Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-08
Their Married Life
By MABEL HERBERT URNER.

much worn and The carpet dingy and
threadbsre.
rs this the bath r asked Helen, trT-
ing a door she found locked
No. Madame. the bathroom Is on
the floor above"
'Oh. but we wanted a private bath.-
You viii find that very hard to get
in Paris, Madame. We have a very
good bathroom with a hot water heat
err" with an air OF pride Would
Madame like to see IT,
How much are these roomsr' Helen
asked hurrfedly, conscious Of Warren In
the waiting taxi below
sixteen francs = day, Madame
Helen computed rapidly-about three
dollars! Surely that was cheap enough.
And breakfast? suppose we can
have that served hsre7''
Yes. Madame, we serve coffee end
rolls; that will be two francs each"
Helen hurried downstairs to Warren
who greeted her with q curt:
We'll, how about itT''
Dear. hardly know what TO RmyS ne
rooms look fairly comfortable, and shey
are cheap enough. only sixteen francs
a day. but there's only ono bath IA the
whole house. wish you'd look at rhsm.-
shrinking from The responsibility q do
Gliding.
Wen, 1 guess wo can stand n for q
day or two. Th&t'n give US a chance
70 look around. All right" nodding
to the porter. who was stin patiently
waiting for permission TO take In their
baggage
When, q few moments later, they
were installed IN the rooms above War
rem threw down his overooat and
glanced around with an appraistng;
Say, this isn't so bad. And We
couldn't be more central" opening the
long windows and looking down on ths
mass OF life and color in the crowded
boulevard below. We're right in the
heart Of things here. How about ex-
tras? What does that sixteen francs a
day include?"
why, everything except meals,
doesn't it?''
mot on your lifel They ring in
service, light. baths and anything else
they think youn stand for. You should
have asked about all that Now they'll
But, dear, l wanted you to attend
to II. don't know how things are
done in Paris"
A Relief.
well, you've pored over that red
covered guide book ever since we left
New York. Ought to know something
| by this time. Now, II you want to
F.at
| ting himself in his shirt sleeevs, and
with his pipe, before the open window.
| In the bedroom Helen slipped out Of
her hot. dusty travelling suit and into
a cool silk wrapper with a sigh OF re-
lief
Better take your soap along" sug-
gested Warren as she started for the
bathroom. You won't find any there.
Soaps always an extra"
But the next moment Helen reap
peared almost in tears.
"Oh, dear, CAN'T take a bath in
what's wrong?" shaking the ashes
! from his pipe on the windOwsill.
| "Oh, it's just AWFUL! The paints
all worn OF the tub and there's a dirty
rag and an old scrubbtng brush on the
| ledge-and a mop and dirty pail OF
water in the corner! Oh, why didn't
we go to a hotel? / knew we were
| foolish to try this sort of thing"
why in thunder didn't you look at
the bathroom? That's what sent you
But I didn't want to keep that taxi
waiting too long" tearfully. And /
thought of course the bathroom would
at least be clean. Oh, dear DO let's
go over to the Continental l know I'll
HATE II here! Let's tell them right
now that we've decided not to stay"
mot on your lifel You picked this
place-you looked at the rooms. I'm
too blamed tired to do any more moving
to-day. and we're in for a bill here
anyway Wen stay right here till to-
morrow-then Wen See"
He crossed the room and Jerked
angrily at the red tassel of the old
fashioned bell cord
I'm going to have that bathroom and
tub scrubbed out and get some sort Of
a wash"
well, II you'd see it nOw-you
wouldn't" returned Helen defiantly, as
she started into the bedroom. I'm going
to take a sponge bath. II you're as
particular as you pretend to be you'll
take one, too-and not get In that awful
tubv
Huh. II padding about in a dinky
wash bowl suits you, all right. But
want a BATHH
And he gave another angry jerk at
the bell, which tangled family in the
distance.
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