Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-11
FAIR BACHELOR MAID
LIVES IN ONE ROOM
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"Once," she continued with remin-
escent giggle, II invited six guests for
a supper party"
You don't mean that you had six
persons in this room at that table at
the same timer"
"I didn't say at that table, did I?
oh no, you can see for yourself there
isn't room for that. Well, I asked
them on the spur of the moment with
out exactly thinking. I was at the
house of a friend and the others were
there too. We'd had such a good time
that 1 said: I'VE must all do this.
again some time. Can't you all have
supper with me next Sunday2" The
ones who didn't know where I lived
all said yes with great glee, but my
hostess explained, My dear, you never
could manage it,
"That made me mad. I didn't see
why just because / was living in small
quarters I couldn't manage to be hos
pitable, so I just positively insisted
that there was loads of room and that
they all must GOMEZ wouldn't ex-
cuse any of them. They all accepted
though I admit the strangers did so
with more reluctance than they had
at first shown. Then I went home and
gazed around in despair. Where was
1 going to put them and how could
I cook enough food?
could get enough uncooked food into
the room-let alone getting in both
the food and the people who were to
eat It. And just as my brain was be-
ginning to whirl under the strain OF
trying to decide all that the awful
thought flashed across my mind that
I only had dishes enough for two
comfortably and three at a pinch. That
really seemed too much. If Louise
hadn't said I couldn't do it I should
have come to that conclusion myself,
but as it was-well, 1 felt I simply
had to arrange it some way or an
other.
Monday and Tuesday went by with
out bringing inspiration. They not
only failed to do that but those two
days of mental agitation nearly lost
me my job; 1 was so perturbed and
absent minded that 1 put three letters
of the firms in the wrong envelopes
and started quite a little commotlon
down at the office generally; wed
nesday brought relief 1 began to get
an idea which spent the rest OF the
week evolving. When Sunday came
had all my plans made and ] was
ready to give Louise the surprise OF
her life. OF course the dishes had TO
be borrowed, so all Sunday morning L
spent carrying in all the silver, glass
and china the entire apartment mouse
contained. 1 never did inquire What
the people lent them to me did that
dav. In the afternoon 1 got things all
ready-most of them cooked and then
I dressed myself and received my
guests in state.'
"But you haven't told me how you
fixed it,.
"I pulled my box lounge out from
the wall, covered it with an adJustaole
table top which 1 rented from fur-
guests to sit on; you see I have SIX
cushions, at least I have when 1
sit on one of the bed pillows, and
gave them a beautiful Japanese sup
per- l was In costume, too. the cos
tune was awfully gorgeous, the only
drawback being that the Morris chalr
couldn't wear it's cover, and It's pretty
much worn out, If you must know.
None of the guests liked Japanese food;
But that didn't worry me-" she ended
with a happy smile. zone cannot al
ways tell what ones guests Will or
won't like. Was it my fault they
didn't like the food? And any way we
ended with ice cream because the
freezer could stand on the porch tllI
we were ready to bring it In.
"Oh, don't tell me-the joys Of q
bachelor maids light housekeeping so
far outshine those of regular house.
keeper and the worries are so few in
comparison that nothing would hire
me to sWop my one little room for q
great big horrid house with enough
room for all the people you wanted all
the time and lot of dirt besides.
That's one thing makes this place so
easy to take care of-there really isn't
room for much dust and it just can't
get mussed up"
AS a matter of fact the system OF
light housekeeping is surely preferable
for the wage earning woman to the
ordinary boarding house, where she
has nothing to say as to the quallty
of meals, they way they are served or
how many guests she may convent
emily bring home on the spur Of the
moment to eat them.
Some times several girls club to-
gether, using q common dining room
and kitchen, and taking turns at run
ming the commissariat. This is often a
successful arrangement as we'll as an
economical one. Though it must be
admitted that each member of the
ioint household lacks the perfect free
dom enjoyed by the girl living alone
in her one or two rooms as the case
may be.
There are many devices by which
one room may be used as a sitting
room and bedroom without giving evil
dences of the latter purpose. One
DacnelOr girl SOlfSu Ilo PAOOASAA -
making one room serve many ENDS IN
a most attractive and comfortable way.
Under her skillful manipulation she
can use it for dining room, Kitchen
and bedroom with almost no inconveni-
ences The front end of the room Is a
sitting room by day and bedroom by
night. 1t is prettily furnished with
center tables, comfortable chairs. read
ing lamp and attractive pictures. The
inevitable box lounge of the light
housekeeping system is in one end
heaped with inviting sofa cushions in
the day time, and used for bed at
night. At the end of the couch was
closet which the clever girl converted
into a kitchenette by putting up
shelves and placing a discarded COM
mode along side for dish washing pur-
poses. The also inevitable screen
stood between the couch and the
couch and the closet door, concealing
the latter from view. A second screen
had been used by the girl in the other
end of the room In order to shut off
a portion of 1t for dining room. Again
a coffee percolator and gas stove, as
well as a folding table form this part
of the furniture. In this wise the girl
keeps house In pretty room with but
few evidences of the necessities Of the
housekeeping trade.
Aside from the question of freedom
that this system gives a girl 1t has a
great financial value. For much less
than she could board a girl can obtain
Just the kind Of food she likes and set
Just the kind of table she chooses. This
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