The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-22
TALE OF MOVING SORROWS.
ART STUDENTS REASON FOR GOING
TO BED LATE

IdiosJncracls' of Her Landiadies and Those
OF Her Friends-Plensurss of Not Living
at Home-Problem of the Furniture and
the First Impression--T The Forgotten Bed.
Il moved again yesterday" sighed the art stu
dent
And how many Of your possessions escaped
intact" asked the stcnographcr with feeling
Why shouldn't all escape" asked the girl who
lives al home. 1T is only question Of careful
packing, isn't IT,"
Careful packing indeed" shifted the az! stu
dent Much difference that makes, Why I've
packed fragile things ~ carefully myself that
the housemaid mistuok them for bundle Of rags
and threw them away, only discovering her mis-
lake by the sound Of brcakage within. And
then the landlady said 1t was my own fault"
"A landlady will say anything" groaned the
stenugrapher Il never told you, did l. about
the time that | moved when my landlady wanted
me TO remain Well. had my two teacups my
bon-bon dish and my hand mirror packed in nv
waste basket ana she threw the whole Of them
into the kitchen lire under pretence OF helping me
because am au orphan
But they were rescued, weren't they" asked
the girl who lives al home.
oh, yes, they were rescued in a condition
which was Just too good for them to be thrown
away and which has made them a constant re-
that happened TO you. Narcissa; you are sure Of
my intelligent sympathy from the start"
u know il. and il gives ME courage to re-
hearse my woes In this my landlady was
rather more than resigned TO the parting because
Of a harmless habit have Of making omelette
in my wash hand basin and Judges over the gas.
To be sure, have broken the seats Of two cane
chairs by standing on them while holding the
Judges over the gas jet. which was, purposely
believe, placed too high TO reach any other way:
though the house may previously have been in
habited by race OF giants"
'Oh, well, You could Just pay for the chairss
observed the girl who lives at home.
II could do nothing OF the kind" snapped the
art student Il had chance Just then TO buy
lovely cast Of Apollo with only tiny crack in
ii. which could be hidden by a palm set carefully
against it, So"
"oh. see you had the PALM said the girl
"Ot course hadn't but it didn't co st so very
much and really did not need the macintosh
for which my grandm4ther had sent me the money
a lovely Bit Of faded drapery to make cushions
for the chairs, which made them as good new,
unless you wanted 10 sit down on them"
"0f course it did," agreed the stenographer.
and then II YOU had any money, left over, you
NO couldn't | had to buy a lot OF cheese
dents ball knew NY mother could make cur:
be lost as she would pay me full price for IL"
oh butt" began the girl who lives at hor'.
Never mind tell us about the moving. Mar
| cissa. broke in the stenographer.
notice and couldn look about me much. so Wien
found landlady who did not mention the fact
that she was widow and tell me that should
take the place OF her deceased daughter in the
house. nor tell me that she never allowed cooking
| in the rooms, agreed to come to her. The room
| lovely north light and there was such a good
place on the wall Tor my drawing Of DiscobolusT'
awful drawback to the place" said the stenoEre.
pher css9tio1sly II wouldn't put ne tacks in
have fonnd you out nn already g% what sighed
| The art student "'The landladys daughter is
studying to be Prima donna and the soardeIs
things arrived, most Of them in more pieces than
their makers intended the landlady came in and
Examining them at her leisure ia not e." accept s
IN an
10 suit me- then ! would arrange the furniture
"A iandiady will consent to anything the day
| you move in, and nothing afterward sighed the
But don see why" said the girl who lives al
| home.
Il don't suppose YOU do my dear. ] don't my
'Oh, should think it must be lovely 10 live a.
you and Kathleen do SO independently"
time. Well. moved The furniture ali out and
then found, as might have known, that it was all
placed that hid the holes in the carpet mended
places in itself and stains the wall paper. STILL
| struggled at my rearranging until IL grew dusk
| and 1 heard people falling over the furniture in
| the hall and saying things which il would not be
seemly for me To repeat; Finally got II all fxed
somehow for the forteth time and had Just de-
cided 10 let il remain when the dinner bell rang.
and couldn't find thing in which TO make my
| self presentable!
| Not knowing how many nice young men there
might be at the table either and first impressions
so important" sighed the stenographer, sympa-
| thetically
| They are, but fear that the nice young men
had all fallen my furniture in the hall, and
| were somewhat preiudced already, When dinner
was over was tired that decided 70 go To bed
at once As came up the stairs, feeling ready TO
drop al every step. heard some one say, What on
earth is this bed doing in the upper hAii?-
And what was il doing there?" asked the girl
who lives al home
"It was mine. l had carefully put everything
| back and forgotten all about the bedi There was
not vacant space enough 10 house a cat, 30 had
10 drag everything out again and begin afreeh.
It was II o'clock when rested from my labors, and
then every blessed article of furniture In the
exact place It had originally occupied"