The Washington times., 1913-05-27
Cumulative Woel

(Mr. Jay enters, hangs his new spring
coat on patent hanger. and puts 1t In
hat. places II carefully in its box, and
covers 1t with lots Of tissue paper)
| 4 n RS. ]. with melancholy
Nu That's right! Be careful Of
| N 'em. Goodness knows whether
| you'll ever get any other new
ones.
Mr.. ]. (brightly)-Well, certainly not
this season.
Mrs ]. (wofully)-or any other SEA
SON
Mr.. ]. Qaughing)-Let's hope. even II
We are on the threshold Of the poor
house, no ones going to be unkind
enough to push US over.
Mrs. J. with spirit)-Yes. you JOKE
about being on the threshold Of the
poorhouse: you can't tell whether you
are or not. with the things that are
| happening every day. One day YOU
hear Of a man living in luxury and the
| next he's got to get out Of the State
and his wife's taking in washing.
Mr.. J. embracing her)-But I'm not
| that kind Of a man. No washing for
yours as long as I'm on the map.
What's the matter? You seem kind OF
blue tonight.
Mrs. j. remembering afresh)-I AM
blue. What do you think happened?
But wait. let's sit down to dinner first
Il can tell you while were eating.
business of sitting down to dinner.
Mr.. Jay attacks the soup with tbs soft
murmuring sound OF one VINO sinks Tor
the third time)
Mr.. ]. (between attacks)-Well. go on.
I'm listening.
Mrs. ]. gathering indignation from
the radishes)-Well. today. If you
please, they sent a man DIP from the
agents office and he said they'd have
to know by May Is whether We intend
ell renewing our lease or not. The 18th
of MAY. mind you!
Mr.. ]. (contentedly)-Well. You told
him we were going to move In October.
didn't you?
Mrs. ]. (explosively)-I did not! What
do you think? Do you think I'm going
to have a whole lot of rubbernecks
traipsing through MY apartment from
the fifteenth Of May on. catching me
in my bathrobe. or steaming my face
or something? i guess noti Those
agents are getting more and more nerve
every year.
Mr.. j. (mildly)-Every tenant will
have to do the same thing.
Mrs. ]. 6uriously)-Well. here's ONE
tenant who won't. I'll keep them guess
ing. 1 can keep making up my mind
from May to September II want to. ]
lust wOuldn I move lOT spite II OlOn
want that Carson woman next door to
know that we could afford to.
Mr.. ]. (blankly)-But that isn't what
we're moving for. l thought we'd de-
cided that the place was too small for
us-that we wanted another room
Mrs. J.-Yes. / know. But / could put
up with the inconvenience another year
just to spite those agents II I didn't
want to spite her!
MIR. ]. good d-humoredly)-Oh. hush.
Agnes, You talk like a family feud.
Mrs. ]. Observation-Disclosures trouble
with you is that you don't resent things
people say. You haven't got any spunk.
But then 1 suppose a man with chronic
bad heart and indigestion can't have
spunk How's your indigestion been to-
day. Fred?
Mr.. ]. (cheerily)-So so. Some day I'll
lose It. How're you been feeling today,
dear?
Mrs. ]. Ctaking fire again)-Not we'll
at all. Oh. and that's not all. i forgot
to tell you. Mind you, l owe the ice
man ONE month. and today he comes
up to the door to collect II instead of
down the dumbwaiter. Comes up to
the DOOR, so that all the people'll
think he's got to dun me. I'm good pay.
I am, and II makes me feel terrible to
think people might think But any