The Detroit times., 1914-11-21
RICH PAIR LIVE
LIKE TOILERS ON
HONEYMOON
Mr.. and Mrs. Stuart Chase Took
Cheap Lodgings and Did
Odd. Jobs
BRIDE PLAYED RAGTIME
IN SHOP AND MOVIE SHOW
Mr.. Chase, After Long Hunt,
Found Position As BOokkeep-
er For a Roofing Concern

BOSTON, November 2e.-After a
sociological honeymoon OF eight
weeks In Rochester. \. u, living III
a cheap lodging house and eklng out
an existence by doing ODD Joos'
wealthy Student Chase and his oriue
have returned TO Boston.
The honeymoon was suggested py
Mrs. Chase, formerly Miss Margaret
Hatfield, daughter OF ex-Mayor
Charles f. Hatfield of Newton. form
er chairman of the Republican state
committee.
She was graduated from Smith COZ
lege in 1909. While at college she
was interested IN various musical ana
dramatic societies and has been
prominent in the affairs OF The Play
ers. a Newton amateur dramatic so-
ciety. She Is a talented musician.
For some tine Mrs. Chase has been
Interested n settlement work and is
an active suffragist She Is mem
Der OF the Brae Burn Country ciup
and other social organizations.
Mr.. Chase is a graduate or Massa-
chusetts Institute of Technology and
0f Harvard, class OF 1910. he Is an
expert accountant, member OF the
Brae Burn Country club and noted
as a hockey player
The story OF their strange honey
moon was told recently By MRS.
Chase.
"We were married in July last.
she said, and after a vacation in the
Canadian woods, we stopped on at
Rochester, on our way home, in order
to try out a rather novel experiment
as the second phase OF our honey
moon
The purpose OF the experiment was
two-fold.
First, and primarily. we were very
DESTROYS of getting Gown 10 the eco
Romic fundamentals OF life as an IN
PRODUCTION to our married life. we
wished &c find out exactly what were
and what were not the necessary fac-
tors OF a happy and useful existence.
We desired, II IL were possible, TO &C
quire q point OF view OF life which
had never been ours.
Secondly, we wished to investi-
gate the facts of unemployment and
the working and living conditions OF
the average American family-that is
to say. the family whose income
varies from 5000 to $1,000 year.
I'VE knew too much of the bitter
facts OF the economic struggle to en-
terrain any ideas of social uplift. or
work among the poor The poor do
not need help as much as they need
opportunity to help themselves. This
was no Summing expedition. Rocnes-
ter was chosen because we had no
personal friends In that city.
Our first thought, Of course, was
a place i'm which to live. A board
ing house served us for the first two
weeks, while the remaining six weeks
were spent in a single room. designed
for light housekeeping with a gas
stove in the corner and dishes
thrown in--all for the princely sum
of $3.50 a week.
"In the same lodgings were a car
penter. a roofer, a machinist and
their families; farmer who was
looking for work and several very
doubtful characters besides.
The light housekeeping provided
'numberless illuminating experiences.
Our room was made the hiding place
OF bottle OF morphine, OF which drug
one of the dodgers was a slave.
1--WE we're awakened one night by
a violent thhmping on the door that
turned out to be an irate gentleman,
reinforced by two policemen. who
came to collect bill from one or the
dodgers. A raid in force was finally
made to the accompaniment Of vast
excitement.
"The most forceful impression that
stands out from. this eight weeks OF
living on an income Of from 50 to SIS
week. Is the tragic uncertainty OF
the lives Of that great class OF people
whose incomes are at the same level
AS long as the job holds, all Ia
fairly well, but jobs do not hold
there In ever the possibility--nay, the
probability--of shutdown lay
on change an unexpected develop
ment
Mr.. Chase applied for nearly Toe