Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-12

70 see now far he could twist ana bend
BACK a, her arms without breaking them.
ana now they are talking IN New Jersey
or putting this tenacious Eealot behind the
bars for the remainder of his Iife It win
thus be seen how inconsistent New Jersey
position is In this matter. He Is Iauded as
record-breaker,' and yet the state is seri-
ousiy contemplating placing its most perse-
vering citizen in such a position that he
VIII have no further opportunity to add to
his laurels.
Another Persistent Character.
But there is no doubt that New Jersey is
rapidly moving to the fore for the persist
ency of Its citizens. Take. for another ex.
ample. the case of the fiat-house superfn.
tendent at Jersey City whose determination
OF character has been contributing to the
gayety of this region during the past fort
night. 1t would assuredly be difficult to
ma more determined superint endent of a
nat-house anywhere
He was poking around among the cellar
store rooms about a fortnight ago when he
came upon large number. of unhineed
doors, neatly stacked rp He Immediately
instituted inquiries. and ascertained that
the doors belonged In the fats. Under the
administration of some previous superin-
tendent they had been removed from their
hinges In the flats at the behest of the fat
tiers, who desired to replace the clumsy
sticks and so on.
'Humphr he snorted. What the devil
are all these doors doing down here, hud-
died up and not working
The tanitor explained The tenants pre-
ferred portieres to doors. he said.
We'll" grunred the official, II don't caro-
what the tenants prefer. If there's any
preferrfng to be done I'll do 1t all myself
These doors were manufactured to be hung
not to clutter up cellar. They were
meant to be used And they're going to be
used. The tenants are not running this
outfit. Portieres heyi Wen see about
those portieresi'
Doors Must Be HING.
Whereupon he Immediately repaired to
his Office in the basement of the fiat-house
and wrote notices to each and all of the
tenants that they would have to pun their
porteres. reedsticks and all such foolish
affairs down instantly.
THE doors are going to be put up where
Trey belong, the notice read, and they're
going to stay put. Have the portieres
down by tomorrow morning, when the
carpenter Will visit your apartment and
put up the doors where they belong"
The notices were distributed around the
fiat while the men folks were absent at
II eli work, and the CONSERVATION among
the women was something pitiable. There
was nothing pitiable about the attitude
taken by the men people when they re-
turned, however
Mere than dozen of them rushed down
to the superintendent office and said
out of the office.
THE portieres coming down. and the
doors are gong up he said That's all
No portiereS in this building! That goesl
If you don't like the order. get out!'
Some of them decided to get out forth
with rather than submit Inasmuch as
they got out, however, without giving the
months notice provided for in their leases.
the superintendent mas already given them
all notice that he is going to sue them each
for a months unpaid rent.
Those who decided to stick and not to
stand for the substitution of the doors for
their portieres are now living in a state of
siege. They have all been served with
dispossess notices. but they are disregard
Ing them and barricading their doors. One
of the tenants permitted the portieres to
come down. and the doors to go up, and
this one is now suing the superintendent
for fragrant abuse of privilege" whatever
that may mean. The superintendent stands
pat. and announces that he'll fight all of
his cases square through to the Supreme
Court OF the United States and that, what
ever the outcome, it's nevertheless going
to be doors. and no portieres.
New Jersey may look characterless as you
spin through it on your way to or from
New York But its characterlessness is
only typographical. 1t doesn't apply to the
citizens OF New Jersey. c. L. G.