Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-09-12
rux reNrYSG CLERKS REMARKS.

The Newly Married WesneA Who Wanee0
azs vionse Tor e91-F0lks WhO -
not p.v Their Remt-WAy References
are REQUIRED From Tenants. Re.
Oh. ,.a IN. sweetest little nee. and when
che smiled even the stern features Of the clerk
at the rent counter In one Of the large real e.
tate Offices in this e1sy relaxed, O. hs leaned
over IN hear what the iair visitor had TO say.
aI would like to rent email house." she said
with n smile. and then . look OF embAsrass-
ment stole over her face, - II the clerk must
know that she had just been married.
hs, : :sss e n: o ely Unable 81 ySa
o!d rs With nG II sf her %nd
ne ss 5 ssd oSs a nsSs al al
sHow much rent .ss yoa willing % pay,"
continued the clerk, still under the genial lniiu-
nv Wen s said the little woman In reflective
tone as she glanced out Of the window with an
ssss xSna b willing 70 g :: high Is sss per
'' The clerk. BY hanging on to the counter With
svsn managed m TO say pleasantly. = he looked
houses Of
ON our list at present Perhaps II there Is no
war in Europe and oil the crops TAIL, We viii
az as1 he uttered this sarcasm his ce grew hsrd
again, and he was once more simply business
The little woman thanked him sweetly. and
saying that she would call again, glided out
sAiisr she I: has been married little while
retreating figure, "she will know better than 70
come in and ask such questions a. and then be:
S. h'
IA very MISUNDERSTANDING little woman"
remarked The STAR man. who was standing
BY n his o the Clerk rather
impatiently; ''but then does her good looks
affect her Judgment SO that she expects to get Q
know. But then she would pay her rent il she
took the house. know thatshe would, just BY
looking at her face"
haven't pretty faces don't pay their house rent,
observed The STAR man, who had noticed the
effect of the presence of the woman upon the
mo. didn't mean that exactly" replied the
clerk. "What I intended to say was that
ne, ths
forinalities that we have 70 observe in this
world OF tricky men and women"
What formalities do you refer tot" asked
"weil FOR instance" said the clerk, 'rf you
wanted to rent house from us and were q
stranger we would want n reference to the
agent or owner of the last house you occupied
in order TO ascertain whether you are In the
rsa 2, rent or y1u
tion."
"Are you troubled with many people who dc
not pay4' questioned the listener.
there used to be before this rule requiring refer
see under the laws OF this District it is about as
difficult TO get tenant who wants to stay Out
Of house as 1t is to earn money to buy one. In
the first place, the rent is not due until the end
of the month, that IL thirty days; then you have
to give thirty days notice, that is sixty days
trates suit for s ejectment, and the tenant then
has the privilege OF seven days TO take al OPP
peal. That is about seventy-five days In all
proceedings, there are various pretexts for de
lays, and Il fl sometimes the case that IL take.
an entire year TO get non-paying tenant out o.
naturally an experience Of this sort makes the
owner and agent cautious. Now we require
references, and :here is comparatively little
81 say little trouble" continued the clerk
who had dropped into flow Of language that
business. "Of course, we have cases all the
time where some OF our tenants default in their
rent, and then we are apt TO be taken In by
strangers who come here TO spend the winter
They represent that they have plenty OF money
and want only the finest houses in the best 10
cality. 1t Ii some times rather dffficult TO md
out about such people, and 30 we chance IL on
them, and in consequence get left. But a. q
rule we only lose the rent for month or 30
and they make NO effort to retain the house
but move somewhere else. II they stay here
long enough they are soon known and rated &C
cordingly. There are some people who live
here all the time who have bad regulations In
this way, and it is difficult for them to rent
houses. AS far as the ordinary adventurers
are concerned, we are not troubled with them
very much, but still in the winter it Is surprise
ing to see the well-dressed people who ar
found in good society and who actually depend
upon their wits for a living"
Then the clerk turned to q gentleman who
had lust come in and said that they had
houses in all parts of the city to rent from
$12 per month to $500.