The Cairo bulletin., 1906-10-30
BY MARGARET E. sANGsTER.

BY MARGARET E. SANGSTER.
Living in a fiat in big city is be
Ing packed like sardine in a bon
with others packed equally as close
and equally requiring TO save space.
| You know how 1t feels to stand be-
/ side 4 trunk that is wholly inadequate
for the number OF articles that must
| be forced within its limits. The care
full packer folds and rolls and squeezea
and takes advantage Of every tiny
vacancy until not an atom OF room is
left When the trunk is fun to reple-
ton and the trays refuse 10 let the
cover fail into place. there is rear
rangement. perhaps more adjustment
and finally somebody having coCxed
the reluctant lid to approach the lock,
jumps on it. stands on top. and, presto!
the thing is done That trunk is
packed, the owner cries, with a bliss
ful relief, turning to the next thing
to be done, with a comfortable assur-
ance that it will be what the boys call
& "cinch compared with the task of
the trunk.
Why do you take so many dresses
and cucumber yourself with so much
luggage" demonstrates a practical
aunt from the country, who cannot
comprehend the necessity of carrying
ones complete wardrobe away when
one goes on a visit why not carry
two trunks?' asks the good-natured
uncle who has plenty OF money, and
does not see the sense of being incon-
venienced in the matter of boxes that
may be handled by express and bag
gage men.
The trunks owner cannot afford two
trunks, and she does not wish TO omit
a single pretty costume Therefore
she endures the agony Of packing
without a murmur.
For the trunk substitute an ordinary
six or eight-roOm fiat in a tall apart
ment house. If the householder is so
well-to-do that he can pay rent for
two flats, one above the other, or one
opposite the other, across the hall. his
problem will solve itself; but city :
rents are a formidable item Of expense
They are forever soaring upward and
growing higher, They eat a frightful |
hole into the average income. To live |
anywhere near ones business and near
ones friends one must be resigned to |
putting a generous monthly sum into.I
the landlords pocket. The landlord /
cannot help himself, for In his turn I.
be pays tremendous taxes and has an I
ayerincreasing outlay in the matter I
IF repairs. Workmen. from plumbers /
10 painters. from carpenters to root
Prs, charge what seem 10 those who /
foot the bills extortionate prices. II .
goes all around the circle. To live de-
emily in any large town costs a lot /
Of money. This being the case house
keepers select the Eat that offers the
greatest inducements in light and air.
md proceed 10 settle their belongings
Is conveniently as they can.
The greatest benefit that could pos
iwellers would be to have a big bon
ire near by in vacant lot while soma
lespoiler seized upon their goods and
hattels and threw them in. Every.
,ody who has kept house over five
ears owns more furniture and accu-
nulates more articles than are abso-
utely essential to comfort and lux
Try. Nobody can bear TO part with
single thing This was a wedding
resent that was bought the day when
be baby had her first birthday: the
Their was brought by a visiting cous-
n from Australia. Somebody has said.
,as if Emerson. Things are in the
addle and ride mankind" They Ger
AMY are in the saddle. and ride man.
ind with a vengeance when the home
3 in a fat
The first suggestion as 70 saving
pace IS The practical one Of eliminat
lr sternlv whatever can be spared
he storage warehouse should accon.
lodate every s1rcr1Gous stick OF
lrniture until time comes when
'ider auarters snd amrlar environ
tent c-- be scored
a city fat Is a thing Of make-shifts.
'ozsibly in one or two rooms a bed
'eld with springs. mattresses and
i1ovs. a bedstead that announce
self for what 10 is and stands in full