Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-09-11
FUN IN A FLAT.
nab Tells of Her Search For
a New York Flat.
10Y OF ENGAGING SERVANTS
..,r. Mind Was Stronger Than MaIter-A
JanilOTs Idea Of Salads Seeing
he Funny Side Of Lie
Life In Flat.
,oopyrirht, 1872, by the Box Syndicate
i''f' Press, N. y.
Special Correspondence
NEw YoRK, sopt. 5, lsO2.

4 Especial Correspondence)
NEW YORK, Sept. 8, 1902.
There are times in everybodys life
xben all that can be talked about is
. ,bsolutely personal. Consequently, a
| ionp.suiiering public has got to hear
M experiences with a Hat. Getting
,le fat was a varied and somewhat
I sresome time. / would announce ex-
.ctly what rent | was willing to pay.
II mi [ would be taken to see nat,
. gorgeous in mirrors, rich IN cabinets
\ IN bric-a brac, having bathtubs big
enough Tor Goliah, which, when an
nounced my apprOvalI found would
est me exactly double the price
] oonld pay. Visions of irate landlords
4 use before me, and [ would take the
4 elevator and go away wiser, II sud-
/. der woman. Sometimes | would think
+ had just what suited me; then kindly
4 friends would inform me
THE PLACE WASN'T RESPECTABLE.
But, at last, the fiat was gotten. 1t
4 Is true that the bathtub needed TO be
cnameled and that the spare room was
perfectly dark, but ms my guests never
+ 90 stay in their rooms except when
I they sleep and dress that made no diff
ference. The landlord declined to en-
4 amel the bathtub, However, | knew q
A mana man who has had pictures in
Y ihe Paris Salon and whose work every
/ vhere commands an enormous price, so
4 suggested to him that, instead Of
4 painting me a picture as he had prom
led, be would enamel the bathtub. He
4 did, And 1t is so beautiful, that l am
s siraid TO turn the hot water on II; and
4layiDg heard dreadful stories Of the
elect white lead has on the skin, am
Afraid 10 get in 1t. So, perhaps, ] had
better have taken the picture and paid
. somebody for painting the bathtub.
e However, it has his autograph on, and
i 4 get very hard up l can have 1t sold,
Tub and all, as a "Study in Still Lifo.n
. He Is a realistic painter, and it strikes
ne that this is very close to realism.
PRESENTS FOR THE FLAT.
n The next contribution to the fiat APP
pared in the shape of a picture also; it
n Is large, it is in oils, it has huge gold
frame, and although not study in still
\ BE- because 1t shows running water, it
\ ook up one entire side Of the parlOr
HMd made the chairs seem so small that
NF0ple We're afraid TO sit in them, and
then they come in say they had rather
Stand up and look at the pictured A
Third present is much more material
heame from an old housekeoper, and is
chopping block. 1t is the size OF an
ordinary round table and nearly fills
Tie kitchen. As our meat is chopped
lor us by the butcher, We cannot use IL;
MS too hard TO cut up for kindling
wood, and another thing, | don't want
70 hurt the givcr's feelings. The best
use have seen It put to yet was VIII
sue scrup woman VaOy s'lt on IL anu
Tbat wa su ro at ~ st ,in IN XII ia "
~. " ',.'''' - 80,
ENaASlN4 SERVANT
Apropos of scrubwomen l saw quite a
number Of kitchen ladies before | en-
! gagged the one who eventually became
ny very own. The first applicant Tor
The position Of mistress in my HAT was
AL slender, willowy and coffee colored.
her gown was Il pulo blue, with large
figures ON it, and her head was adorned
WIN a leghorn hat that had streamers
mat were fascinating, She took a seat
! without an invitations: / then asked her
she could cook, she said yes, with
sliii that was m ant TO show how little
Knew.
| said, Can you fry oysters"
i No, tho women / have lived with
. always eaut 4n tho paetpnpnnt when