The Washington times., 1922-12-02
Red Tape Is Blamed for Obsolete Schools
SICK
GIRL WITH
MOTHER

IvIUIn[n.
Daughter Tries to Comfort Mrs.
charpsntisr a. She Loses
Old Homo.
When municipal courts and
landlords agree, what's a tenant
to do, even though she be an aging
woman, with . daughter sick in
bed?
Effects Piled About Her.
So expostulated Nine. Adele Char.
pentier yesterday. az she stood wet
eyed outside the house for seven
years her home. 210 Seventh street
southwest. her household effects
piled carelessly about her: another
daughter. Cleo, on the verge Of
tears. but loyalty trying to comfort
little apartment barred by a dispos-
sess notice served q few hours be-
fore by a marshal. whose only
choice IL to carry out the law.
Last night Nine. Charpentier was
taken In by a pityinR friend. and
her furniture placed in q place Of
dwelling. she does not know. And
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street southwest, according to the
little French woman. twho by her
own accounts might a. well be Q
widow. for al. masculine support
Afforded herl 3sn't Of any mind to
allow her to- occupy the old rooms.
- Was 0ncs Envied.
At one time Nine. Charpentier
was the envy Of all her compatriota
In Warrington. Her husband. Leon
was head chef at the Shoreham
But years ago they separated. and
he commenced paying her $40 q
month for the support Of herself
and the two daughters. Cleo and
Orea. the latter now eighteen and
An operator for the Chesapeake and
Potomac Telephone Company. Last
July that stopped, and Leon ID
gone beyond the reach Of non -su
port warrants. according to the
withered little wife. Still, things
weren't 20 bad with Orea WORKING
At q switchboard and Cleo comine
along.
Then the legal troubles began.
Scheinerman bought premises 21o
eighteen months ago, Mime. Char.
pentier relates. She was paying the
nominal rent Of $3.50 a month
for her second.floor establishment
A few months ago he told her he
wanted the house to live in.
She went on with her story, pune.
tuated by sobs, a. follows:
II was told to appear In Judge
Terrell's municipal court early In
October. But the Judge told my
lawyer. George MacNeill. that the
case was not, in proper shape, and II
was dismissed.
when ! went to pay rent No.
vember 1, the real estate people told
me they had been instructed not
to accept It. The case had come
up again. because Scheinerman was
determined to get me out. Toward
the last Of October I had received q
notice that We had only thirty days
moro in our little home. They
walked me and Cleo and Orea up to
give us the notice.
Helped BY Mrs. Taylor.
when. November was. near its
close. I went to see Mrs. Clara
Sears Taylor Of the Rent Commis.
sion. and that kind lady arranged
for us to stay . little while longer.
20 We could commence getting our
things ready to move. wednesday
was supposed to be our last day.
but we spent Thanksgiving in the
old home.
AT 10 o'clock this morning came
the marshal with his men,
Come on. fellows.' said he. Get
this stun out on the pavement
And here we are" Ne
30 utterly disconsolate was Nine.
Charpentier that she wanted to
Give away her furniture, q consider.
able pile. together with two barrels
OF potatoes and one Of -four. She
was very particular In commanding
that 200 Jars Of preserve, put up
w" uot oWu nonuo, enOuW ~ W
those Erand young men at Walter
Reed Hospital" }e.s
She spoke A. n she were getting
ready to take leave Of lifs instead
Of her home. She was persuaded
that II she insisted on getting rid
Of her effects, Il should Be through
the medium Of sale. and later most
Of the things were carted away r.
the night.
Nine. Carpenter IL not friend
less. nor penniless. But she ID Ike
ship without its rudder; she II ut
tie versed In the art Of house-seek
ing. and anyhow. she asked: Whers
can one get q house In Washingtonl
Nearly al her life she has LIVED
In America, she aid, and this wAi
the flrst time n had ever proved o