The New York herald., 1922-10-15
Kitchenette Heretics

m HAT r'rnant'o hsus Of New York
Il fiction. the rich young reprcoate
who rises late. puts on . purple
| dreasing gown, lights q cigarette Of some
| exotic and Oriental make and then rings
for Togo - prepare his breakfast and
bring him ths paperIthat young man. Il
hs Svr rsaIy sxhtsd - passing. There
are snly . fsw Tugus-
| But thers arc thousands ef young man
of Gotham who q Ssx years aGD would
| hxye bean tagged nnr marriage Rvt1g to
Day In hachelor apartments equipped with
htchenettss, and they nke this way Of
| living.
Records IN the Offices ct dealers tn apart
mants furntah convincing proof of tbs
movement In Now York social conditions.
and the gentlemen who offer apartments
fur rent WIN tell you that In the last year
thsre has been an unprecedented demand
6nr such quarters.
In place Of that rich young repfobote
70 md Q host OF hard boiled man. cut Cf
colleze from one to twenty years. who leap
from their beds, bathe quickly, prepare
thefr own breakfasts with their Kitchen
cites, wash tho dishes, Stratghten up the
apartment and then depart for work.
There IL no Togo to answer his summons
fnr service; he has no woman to annoy
him with suggestions as to his clothing.
to criticize his habits about the house or
to chide him for reading the morning
paper over the coffee.
Why this increase in the demand for
bachelor apartments with Etchenettesf
Is 1t that the young man Of New York
| IL becoming less able to support a wife.
| or can 1t Be that this Is one of the signs
| uf an age Of fnmtnism, an age in which
the man axe taking up moro and more the
work Of women while women in increas-
ing numbers perform the tasks that once
vore exclusive to men?
II was only about sfx months ago that
was swept up into this new movement
among the men Of New York. For years
had lived IN hotels and furnished rooms,
eating at an sorts Of restaurants at an
hours Of the day ana night.
Now wonder ] was able to Do that.
suppose It vas because Of the teachings
tn my youth For during an those years
Of gastronontc horror I held before me
the Woman Eahe-the fable which teaches
young men to think with tenderness upon
well ordered, spotless apartment the
soothing rustic of wifaly skirts. the sweet
words of sympathy after difficult day.
But there came a Saturday night when
a lovely and gracious woman told me- as
| gently as she could I suppose that she
was going to be married to the adenoidal
| foolish labor saving Device I've forgotten
| 5ust what.
| 1t was a blow. I admit that even as
remember it now. And on the next morn
| ing was lounging in my hotel room read
| ting the advertisements offering apartments
for rent. was interested not because I
wanted an apartment, but because In all
contemporary literature there is nothing
SO appealingty humorous as this:
Nice. three room apartment. non-house-
keeping. artistic; references; $3.50
month"
| After enjoying a few of those landlords
| Quips / found an ad that struck my eye:
-Unfurnished. bachelor apartment, Kitchen
ette."
My hotel room was included in the
| world that had suddenly grown sick of
| and here was the chance for me to turn
hermit without leaving the roaring Forties.
The apartment was mine after an hour
Of stiff bargaining with a gaunt and elderly
lady who made business of letting apart