The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-09-01


Wouid never rest till she had dug
It out.
A Very Hard Worker
How she used 10 work! she was
always up at ur before, and BY
$40 she had the rooms al to rights
and Che anmOnia-Water on the
woodwork and every little tasseI
on the mats and drapes laid even.
She loved housework.
Well, I was telling how my mother
had me by the hand, looking for
ROOMS. remember we turned
down CarKnan Street and she saw
b sign, and we went IN the base
mefat door at No. 49, to ask. There
was s nice woman who lived down
ctairs, with family Of gr0Wns1p
children and she showed rs the
rooms upstairs, and my mother
said:
ssYVelI, guess It's the best We
can do. Ell try To make them nice.
And piped MP and said I'd help
her. They both laughed at me
1t wasn't 3 comfortable house,
but mother made IS comfortable
and attractive, but now the home
isn't attractive and IL isn't COM
Portable because mother isn't there.
Things have gone to pieces things
that mother loved Ny father put
in gas pipes himself. There isn't
any plumbing In the house, only
cold water, and no bathroom at
all: It's just like the country. In
winter we have coal stoves.
when the roof leaked, mother
used to keep after the landlady
until she fixed It, but now there
seems to be no one 20 get things
fixed and the roof leaks and the
paper in our living room il III
spotted.
Hated Things TOpsy-Turvey
Mother used to hate to have
things out OF order.
Even In the house we lived IN
before we came to Carmafl Street,
when I was almost baby, mother
was always trying to fix things up.
i don't see how can remember
as far back as that, but distinctly
recall hearing her say one day m
that positive way she had:
'sWell. I'm discouraged and dis
gustedl If the landlord doesn't make
those repairs, simply won't pay
the rent, and IL there's any fuss,
wen move and thatA all there
Ii to itg'
That made an impression on me.
baby as was. crept down.
stairs to whore the landlady lived.
She had always been very nice to
me and used to take me in her
arms and pet and love me. When
she reached FOR me this time, i
pulled away, looking as cross as
two sticks. She spoke TO me, and
turned my face from her.
"Why, baby, whatever's the mat.
ter with you? Don't you love me
any more. Sharlie?''
"No," / snapped. with my rose
five inches In the air, and we're
going to move out and sting you q
months rent for not fixing the
pipes
She laughed, but she went right
upstairs to mother and asked what
It was all about--said she didn't
want us. to move, and where ID
that child get the notion thinsa
weren't going to be fixed and any
body was going to be "stung 1or
rent?
Al Very Smart Little Baby
1t ended In a friendly talk and
she promised to repair the pipes.
Mother said afterwards:
You were a naughty baby all
right-but guess IL it hadn't
been for you we never would have
got the pipes fixed.
So ] thought was pretty smart.
I guess It was over q year after
that when we came to the Carnan
Street house. where we still I've,
After q little while my brother was
born.
! was four then, used to run
In to see the people next door
awfully kind people. ! always
called them Aunt Nil and Uncle
Gus because I heard the folks In
the downstairs part OF our house
call them that's they were relations
Of theirs, and very nice. too. and
made . great pet Of me. 90 Of
course I loved them. They were
Aunt Mis- nioces and nephewa.
The girls used % save me candles
and pieces Of cake and their Ivl
friends would bring me little prea.
enta. remember n rims ana
Rocklace and bracelet, on, how
loved and treasured EN-.
NevrF liad AnF 5pwolry
MotheR sever haa sny ieWolrg,
Me aesan hoard haT onT ahe
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