The San Francisco call., 1905-05-27

M THEN Charlie Winter took an
NJ apartment in the Pleasant fiat
wv building year or two ago he
found 1t so delightful a place TO
live that he induced his old friend and
business associate. Billy Goodman, to
come out into the same house and rent
the apartment directly across the hall
from him. 1t was the more easily done
because Mrs. Winter and Mrs. Goodman
were very good friends, indeed and.
they had never had an opportunity to-
see as much of each other as they
mutually desired.
For term of months they were very
happy together, the four of them, going
to the theater and to little supper
parties afterward, taking Sunday ex-
cursions in rented automobiles and
otherwise enjoying life in large city.
1t might have continued indefinitely If
the Goodman baby had not been born
indeed, that might not have interfered
If the poor little youngster had not de-
yeloped collie. Collie, 1t is perhaps need
full to observe, is treated by means of
peppermint, Holland gin. catnip tea.
ginger, whisky and fourteen or fifteen
other remedies, taken singly or in COM
bination. AS collie seems to be incur
able, except by time, all that most of
these medicaments appear to do was to
add number of rather unpleasant
OQOTS 10 the CRIES Oh the coilChy oHc'
1t has been noticed that children
select the moments for exhibitions of
developing lung power that others
choose for rest, and the Goodman baby
was no exception. AS the child's father
really had to have his nights sleep so
he could do his work the next day, it
was decided to remove the youthful
Goodman to the bedroom most remote
from that OF his parents. where he
n Iii III
If need be. without disturbing any one
but the nurse. Now this bedroom was
en- the court which ran between the
Goodman and the Winter fat, and the
only way il could be adequately yenti
lated was by leaving the window into
the court open all night.
Pretty soon the combination of baby
and collie began to make nearly every
body in the Pleasant building sit up and
take notice, generally in the middle of
the night. Charlie Winter undertook
to call his chum's attention to it by
saying that he had heard the baby
| talking in his sleep, and Billy opined
that he mustn't believe all he heard.
So nothing was done, not until the
Winters maid arose and left because
she couldn't sleep for the noise of the
infant adjoining and contiguous to her
own sleeping room, and no one could
the noise held out
Mrs. Winter after particularly hard
night undertook to tell Mrs. Goodman
about-it, and when she paid her visit and
found, the dear little Goodman youngster
sitting up and smiling back at her as If
he had never had even place to put the
collie in, her courage forsook her and the
word was never said. much as she dis
liked being without assistance in her
housekeeping. But something had to be
DONE
The Winters bought an automatic piano
player and the Goodmans liked the noise
IL made so we'll that they bought one.
The Goodmans were still one baby with
the collie ahead of the game Charlie
knew a chap who played the cornet, and
he asked him in of evenings Billy be-
lieyed that he had friend who played
the cornet still better and could do stunts
on the ophicliede TO boot and he used to
ask the Winters over to hear him. So
musical instruments were dropped by
tacit consent.
At last there was sent to Mrs. Winter
from the sunny South a large and able
bodied colored servant. A friend OF hers
knew of the family being without a
maid and volunteered to supply the de-
ficiency. When she came Mrs. VIM
ter's conscience compelled her to ask
Malinda if she was good sleeper.
de best evah." said Malinda. ',Dey
jess couldn't wake me up, onless it was
de smell of 'possum cookin'."
So Malinda was given the court bed
room that night, with good conscience.
The next day Mrs. Goodmans nurse
complained that she hadn't been able to
get wink OF sleep-not even in between
the attacks of collie. "Dey vass noise
like delicatessen come auf dot court"
she explained. Two days after she left
Ia take place the other side of the
river-she was not certain that she could
escape the noise unless she put miles be-
| tween If and her ears.
| Then Billy demonstrated. THAT woman