The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-07
. S%UBURBANITE TURNS.
RET0RTg TO UNPLEAslNT REMARKS
ABOUT CONN UTERs.


vhinsu e ne eaia Aiso Asout the Disce,nrorts
erPeepls VINE Exist In FLATS er Have Homes
In Breeklyn-A wousan's Report or . Cell
where NethinE DisaGreeasie was said.
II have recently noticed that the people who
live in the smallest fats or in Brooklyn are in
variably the most unpleasant in their remarks
about suburbanites and commuters" she said
rehectivcly. ''Now, l wonder why that should
be So"
"Tt's the way Of tho world" he answered
with tho conscious air Of having said some
thing wise and convincing.
NOW. there's Mrs. Blackstone" she con-
tinued, who has just moved into a Harlem
nat that 10 20 small and 30 high up In the air
that she might Just az we'll be living up a tree.
She has nothing but folding furniture, from
folding beds down to folding tooth brushes.
Whom It's all unfolded Blackstone has to sit In
the hail."
Did Mrs. Blackstone say very unpleasant
things about tho country" he asked.
why, you know that we have been friends
for years and she would hardly dare say any
thing unpleasant. She did say that you were
very self.sacrifcing and that, of course, IL you
found 1t awfully duh during winter evenings.
being O good sleeper you could 60 to sleep. She
said that she supposed that l would get into
the city several times during the winter and
that Il would probably be q good thing for me
not to go 10 any dances for a season. She told
me whore / could got some nice heavy shoes
for winter weather and she promised to write
to me about all the new plays"
THAT was kind Of her."
"wasn't it, l thanked hor and asked her II
she wouldn't like to come out for one Of our
little dances. 1 told her that we should be
delighted to see her and that she needn't bother
at all about her ~gown-that white gown of
hers tshe's worn 1t at three dinners to my
knowledge) would do very nicely. Then i told
her all about the two new evening gowns that
I have been having made, and l concluded by
saying that ! knew how cramped she was for
room and that In q mall apartment I thought
one was very wise to have only one evening
gown at O time"
Mrs. Blackstone had q temper of her own be-
fore she was married" he said with a specula-
tive air.
"She has it yet" she said. and it is disa-
greeable at times. OF course. 1 didn't moan to
say that her white gown was not all that it
should be. ! told her that I liked 1t immensely
when I saw 1t two years ago and l thought that
she had improved II last year by taking In the
sleeves. She didn't like that II bit. She changed
the subject at once and remarked that the only
glimpse that she had caught of you for six
months was last week, when she saw you run.
ming for q train with your arms full of bundles.
She said that you were once very cranky about
go "S olu oho thot NV COIL ASiO u
Didn't you insist on talking about that
vicious clip at his cigarette with his little
finger V% M. Oh. ron,,.a .1 ,,s,.t u,o.o
M Shd tbs she y saw h ySu , hSppSSn9Sd o to be e my my birthday 1,hTstyy
dom carried bundles. but that those happened
to contain some very, expensive old china and
'' %B S't the W way. Fi he s anen i. 7 t in1 ef tRst:Sou had
better order that street gown about which You
were debating. You might just as well have
Il tod him." she continued after a digres.
would be an excellent thing for Mr.. Black.
stone to exercise on II he only had room enough
f fSs them Ihsf time In the } zap Hpa5rti m I conIa remarked R z that
his left et1.5 and ! hadn't the slightest dosbt that
Z strap in The elevated train on his long Eide
would idaf LOOK oe' W snai VII With ' sonr new sR' s SsRer dh &s
added significantly.
at that E1 @o Heeg s@ and Sesfor see M iasa' B useat 9%ss
S SsSm B %sas AMY E Eeply; ri in name S Mrs. Marcy syy
her, but there are times when she IL, antago
heard that we had moved into the country, and
had mosquitoes. She supposed that we would
be willing to sell our house now for about half
senses and moved back to town she was com
After Marcy bought his house in Brook ]:
street and built a big stable back Of him"
going through the tunnel, and, much as she
liked me, shesnever. never would repeat the ex-
".6Dtid you say anything about the br-"
course" she Interrupted, and 1t came
sesdlngiy neat woman, Veil. ' I could 4 hardly dG1
believe my.eyes when | saw a rutie dragging.
ssa@ es't the e'r way = p that se Clothes tSta R We're sn dum IA waS By =
that miserable bridge. 1 told her about the
sSst I a @aPEp q B dSSR on ny 7 sa ast that ihs l tSs time time
would como when sensible women who were
sSsrcsd to cross that bridge would put on their
MARCY always damns IT," he said.
Mr.. Marcy said something about the skirt
She said that she suppoed 1t was very English
to 1--we II q country house because one was al.
we were both bored to death by this time. /
said that neither Of us cared for lecture courses
had q i.U eliminased B rock o was When shs 1e %e w tRs' d Me
GUESSING country places. said that we both
snd tS.t to n be within y Inca easy ~ reach &C Of the theatres
about half the time that 1t took from Harlem
or brooklyn"
Mrs. Marcy would say downright disagreed.
many years. but it seemed to me- "si to i Be entir tpy
t because OF inc adliiituity In Keeping servants In
point, wasn't 1T ! closed that discussion with
tho remark that 1t was always easier TO keep
one servant than two, and that my chief diff
swords points. Then l told Mrs. Marcy that
we had frequently, laughed at the recollection
Of those four awful groups of statuary that &C.
cupied the windows right across the street
From her.. l said that / knew that both she and
live in brooklyn"
'"rhat was Just a bit unfair he said. "You
we're playing offside and you didn't deserve
well. they never have seen the group In the
Ttndow across the Park from u.s." she said,
''and II the Marcys ever do come to visit us Ill
bring them around by another road. l told
Mrs. Marcy and Mrs. Blackstone what a de-
nghtful time We had this summer and how
our neighbors sad that the winter was the
Hveliest time in the year In our Park, and then
left, saying that we had promised to come
In with a theatre party this evening. l had a
very satisfactory call on the whole, and ] am
sure that they will both come out to see mo