Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-10-06

Much Ado About Nothing" is no
only play: it is a descriptive phras,
which fits many a persons daily
thoughts and actions.
A man who spends countless min
utes, even hours. deciding whether t
have his next coat made with three
buttons down the front or only two
ought to toss up coin for 1t and e.
on to something important.
Even those who thoroughly believe
that ado ought to be about something
find themselves now and then facing
similarly momentous problems.
Whether the suit shall have two Of
three buttons down the front The
two.hutton sack is standard. with tina
untlinchinG Standardization which il
the delight of the masculine soul.
I'VE were here yesterday, we are
here today, we will be here tomorrow.
say the good old two-button sacks
proudly displaying their rolled lapel.
or their clover-leaf lapels, as the case
may be.
That's all right, buddy" declare.
the nobby three button sack suit
Look at the snappy lines l manage
to achieve, with my lapels not so Ions
and higher set. Take a look at me
buddy, and put in another button"
*& X
Perhaps it may be truly said that he
who has no greater problem to decide
than the above is a most fortunate
man.
There are whole groups of human
beings, however, who upon occasion
spend their time in no more profitable
consideration of similarly harassing
questions
An organization at its monthly
meeting once spent an hour and {
half of its total two.hour meeting
time in discussing the momentous
question of whether at the next meet
ing two or three members should es
cort the speaker of the evening to the
chair.
Remember. these gentlemen who en-
gagged 50 heatedly in the two-three
problem business were not young fel
lows who were trying to impress THEN
various Sweethearts with their col
legate taste in garments. but were
staid business men of affairs, go
getters' in every sense of that much
abused term. men who would look
down upon triviality with fine scorn
Yet here they We're debating with
the utmost heat the terribly puzzling
question of whether two members oil
the body should constitute the honor
airy escort from the rear of the hall tC
the rostrum, or whether the distin
guished group should consist of full
three members.
Some We're heartily in favor Of two
others stuck out for three members
Those in favor Of the twain backed ur
their stand with iudicious arguments
running back to the time Of Caesar
and Cleopatra, when the latter lovely
lady was declared to have had but two
slaves escort Julius to her throne
upon the occasion of his historic first
visit.
This argument was received with
hearty and perhaps merited derisior
by the adherents of the three member
party. These sturdily defended the
necessity for trio, pointing out the
utter Observation-Disclosures of the distin
guished guest-to-be and the unassail
able fact that, three are greater thar
two. and that such a guest demanded
an escort of honor commensurate with
his importance in the body polite.
why, even four members" one
stanch advocate started to say-but
at this point the president of the or
ganiZation, evidently fearing that ar
argument on the comparative merits
of three versus four would be quite