There is a story about a certain bookmaker who was making a long trip by  car when towards nightfall he happened upon an inn which had a most  unusual name, The Even Steven. Since it was located in the middle of a  desolate stretch of country, and he didn't know how much farther the  next place would be, he decided to stop there for the night, and satisfy  his curiosity about the name at the same time. 
"It's very simple,  really," the proprietor explained. "You see, my name is Steven Even. So I  just decided to turn it around and call this The Even Steven. I thought  it might get a few folks puzzled enough to stop and ask questions, and  sometimes it does."
"That's a pretty smart way to use the luck of  a name," said the bookie appreciatively. "I bet it brings you a lot of  business." 
"It hasn't brought me so much luck," he said. "The folks who  stop here don't stay long. There's not much gaiety around here, as you  could see. In fact, there's not another soul lives closer than thirty  miles away, whichever way you go. Makes it pretty lonely for me, a  widower. And worse still for my daughters. Three of the loveliest girls  you ever set eyes on, should have their pick of boyfriends. But, they  are getting so frustrated they're about to do anything for a man."
The  bookie made sympathetic noises, and listened to more in the same vein  until hunger obliged him to change the subject to that of food. An  excellent home-cooked dinner was served to him by a gorgeous blonde who  introduced herself as Blanche Even; and when he was finished she still  kept pressing him to ask for anything else he wanted. 
Finally, she said,  "Would you like me to sit and talk to you for a while?" 
"Thank you," he  said politely, "but I've had a long day and I feel like closing the  book."
He went to his room and had just started to undress when  there was a knock at the door and an absolutely breath-taking brunette  came in. "I'm Carmen Even," she said. "I just wanted to see if you'd got  everything you want." 
"I think so, thank you," he said pleasantly. "I  do a lot of traveling, so I pack very systematically."
When he  had finally convinced her and got rid of her, he climbed in between the  sheets and was preparing to read himself to sleep over the Racing Form  when the door opened again to admit an utterly gorgeous redhead in a  negligee to end all negligees. "I'm Ginger Even," she announced. "I  wanted to be sure your bed was comfortable." 
"It is," he assured her. 
"I hope you're not just being tactful," she insisted. "May I try it myself?" 
"If you must," said the bookie primly. "I will get out while you do it."
When  she had gone, he settled down with a sigh of relief and was about to  put out the light at last when the door burst open once more and the  proprietor himself stomped in, glowing with indignation. "What's the  matter with you," he roared. "I got to listen all night to my daughters  moaning an' wailing, the most luscious gals in this county, because they  all try to show you hospitality an' you won't give one of 'em a tumble.  Ain't us Evens good enough for you?" 
"I'm sorry," said the guest. "But I told you when I registered, I'm a professional bookmaker....