Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-16
MR.. BUCK OBJECTS TO SCALES.
While, on the other Hand, Mrs. Hougl
Doesn't Favor "After the HALL"

Lawyer Jerome Buck. who lives at los
West 1920 street New York. has taken Issue
with his next-door neighbor because of a
plano. Lester B. Hough is the neighbor
Mr.. Buck says the piano is sounded morn
ing. noon and night. disturbing his peace of
mind Mrs. Hough who plays the piano.
says. on the other hand. that the Bucks are
not the most quiet neighbors imaginable.
The New York Times says: Tho lawyer
says he hears nothing but humdrum scale
and exercise playing at sll hours of the day
and night: Mrs. Housh rays the Bucks have
piano. too. and that some one In the house
Is making rapid progress in mastering the
chorus to After the Ball"
Mr.. Buck reported his alleged grievance
to the board Of health yesterday morning,
and entered complaint against what he
claimed was a nuisance. He is abci. the
fifteen hundredth New Yorke- to asx the
board for relief from PIANOS and other must.
cal instruments.
He was told about all that could be done
would be to send man and ask r,rs. Hougb
to remove the piano from the partition wall
MIR. Buck apparently thought this was soma.
thing in his favor. At his Offices 2o5 I,road.
way, Mr.. Buck said to a reporter for the
New York Times yesterday afternoon:
Il have been very patient, but IL seems
as though 1 couldn't stand that piano anv
longer Its 'tum, tum, tum' is going at ali
hours early and late. 1t is the last thing /
near when 1 leave for my office in the morn.
ing, ana the first thing to greet my suffer.
ing ear when 1 get home q. night
That sort Of thing wears A man on. and
makes him wild. 1t is like a Nemesis. fren,
which there is no escape
wouldn't mind il IL my neirhbors wo,,,s
1nnCfn t..@ Il l.
and down, over and over
we pound on the partition wall when she
piano Is particularly unbe5rab,e but thnrs
Is no escape the m ore w. pound the louder
the piano rattles. 1t is dreadful / might
endure it If could res. on Sunday Lut Yen
then get no rest
Il believe could get out an Injunction.
restraining the payer from using tina: niaro
on sunday, and have half a mini to do st.
Mrs. Hough is a woman Of refined appear-
ance. and In the home over which she pre-
sides h every evidence OF good taste She
expressed herself as much surprised by The
course Mr.. Buck had taken.
Why didn't he speak to me about my
playing in quiet way?' she said ..SInce
ne has taken a different course. 1 WILL say
that we have endured 10 end OF annoyancs
from him and his family. Mr. Buck Is yer '
noisy, and we can tell the moment he cones
INTO the mousse We are Kept awake nights
by the noise and uproar in his rooms.
There Is q piano in there toe, and who
ever presides over 1t plays After the Rall'
and such pieces. Mr.. Buck AMI his family
are forever pounding on the Partition wall
and annoying us.
"One day last summer I was playing On
the piano when 1 heard some one shout.
ing, apparently out in the yard When
looked out / saw Mr.. Buck leaning from /.
window. and when he saw me he said. Give
us a rest and then popped his head in and
began pounding on The wall.
II have studied music since 1 was n ut.
tie girl. 1 do play great deal but ne-cr
late at night. don't play scales much, and
do all my technical work in the mornings
Evenings play classical music
when IL comes to making complaints and
getting out injunctions, think 1 might also
take a hand at That game"
Mrs. Hough said gentleman from the
board of health called on ner Curing the
afternoon and heard her story. "He didn't
antly added.