The Washington herald., 1907-04-14

It seemed that his new house was done,
And brave and due it stood,
And hadn't cost a single cent
More than be thought il would.
It seemed he'd gone 20 hear IN el-
Gcutilust u note
And heard not "Aux Italiens,'
For agsht that kiley Er0ie.
It seemed that stocks had gone tho way
Ilc thought they wouldn't 60
And thar his wife had never once
said. wen. J told you So
So many lovely things Ike these,
With pleasure hled his cap.
And tuCH-it was the rising tel
That Eaus and woke him up.
have 10 thank an anonymous cor
respondent for bit of very valuable
advice for bachelors. He says he is a
bachelor himself, but as he doesn't tell
me how be happens 10 be one. am
forced 10 conclude that he was born that
way. No stuffed hay ore. less stoves, for
his. be says, and no mush fer break
fast
II Ike a really nutritious breakfast
he tells me, "and / get 1t myself IA
my ROOM When 1 get up in the mora
Ing / light a small alcohol lamp. which
I keep in a collar box, and set Tin pail
fun of water on it. q know now what
those round boxes are for, by the way.
Heretofore l have supposed they were
merely among the gifts suitable for a
man" like fancy shaving paper pads and
embroidered suspenders) When this
comes to a boil" he continues, Il pour "a
part of it into my shaving mug, and a
part into my teapot. Then I place two
eggs i'm the pail and put "a 'easpoonful of
tea into the pot. BY the time I have FIN
ished shaving, the eggs are boiled and
the tea is stepped. l have no overnight
preparations IN make, and with a box of
zweiback I have a delightful breakfast
ready without the expenditure OF any
extra time"
l have no doubt that it's the loyehest
sort of a breakfast. but, personally,
haven't any s-s1pathy at all for "a man
who is a bachelor and breakfasts on tea
and shaving-water eggs. 1 hope his land
lady viii pry into his collar box the very
next time she goes upstairs.
Elizabeth Banks. the author of "Ex-
periences of "a Newspaper Girl once
told me Of a thoughtful device which is
better than even the bachelors shaving
water tea idea There was an elderly
gentleman in England during Miss Banks
residence there who required a cup of
hot beef tea at a certain time every
night. He required, also something to
keep his feet warm. so his considerate
wife had the hot-water bottle filled with
beef tea every night, and when her hus-
band wanted his warming and sustaining
drink. she had merely TO fish out the
hot-water bottle and pour therefrom the
required cupful The elderly gentlemans s
name, so Elizabeth Banks told me, was
Gladstone.
out in the edge of Georgetown lives a
man whose wife is-well. I don't doubt
she's considerate. but it isn't always pos
sible to tell Just whom she's considering.
For fully five years a tree growing in
front of her house has obstructed her
vision, but as women will-Tve heard
them say so themselves-she said nothing
about 1t till she really couldn't stand Il
any longer. Then she began TO urge the
cutting down of that tree Her husband
objected He had a sort of "Woodman,
spare that tree" feeling about it. 1t
hadn't sheltered hiI.. in his youth, but il
had sheltered the nursery man, and men
feel in honor bound to hang together.
He protected it. With my c. oq--
heard him say, six weeks ago
wife insisted on having tho
down-and he said It with a Sc
dog determination that made
the strength of his character.
"CUt that tree down? I'll al,
Last week, passing that way
I beheld that bulldC
superiRtending a menial who W
ping away at the tree One is
tactful SO early in the morning
called to him the Virile words .r
rang in my ears. He glanced t
house. as one who fears an
per. and spoke in q low. almC coo
FOice.
y know 7 said that" he