Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-11-28
HUNTING FOR A HOME.

The Young Husbands were ANXIOUS
| to go to housekeeping. Doubtless the
| cognomen would stand for large num-
Der of recently married young people
who have grown weary OF boarding.
| The Young-Husbands had friends OF
| the name of Oldboy. Ned and Fanny
| Oldboy had been in the blissful state OF
matrimony about three years and had
made a start. Being in the happy pos
| session of an opportunity TO go out OF
| town for the summer they had loaned
| their house to the Young-Husbands for
| the season.
The summer. in spite of the heat, mad
nroven delightful. The mysterious ice
| box was always yielding up dainty
| little supper to Charlie when he came
home at night. Then there had been
| two or three little dinners for Charlles
friends which had induced them TO de-
clare he had jolly home and trump
Of wife. No wonder he declared AFTER
| this summers experience, he wanted
never to board again.
Without a premonition of what she
was going forth to do battle with Marie
tripped out Monday morning with the
"Ad" sheet of paper folded out. she
was crisply gowned in pink shirt
waist and white duck skirt and car
ried a red silk sun shade over her white
sailor hat. She was well groomed,
| fresh laundried and full of anticipation.
When Charlie came home to her early
| dinner at 5 o'clock she was not there,
| but she painted in after him five min
| utes later.
ooh, Charlie, make me some ice water
and fan me, do. My salts are up on the
dresser-would you mind getting
them? I'm wreck"
'You look it," said Charlie, survey
ing her wilted linen collar, her drag
gled skirt, her hat, tipped rakishly on
one side of her head, and her rather
struggling locks.
"Well, what has happened?" he asked
when he had gotten her composed and
able to articulate once more.
ooh, I've had dreadful time. I spent
| the morning looking up these places |
| had Marked and she handed him the
wreck of the Sunday paper. Then [
met Mrs. Gadabout, and we launched
| down town together. She had list of
| places, and we went to those. Every
thing perfectly horrid!" and Marie
| mopped her face with her handkerchief
| STEPPED in ice water, and shifted her
| smelling bottle.
Charlie, who had been standing in
| front of her tanning her with palm
| leaf, burst into a sudden laugh.
Oh, that's good, laugh, but wait till
I tell you about il"
mo, don't talk about it until after
| dinner I'll tell Loo to bring the din
ner in and after we have eaten, well
You'll feel better"
| She did feel better an hour later
stretched out in wrapper and slippers
On Fanny Oldboy's lounge, with Fanny
| OlGlooy's luxurious cushions stuffed
comfortably behind her back and head
| And then she related her experiences.
| Il never had so many impertinent
| questions asked me, and | never saw
SO any grasping women, slouchy house
maids. and noisy children in my life.
| have been north, east, south, and west
| 'Mcst of the rooms l saw were third
| floors There was invariably a small
| stting-room with a small bedroom adj
| joining, into which you could put a
| single bed and chiffonier, perhaps The
| middle room was always more or less
dark, and the little room to be used
|
hardly turn about in it. Sometimes
there would be bath on the floor, but
more often not. How would you like
to have the toilet room en- famille?"
GO on, you know I've kicked enough
on that in boarding houses"
"And such questions, What does my
| husband do for living, is he prompt
pay-must have the rent in advance
does he drink? Do keep a menagerie.
that is to say, parrots, pugs, monkeys?
Am I refined in my tastes, have | any
children, do | have much company. do
| sing or pay any musical instrument,
am | Catholic or Protestant. do / eat
oni0ns?'
"Oh. stuff! Marie; you are exagger-
ating."
"No, am not"
| well, what's the programme for to-
morrow, more rooms or houEes?"
| "Houses- I'm going to look at small
houses. We might as we'll have house
while we are about it,
Mps Young Husband spent a week
on the house question. She had reached
state where the For Rent" column
was her only occupation and diversion.
She missed her meals. couldn't sleep,
and was becoming rather thin. On sew
eral occasions she induced Charlie TO
go to look at some bargain after dinner,
and on one of these occasions he sat
down on the stairs and delivered her a
lecture
Il think you are losing your senses
on this house question. Marie Every
day you seem to get worse ideas"
Il can find plenty of good houses. but
they cost so mueh-sS5 for house. SIS
to $40 for fuel, S. to ST a month for
gas, SIP for servant. 1t would take
all We had left for he table,
And who do you think is going 10
run the furnace? Not |. tell you now. =
"Oh. suppose you think we can hire
a man. Goodness. let's go home where
We can quarrel. If we're going tot"
| After this the house question was
| dropped by mutual consent They
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