The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-27

shell. There is, TO DO sure, a pipe to bring water
In from the street main, and another Pipe to
extent OF what you call the modern improve
menta., III want hot water 1 must ring the
a jug. Bath There Is NC no Bathroom unless I
don't, You see these houses have no big cop
houses. There IL only n little square tank
attached to the range for heating water: SO
plumbing and considerable expense.
"Thcn there is no systom OF heating whatever
beyond the opon crate In each room. Most Lon
plain about II whom they are here in. winter. and
! think myself that II is not enough for the eli
but We have T ! sFOst %s !. cold sd s wet days y when when
q whole, house should be well heated. But
S %llh o SsS S sS,,o sH 4 %Sa S Sn entire sns a RSSSS
cold In winter. and, OF course, we, do not
keep Arcs burning In tho unoccupicd rooms.
but with our soft coal tho fro burns out In an
hour or two. and that Is the end Of the warmth.
In case OF sickness when n warm sleeping room
Is necessary. Well. the fact IL we don't manage
at all. In most cases. Tho London theory is that
a person who Is Ill enough to require u warm
room needs the attendance of a nurse also, and
the nurse can keen the fire going. But that Z
enough to need warmth without " nurse.
III You had a house In New York like mine in
london you would have TO do without serysnts,
llaborfor n week. Tho fires alone are enough to
keep one servant busy. You see there are no
room floor. Tho nearest bedchambers. are In
what YOU would call the third story, and ifthere
are many In tho family the top-story rooms
must ,be occupied also. Do you know what IL
means for a servant to carry scuttles. of coal
from, the basement. up TO tho top story. keep the
fires In order. polish the fireplace every day. and
carry down. tho ashosi No American servant
would stand that, to say nothing OF the daily
busting and cleaning necessary in each room on
account OF dust and smoke from the fire.
Our old London houses are servant killers in
every respect. The dining room is Invariably
atoly beneath II Is the kitchen. But there is no
such thing as n d~umbwaiter: everything we eat
must nna 10 be carried up from the kitchen no, on trays
Ia the knockor. You know how II Is with a Lon
don. house: every five minutes there is q knock
at the door. and tho maid must climb the long
for the poor maids; by bedtime they are well
tagged out.
"Thcse objections, OF course, do not apply to
the more modern houses in the suburbs. There
In New York-bathr0oms, hot and cold water,
dumbwaiters. everything but electric lights and
about using the electric light; some of the pro.
yincial towns. Indeed, have more electric lights
than The metropolis"
And do you mean to tell me" the American
asked. that 10 I should wish to stay here for a
year or two with my family l could not rent n
honse for less than seven years 4
Many of the suburban houses you can rent
for a single year" the Londoner answered.
Thousands Of them were built expressly for
thSt purpose. And you can always find a fur
nished house to be let for n few months while
the. old houses right In town you must take it
on long lease.
$50. on the whole, I think the tenant in New
York has very little to complain Of. Il he had
be glad to pay almost any price to shift them to
the shoulders Of the landlord