The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-17

that no dish shall be served to the COM
pany at table until the cook and the vice
cook thereof have eaten a portion OF the
same-and survived it,"
And also Wheatcroft went on. that
| said treasurer shall not spoil good victu-
ais by-serving them with fshy stories and
stale jokes.
IAN here" salter announced. Any
| thing else?"
| There's the rent
Don't worry about the lent. Leave
that to the landlord
We'll where are we to locator"
| 81 wish to stipulate.'' Wheatcroft said.
that we shall not be required to live in
| any house which William J. Salter. archi-
| tect's apprentice, has had any hand in lie
| signing
( or Salter retorted which Richard
A. Wheatcroft, land and fire-escape paint
| er, has had any hand IN decorating
Agreed Burroughs said. Now we've
settled about the rent. the location. the
! cooking. and the accounting. How about
| the housework?''
Il once designed the homework on an
excursion steamer" Salter replied. but
that last condition let's me out on this"
Very WELL Whestcroft said. let II be
provided that the cook and the vice cook
do the housework and the secretary and
Salter groaned. ''One On me / hate
shopping. Go on"
II was further agreed that each member
of the company should bring to the board
rooms" his own bed and bedding his table
ware and his tobacco. All other capital
expenses" were to be shared in common.
and the running expenses were to be di-
vided In such way that Salter would not
be required to pay for the luncheons which
he would not be in the rooms to eat.
I'VE won't charge you for what you
don't eat" Burroughs explained.
So that what don't eat you put in my
pocket. Suits me. Is that all? Provided
also that further provisions may be added
I'D lib Sign"
are We to find the rooms?''
Il veto Harlem Burroughs said at
once.
Yes" SaIter agreed with him "AlI
the flats l ever saw up there were family
hats-built SO that papa of an evening
could sit in the bosom of his family, SO
to speak, and reach little Johnnie and his
sister. If they got to fighting in any other
room. without having to rise from his
chair in the library. We just want
friendly fiat. Those Harlem suites are too
affectionate''
That's true" Burroughs said You
can't house three old ROSTERS peaceably
in a dove COTE
Wheatcroft suggested Brooklyn.
Il believe that Brooklyn is all right
Burroughs continued. I've heard that
And l know some tip-top people who say
they have lived happily there. But I've
wandered around Brooklyn at midnight,
trying to interview a man who was known
TO be living at a number that was either
on Fifth Avenue or Fifth Street or Fifth
Place, and perhaps I'm prejudiced. That
expedition was nightmare that wakes
me up sometimes yet with cold perspi-
ration. I'm sorry. but"
Living in Brooklyn is a queer thing,
Salter said. I've heard that you can ac-
Quire the habit. but believe a man should
be born with it. Don't you think we're
rather too old for any experiments like
that, Wheat?'
Il suppose you'll turn up your noses at
Jersey, too? What do you want? Upper
Fifth Avenue2"
They thought it over together.
Well" Salter said, at last, perhaps l
take this thing more seriously than you
two, but feel that We owe New York it
self a certain obligation. We make our
living here; l think we ought to help the
town by spending our money here. Be
sides, the government of the city is in
the shape it is just because people like
IN the hands of the transient and the mil
lionaire and the rest of the foreign ele- |
ment. What's the matter with having |
little public spirit about US? l move that |
we three recognize that il is the duty of |
every New Yorker to do what he can to |
make life supportable in New York. and |
begin our efforts by supporting life here |
ourselves"
I'm agreeable" Burroughs said, IF /
the treasurer thinks he has the funds for |
a reform movement of this kind
ITS my opinion said Wheateroft. I
that he's doing this TO encourage build
ng there. However,"
''And 1t is further provided Salter
cad. that the members OF said company
the -Tammany crusade by
spending twenty-four hours Of every day
n the borough Of Manhattan itself, so
hat the evils of the Tammany misgov-
may be brought home TO them
ind their responsibility for the present
condition of affairs endured by them with
ortitude and meekness.' That isn't quite
What / meant, but It will amount to the
same thing in the end
And now" Wheatcroft said, Ito find
he fiat."-H. J. o'Higgins. in the New
fork Commercial Advertiser.