New-York tribune., 1896-05-10
STARVING AMID PLENTY.
A DIrFIDENT BRIDAL COUPLES ExpEat

A DIFFIDENT BRIDAL COUPLES EXPEHt
ENCE IN HOTEL.
Starving amid plenty Is a hard fate yet such vas
the case OF dinident bridal couple that stayed fw
a week al the Hotel Netherland recently. Thy
came up from the South. and the period OF recon'
struction did not seem 10 have left marx upa
their open and genial characters. He was nr
boned and athletic. and she was ore u those
typical Southern girls who speaks in the Mr''a
dialect OF Dixie Land when she does speA vi
carries on conversation mainly by the use SN
eyes The couple we'll supplied with mosr
and manifested a desire to have good time ~s
showed a woful lack OF knowledge OF the details q
a great city. To the manager OF the house uA
young bridegroom conhded the Information that ~
family had once been wealthy. but. like many Que"
in the South. had been drained by the war IN
girl also came OF old plantation family that ha
been left penniless by the war. and all either eoui
boast OF was long line Of fine ancestry. hea'n sna
good looks BY dnt OF hard work and ext'ene
economy the bridegroom had saved few nanc'ea
dollars and he intended TO have a honeymoon 'aA'
would be worthy Of remembrance
The couple came 10 the hotel about noon' ana
PASSED most of the afternoon in looking over 10
house and adn!r1ng the furnishings. When oesaa
TO grow dark the young husband seemed TO se' un'
easy He wandered around the corridors OF INV
hotel and seemed 10 be al loss for some'naS
Finally his feelings mastered him. ana "e ~
preached the clerk and asked: Az say can wv
tell me when the supper bell rings? ANN se''As
sort o hungry. -.
The clerk was amused, bu, he explained 10 'n'
Southerner the mysteries OF living upon the hav
pean plan. When the bridegroom learned tns' ~
81 day he was paying for his room dii not 'n'i.-
meals for himself and his wife he whlstea 'o,s
ard remarked You all must max heap OF "0"..
cha 'ging ike that 70 rooms. Well "e"hs 81
going 10 have a good time, an ! suppose We :.
might as we'll go in and get something VI o'">
eat" -, "A.
He walked off and went up 10 his room 10 - 49,
wife lie manifested n peculiar Nking io' ' -.
yator and insisted on riding in II at every ~ s.,
He found his wife as hungry as himself a"' ,,",.,
the tow Of a bellboy made his way 20 ,ne 80 1..s.
room Previous to entering this room h'' -,
moon had been a dream Of JOY. without .'0 a..
hide the sunshine. When he seated hmsen q, -.
table the first rift In the lutte" came. w.
aproned. obseauious waiter laid carte De lou'
front OF the Southern visitors. and then hu'' =,
TO get glasses, plates and so on. consu'e.
once too place. The card was prinied ID ~ -
and after studying 1t from every side ana i'' "a
backward and forward the husband gave W
passed It over ruefully to his wife. she 0' .A
hopeless bewildermen, at the card, ana II was ,.
dent that she was at sea also. 80 far as
concerned. They gazed hopelessly into sac" .h 49,,
eyes and then at the card. and then back INV IA
others eyes again. He was game to the ias' -. -.
suddenly a thought struck him. He ea''su al
waiter 10 him and said softly: "WaiIah' u """
you 'uns have for suppahy' , h,a hsea
The walter replied mat everything .n"' Tne hus-
prepared for the meal was on the casu' rrn., the
Dand sighed and the wife looked gum We all
young fellow said quietly: Well, sus,o sxed We
don't want any OF what you uns have so' ~ Thea
uns will get something or other eat later snnS
he arose and went up 10 mis- ROOM ms srnle w haunted
obedenty. For two days the young eouP.S P,,at there
the house. They did not seem TO tnllS nH xhIch lay
any more OF New-York than @ ina. rom the
,mmedialely within the n,s.room Tnnse oe onsnsy b
did not enter 1t. one day one OF me I' ht the per
the manager OF the hotel and t9.d nun caupe wen
sons In the room occupied by this youns nanagei
littering the place with cookihg -" ,hs yount
who felt that something was WI lns WI, Wiz hat tho
fellow, ca.ed him ASIDE and told him khuy s yoorns
manaeerlent did not allow cooking IN the rovSdm rS lam.
II interfered with the regime OF the hlur,ed oot
aged ,he tsrnlre wna we af a Is to- o then s
get anythin' to eat In the dining-room' anu
has got 10 eat; ,,,,, he explained "
trouble about the bill OF fare, ana eo' NM srown %
manager that he and his wire haa ,n,ns; slore ana
hmnrrv that ne slipped over to co.he, ~, fryins
cor Some VEGETABLES and other eatao es anu a stove,
van. The couple had used The sasJee' s,iH,hougn N
and managed 10 se. along 9nrr pr1 poor makesh TO:
manager explained the ntricasies, ., broader ides
de jour 70 him and ssso srhe young fellow ,ss; s
deeply grateful, and for the % n,ered the dinn!
he r,upla were In the city they e,'' about ~
roo room With the persons who 9bsm snsw something
and ordered the walter 10 get % citw Also and psn
eat They branched out over ,ns ' he was leaw
Ing the hotel, the husband grasppIh I'm 'bged 10 yeu
the hand and said. feelingy ~ n nnestSns shous
sab. person who don't ask que aur',i" g."
starve and we 'uns came pretty "e' ~
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said the publisher 10 II the ,bs s'pei people. ,a,ns
II know IT," was the answer, sn,x .o that I coum