The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-02-23
Married Life
the Third Year
BY MABEL HERBERT uRNER.

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Laundry U 10
Baths, nineteen shillings! How in
thunder do they get that? demanded
Warren, as he frowned down at the
hotel bill he had just opened.
Helen, who was strengthening up
the tray of her trunk, came and look
ed over his shoulder.
But you said they charged extra
for baths, dear"
OF course he snapped; but not
that much. It's only shilling bath
and we haven't had more than two
day That's fourteen shllllngs. Ihis
bill is for the week that ended Thurs
day, and two nights you had tonslllltls
and couldn't battle"
"Oh, yes, bathed in the room.
Don't you remember. the maid
brought in that tin tub? l suppose
they charged more for that
Couldn't charge enough to make
nineteen shillings'
wait, dear. think l have one Of
the hotel booklets. l brought it up
last night to send home"
It was a blue and gilt booklet, Civ
ing views of the corridors and loung-
ing rooms, which somehow LOOSE
much more luxurious in the pisttre
than in the hotel.
warren turned to t12a back, where
4. list of tariffs" We're given.
Here we are. Baths"
Sponge or hip bath in bed poom. % s
Cold bath in bath room. .........1 0
Hot or tepA bath in bath room. L 6
"The devil! If they don't charge
sixpence more If you have your bath
warm Like to know how they can
tell after you got it in the bath room
A SCHEME.
but, dear, the bath rooms are kept
locked and the maid prepares the
baths. She runs it hot or cold, just
as you say-doesn't sher
"Well, what's to prevent you from
saying cold, then, when you get in,
turn on the hot water and save the
sixpence?"
"Why, that could be done" admitted
Helen, wonderingly, couldn't it?"
Course it could. And your En-
glshment are so thick-headed they
never think of it."
But perhaps, they think any one
who comes to this hotel wouldn't do
thing like that for sixpence."
The deuce they wouldn't The
Englishmen look out for their six
clCse-fsted as they make EN-"
He threw down the booklet, took up
the bill and figured few moments
on the lack of it.
"That's it--that makes the nineteen
ilijiirgs They have charged us one
ira sjyppncc for every blessed bath
"Jiut. dear. they were warm baths,
:. ..iircr Of lis took them cold"
"l5uh and YOU think | am going to
r&v that extra siXpence for dash Of
I'Gt ,.atcr9 I viii put up kick on
IA. and 2 mighty strong one, too.
Ne slipped tie bill into his pocket.
Il will sec abo;;t this after breakfast.
hurrT up now: do you know that it
g half past eieht?'
Yes. dear; | will be ready in a
moment"
Then | will go down and order.
What do you want-bacon and eggs.
That seems to be the regulation
Breakfast
When a little later Helen Joined
Warren downstairs in the restaurant
lie was so absorbed in a newspaper
that he did not see her until she had
slipped into the seat opposite.
LOOKING FOR A FLAT.
Look here" handing her the paper
and pointing to column headed:
FLATS. CHAMBERS AND UPPER
PARTS TO LET" If am to be over
here month longer, why shouldn't
we take small furnished flat instead
of being done by these COMPOUNDED
hotels When I was here before l
had what they call bachelors cham
bers, on Hanover Square, and it was
mighty comfortable, too-not half of
what we are paying here We could
have our own bath and live like civil
lized beings, instead Of being cooped
Up here in one room, washing our
faces in those blamed china bowls
and sneaking out as II we were going
to rob a hen-roost every time we took
bath"
But, dear, how about service? And
we would have to have breakfast"
ooh, you can always get that IN
London. IF they don't have regular
service. there is always the janitor's
wife or somebody who will look after
you. But we will see. 1 will have q
talk with the clerk here and find out
what he will do about these baths
I am not SO keen on moving, but
won't put up with any such over
charge as that. Here, waiter" az