El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-09-26

x as he took a letter from MS
pocket and threw it into
July IS, 1912.
"W. E. Curtis, No. - West One Hun
dred and Tenth street. New York
NV Dear Sir: We beg to inform
you that beginning october l the re ems
in your house are to be advanced me
new rate. for apartment NO 5O4, Whlch
you are now occupying, VIII De S14Oo-
LAS we are now having many ap-
plicaHts for. these apartments, VIII you
kindly let US know at the earliest pos
sible date if you wish to renew your
I'VE hope that you viii remain with
US. and viii be glad to make any re
pairs or redecorating that may De
necessary. Very truly yours,
The Harmsworth Realty Co;
Fourteen hundred!. Helen looked
they won't charge S14O0 for this apart
Sounds as though they're going to.
and this is the middle of septem--
beri Why, Warren, what can we DO
pay it-or get out, of course. Don't
that's dated July 15--came while we
were away, and got mixed in with
some papers at the office. Didn't come
across it till this morning"
Since they didn't hear from you,
they've probably leased it to some one
else"
It's still open, but Wen have to decide
But could we get anything else
now?" .,s-
Wont hurt to Try. How about those
apartments on Central Park West2
That new house we looked at with
the Sevens's this spring. The Pal-
isadium,'' wasn't it, or some such high
falutin' Manner
Too Expensive.
"Oh, but it's too expensive DIDN'T
they s say they hadn't AWNING less
well, I'd darn sight rather pay
$1,000 there than S14O0 here Put your
bonnet oR-weu take look at them
But isn't it too late to see apart
ments?" objected Helen Why it's al
ssThey,II be glad enough to show
EN- Come, get on your things When
you make up your mind to do thlng,
that's the time TO do it
Warren often acted on some such
sudden impulse, and Helen knew IL
would be useless to protest
Half an hour later they entered the
marbled, over decorated hall of the
Palisadium.
The rass-buttoned elevator boy
said the superintendent was out that
they had only one vacant apartment
which he could let them see, but he
did not know the rent. He took them
up to the fifth floor front, switched on
the lights, and left them there while
he hurried back to his elevator
Tt was a seven room apartment with
the library, living room and dining
room thrown together
~oh, these three rooms are . really
wonderful exclaimed Helen w ny
this library must be over 20 feet
'Um-m, just about 20, 1 should say.
They're good sized rooms all right
good shaped rooms, too"
"And look at the floOrs-Why, dear,
they're all parquet And the mantels
and wood work are so good. Fumed
oak-isn't it? Don't you like this dull
finish? Let's see the bedrooms"
But both the bedrooms were small.
and the maids room smaller still
Wen, you can't have everything.
They're put all the space in those
front rooms and had to sl1imp on
oh. what a little c1osetr' disap-
pointedly, as she opened door dis
don't they have more closet. room?
Just think, only three small closets in
all this apartmentH'
Women are always bowling for
closets. Don't collect so much truck"
why, dear, We must have some
place to put our clothes"
But Warren was now investigating
that's what I like. You have to sit
bumped up in most of EN-. That looks
like a good shower too"
Cunning Cabinets.
"Oh, what cunning little medicine
cabinets! And look, dear, another long
mirror in this door-that makes three.
And we haven't one that can see the
bottom of my skirt in"
But Warren, who was examining the
plumbing, seemed more interested in
that than in the mirrored doors.
Then they went back through the
dining room to the kitchen. Helen
was most enthusiastic
'Oh. what a nice kitchenl Don't
you like the way the range sets back?
These china closets are lovely. White
woodwork is always so good for a
kitchen-it makes everything look so
clean"
Good sized pantry. too" as warren
swung open the door.
Eyes, it is big pantry; and what
a lovely refrigerator
Whats this?'' he demanded OPEN
ing a small metal door near the floor.
"Oh, that must be a ventilated gar
bage box Mrs Stevens has one, and
she says they're so nice. You see.
it's ventilated outside and the lid
comes down on the garbage can when
you shut the door. And look, dear,
here's a bread board. Isn't that a
good idea ?" as she raised up q board
that was hinged from the wall But
what's this fOr?"
Search me- I'm not up on all the
latest housekeeping knick-knacks. But
should say they've-a pretty good out
fit here"
"Oh, the appointments of the kitchen
and pantry are wonderful The whole
apartment is ideal-if they only had
more closet rOOmi'
Throw away some of that rubbish.
You've got stuff crowded in those
closets until you can hardly shut the
doors. If you had a dozen. closets
you'd have 'em all full Now let's see
these front rooms again.
Good Air.
He threw up a window in the Ii
brary and leaned far out Yes you
get good light and air here from all
sides. Let's see-this faces south
that gives US south, north and east
windows Ought to get any breeze
that's going"
And Warren. have you noticed the
chandeliers? This one is particularly
good-and those side lights are good,
too"
yes, those look like expensive fix