Evening star., 1925-10-17
Hat Betrays Newcomer.

HaJ hSeIEdNS
You are shown your ss-a-day room
with shower bath. and. still being a
new arrival, you change your collar.
wash the stain of travel away, put on
YOUR coat and descend TO the lobby.
Perhaps you have forgotten that on
YOUR head rests the felt hat which
came down with YOU from the North.
If so, you give yourself away. You
are a marked man. A felt hat and a
coat worn by male citizen at once
identify him as white meat--hrst
come. first served.
You sit down to look it over and
think it over One of the ladies YOU
saw a few minutes before fitting back
and forth like a hungry sparrow comes
forward and drops into the chair next
to you.
Aren't you Mr.. Brown of Chicago"
she'll ask. turning in astonishment
and registering ''isn't-thisa-small-
world-after-all?"
why. no." you will answer, pro-
vided, of course, you are not Mr.,
Brown of Chicago.
well, well. we'll. Appearances GER
tainly are deceiving, now aren't they?
l could have sworn you were Jimmy
Brown--old man Browns son. you
know. Well, isn't that just too funny
for words, And me coming up and
speaking TO YOU like that, l know
you'll think I'm a fine one. Well, |
must he going. BY the way, my name
is Miss Mable Applesauce, and I'm
connected with Barnstorm Bayrum,
the big real estate development com
ls,ny, you know. We're opening up
the new subdivision at Wart Hallow.
just a few miles down the coast. You
must see ii. Well, l must be going.
What did you say your name was?"
Use of Bird Dogs"
And as you are an innocent sort of
a human being, and a male. at that,
you'll probably give it to her, and
within a few hours receive a personal
call from Mr.. Hokum, who represents
the firm of Barnstorm & Bayrum, and
if he sells you the lot at Wart Hollow
Miss Applesauce will get part of his
commia.on. She is what they call a
bird dog" down here. Some of the
firms employ bird dogs, who scent out
the game for the hunters. A middle
aged bird dog is counted as especially
valua BILE.
Or maybe you'll escape Miss Apple.
sauce altogether. The bird dogs are
not altogether too popular with many
of the real estate people. Some of the
better ones have tried to get rid OF
them, but they stick.
You leave your hotel for a short
stroll down the street before lunch
It's hard to hear yourself think
Riveters, pearched high on the cross
beams of budding skyscrapers, pound
out their internal noise; traffic police
men blow their whistles in a continu
Gus Shrek; carpenters are tearing
down something or knocking some
thing together, and their saws, ham
mers and shouts blend nicely with the
escaping steam from the safety valves
of the donkey engines hoisting eleva
tors. The sidewalks are jammed II
is like Pennsylvania avenue on Inau
guration Day, only more SO. The
walks are narrow, and if you should
be showed into the street you mus,
jump back quickly or some speeding
maniac will take off your arm, or leg
or anything that's left in his path.
Statesmen Fill City.
Real estate offices and real estate
men-there seems to be no end Il
them. A little cubby hole stuck in thu
wall will house one firm, and next tt
it will be sumptuous Office opening
direct on the sidewalk, with picture.
hanging here and there showing wha,
such and such development will lool