The Washington herald., 1920-08-08
Real Estate Sales During the Week Eonemnnr Of Brisk Fall Deman
Richard Spillane Says:

In New York a $45o,oo0 apart
ment house Is to be built In West
End avenue with beds SO devised
| that they will fold up and, when
they are swung into the depressions
/ of the wall into which they At, they
will appear to be oil paintings or
lother decorations.
The architects say this is a great
novelty. 1t is not. 1t is a varia-
tion and Improvement on the old
folding bed and the Murphy bed. II
Is of high promise, however, and
should be popular In cities. where
every inch of floor space has come
to be a matter of earnest calcula-
ton. In the average New York home
person has to be skillful navi-
gator to avoid barking his shins.
/ 1t Is not safe TO take a long breath
in a Harlem fiat. A stout person
cannot turn around in a kitchenette
and a living" room is so called
only by courtesy.
are responsible for most of the dis
comforts people suffer through
crowded quarters. The Americans
are slaves to furniture. They would
save money and have more comfort
IL they had less impediments. The
city dweller could learn a lot and
be benefited by what he learned
through study of the Pullman car,
so far as economy in bedroom space
Is concerned.
The Japanese get along very well
| with about one-tenth the house
hold articles of the Caucasian.
City space is so valuable in Amer
lea that the household furnishings
question is becoming serious.
Some years ago somebody sang a
song that became popular and the
refrain of which was Nobody Loves
Fat Man" Possibly Nobody
Loves a Landlord" would appeal to
singers today. Whatever the land
lord does, he is subject to criticism
II he hoists the rent with every
change of the moon he is called a
prcftecr. II he evicts a tenant he
is called heartless. II he juggles his
income tax the revenue people have
no pity on him.
But all the sorrows and wrongs
visited upon landlords in months and
months pale beside those Max Gold
suffered. He was evicted from his
own house for protesting against al
incre ase in rent.
Mr.. Gold, 1t appears. owns the
Bibo House, at Arverne, L. /. The
ocean breezes at Arverne are de.
lightful at this time of the year and
the bathing is great. for Arverne Is
near RoCkaway, and few places or
the Atlantic front surpass Rock.
away in that respect. So Mr.. GOLD
/ went to Arverhe and to the Bibc
House. of course, and told A. Lip.
schitz, his tenant, that he was go.
ing to be with him for the summe,
and he was going to bring his fam,
lily. and Lipschitz should make tn,
rate reasonable, for these were hare
times, especially for landlords.
4 Mr.. Lipschitz, after much argu.
ment, agreed to take Mr. Gold anc
Mrs. Gold and q whole raft Of littI,
Colds for 500 a week. After tn,
first week he was sorry. The Gold.
not only brought their appetite.
with them to Arverne, but the ides
that because they owned the hous,
they were the bosses. Mr. Lipschit;
protested, but without avail. Ther
he raised the rate on the Colds q
S12O a week. Mr.. Gold refused tc
pay. whereupon Mr.. Lipschitz called
the Torters. put the luggage OF tn,
FAMILY out on the sidewalk. and or.
dered Mr.. Gold to keep away from
the hotel or he'd turn the hose OF
him.