The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-06-02

she asked directly.
Were the Raffterys," Jeanne
said, "the couple upstairs. I do
think Mae should have been a
little more tactful but the sing
ing is quite annoying. We won
dered if yo;. could either tone 1t
down or confine it to the daytime:
We're not home in the daytime"
Neither am l." Gerda said. I
work in an office. SO the singing
won't be confined to the daytime.
It'll 90 on at night for as long as
I want it to-" And then she said
something that strangely resem-
bled Macs own words to the agent.
There's nothing in the lease
against singing. And I'm going
RIGHT on with it. Good night"
The door slammed in their faces.
Jeanne said, "Well. I never!"
But Mae said, Forget it! All we
do iG to go into our dance.
OLE SLIPS
Ole did get his foot caught in the
tavern door. He was drinking his
fourth beer when Mike stepped UP
to the bar beside him. He was
still boiling. Ole asked him what
was the matter.
why, I was sitting in the chair
in my living room," Mike said. I
was Winding my own business
when somebody turned on a cal
Hope in the flat below us. It's new
people that moved in"
Have a drink" Ole said after a
pause. And when they had that
one and another. Il tell you. My
names Seasons. That calliope'S
nv daughter. She thinks she can
sing. I'm sorry about it. I know
how you feel. I came over here TO
get away from it."
Forget it," Mike said. "I got
two daughters myself and they
think they can dance"
Neither said anything about
their sudden friendship, and it
wouldn't have done them any good
because the feud had started
Every night from then on the
whole neighborhood was the I'M
willing audience to a cacaphony
Of sound.
Every night at 8 o'clock, Gerda
would begin singing. And every
night at sos, the Rafftery sisters
would go into their dance. No
body could do anything about it
because they all quit before II
o'clock.
Nothing would have come from
it had not Gerda finally lost her
temper. She went to the police sta
ton and made a complaint against
Jeanne and Mae. They were all
in court next morning.
WELL" the magistrate scratched
his head, you two girls say you
are good dancers. This young lady
here says she is a good singer.
Suppose you show me. You two
girls 90 ahead and dance"
But we haven't any music
Mae objected.
Let the other young lady fur
nish the music. You dance to
her singing" the magistrate or
dered.
well" Gerda said. She had
forgotten about the feud. What
do you dance to. st. Louis
Blues?"
"Yeh," Mae said. Either aw.
fully slow or awfully fast"
"I'n swing it," Gerda said. She
started it off. Mae and Jeanne
listened.
"A little faster" Mae said
That's it. o. K, Jeanne?"
20. k" Jeanne said.
They went into their dance
and they were good. And Gerda,
who was holding down her voice
in the presence of the strange
audience, was good, too.
GET TOGETHER
well" the magistrate said
still feeling good at the sight OF
four nice legs. II don't see what
any of you girls are angry about
I think you're all good. Why
don't you get together and build
a singing-and-dan act?"
That's a good idea," Mae said.
How about it, Miss Sessons?"
Its all right with me-" Gerda
agreed.
Cease is dismissed" the magis'
trate pronounced.
Maybe you've caught the act
a. your neighborhood theater,
Seasons and Rafftery''? But the
families aren't very intimate. Mrs.
Seasons doesn't speak tn Mrs.
Rafftery and vice versa. Seems
that each blames the others hus,
band for keeping hers pretty
drunk most of the time.