New-York tribune., 1907-10-08
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THE PRoeLeM OF THINGS.

May come in?" called the visitor, cheerily. as
she knocked at the door of the bachelor girls Iv-
ing room bedroom. workshop and den, all in
'Oh, is that you, Frances? Come in. if you can
get in! I'm rejoiced TO see you, but I'm in such
confusion"
We'll, / should think so.' said Frances. as she
carefully stepped u pile of pictures and re-
moved lamp and dust cloth from the only
I'm tired TO DEATH exclaimed the bachelor girl,
Worse than working isn't it?" laughed her
friend. = know nothing much more tiresome than
hiking up new place This is a nice room! Mar
g3nret-thG best you've had, 1t will look lovely
No it WON'T said Margaret shaking her head
decisiyey 1T may lock homelike. but it will never
an artist and You can't @ bear my rooms. know
tEroGgR tr you re inauIgent. f9u needn't protest; /
ocI ob cant 9n, do5 naYS 1t y2ih on m, my income.
No say | couldn't, Not TO be comfortable at
me same time, and must he comfortable. That
outrages each one but they're cheap-that's the
trouble You would do without until you could
afford 70 pick and choose and get better ones grad
aad Rant Sa5 90 9o1pe want them now
Frances laughed again They're not so bad.
really" she said Each one Of them is fairly
somerafe se thas L@ey nave rather con"
Yes. ana so have al my things. They're bought
as / need them, and they have be bargains. or
match There's another thing in the way Of Being
income, and you can't be artistic with a-well, with
on, now. Margaret You've accused me Of being
artistic, and now you say I'm hard heartfelt
Not that exactly. but you have to be stern about
or pFscods ean II 9g Or M ec m F Of
or child love it, no matter how ugly IL is. and
l must have il about "
Il know; that's really the problem, I've been so
puzzled sometimes! But do put the barbarous
and outrageous things away confess'-
'You! interrupted Margaret. You'd put the
picture of your first love I'm the fire IL il offended
your taste AS for my taste it's fairly buried away
! don't care for mere belongings. bat these things
have ASSOCIATIONS There's picture of a white
rabbit Ny little nephew took II. why I loved
that Dun, from the tip OF his prepostcrous to
his apology Tor a tail! I've never forgotten him.
He must be pinned up somewhere
Well, II you want the place - look like a tour
lists trunk, with something pasted on every inch Of
space, all right. Now. WHAT'S that calendar on the
closet door? You have four calendars. What's the
use Of it?'
That? Goodness me! Poor little Clarence With
our good times at the Windymere. How would he
feel II he came and il wasn't in sight?''
We'll, must you have all those photographs q?
They obstruct' the view Of those really beautiful
heads"
Why. those my nearest relatives-not all
llving--and my dearest absent friends. I should
feel alone in the universe If didn't their faces
about me. love tho beautiful heads. too: they do
nearly everything. 4 queer ConglomcratOn, per-
maps, Frances to your faStdiOus eyes q sort of
craZyqullt pattern; hut it's woven the very sub
stance Of my life. It's part of the old conflict
between ert and life, isn't It? And you have chosen
MY dear girl. you'll have to marry There's
something about all this that tells you weren't
made for a bachelor"
Nonsense! cried Margaret. jumping up. Now
tell this minute whether that side OF the wall
J put this print of Titian's Charles " and this
framed copy of Crossing the Bar -