Evening Star Newspaper, October 23, 1921, Page 74

Mrs. Jones 1s moving out and Bangs is moving i natur- ally there is some confusion in the apartment. No sooner do Mrs. Bangs's men bring in a nice big solid piece of furni- THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. (C.—ROTOGRAVURE SECTION—OCTOBER 23, 1921. AMONG US MORTALS Moving In and Moving Out By W. E. HILL Copyright. 1921, New York Tribune, Inc. PPN rnette i R AR “Now, why don’t you put this over ther» ana that over here—and that picture over there?” The friend who dreps in on a newly installed family and wants to change all the furniture around. When some one says, “All right, go ahead. yor do it,” his interest in interior decora- tion wanes. “Oh, my dear, if I'd only known you were going to move—why, 1 know the dearest apartm:nt— three more rooms than there are here—all for half what you pay,” etc.. etc. The cheerv friend who likes the new apart- ment and all that, but—oh, dear. if she'd only known! ture than Mrs. Jones's mern carry it out again. When Mr. Bangs comes home at 4:30 and s I thcught ¥ settle! by this time,” there is going to be something akin to a nervous breakdowa on the part of Mrs. Bangs. Gentleman caller who has arrived on the scene at least twenty-four hours too soon. After he has helped carry the box couch in‘o the boudoir of Frances, the cook, some one will let him put up the glass shelves in the bathroom. *‘Now, just look at all the room there is in these two drawers. Why, you can put no end of things in nere—and it 1eully doesn’t take up an awtul lot of room!” It's always a bad plan to call on people who are planning to move and store their furniture. You'll need a lot of determination to keep them from loaning you all the things they don't want to put in storage. s i oo S — Py o Daughter of the house with Many and varied are the things van men are ac- great presence of mind cused of taking. Mamma has looked twice through keeping watch over a case all the bureau drawers without findm.g a trace of of liouor till the movers get papa’s felt slippers. The folio of Eddie’s baby pic- out of the way. tures are missing. Probably the little squinty, vil- lainous-looking man took them. Mamma thought at the time he looked anything but trustworthy! | =N Close-up of the man of the house helping put the books in their places. (Joe has found the book he began last summer, apd he’s jpst going to see how it ends—whether the guy mar- ries the girl or not.) Adelaide, the new maid de luxe, with her lit- tle straw suitcale—the size maids always show up with when they only intend staying over one night. A ““““\l\l\mm... DMN