The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-16
Bachelor Girls Find Gem Of An
 Apartment And Have Funny Experience With Furniture
Worked Like Mad-Arranged Things Caa Cornered Not In tended For Cubby Hole-"Comfy Sofy Too
 Big, Too-How Cozy and Yet How Bare
Ry DOLLY DALRYMPLE.

thing about "cat-a-cornered, and then the warehouse man said:
 "Lenme see bout that I'll just take my fcot rule and measure the space
 '1 bats the trouble of having men around meddiing with ones belongings" sighed Annette. They always find ou: the things you can't do, and never the things you can.'
 That there big sofy,' continued the man, which fills up every inch of the freight elevator, won't have no more place to set in here in this lit tie place than a jack rabbit"
 Annabell scowled and looked at An nette, who promptly said:
 According to your ideas we'll be without any furniture at all.''
 Meaning no disrespect, Miss.'' said the wareh ouse man apolgetically, but these modern apartment houses ain't intepded for nothing but a couch and a tea table and a bird cage"
 Well, at any rate the davenport must be got in, somehow said An r,&bel. who reconnoitered promptly af- ter this fierce encounter. "So hurry up with it."
 When the davenport got to the door and looked in upon the narrow quar- .ters 1t appeared as if 1t was really Gisgusted and almost refused to be deposited. And before any argument could be thought of to convince it of our hospitality Annabel heard the warehouse man coming and exclaimed.
 Don't let that brute come in here again. He's a mean, horrid thing and l don't propose to hear him decry our furniture and lack of room one mo- nent longer"
 Here's that big cheer" said he. not hearing what had been said, land I don't believe 1t will ever go through that little mite of door, Now, if you'll take my advice. you'll sell all this old big cumbersome truck and get some little spindle legged gold cheers what will just suit this style of apartment and can be easily lifted about and handled"
 Bring the chair in! Turn it upside down, only get 1t in the door and I'll do the rest" said Annabel in precise ly the tone of Roman empress or dering a slave to execution.
 wen have to do the table the same way" said the warehouse man and before further barley the chair was turned on Its head and pushed through the door of the apartment.
 q believe the place Is going to look fearfully bare and lonesome, don't your" sighed Annette, and I don't believe there Is any use to borrow the china press from Aunt Emily, after all, as there's no place to put 1t except in the middle of the floor"
 "We'll be lucky if we get the china in. much less the press said Anna bel, trying to hide her poignant feel ings.
 Just at this moment there was a knock at the door. and the aforesaid Aunt Emily appeared.
 Gracious alive, you have been busy! Where Is all your furniture. though? The place looks terribly vacant and bare"
 Tt will be lovely when we get all our things in." said Annette rather distantly, as she placed a slender lit- tie bookcase where 1t would prevent ingress to the bathroom. but which was the only place for 1t, she explained.
 where are your beds?" inquired Aunt Emily
 "BedsY Beds?" cried the bachelor girls in unison "Why. we'd forgotten all about them. Of course we must have something to sleep on"
 q shouldn't think you'd adopt New York styles and sleep on the couch" said Aunt Emily. highly incensed. That is very uncomfortable and no seif- respecting lady would wish to do so anyway. Now. there Is my four poster I can let you have along with the china press
 But Annabel by this time had fiopped in the big arm chair and said patnet- ically
 apartment .
 "It's a beauty. sigfe ed Annette, "and so pretty and convenient and the only obiection I have to 1t Is there seems to be no place for furniture"
 well, let's advertise tomorrow" said Annabell. greatly relieved just as the warehouse man appeared with a huge nah ogany desk which positively re- fused to enter the sacred portais'