The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-21
PLATING DONE BY GIRLS.
SOME INDEPENDENT T0UNG Wo-
MEN IN COsET QUARTERS

ENeAaNFe9 nmo Lizzie Ntnhnpa NnnN are FnFA
OF Life AccsrdisE to the Latest Giri Ceiony
raea In This Cuy-Ths servant Question
h m Important Element. or Course.
Kitchen ranges used for dressing tables I
What welLtrained housekeeper ever thought Of
such a thing But when girls live together In
fats strange are the proceedings therein.
FlattinR is the latest development OF the girl
colony idea, and the most satisfactory. A model
establishment contains from one TO four fats, ac-
cording to the ambition and energy OF the house
keeper in charge. In one apartment house In
New York, Ave fats, known as A fiat, b fat, G
nat. ID nat. and X, ). z fat. are given up entirely
TO the use Of girls. A. b, c, and ID are Joined to-
Rether under one management, and the girls in
them meet in one dining room for their meals.
This arrangement. OF course, leaves three din
Jag rooms and three kitchens out OF their nor.
mai occupation. Accordingly, they are made
into bedrooms, sitting rooms, study rooms. or
whatever else seem to their occupants best.
1t is in such a kitchen that the uninitiatcd,
conventional housewife beholds a charming
table, covered with one OF the artistic cretounes
that find their way sometimes to the counters
OF dry goods stores. She steps up to examine
It, draws tho curtain, and. behold. the secret il
out. 1t is only II kitchen range after all.
But the ovens are perfectly tine for shoes"
the hostess explains to her guest.
The laundry tubs, covered with denim, make
n model desk, and a screen around the ugly
A''ehen SINK gives a bright piece OF color to the
f"o"' Inc uresseF Is utiiiAeu LOT ali KINDS OF
anu "n inuia print IN front OF the
uumo waiter completes tue decoration OF a very
comfortable study.
Inc househoiu Is composed OF teachers' art
stuueh's' sIr's Win musiea! aspirations, and
sl!s VINO "r'e' But woe TO the girl who
"rnesH she seeAS her Nltchen study In the
early morning hours for quiet meditation, She
Is Wriins " sonnet, perhaps on Inc symphony
Vi Lie ana ner urain Is VIBRATING win deli
o''e 7ukSes'i"ns' "hen suddenly from the oase-
s LIS - "a 'ne preliminary
; my me- uEai'S resolves iteeit INTO
'Ne "oros Line up one sooInes her startled
nerves ana oes'hs again
Like oi"ssoms ho"erins into song, she
writes when the lons-dra"n wailof" GarbaEe!'
rum the ouH'o waiter. once more sends her
thoughts hyinE' "hen the waiter mas creakcd
up and down with its pals and the dusSy
mald opposite mas exchanged some lively words
with the janitor at the foot Of the shaft FIVE
Nights below, the sonneteer settles once more to
her TASK ana taxes a fresh sheet OF paper. She
dweIls lovingly on the nrst three words and
writes them again.
LAX blossoms towering, then she realizes
that she must have another word to ill out the
line. Like blossoms Towering into -" into
SSNtNSo' NHet hHS
word. And she dashes down the line. Like
blossoms towering into voiceless song" just as
a wheezy organ, a man with bronchitis. and o
violin with one string Join in a wild attempt to
render After the Ball" In three keys The
poet gives up in despair and runs from the room.
Ihlsi Is the first day. But after a month or so
she gets SO accustomed to the svmuhony of
Litcbe, study sornd. ,h.t sh. ,or,a ..;.o =.
Ny '"AuS 'Nos ene eou4u "F'te III
epic poem to its accompaniment.
n q n and a., .-. fu..-
hall an ~ Ia sosv IN 5;via. ,ho 60. ..ri,a.
nai . Gus ui'rue M rooms into suites.
Inc 'front.' and back parlors are usually occupied
by two girls. Again, things are not what thew
seer. To ,ny one calling sscb room, a,n..rst - ~
used only as a pNrlor. but the divan, with its
Basdad cover and pillows, which makes so at.
uaeti'e seat IN the oAytime' AT night, Invested
OF It's covering. resolves itself into a simple cot
inc a topr Of insnsctIon thronah ,ha.. a.. 800.
. h".s u
experience and see everything upside down.
tt, tron, parlor opens ;nto the hal, aLso tha
dinins.room so that the front and back a. fa,tsrs
may be very Independent of each other IL they
n net"eeh u t"o pat'ors there are neaSy
rooms may be quite exclusive if they wish. Tho
awkward is when one has a caller and the other
public sitting room and received there. then
p"oNo '.'uS "" sAu fe.ei'oo 'nefe' he
taken 10 the parlor OF the girl on whom he Is
calling. II he does not know the ways of the
fat. and thinks he in calling on the occnnant NJ
80 oh
the 'front.' parlor only, ms dream may be shattered.
as the hour grows later. by a particularly noisy
alarm cIocL eoip1o M ars, a, hi. 80 ~ ou;ot
""tni eoGA sot"so >" III car II quick
rustic or skirts; and a diminishing trai! OF sound
as TIE clock is borne swiftly down the hall.
After his departure the incum bent OF the back
parior explains mat she WAS only trying to set
her new clock. and that she set the alarm In
stead. her roommate forRives her. but with the
LURKING, FEELING that there may have been o
touch or method in her madness.
Theoretically four girls are assigned to each
nat, two IN 'front.', two in the back; those in the
rear use the dining room for q sitting room, the
Kitchen for n study. and the other two rooms as
eepinS rooms. such girls are the aristocrats
or the fats and pay higher prices than the others
for their privileges. The arrangement is some
times different and one sleeping room goes with
the two parlors. but In any case the terms are
very moderate. A hall bedroom In any good
boarding house would cost as much. and to those
girls, who have been tossed on boarding.house
breakers for two or three years this girl homo