The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-11
A HARLEM FLAT AND
~ A MINERS SHACK.
The Start Of Marfies Couple Hese
and of Another Coupls
in the West.

A United States Senator from a State in
the Far West came East few weeks ago
to have a look at and talk with Judge
Parker at. Esopus. The Senator, very
wealthy, self-made man, occupied superb
suite in one of New York's most luxurious
hotels during his stay here.
The Senator was called upon ~ his hotel
by number Of his former constituents
now living in New York. One Of these
callers was young man from the Senator's
home town. The old gentleman had not
only known this young man from his boy
hood. but he had ridden the young mans
wife on his knee all the way to Banbury
town when she was little girl In pigtails.
Son" said the Senator to the young
man from his home town when the latter
was making his third call, you and Helen
are keeping house here In New York, aren't
your
We're living in Harlem fat, II that's
keeping house." the young man replied
well, said the Senator, II surely do take
1t powerful hard that you and Helen don't
invite me up to your place and give me
something to eat-I sure do
The young man started TO make some
reply, but the Senator wasn't through.
"Im getting mighty tired Of hotel and
restaurant grub" he went on. Il can't
get sny taste or good out Of Tit all tastes
alike. If you and Helen only knew how
I've been hankering for a good big, film,
savory layout Of shoulder and greens, III
bet box of matches that you'd have taken
pity on me and asked me to your house
to have some. Ever have shoulder and
greens1 Nothing in the world like shoulder
| and oreens after all In there?'
The young man looked bit embarrassed.
Senator" he said, "the wife and have
talked time and again about asking you
to take dinner with US since you came
| on this time. But you know what these
dinky little three-rooms-and-a-b fats
in New York are--or do you? And Helen
and I had sort of an idea that-wen, to be
frank. that after all OF the splendferousness
that you're used to, why. it might make
you feel sort O. uncom-oh, it's just plain
little plant, you know, that fat OF ours.
and we thought that maybe 1t wouid-er--'
Look -a-here, boy interrupted the Sem
ator, will you and Helen give me some
shoulder and greens on Thursday evening,
say at 8 o'clock
AYou know we'd be delighted to have
you replied the young man.
SAN right Write me down the address
I'll be there" said the Senator.
And, jim he added. as the young man
prepared to take his leave. you'd better
simmering habits OF green's. 1t takes
a lot OF green's to make a proper mess OF
'em. 4 pretty whipping basket OF green's
well. I've seen bushel Of green's, almost,
bile down to almost nothing, and then
the two shook hands again and the young
When Thursday evening came the bluff,
ruddy, fine-looking old Senator arrived
at the fiat on the minute. 1t was neat
and very tastefully furnished fat, If some
what small
Sure you've got plenty Of green's.
anxiety, when he was greeted by the pretty
young matron. whom he had known as a
child. 4I've been worrying good deal
over that to-day"
-0h, stacks and staoks q greens shs;,,d she E
be enough could exc out by boiling down
the rubber plant, you know and 30 the
dinner began merrily enough.
The shoulder WAS sweet piece OF mast
fed meat from Virginia, and after the
chin In the old-fashioned way and gone at
1t he came pretty close to looking like q
, thoroughly satisfied man.
1D'ye children know, he said, as he passed
his plate over for the second helping, that
I've been in training for this for TIVE days.
you invited me-or, better, since / invited
myself. And It's worth the fasting
After the dinner the Senator hxed him
self in a big rattan armchair In the tiny
cosay corner, near a window, and got a
we'll seasoned briar pipe belonging to his
'' "a cigar l after Shoulder and greensl' he
had exclaimed, reprovingly, when the young
man had pushed the cigar box his way.
Mighty tidy place you've got here,