Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-07-18

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large part of thel are afflicted wit
trouble which IN; mifests itself in a
eiohgatlon or the neck. All the fla
jewellers, however,, have been cured
Inc windows are practically deserte,
anu the man who finds the steam hea
burden may $ At at his dining room
table in his shi ri sleeves and eat hi
dinner without the necessity of draw
ing the heavy Shades to keep the fac
OF his lmpropi iety from being heraldet
through the tNGanty odd halls of the hi.
| building.
Ihese be exc client apartments. The
light In every room" offsets the disad
vantages whfc h arise from, being M
OBJECT OF curN ,sity to two score pairs
Oh prylng ey IS set in the heads OF
women WhorS husbands are just vel
enough OH to keep hired girls, thus re
IeVlhg thera Of the necessity of doing
anything hs sit in the window and
look after he affairs of their neigh
pors. Hmes girls! Pardon is begged OF
one-haM OF the ladies resident in the
apartment- house. Maids is the word
that Should have been used, for all the
occupa OTIS, Of the $40 apartments keep
maids, VI nile only those who dwell
In the III .mbler $50 flats have hired
girls.
One fa3t in the big building was to
let. + Tor the first time in the history
OF the lbuIlding there had been an evic-
tioh. line other tenants had hardly
recoV Erred from this shock to their
pflde when something happened to
urlVe from their heads all thought of
the humiliation attendant on actually
llVih in building which had been
cont animated by the presence of a
mar and his wife, who did not have
the price to pay for their rooms. A
w, hg man and young woman came
" pok at tile vacant apartment. The
yot ng man was about twenty-five
Se' 'rs'soh and was dressed as we'll as
WsIl tailor could dress him. The
yo' ipgs woman she wasn't day over
eif'daenz looket as though she had
stSfHled flown FIJI I'm the canvas of some
m@Iern artist wi 10 knew how TO paint
pr city women to the verge of perfec-
zion. She was ja unity and dainty, and
as her clothes w ere surveyed by the
eyes in every bay window there was
the same thought in every woman's
mind behind the eyes, "ThOse clothes
cost mintp'
The fiat of the 'evieted tenants was
occupied. Bride and groom surely"
said the women. The day that the
young people moved in not woman I'm
the whole big building went shopping.
The panes in every INy window. If
the glass had not been thick, would
have been bOrad through by the in
tensity Of the gazes that went several
ly through them. Night fell. 1t was
Mrs. Reynolds who started the thing.
She rushed over to Mrs. Broderick's
apartments. They were both $40
fatters, and of course had no social in
tercourse with the humble $3O-a- month
ers.
"Oh, Mrs. Broderick, what do you
think of it all? Not bit of furniture
went into that fiat. Never van drove
up. There was nothing but an express
wagon with a lot of queer looking
boxes and leather cases. I'm sure
there's something wrong with those
people in No. T."
mo question about 1t, Mrs. Rey-
nolds," said Mrs. Broderick, "that
young fellow and that young girl were
too handsomely dressed to have any
good about them. l was suspicious the
minute laid eyes on her. That bonnet
came from Nine. Capotes, l know, and
that dress was from Greenfern. If the
social status Of these flats is not kept
right shall have to move. What will
my cousin, Mrs. de Courcey, say"
Mrs. Broderick had fourth cousin
twice removed. and she had once been
invited to buy things at a church
bazaar held in Mrs. de COurcey's par
| lors.
The $50 flatters took the thing up the
same evening. They all knew there
must be something queer about the oc-
cupants of No. 7. AS the days rolled
on they became more and more con-
| vinced that there was something
wrong. The young man and the young
woman must be very early rlsers was
the verdict of all the women when
they had hurriedly finished their break
fasts, and had taken their posts in the
windows. Every morning at 8 O'Clock
the newly moved In tenants were seen
by the watchers to enter the hallway
and go to their apartments. The query
was, "What are they doing abroad so
earlyW
One day there came shock that
nearly shook the yigilant women senti-
nels out of their chairs. The names
of the new tenants had been placed on
| the letter box in the lower hallway.
The names were Charles L. Jeffreys
and Miss Isabelle Leavenworth. The
discovery Of the posting of the names
| was made by $50 fatter, who used
| the startling bit of information to Sc
| cure on entrance into the apartments
and a wrir9me along with it-of those
whose husbands could 90 her husband
$40 month better IN the matter Of
rent.
"Scandalous; they're not married."
| said Mrs. Frederick. ".What will Mrs.
de Conrcey sayq"
Tho iagdlofd must know this at
once" said Mrs Reynolds, and all the
halls Of the building rang, Eyes, he
must"
Nobody moved In the matter. They
must await developments. The heavy
shades of fat No. were always down.
Charles l.. Jeffreys and Miss Isabelle
Leavenworth came and went through
the day. They left in the late after
noon every day, apd no one knew Mt
what hour they returned, The excite
ment throughout the building WIS way
above fever heat, While the shades
were drawn all day up No. Z, through
| the cracks ct the side. when the occu-
rants were at home. could always be
seel the glare VI o while artificial