Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-21
Hunting the Nests.

Having got that IA and worked our
wives up 40 a state of enthusiasm over sub
urban life equal to our own Fizg.g and
We're of course. perfectly willing to permit
our wives to do the searching for eligible
country nests. We put it to our wives that
If We mere laundering male creatures. were
10 try to pick cur country or suburban
homes we'd he sure to make a hash of it,
whereas they'd lie bound to hit upon just
the right thing. That tiattered 'em-a wo-
man IS pretty nigh as susceptible to Hat
terry as man-aud so, together, they went
a-hunting for side-by-sde suburban homes
that would rent within our figure.
''Wcll. they hit it off all right. Got two
clever little places, side by side, out near
Cleveland Park, where We are now.
When our wives enthusiastically told us
about their find. FIZgig and l exchanged
the deep. dark wink. We told our wives
how perfectly gorgeous ii would be for us
not TO see those two Cunnin little country
houses at all until the moving from our
Washington flats was all accomplished and
everything installed. when we'd walk into
our suburban homes and be s'prised, as the
young ones say Our wives fell for that
cute suggestion, too, and We got by with II
all right We We're pleased when We found
that an old chum of both of US, a man
who used e be a well-knOwn actor, but
who has now reformed, had lately moved to
Cleveland Park with his nOn-professional
wife, with whom our wives We're on the
chummiest imaginable terms, too
well. the joint move was to occur on
Monday. a couple Of weeks ago. and Fiz-
gig and l, in pursuance of a carefully cult
waited Theory that we d be nuiSanceS around
the flats while the moving was in progress,
cooked up brace of flying business trips
FiEgig to go to Philadelphia to remain
from Sunday until Tuesday night. and l
TO go to New York for the same period
Business Trips"
I'VE started off on Sunday night with
our grips, after having received minute di-
rections from our wives as to how to reach
these suburban homes of ours when we e
turned, on Tuesday night, from our bust
ness trips.
Il went as far as Philadelphia with Fiz-
gig, and then. leaving him there. went on
TO New York. l put up at a Long Acre
Square hotel, and then started out to en-
JOY myself extremely.
Somehow or other 1 didn't have much
fun. 1t didn't seem like the same old
thing. this hiking around. 1t wasn't like the
way it had been when ] was a bachelor at
all. l missed the comforts Of a home
whole lot and when l awoke in my hotel
with more than the symptoms of a head
on Monday afternoon, burned il 1 wasn't
lonesome
Then 1 had a brilliant idea
I'll just trek back to Washington m
mediately | said to myself. and nudge out
TO my new home IN the suburb and tell my
wife that l got through with my business
in New York sooner than / expected thus
being enabled to walk in upon her TWEEN
ty-four hours ahead of time.
Il got into Washington a little after Z
that evening and rode right out to the
Cleveland Park place.
The little woman was, of course. sur
prised to see ire SO soon. and a bit dsap-
pointed IN one way at that, for things
were still in unsettled shape around the
plant, as a matter of course. having only
arrived in the vans from Washington a