Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-20
THEY LOSE NO TIME

There is something New Yorkish in the
quick attention which is bestowed now
adays upon Washington fiat jewellers VINO
move from one fat to another by all sorts
of bell button pushers.
The Ourmoves changed their address
from Capitol Hill to a comparatively down.
town fiat the other morning. The moving
vans had barely pulled away. and the
Ourmoves were standing dismaliy survey
ing their heaped-up household goods ana
commenting upon the inadequacy OF the
rugs, when the bell from the vestibuie
sounded. Ourmove touched the open Sc
same button and went to the private hall
door. He waited there for some time Dut
nobody assembled the stairs.
II guess it's the postman. said our
move. II left word at the Hill post Office
of our change of address today.
He went downstairs to the vestibule ana
opened his still .unlettered post box. Inc
box contained a small greasy envelope, IN
which were two neatly executed brass
signs, both of them reading. "A 8. our.
move" One of the signs fitted the Siit
over the Ourmove mail box. and the other
exactly fitted the slit on the Ourmove pri-
vate hall door. Scrawled on the greasy
envelope in pencil were these WORDS:
''Twanny-fve-cent each. VIII klect TO-
moro"
Now, how the deuce said Ourmove
showing the brass signs to his wife. dio
that fellow know there was a new famliy
in this fat house. and how did he Know
my name? And isn't that bully and ef-
fective way of doing business, just max
ing things without orders, delivering theni;
and then boiling for it. and coming AROUND
the next day for the money! Suppos'hs
the Cramps were to build $JOo,OOo steam
yacht for a fellow on that principle!
wonder If the law would force him TO
take it?'
rrba nurr,n1,aS 1vara brsy irving to get a
twelve-foot rug fit slxteen-foot room
when the private hall bell rang. OurmoNe
opened the door, to see a squat, thlcK-set
little man, shabby but clean. with a WaHeo
mustache and much oil on his curry hair'
bowling and scraping before nm
'Meestair Ourmove?" inquired the squat
man with an engaging smile.
1.-The same" replied OurmoVe. nat
can I do for your
''I am re veeolon instructor OF us nelgh-
borhood," said the squat man, sun smillhs
cheerfully. II teach Re veeolon. sougnt
I COON to see If Meestair OurmoVe desire
any of hees family 10 be instruct Ie 'eeoi'i'
non?' -,
Ourmove courteously explained that he
had been instructed on the violin by means
of club very early in life the misery VI
which had caused him to run away from
home and afterward to VOW never to look
upon a violin again, much less TO play upon
one. ,o+ WON
svmpathetically but not very comprehehd-
ingly Yer well 1 depart. Inc Gay eel
ees superb ees eet not! An ou'' &No
voir' ... 10
Ourmoye remarked to his wife that ne
thought they were getting plenty OF quick
action In the new neighborhood, consioei
ing that they had only been In the nat soiiie
thrty-five minutes. .u hat,
Ten minutes later the private hall peii
rang again. and when Ourmove opened the
door he found a young man IN s"ea'e.'
with tough but rather pleasant race
standing outside Gotta tb,s vouns
man without any preliminaries, an i
noticed dat youse had fox pup. IN -, Jug
sharp. take care Of a hull buncn 0, EN- III d d
lot down de street. Jes tough. s y ID Ono.
week Two bits is de fgger, ana oe
,,,,tt.fI look like a SNOWFALL wen git troo
wit him" , s.r.nrouslv In
rho former fiat, to his wife's practice ~
washing the fox TERROR pup IN the oa.n
t,'h So he awaited himself Of this young
mans offer on the spot, ana appo'h'eo
regular day for the dogs aplulions: ,o+or
The next visitor, twenty minutes iatea
r,,as q snrightly young man with 'curieo
blond mustache. o,,, he said the
instant Ourmove opened the oool; IN Mr.
sn Saw, l saw your things coming IN, Mr,
Onrnove and l didn't see no piano. Say
! 70 myself. That's funny-they look axe
neonle that 'ud have a piano you anu AZ
Mra OurmOVe COINiIS ALA, 49,"
nened to be passing along, see, NEw sOt
need a. piano. You know you 90. ! W.,
zoe now you've been getting along with 'an
one, honest don't NOW we so We sssi Sc.
Iinds of pianos, for rent or for saie
Nd Tins on for six minutes, "ithout d
braak until Ourmove backed into the nan,
half closed the door. and said " ~. ~
sDrightly young man, Please go
they came all that day ana an vi sns
second day. There was fat Ola coioi ,,
woman who stood In the doorway anu sati,
Abs do washlady." and looked very nuc' .l
pr;eyed when Mr.. Ourmove informed her
that the Ourmove family had had one WASH
u,oman for seven years. There was anothel
snriehtly Young man. almost Impossible 10
he denied who all but demanded an ofder 10
adjust a patent apparatus TO every gas Jel
In the fat There were five maitous Ice
men each of whom declared that the otners
we're fakes and frauds. There We're -FOUR
uilkmen. each of whom declared that tne
germs of typhoid and death lurked IN the
tactical fluid supplied by all of the others.
There was a slightly intoxicated photo-
cravon man who when Ourmove told MN
that he had no pictures OF dead anu gone
relatives that he desired to have enlarged
in crayon form, as much as told OurnoEe
that an individual who never had no deao
kim was in his, the crayon mans OPINION
a good deal of a suspicious character. Ihefe
were four sewing machine agents, anu
three representatives Of nearby meat anu
produce markets $780,.
On the third day the Ourmoves declined
TO answer any bell rings until after
O'Clock in the evening.