Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-16
The Honeymoon
House
BY Hazel Dale


Janet and Jarvis, by Accident, Remem-
Der Friends Suggestion
by HAZEL DALE
Il had no idea it would be so hard"
said Janet little mournfully. She was
seated opposite Jarvis in little Italian
restaurant, where they had gone to
take luncheon.
Jarvis smiled. well, 1 knew we
were going to have our hands full" he
responded, but don't lose hope yet,
sweetheart. we have spent only one
Janet had looked forward with such
a lot of hope to selecting a place to
live. She and Jarvis had made out a
list of things to adhere to-, and they
they were tempted not to give up one
of their precious wants. The list was
very much as follows:
]. Must be downtown.
z. Must have a skylight.
3. Must have bathroom, and heat.
4. Must be in fairly good neighbor-
s. Rent not over forty dollars.
This list might not sound eXorbitant
to layman, but to an artist who is
tinually, the requirements are well nigh
impossible. Jarvis had lived in a
studio before. He had bunked in with
they paid forty dollars for one large
studio and three little holes in the wall
called rooms. There was no heat save
that Afforded by dilapidated stove in
the studio proper, and horror of horrors.
no bathroom.
Jarvis had told Janet this after they
several places.
81 don't see why places are so ex-
pensive," she said, turning her wide
eyes upon him in surprise.
Worse and Worse
But they were, and worse and worse,
even the most dreary places were taken
almost Immediately If they happened to
possess a skylght. They were told at
one real estate office that places down
town We're at a premium, Everybody
planned, land therefore we can get the
prices"
Janet hated the uptown apartments.
She had lived in one herself. very
expensive one, where the rooms Were
all the same and life seemed cramped
and, domesticated. Jarvis had confided
to her that he would rather have two
rooms that were large than half a
dozen small square rooms, and so they
had resolved not to give up, but to hunt
over.
Janet was cheered and comforted by
the excellent food. and the bright
who cooked the food and occasionally
came to the door to look at the young
lady in green who looked as though
she had just been married.
Well go to the place on the square
now" said Jarvis, as they went out II
don't want to move down here for good
If i can help 1T, but there is no harm
in trying.
The place on the square was two
studio ,vdn timer Some one up
they had decided to try it while they
Were in the neighborhood. But when
they finally climbed the stairs and We're
ushered into the rooms Janet shook her
head. They were large rooms, but had
evidently belonged to a person of
fad and then had left the atmosphere
of Bohemia as reason for asking more
rent
There were only two rooms and a
and looked like the studios in book.
The bath was lovely, evidently a recent
and and immaculate INN m white White Il thing. i but the the
rent was $50, even if the place had
possessed kitehenette, a price far ex-
ceeding what t6ey si,oS could ida, afford to pay.
Anyway" Janet said as they left, 81
don't want that kind of a place, do
can fix up ourselves not q, gilded cage"
And Jarvis grinned and wished they
were anywhere else at that moment, so
meant to him in the proper way.
They wandered up Fifth avenue slow
ly, looking at the old business houses
kind of a place they wanted would not
Janet, j have an idea" he said sud
denly. "Dick Armstrong told me about
a place up in the Thirties. / didn't pay
much attention to him at the time be-
cause we hadn't decided things definite
ly then, and l don't know just what
kind of a place it is, anyway. But it
seems to me that Dick said it was a
gold mine for any one who could fix it
up"
Janet's face frightened until it fairly
radiated Wen go right up there"
she said eagerly, "and even if the place
is taken, we might get some more ad-
dresses. Anyway, it's a chance"
(The next instrument of this enter
tanning serial will appear soOn).