she bought one for
home girl addicted TO sports toSs, so
that she could get away without hurt
ing his feelings.
Then she tried another store and
was shown the same style of tie. in
answer to her request for the best in
the shop. BY that time she had lost
faith in the supremacy of French
fashions and decided TO wait until
she got back to good old Washington,
where our commercial moguls know
exactly what's what IN gents furnish
ings. 1t was pink rose of a thought,
but it had its thorn-for:
When she stood at the necktie
counter Of a store notable for its cor
rect mems wear and asked for the
very best quality of white silk four
finland the store carried the young
clerk went direct to what seemed to
be the depot of finest furnishings:
brought back a box and tenderly re-
vealed a white silk necktie-a plain
tie of genteel appearance, but, some
way, too much like other ties, to be
accepted as an arbiter of fashion.
This is what you want--the very
latest fashion from Paris
II wasn't what the woman wanted.
but it was what she had to take.
Gimme two ties, please, in a box >
And as she went her way to the
kindly mans desk she said TO her.
self-having no one else handy
that she felt within herself that she
could beat Paris hollow at making
neckties, IL only she knew how to
se..
COME woman law student may be
~ interested in a colleague out West
which is the why Of this broadcast
ing from a letter. written by a relative
who was Washington girl before she
trekked to Montana.
- Have quit the Abstract office
and am with a law firm. Only pays
500 per month, but the opportunity
for study is great-finest private law
library in this section and gives me
practical knowledge of lawyering
every day in the week and sometimes
on Sundays. AS the court reporter
had TO go to Chicago. l got the chance
to cover a shooting up at the Springs,
and after that. the accidental death of
q local man and the peculiar killing
of an elderly gentleman who lived at
the Park. l keep books for a coal man
at night and there is a man who has
invented way to kill coyotes and
wolves on the range. He and I have
Just got out 5000 worth Of ads for big.
outdoor magazines. Keeps me go
going. suppose you read of
our earthquake got a big
crack in the stucco of my house to
show for it.
'Hau snow for two weeks
mountains are white, with clouds
hanging around the sides and the
peaks standing clear above them. My
wish / could have been along.
Poor little deer with SO many on their
trail. I'll ramble a bit about the
Park. 1t is a stock country up there
and the mountains are glorious to
see, although to my mind our town
Surpasses them. The county
attorney. his wife, the sheriff, coroner
some deputies and myself went up to
take testimony in regard to the death
OF a poor old man, who, though Ill. had
been robbed and beaten up until he
died. Up in Chico Gulch two men
shot it out. One left behind a wife
and seven chiidren-youngest nine