Everyone is Someone

Pierre Monteux, symphony conductor, his wife and their French poodle were looking for a motel for the night. Driving up to a group of cabins, they saw a woman standing at the office door. As they approached she said shortly, "Sorry, I have nothing."

   A young girl standing nearby whispered to the woman, whose whole  demeanor underwent and instant change. Making a sort of curtsy, she said, "Excuse me, sir, I did not know that you were Someone. I think that I can accommodate you."

Monteux's face became cold and withdrawn.  Bowing in a most formal manner, he said, "Madame, everyone is Someone. Au revoir."

---Fifi Monteux, Everyone is Someone (Farrar, Straus and Cudahy)