The sun., 1907-08-12
SrHYN HOUSE, AsvxHNn. l. l.,


NeD York Guy
MI RESPECTED MoTHxn: I trust that this
letter reaches you well, inbeshreer, as it
leaves me, unberifen. / hope you shall
be always "a you are now. that 10. well and
lappy, as believe you TO be. Also hope
hat father IL feeling all right and that
Luvd. Gittel. Rachel. Mosche and the other
O. nv brothers and sisters are well.
II is not 90 bad down here and what one
pps for nothing cannot be sneered at.
When arrived had no idea that perhaps
could have got accommodations for more
than one on the same terms or perhaps
Gttel might have come here Mrs. Stein,
the landlady. is not so very agreeable. now
that have been here for almost a week,
and | know she will feel better when
leave However. she ought to feel that she
is getting her moneys worth. because this
now is the only hotel in Arverne where
during the week there are any young men
older than Is.
Mrs jacobson. Mrs Stems sister, told
me in New York that If l could get some
young men TO go down TO Arverne that
would have a chance of getting my board
and lodging free. So when l got on the
train TO go 10 Arverne ] looked around.
| heard two young men saying they did
not know exactly where they were going
ogo.
You'll excuse me- said. ,bub II you
are undecided where you should go, the
hest place is the Stein House. If you
don't know where else to go they may be
able to put you up there All Arverne is
very much crowded and don't think you
can get place anywhere else
How much does it cost a week there7'
they asked.
explained that the landlady was a friend
of mine and that il could be done cheap.
/ asked them how much they wanted to
pay They said about $40 a week. l got
them up to SlI5O finally and by that time
the train was at Arverne. We got of and
l told them to wait for a moment. while I
asked a man where was the Stein House.
Then we all walked over there. 1t costs rs
cents for a cab and it is only a mile or 50.
In the front yard there were ten or fifteen
girls all playing croquet. They dropped
the sticks they had in their hands when they
saw the two young men with me. There
we're eight or nine others on the porch and
they all sat up from the hAmmocks where
they had been lying to look at the young
men. One Of them said out loud: Il don't
care for people that are 30 mean that they
have to walk from the station
turned to her and said: Better spend
rs cents for cabs when you are old. When
you are young IL doesn't take rs cents worth
Of shoe leather for walk and the return in
health Is greater All she said was what
dsagreeable little boy. Her name 1
found out was Hannah Schoeps. I have
been keeping my two young men away
from her.
Mrs. Stein didn't know. asked the
young men to stay where they were until
could find out II there was room Tor them,
They sat on the porch. talking to each
other. and all the girls and the old women
and few old men who we're there talked
about them. managed to find Mrs. Stein
and told her that had brought along two
young men, at s1l.50 week.
you have ruined mel she cried. and fell
into o chair: The lowest ever charge is
They wanted only to pay $40 at iirst.-
told her.
THAT isn't the kind OF young men want"
she answered. They wouldn't get along
Mrs. jacobson said that II 1 could get
young men to come down here probably
wouldn't have TO pay anything told
aOh, no. that will never do she cried
That is too much. To get two young men
az a loas Of 81 altogether and another one for
complete loss OF SIS. Oh. no. that won't
do You'll have TO pay something
You told Mrs Jacobson that il you could
get some young men down you wouldn't
charge the person who brought them there
anything" said. "A promise is a promise
and you don't hold to 1t | II take the young
men somewhere else. Then they'll say
that they were offered boat board and
a lodging at your place for sii.S0, and that
would go all over Arverne.
What a chutzpeh you have!' said Mrs.
Stein.
You'll have the only two young men in
all Arverne who are old enough TO vote,
who stay down the whole week and don't
come here merely on Fridays until Mon
We'll, guess then thatft will be all right. =
she said.
The young men were getting very nervous
about their chances, because we were away
so long. Mrs. Rachel Kirschner. an old
lady who has been there in the summer for
five years because her folks don't want ber
home to bother them in the hot weather,
told Mrs. Sulemith Rosen out loud that il
was a good thing that Mrs. Stein was par
ticular about the kind Of people she took
in. so that the hotel wasn't common. The
girls all gggled and smiled and the two
young men were about ready to go when we
came up.
Mrs Stein was very nice about their rooms
When they started to ask about terms, she
had chance 10 zee the rooms. II wouldn't
want the others 10 know you are getting
II 50 cheap" she told them. only for
lankeli and you wouldn't get that re-
ducuon. You are saving S. each. My
regular price is Sl7.50'
After they had seen the rooms she went
downstairs.
1t was pretty hard convincing her that
size ought TO let you have accommodation
that cheap" ! told the young men.
Is that right?" they asked.
Yes, and | came pretty near losing all
chance for you. She said il would ruin her
reputation If ever IL came out how cheap
you got the rooms. But ! told her that
you wouldn't be likely to tell of it around
here, because every one else is paying more
Blt Of course | could tell any one | met
how little you we're paying and they would
believe me because they saw me bring you
here And Mrs. Stein did not tell me not
To tell. A girl like that Hannah Schoeps
would let II be known everywhere" told
them
The two young men talked for minute
or 80 together and then one of them came
10 me and said, IF YOU won't say ANYTHING