Stephanie a contralto, two baritones
Hans
and Heller (everybody calls him by his last name and nobody really knows
his first name) and
Herbert, also a baritone,
like to play poker for money. Since they were all warned to stop doing
it, they started having a good time playing for a tuxedo. The rule was
the winner would have to wear a tuxedo and look stylish and graceful. Stephanie
won a tuxedo but she did not enjoy the prize as much as her colleagues
would. She looked funny in a tuxedo but she understood she had to wear
it. Other musicians did not know that Stephanie’s attire, so impressive
in appearance, results from her success in a game. Soon enough, you could
see several female musicians wearing a tuxedo on the symphony stage.