Evening Star Newspaper, July 10, 1921, Page 62

NN THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C.—ROTOGRAVURE SECTION—JULY 10, 192 4 @ ¢ S o el et ey i, Right — Mrs. Winnie “Now, I just want you [emmrreem——————————wowrw® | Grub, widow Wwith a N ; to look over the roofs of those buildings — well, it isn't very clear to-day—but . on clear evenings we can_see the most ex-quis-ite sunsets over there!” But Mr.and Mrs. Gass- man are too busy siz- ing up the neighbors’ washing and the sur- rounding back yards. Left—The lady who trails along behind in the flat hunting party and peeks into nooks and crannies she real- Iy oughtn't to be peeking into. Loves to look at the framed photographs in bed- tooms. Very shy man who is giving the apartment a very cursory once- over. Won't look in any of the closets and keeps mumbling over and over again about how sorry he is to give so much trouble. His wife will come around to-morrow and she won’t mind a bit looking in all the closets. Right — Mr. Brody obeyinf a hasty sum- mons from Mrs. B. to pick up his room—some prospective sub-letters want to see it. Every- thing goes under the bed. yellow - black - at - the- roots permanent wave and a great deal of purple pink rouge, is having a terrible time. Already three men have looked at her apartment at different times with a view to renting for the sum- mer, but, “my dear, they kept getting so frexh to me I couldn’t do a thing with any of them! And one of them wanted me to go to the theater with him. Oh, and say. hare you seen ‘Ladies’ Night'? My dear, it's the sweetest play'" N X N AMONG US MORTALS Subletting the Apartment By W. E. HILL Copyright, 1921, New York Tribune Inc. The ad has been in the “For Rent” col- umn nearly a week. and this is the first nibble: and as luck will have it, Aunt Mona is in the bath- tub. Of course they want to see the bath- room. Edna is trying to coax Aunt' Mona to climb under the tub, or get behind the clothes ~ basket, -or. something. And all Aunt Mona will say is: “But Edna, I'm just in! I've just this moment got in! I can’t get out now!" The lady who looks over the en- tire apartment very carefully yvnthout saying a word or chang- ing her expression. Then when she starts to go her whole being will radiate sweetness, and she will tell you how lovely she thinks the apartment is and how there isn’t a thing to criticize, but—*“it's not quite what we're looking for!" Right—By moving from room to room just a little ahead of the flat hunters and then out to the fire escape in the rear while they give the Kkitchen a once- over, Joe can dodge the little wife’s inevitable ‘“‘And this is my husband—Joe, will you take them down to the basement and show them the trunk room?" Fthel and Aunt Dora think everything is really lovely ments! Ethel is very anxious to telk over the bad rent would be any less on account of it, but the like glue. ° —but, oh, if they could be left alone ste of the furniture with Aunt Dora—whether the lady who is showing them round the apartment sticks There's been a sort of a let-up on all those white slave scare heads lately, just the same Miss Birk- enhead isn't taking any foolish chances. A gir! all alone in an apartment can't be too careful when showing the rooms to a big. strong man. M Birkenhead, always mindful to keep a pi of furniture between herself and the male of the species, is showing Mr. Jump what nice big closets there are in all the rooms. She s letting Mr. Jump open the doors and look in all by himself. You don’t catch Miss Birkenhead heing grabbed from behind and shut up in a closet—no, siree! for a few mo-