Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-27
Objection to Children,

They seem to have entered into a
conspiracy against the infants" said
Mr.. Fairbairn. There is no place in
Washington to bring up a child. Chill
dren are considered worse than small.
pox or scarlet fever" t
He testified also that he had boy
four years OF age and that he had
been given notice to quit his apart
mept in the Palmer. 1850 Girard
street. because it was claimed the
youngster was q nuisance 1
The normal married man and the
normal married woman want chill
dren. said the witness. but they
are afraid to have any because they
place to live II they have children"
He told the committee he had pre-
viously lived in an apartment at zoo
Cummings Lane. Chevy Chase, Md.
He paid $40 for four rooms furnished.
81 found I was paying $40 for the
same kind Of an apartment as a man
Immediately below me who was pay
ing ss22-50 q month" said Mr.. Fair
bairn- His apartment was un-
furnished. but the furniture in my
apa, fment was entirely inadequate.
30 offered to have the furniture
stored for the owner and to pay dou-
BILE the rent the man below me was
then paying. The offer was not &C
cepted. Then I offered to buy the
furniture and pay the rent, but that
the owner of the property was an
emery alien who could not enter the
District Of Columbia because of the
Presidents order to keep enemy
alters out during the var. might
the Epartment owing . months rent.
/ considered that to cheat an enemy
alien out of a months rent was like
'desroiling the Egyptians
The owner. he went on to say. had
tAl t0 6oY hi hne AvrH
that when he explained the situation
co the constable the latter washed
his bands" of the matter. Later q
lawyer was employed to sue him. and
when he told the lawyer about it the
latter would have nothing more to do
With he case
s.pscause Of His Little Boy"
Witness had not objected. he said, to
paying $50 for the apartment he is
now in, though he had been informed
that The former tenant paid $50. The
apartment house had recently been
sold, he said, and the new owner had
served a notice on him to quit at the
end OF thirty days, because Of his
little boy" His lease. he said, does
not expire until December 1. He said
he had been told effort. wonld be made
TO increase all rents in the apartment
when the leases expire.
William 8. Waudby told the COM
Infttee that he had been "profiteered
cut OF a home" He occupied a house
NJ 3403 Warder street, for which he
had paid 5000 q month. 1t was sold
ever his head. and he was forced to
move.
Real estate agents tried to compel
me to buy q house." said Mr.. Waudby.
Zone Of them said to me. Buy a house
or live in a tent Finally I got va
can't room in q stofehouse, and with
my family / moved in and lived with
the mice and the bugs. For two
months I lived in the trenches and
then moved to my present apartment
In the Wallran.'
H-sF. Moore. who rents the house at
1744 Riggs place northwest. told
the committee he had been obliged to
pay 800 month. The former tenant,
he said. paid SIS month.
Mrs R. !. Purcell, of the Royalton,
testified that she had leased an apart
menf there for $50. five rooms and
bath and that she had been notified
that her rent would be increased to
SIS q month.