The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-21

them in an acid phosphate bottle to man.
age as an unsatisfactory thirst alleviator.
In the morning she went out to breakfast
and bought a little gas stove and an in
voice Of little kettles and pans and a few
little dishes and sheets and piliowcases.
The next morning she would fix her own
breakfast, having ordered ice and bread
to be left, but alas! no butter, pepper, or
salt-so again TO the cafe. The following
morning. she could not bring herself to
eat from a trunk top minus tablecloth
and ma pkin. so out again she went.
The big ARE room began TO look uncanny
and to feel creepy, No maid 10 help TO
dress and many Of her gowns she could
not get into unassisted. A bellbou from
her old hotel brought her some mai and
the look OF pity on his face when he noted
her surroundings hurt her pride. She
bought a cutting table 10 eat from and
fixed one breakfast, but the thought of
having TO wash the dishes robbed her Of
all appetite. She te~legraphed to know
when the furniture would arrive. The
answer came that, the papers being dc.
~fective, others must be forwarded. Sex
planat o ~ by mail" IL was so ~forlorn,
had intended TO for small housekeeping
perquisites, and could hardly see what
she a got for her money. To collect the
ordinary conveniences for even two or three
people to dine in comfort she saw would
entail quite an outlay.
Her -economiZing ex periment was not en-
couraging and a few days of such forlorn
surroundings and discomfort would dampen
her ardor If il did not make her i'll.
No hot water at any time. and this in a
high priced rooming business house in a
most desirable location in New York. No
one to bring up her letters. no one 10 bring
the newspapers, no one 10 mai her letters.
II was awful.
And-the big bare room kept growing
bigger and bigger. II she stayed there
much longer il would begin to look as big
as n baseball field. A dozen times sire
started absenfminde dlv 10 ring the tele-
phone and sat down again on the one lone
some chair, disheartened
The box couch had been an inviting cosey
corner comfort. but MS a substitute for a
bed II was out Of all proportion.
The next morning she tried 70 cook a
steak. but the fat caught fire soaring her
nearly into fits. and after all the edges
were burned and the middle raw.
II began TO rain and the bare room grew
absolutely weird. hen she began 10 cry.
"If ] stay here I'll lose my senses, she
sobbed Then drying her eyes she van
dered down into the cellar, where she found
m old man tinkering. Would YOU he kind
enough to try to find me a cabI" she in
quired.
He was stone deaf. After screaming
herself into an aroplectic complexion she
managed 70 made him understand.
When he returned with the cab she drove
iluch w ItT bNb tiiliI'lllk glOblhi'
Are my old quarters still open?" she
| asked, and a mighty contented woman
resumed possession,
The porter Went over and pack ed up her
belongings. for she could not face those
bare walls again,
And after max nc herself, comfortable,
she gazed out of the window upon the
rainy dav and surveyed herself in the
cheering long mirror;
Women older and uglier than T." she
murmurel. have managed to marry and
be comfortable. and there is one thing
certain when my rainy day comes there
has got 10 he a man around to hold an UNI
brella over my head. p
Then she sang softly:
Gee WHIT, Therell have 90 be
More wedding bells for me.
rye had three. must have another.
liz must leave his home and mother.
Bring me luck. and love and money,
Then IN he his sweetest honey
For sure as Fate there's got TO he
More wedding bells for me.