The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-06-20
THEIR HONEYMOON.
CAME PRETTY NEAR STARVING DUR
ING iTS FIRST WEEK.
A Dimdent Bridal Couples Experience In
New York Hotei-rhe Carte de Jour
Waa Too Much For Them. and Hunger
Drove Them to Light HousekeepinE."

Starving amid plenty is hard fate,
vet such was the case Of diffident
bridal couple that staid for week at
the Hotel Netherland recently They
came up from the south, and the period
Of reconstruction did not seem TO have
left mark upon their open and genial
characters. he was rawboned and ath-
letic, and she was one of those typical
southern girls who speak IN the Ian
guorous dialect Of Dixie Land when she
does speak, but carries on conversation
mainly BY the use Of her eyes. The cou-
| pie were we'll supplied with money and
manifested desire 20 have a good time,
but showed a woeful lack Of knowledge
| of the details of great city. To the
| manager OF the house the young bride
| groom confided the information that his
family had once been wealthy. hut, like
| many others in the south, had been
| drained by the war The girl also came
| Of an old plantation family that had
| been left penniless by the war, and all
| either could boast of was long line of
| fine ancestry, health and good looks. BY
dint of hard work and extreme economy
the bridegroom had saved few hun
dred dollars, and he intended 10 have q |
HONEYMOON that would be worthy Of re- |
membrance.
The couple came 10 the hotel about
noon and passed most Of the afternoon
I'm looking over the house and admiring |
the furnishings. When it began 10 grow |
dark, the young husband seemed 10 get |
uneasy He wandered around the cor
ridors of the hotel and seemed 20 be at "a
loss for something. Finally his feelings
mastered him, and he approached the
clerk and asked: "Ah, say, can you tell
me when the supper bell rings? Am get
ting sort O. hungry"
The clerk was amused, but he ex
planned 70 the southerner the mysteries
Of living upon the European plan. When
the bridegroom learned that the 81 a
day he was paying for his room did not
include meals for himself and his wife,
he whistled softly and remarked: You
all must max heap Of money cha 'ging | !
like that fo' rooms Well, we uns are ,
going 10 have good time, and suppose
we all might as well go in and get 1
or other 10 eat. y IL
He walked off and went up 10 his c
room 70 get his wife. He manifested :
peculiar liking for the elevator and in
sisted on riding in il at every occasion. 7
BE found his wife rs hungry a. himself, | 1
md under the tow Of bellboy made his | a
way 10 the dining room. Previous 10 en- | /
ering this room his honeymoon had been {
dream of JOY, without a cloud 10 hide v
he sunshine. When he seated himself y
e the table the first rift in the lutte" d
anne. A white aproncd, obsequious f
waiter laid carte de jour in front of | i.
he southern visitors and then hurried
a 10 get glasses, plates and so on A J
at once took place. The | d
ard was printed in French, and after | b
tudying it from every side and reading | O
backward and forward the husband | h
ave it up and passed it over ruefully TO a
is wife She looked in hopeless bewil- s.
erment at the card, and it was evident I,
nat she was at sea also, so far as French | "
Tas concerned. They gazed hopelessly | {,
nto each others eyes and then at the | i,
ard and then back into each others
yes again. He was game TO the last, |
nd suddenly thought struck him. He -
allied the waiter To him and said softly, "
Waitah, is this all you uns have for 81
uppah?' il
The waiter replied that everything
hat had been prepared for the meal was
n the card. The husband sighed and | q
he wife looked glum. Then the young | !.
elbow said quietly: well, guess we
II don't want any Of what you uns have
rot fixed. We uns will get something or
'ther TO eat later Then he arose and i
vent up 20 his room, his wife following | q
'bediently. For two days the young cou.
pie haunted the house. They did not {
seem TO think that there was any more
of New York than that which lay i'm
within the range of vision
from the hotel. They eyed the dining
room longingly, but did not enter it,
One day one Of the maids came TO the
Of the hotel and told him that |
the persons In the room occupied by this |
young couple We're littering the place |
with cooking. The manager, who felt |
that something was wrong with the |
young fellow, called him aside and told
him kindly that the management did
not allow cooking in the rooms. as it in
terfered with the regime of the house |
and damaged the furniture The young
man blurted out: "Ah don't see what
We all is to do, then. All can't get any
thing to eat in the dining room, and we
uns has got to eat ("
When pressed for an explanation, ne
explained the trouble about the bill Of |
fare, and confided to the manager that |
he and his wife had finally grown so
hungry that he slipped over to a corner
store and got some vegetables and other
eatables and frying pan. The couple
had used the gas jet for stove, and
managed to get along pretty well, al
though he admitted that it was n rather
poor makeshift. The manager explained
the intricacies Of French carte de jour
TO him, and also gave him broader
idea OF the city's resources. The young
fellow was deeply grateful, and for the
remaining few days that the couple
were in the city they entered the dining
room with the air OF persons who knew
all about it, and ordered the waiter to
get them something to eat. They
branched out over the city also, and paid
visits TO various points of interest AS
he was leaving the hotel, the husband
grasped the manager by the hand and
said feelinulv. sAh,,n ,bl,gad q, go,