The sun. (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1906-08-11

AAViA SOOu iuSh, SuSy lSiL, udu gwen
them the right to think about home,
and sitting out on the doorstep thct
summer evening they held consulta.
ton about It, and Jurgis took occn-
sion to breach a weighty subject.
Passing down the avenue to work that
morning he had seen two boys leaving
an advertisement from house to house
and seeing that there were pictures
upon It, Jurgis had asked for one, and
had rolled 1t up and tucked 1t into his
he had been talking had read 1t to him
shirt. At noontime a man with whom
and told him little about It, with the
result that Jurgis had conceived u
wild idea.
He brought out the placard, which
was quite a work Of art. II was near
~ two feet long. printed on calender.
ed paper, with a selection of colors
80 bright that they shone even In the
moonlight. The center of the placard
was occupied by house. brilliantly
painted, new, and dazzling. The roof
Of It was Of purple hue, and trimmed
with gold the house itself was sill.
very, and the doors and windows rel.
1t was two-story building, with a.
porch In front and very fancy scroll
work around the edges; II was COM
plete In every tiniest detail, even tho
doorknob, and there was a hammock
on the porch and white lace curtains
In the windows. Underneath this,
In one corner, was picture of huS.
band and wife In loving embrace; In
the opposite corner was a cradle, with
fluffy curtains drawn over 1t, and a
smiling cherub lowering upon silver
oolored wings. For fear that the sig
nificance of all this should be lost,
there was a liable, in Polish, Lithuan-
Ian and German-"Dom. Naimi.
Helm" "Why pay rent?" the linguis-
tic circular went on to demand.
"Why not own your own home? DO
you know that you can buy one for
less than your rent! We have built
thousands Of homes which are now
occupied by happy families. SO It
became eloquent, picturing the bliss
fulness of married life In a house with
nothing to pay. 1t even quoted
Home, Sweet Home" and made bold
to translate II into Polish-thOuyh
for some reason It omitted the Lith-
uanian of this. Perhaps the trans
later found 1t a difficult matter to be
sentimental in language In which a
sob is known as a "guksziojimas' and
o smile as nusiszypsojimas."
Over this document the family por.
ed long; while Ona spelled out Its con
tents. It appeared that this house
contained four rooms, besides base.
ment, and that It might be bought for
fifteen hundred dollars, the lot and
all. OF this, only three hundred dol
lars had to be paid down, the balance
being paid at the rate of twelve dol
lars a month. These were frightful
sums, but then they were In Americn
where people talked about such with
out fear. They had learned that they
would have to pay rent OF nine dol
lars a month for a fat, and there was
no way of doing better, unless the
family of twelve was to exist In one
or two rooms, as at present. IL they
paid rent, of course, they might pay
forever, and be no better of: wherL
as, IL they could only meet the extra
expense in the beginning, there would
at last come a time when they would
not have any rent to pay for the rest
of their lives.
They figured 1t up. There was H.
tie left of the money belonging tC
Teta Elzbieta, and there was littlc
left to Jurgis. Maria had about fifty
dollars pinned up somewhere in hei
stockings, and Grandfather Anthony
had part OF the money he had gotter
for his farm. II they all combinct
they would have enough to make tn
first payment; and II they had EN-
ployment, so that they could be SURE
ri the future, IT, might really prov
the best plan. 1t was. Of course, no