Evening star., 1925-11-08
Accident Policies for the Furniture
- When the Family Leaves on Vacation
BY NINA WILCOX PUTNAM.

A S Hendrix Hudson. the man
~ who discovered the half moon
~ was a cheese, said, Once an
u insurance policy has expired.
there Is no use in calling
physician--it is dead. and nothing can
revive it. And I strongly recommend
that husbands carrying accident-poli-
cies see that these are renewed before
buying any new furniture for the
house"
The great truth of this come home
TO 1 and George. that's my husband,
when we got back to our house not
long ago, after having rented same
TO our dearest friends, that Joe Bush
of the Hawthorne Club and his wife.
Them Bushes was moving out of their
house into n new one which the build
er promised faithfully by the first
of the month. and their landlord had
rented their old place to some other
family. Well, 1t seems this builder
of Joe's meant well. but there was no
use trying to crowd him. So when
the time come for them Bushes to
move there was no place for them to
so but out. and they was telling us
about 1t, and what in the world was
they conner do, and etc.
Well. this made Geo. have one of
them sudden bursts of friendship,
and he says why Joe old hoss, the
missis and I are going out to visit
mother next week, and taking the
kid along. why don't you take. our
shack until we get back? And Joe
says by joye, what a idea. we could
keep it in shape for you, and all,
but it's got to be strictly business
old man. And Geo. says, well, why
not? You got to pay rent someplace,
it will be profitable to us, and cheap
er for you, and l don't see why it
wouldn't be WOW of idea. What
ter you think, eh, Jennie?
Well. ! being a lady, and also In
the house of alleged friends, why
naturally I didn't say what I thought,
I merely says why I'm afraid they
wouldn't be comfortable, guess Mabel
could hardly get along with our simple
things, | know my stove would never
suit her, and they would be disturbed
by the neighbors, but If they insist
why it would be perfectly lovely, of
course, And Mabel Bush says, why
I think it would be perfectly lovely.
I've always thought your house was
too sweet for anything and you know
dear I'll leave everything exactly as
I find It,
After that. there didn't seem to be
no ways out, so we says ha, ha. Well
well, that's splendid, so nice for the
both of us. And other pale gray lies
10 tflS same gen. eITeCl.
x x x
NATURALLY this affair left me in
for a Spring cleaning of the hot
house, or out of season variety. but
I will say the house looked swell
when 1 turned it over to Mabel. Then
l and Geo. took Junior and the train
and went on out to Lastho~e, Wis.
to visit his ma which we done persist
emily and with every ounce of strength
that was in US. for two solid months.
And then. while the going was good
we headed for home before we come
to anything as solid as actual blows.
When we arrived back in Dingle-
wood, the Bushes wasn't at our house
no more. but they had left the key
with a netghbor, and the minute we
opened the door we at once seen exact
fy what Joe Bush had meant when he
said they would keep the place in
shape for US, without specifying what
kind Of shape. But when Mabel had
claimed she would leave things exactly
as she found them, she must of been
blind. on account I am not that kind
of q housekeeper. Also 1t appeared
where, when Mabel claimed my house
was too sweet, she meant what she
said, and had done her poor best to
alter that condition, especially where
the kitchen was concerned. For some
reason or another. they had moved
the double bed from our front room,
down in place of the dining table.
l dunno, if they used it to eat off of,
but l wouldn't be sure, from the looks
OF 1t. Also they had moved the blue
armchair from the right side of the
parlor fire place to the left, which
annoyed me a whole lot. In fact
them Bushes had moved pretty near
everything including Grandpas wax
funeral wreath which had long been
hanging over the parlor radiator in
vain hopes that 1t would melt away.
guess Mabel had used a curry