The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-12
THE GIRLS FIRST PROBLEM.
srtRCH or 4 YOUNG WOMAN ron
4 COvGEyIAL ROOMMATE.

Thing, the other Girls Said, Did and Omit
ted to Do-Lscturo for tho Benefit of
Ter Latest Experimental Philosopher
and u Girl In Love-Need OF Talent.
,,so class" said the girl who was putting up
,,, curtains 4 detest roommatea Have you
,,,t known a girl who was your roommate
,,,h whom you did not have 10 mako an
heroic effort To keep from fusslng al the end OF
the frat week.
If ,ou talked To them all like that" remarked
u, .lrl who was the now experiment in room
mates. Il suppose you fused at the dusk Of the
first day"
From tho window sill where she was balanced
while the step-laddor stood idly by. the other
cir, laughed the nice little laugh that made you
like her
+ have been in New York. she said, earning
mt daily bread and what hansoms I could for
t,ur or 1--WE years And you are the seventh girl
have tried IN hit II of with 90 as not 70 have 70
,,.e hall bed room Well, I have seven good
friends out Of tho sevcn-but thank Heaven
never tried N go to Europe with any one Of them.
unc,pcrImcnted upon"
The girl with the hat with the ties whose adml.
ration for professional women was her sole charac-
tersuc beside her many rings, sat as visitor
looking on in mute appreciation Of tho household
Arrangements IN prORrcSt
But" she said. "thc seven wcrc all women in.
,etes,el In something, worcnt they Music
or art students, newspaper women. teachers Of
language. think how much you must have had
IN COMMON. talking about your art Then in
the evening when. tired after long day
When. tired after a long day the curtain
rlfl tonk up the refrain. Il used TO como home to
re, tired all over again with a long evening OF
work and find the couch cushions all shaken up
and the alcohol lamp being filled and three people
invited ior that evening TO share my roommate's
hospitality Dream Of comfort would that be!''
/ cans afford an alcohol lamp" murmured
the new roommate "and I am in many ways
desirable
But all that would only be once in while any
way objected the girl in the hat
YOU are right" asscnted tho one Of seven e1-
prnences "Other times she would want a crate
fre when | was positively s,ewing, or she would
throw open the windows and let In the noise Of
the elevated trains till | went TO pieces She
would fail to buy matches when IL was her turn
She would read my paper and never buy one Of
her own. She would never bring homo fruit or
candy And above ALL she would let me get well
In the middle Of an involved sentence on the type
wr,er and then break on, with: Dear. what
would you think man meant II he were TO say
70 you Just naturally you know. as II IL had Just
occurred to him - and 20 on. al insanitandum
All these were different girls mind you But
INST u them agreed in getting 10 tho pitcher
frsL when the bathroom wasn't on our
f,or and using up all the water. Then there
was the borrowing letter. paper. stamps hair.
pms hat pins money-oh." said the girl at the
curtains you can I tell me anything about room
mates
The new expo .iment sat down on the end Of tho
lounge and voiced her detection: do you think
honestly she walled. that am going 70 do ono.
or all these things And was Just ready to ask
you for a clean handkerchief You sec my laun.
dry
"liandkerchefsr said the curtain girl briskly,
you'll And them in the top raver Of the chinonier;
T., there! Help yourself. Haven't you had
experience Of that kind really" she asked serious.
ly. slipping down " the window scat and sta ling
out on the street don't you know that what say
Is tue, one Of The greatest problems Of the sell.
suppoI,ins woman IN New York is 10 find some
Cung"nial girl with whom she can go halves on a
deCenly sized room. and not wish herself in a
hall bed room o! b,,h.toom with the bathtub
u sleep in forty tines the frs, month
"Sun.- said the gi'l with the hat. -the town
mus, be full Of congenlal gl'ls"
21 aiT SSTSeHj *. y"a Enow OBJECTED the
have actny admitted IT Why not some OF the
The ony way" wen, on the girl in the window
scat tor a girl with small income an income Of
$50 - month, tn live comic tnbly in New York
son Sni' She sn psy ss nsG %sst
compared Win a sI' room BY h:i.ell AID the
The gr26Ism IS 70 fnd he s sia 0e'e'
Well OF course said the experiment "one has
"Oh lean do that" said the dissenter feelinelv.
v can stand lending. and even being talked 10
when J wan; to go TO sleep. Bu, there are some
could be avoided. II takes genius not 10 he need.
l"SNly dsagreeable and a genius which not many
molrbcr She wen, on with " the li,ts i1uNh which
they tnld her would make her famous after dinner
,gmeume = remember red haired roommate
! wHS spared that But suppose / carry as
sc'u'a;e description Of that mans character.
iSurS and virtues and looks and wise sayings
h,T,y embodied in my gray matter as any rogue's
gallery would need. She talked about him all
Se ,lmc talked 10 me about him Il is great
plilen tn hay" your roommate fall in love
. Then there was another, a maddening philoso.
hn,e believed She could b. such a dis,ractinsIy
over the ink / think / did it"on dear oriental Tipi
spIrsd We had ius boagh. f9r the couch. said
waited toI her to echo them. She sat By the win.
but my dear girl, wha. is bottle Of Ink in 1H The
very lii,o thing is spoiled spread in The uni UNI
Hr,r md another day ! missed a cali just
BY rs s p B.sass and md same ann oasnS
ba'hrpbe by the FIRE. and when stopped scoldine
T. get my breath she looked up and said A i,tls
wai"f dear girl, in the sum total Of time. when
,hoaIins matters And what Is a caller more or
less =" YOU who are mind You can draw no
Mra ~" maddening that sort Of thing is She
got u q. from an art teacher of hers who utterly
spilled her Tor sensible girl. ought 10 hay.
hnd some college course I suppose before / could
~ SAil 10 he broadened; that would have
educated rir up 10 trailing around in wet skirts
ahI i"ppy hat. and saying that nothing
R"hlly. though" venturcd the girl who was
,wi Us, nm! Is beautiful doctrine il one would
81, Llyc up o. IT, repeated the girl who had been
Mf.Ash IT, ~ Shouldn't have minded her living
Up 70 IT. Wh"rr disscntci was nj her hurting
Mht NJ" AL N" time She believed In philosophy
wei believe In honesty and In ordinary square.
hrfS ana that | look best In red. But I don't
le"i lfawh - impart these things 10 everybody
az, me roommate 10 be a success, has
w., 70 keep still more than half the time
1, Ahn YOU, said the experiment kindly, believe
IN cushing your busy half through don't YOU"
NJ glrl in the window seat being philoSo-
plrr herself did not mind
n'mr girls, you know she said. TRANQUILITY,
zen To- feel II III the air when you want them 10
krrI sun. Others you have ~ tell and either
nun thei' feelings or make them mad Some
nno" Just how much ~ give UP. and how often
~ Is lh"' turn 10 straightcn the room, and that