Evening Star Newspaper, June 18, 1922, Page 84

THE SUNDAY STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C.—ROTOGRAVURE SECTION—JUNE 18, 1922 THE NEW NEIGHBORS By W.E.HILL By the Chicago Tribune Copyright, 1922 If The New Neighbors Are Strangers In Town. And If They Are Beginning To Be Bored With Nothing But Each Otiier's Society. e T e, T e e et Wil L Thmreiei er Tren Un By The WRONG People And Never Know The Diflrence Or. What s Worse. They Wil Eind Qut They Terrible Mistake Later On. When Its Too Late To Get A Mrs. Hableman. Helzer And Cleaner By The Cay. Has Dropged In To Foothold With The People Who Are eople Look The New Family Over—Not Sure She Wants To Work For Them. Mrs. Hableman Is Awful Particular Abcut The Peo-le She Cleans For! Yes MA'’AM! Oh. But The Folks She Used To Work For In This Very House. They Were Fine —Served Eight Meals A Cay To Their Help—And Never A Cross Word From The Mistress—Never The Dear Little Lady Who Rushes Right Over As Soon As A New Family Is Installed In The Neighborhood And Gets Very, VERY Intimate - "‘Now. Promise Me. You Will Come Over SOON And Sgend The Day. And Be SURE To Bring Your Work!” The Idea Being That She Will Bring HER Work To Your House On Alternate Days Loves To Tell You All The Terrible, Terrible Things About The Peogle In The Neigh borhood— "My Dear.”” She Will Say, “Ycu MUST Be Careful What Peonle You Go About With Here—I Wouldn't BREATHE This To Any One But You!" Etc, Etc “Oh! Don’t You And Your Husband Play Auction? Not At ALL> Oh!" Some- thing Tells Little Mrs. Webb That She’s Never Going To Be A Social Success In The New Environment—At Least, Not In Mrs. Bickel's Set “l Was Just CRAZY To See What They'd Co With The Inside Of That House!” Mrs. Larson Has Just Been Over To Call On The Newcomers—And, Of Course, She Doesn’t Ap- prove Of A THING They've Done To The Inside Of The House! The Loud Friends Of The City Who Drive Out En Masse On Sunday Morn- ing Just When The Neigh- bors Are Starting For Church—"Hey, Will You Look At Old Pops, Out Here Living The Simple Life With The Hayseeds," They Are(gust As Apt As Not To Call Out From The Car. Shaming You Before The Entire Popu- lation—And Very Likely One Of The Girls In The Party Will Be “Simply Dyin‘VFnr A Cigarette’ And Will Say So Right Out In The Open, Just As Old Miss Nimms And The Proper Mrs. Gribbs Pass By En Route To The Front Street "Congrega- tional Church. The New Neighbors Will Be Old Neighbors By The Time Miss Barlow Gets To Call—However, She’s Going To Call Today—And After She’s Explained And Exolained Why She Hasn’t Called Earlier In The Season She Will Ask For A Sub- scription To The Ladies’ Aid Entertainment—They Are Giving A Mock Trial In The Sunday School Rooms And Miss Barlow Has A Few Dozen Tickets To Sell Smile, Welcomes A New Charge Account To The Community Mr. Argus, The Grocer, Smiling His Best .g’& GO