, 1874-05-01
MOVING.


Changing Residences.
The decadenco Of many OF tho customs Of tho
good old bygone dagB has boen mourned over
and over again, both In poetry and prose- but
tho worlds Btoady mareh from tho romantic
to the commonplace has not boon stayed
for m Instant OF all tho daya In tho
yoar thts ono marka most plainly thin
retrogroAsion or progress, according us It
may strlko different people Of the world. Not
30 very many yoars ago the 1st Of h1ag used to
be celebrated by gonorhl turnout Of happy
villagers, who Hpont tho day gathering 1owors
aud Jumping l1aud IN hand with tho girls Of
thoir ohoicn round a 1owor-b -bodoclsod pole. whose
top stood on limo with tho apex OF tho. yil!ago
church stoopo. With tho lapse OF time, how
ovor, MI thiu fas been changed, md oven in
"Morrio England" where conservatism tondu
to the retaining Of old customs, good aud
bud, wise and silly, not o vestigo Of
tho old May-dhy, sports Ia retained. consumtna-
cectltngly doloful dltty Of Tie Poet Iaurontc, in
whose sonorous numbers tho troubles of mori-
buud May Queon who had beon ratllor too much
of a. tllrt. aro recorded. Unfortunately, tho
passing away Of the May-day froiics was suc-
cecded by an institution aB full Of misery as tho
other was full Of fun, d bug-bear whose aondish
tortures rccnr to eomo unhappy people at year1y
poriods and aro osioerf'1ly episomizod undor tho
single ominons Eord "moving."
THE MOVING MANIA
iR as universal aH 1t is miserable. It ig confined
to no ono locality or clues md 1t promises to 10
as permanent ns smallpox or the measles. Tho
amount OF uullappuoss it occasions In Chicago
alone Is incalculable. For weeks before tho oo-
curronce Of tue diroful anniversary, tho sloop Of
boncicts who havo determined "to move" il
broken With horrible nightmares, In which their
vision ts tortured with the recurrence Of tho
misfortunes attondnnt upon previous tittinga.
Their nightmare Ia
SUCCESSION or D1sAsrERs
in which wrecked pianos, broton bedstoads,
drunken teamsters, soaked bedding, irato 1and-
lords, lost offspring, dcmorallzed saratogas.
from q window sill, 4 bed OH tho tloor, md
barked shinB md knnolleH, aro but a few Of tho
1nildor chimcras which torture his oyor-wrought
imagination. And to tho partner by lis sido
homo .gri1ny from collar to garrett nn--
wonted chronological pursuits, carpots that
will not ft, aud d crop Of disappointmcuts gener-
ally. 1ardlyless full Of inquiotude is tho rcHt Of
by-nght tencnts until ho ruas tho day that ho in,
| yostcd his money in houso-proporty. Notwith-
| standing tile torrors Of moving, each succeeding
LIST OF May 1pas it's votarios at tho shrine Of
| every yoar thoy cannot shift into new quarters.
For tAem
LOVE OF CHANGE
makes up for the love OF homo, and with ruth
1
and, without regret for tho fond ayaociaious
Which must cluster round oven tho home Of d
year, they effect nn annual change OF base, tako
d now hol,Bo with now landlord, join . now
church, vote for new Alderman, patronizo
other stroat-cars, until, IN tho course Of time.
they cannot tell exactly whe.o they hayo lived,
mud are left in amazed bewildornent whom oao
day thoir eldest boy Expresses d desIro to gazo
upon tho homo where lle achieved his first birth
% asy Not theIIn is tue alloMod .S 'seng g
sosy to eF0{ toll 'os os aeess ao0h ns
whoso every room recalls memories which though
Eyoa ths tenant
aud out of q house has tho melancholy knowledge
that he las paid for it over and over again, still,
take all things together, DO has at any rate tho
advantage Of the perennial fttcr. Measured by
q more intluontial body than the atayers
THE REASONS FOR MOVING
from house being moro ln number and in
urgency than those which prompt tenants
for "aitting" are disssreoabe n noigh5ors' sass
following tho parson WHO has had IA call |" to
divine pastures in n diAerent division, un-
healthy locality, necessity Of increased accom-
mud not unfreq1ently the dossiro to escape IN
paid rent. 1t nay not bo generally known that
iu Chicago one out Of every three tenants has a
| potent desire to change quarters once ycnr I'll
OruGf 10 EGt Tlu ~ Lll9 IilileAblltlL responsibility
OF his landlords account. And It may be au-
noying to the shysters whose knowledge OF the
| Law respecting tho reationB OF lnutilorl and
tenant is ono Of their richest mines Of lu1ro to
publish tho fact that It 1t is tenants wish to
| Successfully
FLT FROM REPRESENTATIVES,,
the odds Of His accomplishing his deBire are Ill
in his favor. In the first place, the landlord to
hinder tho sudden flight OF n tenant whom ho
suspects OF hnrboring such q folonious intent,
| r,f,u yatn n Tn in h11Hn hotv ft,n
"ly-by-niglta," as this peculiar claEs of tenant
il cnllod, by roasou Of tho hour at which they
invariably make their legira. arc aware Of the
fact TINT Constable Inns e right to forco ar
tho anticipated fitting, thoy keep watch
md ward over front-door, bnck-door, and win.
dows lost an insinuating stranger effect NJ
entry. Yhoao days aro to the ''hy-by-uights
days Of anxious guard and suspicion, aud to the
Constable time Of ondlets exertion aud
strategy. The former view with doubt eYory
motion Of oven tho unotfontaing nilk1nan. who
IL Obliged to hand tho lRctoai iud through d
slde-window. any attempt at conversation on his
purt being promptly snubbod, whilo the peri,
patotio sewtng-machino and lightnng-rod men
are at onco assumed to be bailiife in disguise,
aud knock they over 30 persuasiye!y and per:
sisently their oirorta aro treated withslout con-
tempt. .-......
trios evcry means IN his power to gct q foothoh1
iuto tho citadel. Ho III as great IN adept at dis.
gulsea as protean star OF tho first magnitude.
and in \ dozon different chnractors he trios to
worm himself into tho family'a confidence AMI
trout par'or. Sometimes, not ofton, ho sllc.
Goods, aut, monarch Of all le surveys. lo then
oxults in tho fact that tho law e triumphant, and
rests his weary limbs, muddy boots anl all, on
the front,parlor sofa, leaving it not until tho dis
comtited tenant patches up MI inglorious truce
with his victorious landlord. The success Of the
Constable, howoyor, Is tho exception, Generally
speaking, tho intruder ia kopt out until tho lonr
OF departure has arrived, for tho 1ly-by-night
Inns keen secret for Il Constable. whose nlal-
odorol.A presence leaves n trail that IL quite
easlly detected oven by tho uninitiatcd. It il
When
THE MOMENT OF DEPARTURE
Inns arrived that the must cousutnmute general.
ship on the purt OF tho 1atcrnRl 1iy-by-niglt II
callod for. Midnight is the most favorable ho,ll
for such departure, and at tlat hour tux
tamily are euergetioaly but noiselossly astir. Al
this hour tho lit,lo ny.hy-nights are found Will
nll tho clothes they Possess crowded upon tloi
backs, Will, q few artloleB Of domestic use super
l 4F