The evening world., 1894-01-11
FRICTION IN A SWELL FLAT.
The Elderly Cesteros Exasperated
by the Garcias' Piano.
They Appeal to the Health Board
for Sleep.

West Forty-ifth street, three doors east
Of Sixth avenue, is to-day, and has been
for several months. the seat of n serious
contention, the nature OF which was
first learned this morning at the Health
Department by an Evening World' re-
porter.
The innocent cause of the trouble is
n plano, combined with the %fondness OF
a spirited young couple for Joining with
their invited guests certain nights Of the
week in the delights Of the waltz.
on Jan 6 a complaint was filed in the
Health Department by Mrs. II. Cestero.
the wife of Mr.. Jose r. Cestero, whose
apartments are on the fourth floor Of
the Forty-ffth street apartment-house.
Mr.. Cestero is a commission merchant.
and has an Office at rs william street.
The complaint set forth that a family
Of the name of Garcia had last Spring
taken the fiat over the one which the
Cesteros have occupied for the past
OF MIR. and Mrs. John Is. Garcia, the
%latter's mother and two young relatives.
BESIDES, there were. several servants.
Mr.; Garcia is a South American trader.
and has his office at IS Broadway.
Since the Garclas took possession Of
their fiat, the Costeros ailege, almost
every nlsnt Ill the week at ABOUT 1U
o'clock, the plano belonging to Mrs.
Garcia has been attacked by a veritable
Paderewski, who never ceased playing
until midnight, and oftentimes, ! A. NJ.
Thursday nights, guests arrived late at
the Garcia fiat, and participated in the
entertainment. When his occurred, Mrs.
Cestero alleges in her complaint. sleep
A reporter saw Mrs. Cestero at her
home. She is an elderly, kindly faced
woman and appeared much disturbed
over the affair, but she was none the
This affair said she, was placed
before the Health authorities, and l sin
cease. l do not really believe that Mr..
and Mrs. Garcia mean to disturb us, but
they nave paid no heed to the request to
stop the disagreeable noise.
" 1t IL not so much the piano-playing
we object to. as 1t is the dancing. Why,
sometimes the panes of glass In our win
dows here rattle with the rumble OF the
you can see that people cannot sleep I'M
der such circumstances.
'One night, not long since, l thought
that "A game OF lcap-trog, was going on.
and, growing desperate. went upstairs
and requested Mrs. Garcia's servants
to have the noise stopped. but 1t contin-
HSd' Then appealed to the owner
on the Garcias to desist.
Las Thursday night, we had only
got to sleep, when the furniture was
dragged from the drawing-room into the
apartment over our sleeping-room, In
order to clear the floor for dancing.
Then the usual programme was re-
II suppose 1t all happens because they
are young folks and full of life. They
are very excellent people, socially" con-
cluded Mrs. Cestero.
with melting brown eyes and a wealth
of curling hair. She smiled, and there
was a twinkle in her eyes as she said:
I'VE are ysry FOND 9r,d Of music, and
make considerable noise at times, but
I believe that the people below are hy-
p per,ssnS Wns vacant mne a {Ror tWo years %r n Se.
fore we came, and, no doubt. being ac-
customed to the quiet Mrs. Costero
her head. l am sorry, however. that
DO we play lcap-frog? Oh, my no!
remember very well the night which
Mrs. Garcia, while her cheeks grew more
rosy, "for 1t was the anniversary of our
wedding; and we had a number OF guests
some people. you know. and quite noisy.
too. at times. and they played a few
old fashioned games.
prominence call on us. We expect to
entertain them when they visit US. The
Thursday nights to which Mrs. Cestero
has referred are Mr.. Garcia's and my
evenings at home and we always en-
terrain.
mo Doubt smilingly concluded Mrs.
Garcia, " as Mrs. Cestero hears SO much
practising on the plano in her fiat dur
Ing the day, 1t does become wearisome
at night when we begin to play. Her
ear has lost its love for music by night
fall. Practice on the plano for the whole
day Is no uncommon thing in Mrs.
Cestero's fiat, but we stand 1t all right"