The Washington times., 1911-10-06
WHY PEOPLE MOVE
THE ONE QUESTION
PUZZ[|NG TO MANY
,"
PoStman, Policeman, And
= Real Estate Man Unable
To Answer.

One-third of the population Of the city,
real estate and transfer men say,
changed homes during the week preced-
ing and following October |. Why they
did It but few can say The views Of
several OF the city's most prominent
persons have been obtained, but these
are far from being definite.
1t is so common, this annual shifting
of household effects from one part of
the city to another, or even across the
street, about October l that but few
of the regular movers" pretend to keep
a record of II in their diaries. I'VE
moved today" would be a safe thing to
print in advance on the page of the
diaries marked October l owned by one
third of WashingtonIans, the transfer
men say.
A few of the probable causes for NOV
ing are given below:
The postman: THE letter-carrier
haven't enough to do in carrying trou-
sands of letters around eacn day TO the
proper addresses, so the population
shifts in order to give the postmen a
chance TO amuse themselves by CHASING
them If the postman didn't have a
thousand and one new addresses to re-
member at all times, he would die of
monotony.
Easy to Answer.
c. L. Harding, of Harding & Upman.
architects: It's an easy question to
answer, that of Why do people move on
October 1?-the answer being. Be
cause Because why7 you ask Well,
because That is the very answer IS
per cent of the women OF Washington
would give to such a question, and so
it must be the answer.
Another reason Is that the summer
vacationists returning 20 Washington
feel that the quarters they occupied
They Immediately begin looking about
for new home. The regular October !
tide of moving catches them, and imme-
diately they fall in and are carried away
with it."
The policeman: There must be some
excuse which looks reasonable for
man TO be found wandering about the
streets in the early hours OF The morn,
ing looking for his home: II the annual
shifting did not occur, the old eXplana-
ton, I've forgotten my new address,
wouldn't be accepted by the hluecoats
so often"
Relic of Cave Men.
Joseph Craig, with w. H. Walker & |
Co. realty operators: THE human |
race is a migratory one. even more 50 |
than birds. Several hundred years ago. |
OuTlnR Ine uaHb VI NIlo NaNC AAA>A4t >O'''
muuitics began on October l to shift |
from the tree abodes to holes in the |
ground. iust like the animals in the !
Colder climes The habit was formed |
then and no one ever has been aDle TO
break it. There's no real reason why
October l should be moving day other
than this"
DIR. William Tfndau, secretary TO the /
Board of District Commissioners: II
the question Of selecting new homes
II, hh
would be less shifting Of the population.
But, as is almost always the case, you
VIII finC. one OF more women, in the
They are responsible for the
changing OF abode. No one Will Try %
fathcm woman's reason for anything,
let alone why she wants to go into
new home or apartment on October l."
What Women Think.
Mrs. Marguerite Tabler and Miss
Marie Golfers, assistants TO Secretary
Grant, of the Chamber of Commerce:
Everybody should move at least once
a wear. AS ii seems to be fashionable
10 select October l as moving day, then,
to be fashionable, one must move. It's
awfully nice to be able to tell friends
what lovely place one has just moved
to about this time of the year. Go call
sons there who has just moved, and
who persist in describing their new
quarters. Of course, one lust hItes 20
be outdone, and unless one has only re-
Gently moved herself, she cannot enter
into the conversation.
Waldo c. Hibbs, secretary to Commits
sioner Rudolph: by October l the
az erage tenant has got into the rent
man about as far as the latter will per-
NIT, and it's either pay up or get out
AS October l generally follows the va
cation season, and as vacations almost
always make a mans hank account n
minus quantity, it's easier to give the
transfer man a few dollars to haul
away your furniture to a new nat than
It is to pay"