The Red Cloud chief., 1896-09-25

feet on the nervous system, says the
New York Times.
Look tired. | am tired. and I'm
cross and ugly. DO | look as if | had
bcen attacked by nervous dyspepsia,
almost exhausted by st. Vitus' dance
and then left on the rack for hours?'
We'll, not quite that. old man"
Then I'm In luck. The fact of the
matter Is hat | was out of the house
only three hours yesterday and then |
went to Harlem and back in the cable
cars. They were the only restful hours
! had between early in the morning
and midnight. Why? Because I was
the victim of the confidence of two Of
my n%eighbors who have closed
their premises and gone 10 the
country and have left servants in
charge. DO you catch on? Well,
some of your funny friends on
the press don't come anywhere near the
actual facts when they bring out every
year the pen-worn descriptions of the
antics of servants during the absence
of families. If my neighbors' servants
would dress up in the fineries of their
mistresses, and occupy the parlors. l
would be to the feelings Of those who
should be concerned, but when they in
vite their sisters, cousins, aunts and
nearer relatives to %jamborees in the
rear yard or basement and disturb my
peace Of mind I'm ready to kick.
"Thp rpnr ~ my hnpSa 10 ahnpt thir-
~ feet from the side of a large apart
ment house that has tenants that are as
quiet as they can be. usually. My ia
vorite roo Is In the rear, because it
is cool and shady there. My sufferings
began in the morning while reading the
papers and ! thought they wouldn't
last long, but | didn't know the mean
ing of servants invitations. The quiet
old gentleman who closed the apart
ments in the second story and went
with his wife and daughter about q
month ago. leaving a servant in charge,
would have been SUI prised If he had re-
turned Unexpectedly yesterday. judg-
ed from the conversation that the serv-
ant had invited her brother and sister
and two cousins to spend the day with
her in very nicely furnished rooms. be-
cause they took possession Of the par
lor and proceeded to make themselves
comfortable. The young men were in
their shirt sleeves, and they apprecite-
Ell the iestful qualities of the lounges
by drawing them to the windows and
gathering all of the sofa pillows they
could find and stretching ont at full
length on them. Between snatchcs of
all the new tunes of the variety halls
were remarks on the eccentricities oi
he tenants.
One found a French text book and
tried to instruct the Others in the pro-
nunciation of French. Another who
thought he had the voice OF an elocu-
ZIONIST recited from one of the class
les that the old gentleman priced.
Magazines and illustrated periodicals
amused them for awhile. The mixture
Of slang and good literature was not
very edifying. After lunch they turn
ID to gossip and the details of picnics
on previous occasions. The laughter
and loud talking Jared ones nerves,
md | think / would be willing to pay
4 months rent for the old gentleman
Il he had returned and found the party
In possession. | couldn't read and
could hardly wrie a letter and my wife
couldn't get her usual afternoon doze
Late In the afternoon the visitors wen,
away and | thought we would have q
luiet evening, but that's where made
/ mistake.
my wife remained NJ home. but
went out for a breath Of air. When
returned | heard the most eXasperatinl
noises from the basement and yard 81
the house adjoining. The servants In
charge there had invited their friends
or relatives to spend the evening, ant
the way they carried on was disgrace
full. The fact that the front of tn,
house was dark with drawn curtain:
was no indication that livel!ness SHOULD
not be expected behind the gloom. TIL,
contrast Of the quietness In June, be
fore the family departed, with tn,
nolsiness in July was remarkable ant
remarks could not have been louder
IL the company had occupied an east
side tenement. The disturbance Taste,
until midnight. Perhaps you don
wonder now that | look tired"
The experience may be suggestive t,
touse-owners and tenants who do no
realize that they may leave behind op
p~ortunities for disagreeable and objec
t.onable behavior. 1t may be said tha
servants should be allowed to hav'
some fun, but 1t Is doubtful whethe'
their masters and mistresses woul,
knowingly permit them to have tina
fun elsewhere than the "neighborhood
they are willing to seek at other times
The reflection on the behavior o
some servants should not be applied 4
all. The servants that have respect TO
, the families they serve are quiet ant
, orderly and they are as obseryant o
the requirements of a respectable local
ity as any m could desire, They nj,
[ In the solution of the servant question
/. The outbreaks of others make the solu