, 1875-01-03
H0USE-HUNTING
The Experience Of One Couple Out Of
Many.
Everybody's AdEice About Nobody's
Business,


A Story Without a Sequel.
It would take the pen Of q Dickens to delin.
cate the emotions OF man who has boarded for
sne last ten or twelve years Of his ife.-say ave,
since he vas youth OF 19,-whan his vito Of 4
year climbs into his lap and skaters hia after
dinner tranquility with the
noNBsHE1L DECLARATION
that she "anfs to so to housekeeping He has
known that she has been On the board-huntips
rampage for weeks, aud he has held himself in
readiness ut any time to sling his traps into bis
trunk,-haK IN hours work, k,-and order an ex-
press-Wagon, whenever his wife could decide
where she wanted to go. north, south, east, or
"est,-over bridges, through tunnels, by street.
cars or dummies, s,-anywhere, so that the partner
OF his bosom would be content in her new quar-
te1s- And now. for the first time, he learns that
now crotchet has entered her head, and he
must trim his sails to new breeze. But any
sensible husband OF year knows enough not to
be astonished at anything his wife wants.
II thought you we're on the economical
| dodge" be insinuatcs. sAnd so / am. Here
NC are just throwing away 3s5 month Why,
cottage rents for 912 month. We can set q
furnished one for 925. Then there is s1a 3
month for servant. 1T costs less to hire girl
| BY the week than woman to come in and wash,
IRON. and scrub, two or three days.) That's 435.' -
(''Thitty-seven." mutters the husband behind
his meerschaura.) ''Then the grocer's bill ought
] not to be more than 925. That's--let me see
Thirty-sa7eu and 10 is II, aud 10 is 81, aud is-
is" (Si1ty-two suggests the bass voice). "Si1-
! ty-two." echoes the wife, who has secretly been
counting her fingers; 81 and the butcher, 10 more
| is ~" ("You know the table OF 10's don't
you2") "Then ths gas, and the coal, and the
other thinGs-well, knoto they wouldn't como to
as much AZ it costs us now to live. The very
idea Of its costing two people ss5 month to
live! Don't tell mel I'm not telling yon any
thing" answers the husband, placitly. He
DRAWS a few prolonged whifs at his pipe. ''Just
you go ahead. I'm agreeable to anything. You
kno" my income. Spend il all, if you eau only
be comfortable" 4 few more whiTs; then, with
slow smile, pregnant with hidden meaning:
''Get cottage if you want one; but, in SIX
weeks, you'll be sicker Of that than ever you
we're Of boarding" Then be knocks tho ashes
out OF his pipe, and the confereuce is ended.
Now, any husband who manages bis vito in
the long run knows that La gained his supreme
cy simply b! letting his wife have her own.
her own way brought her into a
bog from which her husbands strong arms must
extrcate her. Theirs is no such sure mothoi OF
convincing people that they are about TO make
fools Of themselves Us just to let them 20 ahead
and play the fool.
THE CAMPAIGN OPENS
bv consultation Of toe column Of TIE SUNDAY
Tn1bu1'E headed ITO 1s.nt-Houses." The
husband, according to request. rucs his pencil
down the lima, aud marks those =. ads which
have some claim to eli!.,biencss. Yet, through
it al, his manner il ,1e:,cally that or QUE
who washes his hands o7 thu responsibility.
Night after night il t:lv weoks that follow,
he comes home to tl"d his wife laid out
dition. aud ho listens ra'ie,t!v to narrative OF
herculeau exertions nad nal disappointment.
At first he il gircn 10 understand that nothing
but furnished honse viii 10; and the pro-
size, in the desired locaht;;. found, they will
give their IaudAdr 1ayhrs "acning, pack
their TRUNKS, and walk osar to the new donicl,
where the gas will hc .ig:,t:1, the tires burning
the supper waiting, 81. servant expecting
them. He has his doubts aoou1 tle supper and
the eAergant,-ye., even abort the house ITSELF
but he smokes plscdlY and Silently, nnd the do
mesic harmony is unbkokan. i diary Of the |
wife's houHerhuuting would run something Ike |
this: |
4nonday.-Started out carly and alone, with |
balf~a-dozen dlfel ent places pasted On mono |
raudun. No - birmingham avenue came
frat. Rode toTwentv- fifth street, and walked one,
board-sldew walks, in atreeta where there were on
lamp-postg, and the unsewered streets were
en1vened only by gaping children and sedately-
atrofl,ug hens. Came to q railroad crossing. 4
paved streets, with chance OF being run over
bY tha cara. is more than any wlfo has right !
to expect Of husband. So much for ADVERTISE
ment No. /. Second on the List, No. - Hancock
avenue. Walked six blocks, and found q two
story tenement-house. Gate oil, paint shabby.
Next on list - Hsnccck avenue. Tro blocks
more Of walking, aud the street ends in little
hn1lae OF story and half, with great gawKy
girl on the step. tending dirty baby in pink
calico dress. It seems that, betwean Twenty
not cut through. Follow q goose-path across
4 green ; pick way through somebody's back
yard, where shat isn't cows feed or pigs litter
is d,sh-water drainagei more COMMON
nue is struck again. More walking. and
Of house, the basement being occupied
BY. dairy. whose oblonS aign stands oon-
spfcuous IN the front yard. 4 little farther mp |
!he street is a house to rent Knocked and rang
il vain. Went round to back door, and found
omau ut wash-tub. She inquiries with some
sspertv how she could hear = ball when she
wasn't in the house. 9niy tbs upper part is for
ng- houae7 People az wants more nor i've
'ooms gneraly wants 'em for boarders. L. it
yas-h1in'e " eay7 No, there isn't none. Ay
husband built the house: ho owns it. lie /
wouldn't have gas-d1in's put in. Here the
'oica gets louder and louder.1 Down the
s,eet bit there's three houses, ;
nd they was all ready for gas, !
nd tho folks as went in wouldn't :
my for the meter. tLouder.1 Do 70 s'pose =
olks is going to put gas in houee where other r
olks as comes IN like as not won't pay for the a
meter ?" Think Of living in house with that :
og- whistle-yoiced woman below. ! :
4'1neslay.-Firat comes 'an eight-roon cottage, y
ust finished; gas, wafer. Apply at - Woodland i
venue A walk Of ten blocks, aad No. proves =
0 ba very desirable cottage; but, unfortu- e
a.ely, there is musical conservatory connected !
'ith it in the rear, and every month =
rof. sfosganda's pupils give concert, t;
nd, Ill day long, from four to ten I
ianos are undergoing torture. Next. =
10. -, near corner Of Marble avenue and Il
street. More Walking, which I !.