The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1899-08-11
II WAS A NICE FLAT.
AND BOTH OF THE WOMEN WERE
ANXIOUS TO HIRE 1T.
A ouiet Little Fencing Match which
Strikingly Illustrates Some of the
Peculiar Phases of Feminine Hi
nan Nature.

QHiet Little Fencing Match which
Strikingly Illustrates Some of the
Peculiar Phases of Feminine Hi
man Nature.
This particular Hat was bargain ut the
advertised monthly rental. 1t was Il gem.
1t had all the III. is. was new, in 4 nice
nrighbOrhOOd and was bargain.
At 3 o'clock the other afternoon good
locking young married woman got the
key to the Hat from the ianitor and start
to look through it. She looked decidedly
pleased as soon us she entered the flat.
She was in the front room, admiring the
tint of the wall paper, when she heard IL
ruStling in the rear end of the fiat. She
pcercd back and saw another nice looking
young married woman looking over the
kitchen fixtures.
We'll, never" said she to herself. 81
really wonder if that woman thinks she
is going to get this tlat?'
Then she walked to the rear end with Il
certain air of dissatisfaction. The Hat
hunter examining the kitchen fixtures
looked at her out of the corners of her
eyes.
Good afternoon they said to each
other.
Are you looking over this fat?" in
Quircd the woman who had got the key
from the janitor amiably.
Il just dropped in to see what it looked
like" said the other, looking around
somewhat dsdainfully. But it's 81 pitt
ably tiny, isn't it,"
Just precisely what l was thinking"
said the woman with the key. Entirely
too small for my purpose. One feels as If
one were boxed up in trunk in these lit
tie apartments, don't you Think"
We'll, | never lived in any apartment
so small as this, and so. of course, don't
really know" replied the other.
III wonder if the horrid thing expects
me TO believe that thought the woman
with the key. Il wouldn't be surprised
if she's keeping house in one room this
very minutc.")
And the closets are so small. too,
aren't they" she said aloud. II don't
see how | could get along with 50 little
closet space
''Oh, well, keep my costumes in cedar
chests, and the chests could be slowed in
the spare bedroom" replied No. ,. Bat,
really, there isn't even enough room in
these closets for my husbands Clothes
c'Costumcs.' thought the woman with
the key. Costumes. The idea, And |
Npltcl II sllt tNlItCtS Iiit 10 lIlstl
her husband is 4 Berry Wall"J
Il think the wall paper is awfully gar
isl. don't you:" she said aloud.
'Dreadfully So" said the other
"Of course it's a tiled bathroom and a
porcelain tub, but what Il little, short tub
it iS."' said No. =, pcering into the bath
room. My, the whole fiat looks rs if it
We're built for niidgets.''
And the hall is so small that one
would have TO walk sideways through
it," added No. !. My husband is Il big
man, and he would laugh if he saw me
looking through this little fiat with a
view to fixing his future residence here"
We'll, of course, one has to live i'll ac-
cordancc with ones income" said No.
amiably. I'm sure this gas range
wouldn't bake nicely. DO you think it
would?'
Really. don't know much about bak-
ing, you know" replied the woman with
the key. Il never bake. We've an old
NANNY with us who has been in our
family-Oh, since the flood. She was my
mothers maid, and she is splendid
baker"
c'Iler mothers maid indeed" thought
No. >. well, of all the pretcnsious wo-
men,
These new aathouses seem to be built
so iiimsiiy," she said aloud. The doors
settle and refuse to lock, and the win
dows get out of plumb, and-oh, every
thing. Really, | believe the old people
when they say that houses used to he
built 50 much more substantially than
they are nowadays. Why, the walls of our
old homcStcad-it was built by my great
at-gramdfathcr, in colonial days, you
know-arc more than two feet Thick
t'Mcrcy Inc, her great great GRANDPA
Their" thought the woman with the key.
Now, why doesn't she 90 right straight
lack to Adam and he done with it! Try.
inS 10 advertise to everybody that she
had Il great great :randfathcr,"D
Il suppose the other flats are just filled
with crying young ones she went on,
aloud, and children running and yelling
through the halls"
That is the beauty of having n whole
house to yourself" said No =. with a
smile that the firm set of her lips bclicd
My three little ones so enjoy the free
dom of our home now. But. then, the
lease has expired. and the landlord wish
cS to occupy the house himself"
c'l suppose her Young ones shout and
yell just like ali other children, don't
they thought No. IL
And then orc Las always to take the
chance in movin: inin II Hat of having
some awful pounding piano teacher in the
next apartment" said No. -
oh, | should give up all my pupils if
] took Il fiat said No. ].
t'My. she's Il teacher herself"' thought
No. >. well. Just don't care-she's not
going To have this iiat.'O
This Hat might do for some very
young couple just starting ill.," summed
up No. ]. But gracious nc, we couldn't
think Of taking it,
Just what | think" assented No. .,
and the two walked down stairs, nodding
Il farewell to eacl other as they reached
the main floor. No. / turned in the key
TO the janitor.
Tin going down to the agent to ell
gage the Hat" size announced.
M. had already gone. She got into
a cab, telling the driver to proceed rap
idly to the agents number on + street.
No. also got into a cab and gave SINH
lar instructions to the driver. hut she had
lost time III speaking with the janilcr,
and she was too late She met No. and
got n radiant smile from her coming out
of the agents Office just as she went in,
and the agent told hcI that the lady who
had just departed had taken the fiat and
paid Il months rent in advance.-Wash.