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Their Married Life
By MABEL HERBERT URNER
BY MABEL HERBERT URNER
"No, miss, she hasn't come In yet,"
Brawled the colored boy at the switch
board.
By the loudly-ticking nickel clock
an top of the switchboard it was now
five minutes after six. Laura had
laid six, but she had probably been
detained at the office.
Helen went over to the heavy carved
pak chair beside the heavy carved oak
(able which were intended to give an
|iir of pretentiousness to the marble
hainscoted, white-tiled reception hall.
It was one of the countless new
apartment houses in the Washington
Heights section, and large enough to
boast of both elevator and a switch
board boy.
Musingly Helen watched the people
us they came In. Laura had said that
many of these apartments were
rented out in separate rooms, which
accounted for the number of women,
evidently clerks and stenographers,
now coming home from their work.
Many of them looked middle-aged and
all of them looked tired.
A few went first to the switchboard
to ask if any one had called them up,
but most of them went straight to the
elevator, a pathetic admission that
they expected no calls.
Then Laura Wilson entered, flushed
and hurried.
"Oh, I'm sorry to have kept you
waiting—but I couldn't help it. Mr.
Richards asked me to take some let
ters at the last moment, it always
happens when I want to get off early.
Here's the elevator now."
On the eighth floor, Laura unlocked
a door at the end of the corridor, and
they entered the narrow hall of a typi
cal seven-room flat.
"You see, I've the distinction of hav
ing the kitchen," as she led Helen into
a room Intended for a kitichen, but
cleverly converted into a bedroom.
"Oh, how quaint!" Helen sank on
♦he edge of the couch, which took up
the space meant for the range.
The Advantages
"I could get the small bedroom for
the same price; but I've more places
to put things," nodding at the china
closet and shelves. "Running water,
too," drawing back a chintz curtain
which concealed the sink.
"But who fixed it up so cleverly?
Are these your things?"
"Oh, no, she furnishes all the rooms
but I put up this curtain and the one
before the ice-box."
"The ice-box!" laughed Helen.
"What do you use that for?"
Drawing back another curtain,
Laura opened the refrigerator.
Two hats graced the compartment
visually filled with a slab of ice. Be
low, instead of milk and butter, were
ehoes and slippers, and one shelf was
neatly piled with stationery.
"Well, that's certainly an ingenious
use of an icebox."
"And the linen closet in the hall goes
with this room. Theyve taken out the
jtftlyes BO T can hang up my clothes.
isn't this better than any dingy,
'tHlrd story back' in a smelly boarding
house?"
"Unquestionably." Helen's tone
was emphatic. "But isn't it more ex
pensive?"
"No, ,lust about the same. This
room is $4 a week, and my meals cost
only But we'll have dinner before
I tell you about the meals. Oh, wo
must hurry; things are never so good
when you're late."
While Laura freshened up Helen
looked around with keen interest.
She thought of the many women liv
ing alone on meager salaries in dingy
furnished room houses —surely this
•was the better way.
The covered washtub beside the
sink was used as a dressing table. And
now as Laura started to fix her hair,
she drew the electric light, which hung
by a cord from the celling, over to a
hook beside the mirror.
"And I never had a decent, light or
a. mirror in a boardinghouse," when
Helen praised the contrivance. "Oh!
Im much more comfortable here than
I've been ever since I came to New
York."
As they went out, Laura proudly
opened the door of the bathroom.
"Isn't that a lovely bathroom? And
the telephone's right here in the hall.
It would all be Ideal,' with a sigh, "if
It wasn't so lonely."
"Is It lonely here," asked Helen
sympathetically.
"Lonely! I've been here two months,
and I don't know a soul. But let's not
talk about it. I've been obsessed with
loneliness lately."
A few moments later they were
seated In the small basement restau#
rant of the apartment house across
the street. The low ceiling and the
mission tables gave a rathskellar look
to the place.
The Dinner
"They've two dinners here," Laura
took up one of the soiled mimeo
graphed cards. "With the entree it's
llfty—without it thirty-live."
"Well, since you insist it's your din
ner, we'll have the thirty-five," de
cided Helen firmly. "That's what you
have when you're alone."
Laura demurred, but Helen was de
termined, and it was the dinner with
out the entree—soup, roast, salad and
dessert —that was ordered.
"Tell me more about your apart
ment," pleaded Helen, as the waitress
slouched off. "Who is it that sublets
those rooms?"
"She's a Mrs. Winston—a very nice
woman, too. She began by renting
out the roins of her own apartment
after her husband died. Now she's
leased four apartments In our build
ing."
"What do they lease for? Seven
rooms, aren't they?"
"Yes, sixty-five a month —they're all
the same. You wouldn't think she'd
make much renting the rooms fur
nished for four dollars a week, would
you? But it's only the kitchen and
the small bedroom that she rents for
Sthat. She gets six and eight for the
thers. But she has to keep them all
lied to make anything."
"And she furnishes service—or do
you take care of your own room?"
"Oh, no, she has one maid that takes
care of the four apartments. It's be
coming quite a business —this leasing
apartments and renting out rooms.
It's taking the place of the old board
inghouse. I know half a dozen girls
who used to live In downtown bourd
inghouses—they've all moved uptown
and have a room in some new apart
ment."
"I suppose that means the passing
of the hall bedroom," mused Helen.
"And yet there was always a. certain
romance about the idea of a girl com
ing to New York and living In a hall
bedroom."
"You wouldn't think that If you
ever lived in one. It's only Interesting
in a magazine story. Oh, do you see
that woman Just going out? She has
the room next to mine—the dining
room. She works In a broker's office,
I think."
"You haven't told me about your
PWDKRTAKBBg
RUDOLPH K. SPICER
Funeral Director and Embalmer
nr. waiuut at B«ju rkum*
TUESDAY EVENING,
work. You are still with Neel' &
Richards?"
A Faint Hope
Laura sighed. "Yes, and there's no
chance of advancement there. They
think sl6 for a stenographer is a mu
nificent salary."
"But you're more than that—you're
Mr. Richards' secretary!"
"That's why I'm getting sixteen.
The others only get twelve. But
there's a possibility,' her face lit up,
"of something very wonderful by the
firstof August.No, I mustn't talk about
it —the things I talk about never hap
pen, and I'm superstitious about this.
I feel that if I don't tell a soul —I may
get it."
"Then don't tell me," understand*
lngly. "But I do think fate owes you
something. You've worked hard since
you came here, and haven't "
"Haven't accomplished anything."
finished Laura bitterly. "I came to
New York confident of a literary ca
reer, and I'm only a stenographer in
an advertising house—and living in a
kitchen," with a note of scorn.
"But you're still young "
"How much longer will I be young
—living as I do? I'm so lonely I al
most die. The boardinghouses were
lonely enough, but you at least met
people at meals there—living this way
you never meet any one. I dread to
come home in the evening—I hate so
to eat alone!"
"I know," murmured Helen,"it must
be hard. I'm sure I. wouldn't be as
brave about it as you are."
"It's not bravery," with a shrug.
"Haven't any choice; that's all."
When they left the table, in spite of
Laura's protests, Helen succeeded in
getting the check and paying it.
"It's almost nine," she reflected, as
they came up the basement steps to
the street, "and Warren gets in on the
9.30. I'd love to go up to your room
again—but Im afraid I won't have
time."
Laura seemed disappointed, and
Helen felt her depression as she
walked with her to the subway.
"Now, you're to come and have din
ner with us very soon. You say you
hate to eat alone—yet you haven't
dined with us for months."
Laura shook her head. "I'd rather
not go anywhere just now. I've been
too depressed lately to make a very
good dinner companion."
"Then that's just why you should
come—and let us cheer you up."
"Cheer me up?" bitterly. "The last
time I dined with you I came away
with a fit of blues that I didn't get
over for n week. Can't you see," al
most angrily, "that when a woman's
alone and unsuccessful, it isn't par
ticularly enlivening to spend an even
ing with another woman who has a
wonderful home and a husband—and
everything that makes life worth
while?"
This was a viewpoint that Helen
had not considered—yet it was one
that she could understand.
As she whirled home in the sub
way she pictured Laura going back to
that lonely room. She had escaped
the sordid discomfort of the boarding
house, but she had not escaped her
loneliness.
Would she ever escape it? A
woman alone in New York—was
there any solution for her loneliness,
except a husband and a home of her
own?
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combination of the raglan sleeve at the
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but touches of color are fasttionable and
white voile or cotton crfpe for the blouse
wit-h the collar and cuffs of yellow or
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Old methods of piano selling
versus the new
and how"lnterest" figures in it
Copyright, 1914, by Martin McCarrlck, Inc.
We say in this co-operation piano sale—"A 350 dollar piano tor 248 dollars
and 75 cents and NO INTEREST."
Do you know what that phrase "NO INTEREST 1 ' means?
We will tell you.
It means more to you than you would dream of.
Through the REGULAR WAY of selling pianos you Now contrast the REGULAR method of
are interest "on top" of the priceofthe piano selli ianos with THIS CO-OPERATION
. Thus—if you buy a piano for 350 dollars you do not
pay 350 dollars: You pay 350 dollars and INTEREST. PLAN.
Let us make this plain. In the first place, on this plan, a 350 dollar
T-»T ou were to bu y a pi an ° on the USUAL piano does not cost you 350 dollars or anywhere
PLAN for 350 dollars. You were to pay, say, 20 dollars nMr Hnllar*
down, then 10 dollars a month ANI? INTEREST AT 6 aoiiars. .
PER CENT. A 350 dollar piano costs you, DURING
Now, here is how this figures out: THIS CO-OPERATIVE SALE, 248 dollars
350 dollars less 20 dollars (your first payment) leaves an d 7 5 cents —giving you a clean cut saving, at
a balance of 330 dollars. the very start, of 101 dollars and 25 cents.
330 dollars divided by 10 dollars (the monthly pay-, T j ri_ <• »
ments) equals 33 months, the time in which you pay. Instead of having to pay 350 dollar in 33
6 per cent, interest (average) on 330 dollars for one months (the usual terms) you are allowed 45
month is 82% cents. months to pay 248 dollars and 75 cents.
33 months multiplied by 82% cents equals 27 dollars
and 23 cents TOTAL INTEREST. Do y° u see the difference THIS makes?
350 dollars (price of the piano) plus 27 dollars and 23 On THIS CO-OPERATION plan VOU are
YOU T™?Y q p U AY 37 1 d ° ,lara ana 23 WHAT given 12 months LONGER TIME in which ,o
Now, do you see what "AND INTEREST" means? Pay 101 dollars and 25 cents LESS MONEY.
It means, if you buy a 350 dollar piano on the OLD As t0 the "interest"—there is NO INTER
METHOD of selling pianos (and 99 piano houses out of EST to be added to the price,
every 100 employ this method), and pay for it at the rate of The price is 248 dollars and 75 cents and NO
20 dollars cash and 10 dollars a month, and keep your pay- MORE There i<* MO TWTFPTTQt Mn
ments right up to "the letter," that your piano will cost you ™"to ko r INTEREST or NO
NOT 350 dollars, BUT 377 dollars and 23 cents. EXTRAS of any. nature to run the price up
You pay 27 dollars and 23 cents INTEREST. higher than 248 dollars and 75 cents.
You pay 27 dollars and 23 cents EXTRA, or 27 dollars Or, putting it in still another way—24B dol
the lano ° VER AND ABOVE the " mar ked" price of i a rs and 75 cents is the OUTSIDE price. When
Three little words in your contract "AND INTER- T" !T 248 d °" arS and " CentS y ° U haTe
EST" look harmless and sound innocent enough, but in a niS P a ymg.
case like we have just cited, they mean 27 dollars and 23 There are no 20, 30 or 40 dollar EXTRAS
cents "tacked on" IN ADDITION to the "marked" price. "cropping up" to be paid afterwards
J.H.Troup Music House
15 SOUTH MARKET SQUARE, HARRISBURG, PA.
15 South Hanover Street, Carlisle, Pa.
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SENATOR PENROSE
PREDICTS LANDSLIDE
[Continued from First Page.]
make votes for them.
"The Democratic party In Its plat
form at Baltimore pledged Its unquali
fied support of the civil service as well
as the exemption from tolls of our
coastwise ships passing through the
Panama Canal and a number of other
measures ,all of which it is impossible
for me to evert touch upon. The meas
ure which our Democratic friends laid
most stress upon and considered of
the most vital importance was that of
tariff reform, and primarily for this
purpose the President called the ex
tra session of Congress. Immediately
after the assembling of Congress Pres
ident Wilson assumed control of both
the Senate and the House of Represen
tatives and, in due course of time,
there was written upon the statute
books the Underwood tariff bilj. This
bill, as we all know, was passed by
the use of the party lash, public pa
tronage, and the Democratic caucus.
While I am thoroughly opposed to this
method of legislation and can not con
demn it in terms too severe, yet, after
all, the effect of the legislation Is the
all-important proposition to consider;
and let me here Incidentally call your
attention to the fact that in this very
first bill the Democratic party pledge
to uphold and support the civil service
was violated In that It does not pro
vide that (he appointments for can-v
--ine into effect the provisions of 'he
bill shall be made from the civil-service
lists, which consist of experienced per
sons, all of whom have passed satis
factory examinations, but in the bill
they provided that the appointments
may be given to political followers
whose only recommendation and qual
ification is party loyalty, who may or
may not have the necessary ability to
perform the duties imposed upon them,
and are certainly without experience.
The Democratic party not only vio
lated this pledge In this law, but in a
number of laws that were passed later
was this pledge repeatedly violated.
Currency Bill
"The next important legislation en
acted was the currency law, and this
bill we hope will be workable and an
Improvement over our present system,
but if so it is a question how much
credit should be given our Democratic
friends. The bill as it passed the House
was positively unworkable and would
not and could not be put In force in
that shape. The Senate after prolonged
debate amended it by striking out all
after the enacting clause and present
ed an entirely n«w bill, which was
lnrjrely copied from the Aldrloh bill.
1 Its foundation, Its framework, and in
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
almost all of its vital parts it is a
transposition from the Aldrich bill and
an adaptation from the report of the
Monetary Commission.. At the instance
of Mr. Bryan the flat money men
many unsound provisions were first in
the bill, but most of them were taken
out before It became a law, largely
due to Senator Root's criticism and en
lightened public opinion. Some of its
most valuable features were Anally
taken from the report of the Monetary
Commission, which the Baltimore con
vention had thoroughly condemned. Let
us hope that this law will prove an im
provement over our present system
when it is finally put into effect.
"I have not time to refer to all the
unfortunate and absurd legislation en
acted. t shall not even dwell upon the
appropriation of $35,000,000 for the
building of a railroad in the frozen
and frigid north on the glaciers of
Alaska, except to say that this appro
priation is over SI,OOO for every white
man, women, and child of the mixed
population of all nationalities, many,
if not a majority, of whom are not evsn
citizens of the United States, and to 1
say that this is only the beginning and
will require not less than three times
this amount before the work contem
plated is completed, if it ever will be.
Panama Tolls
"I shall not now refer to the reasona
why President Wilson has reversed
himself as well as the Baltimore plat
form on the proposition of the Panama
Canal tolls. You will remember, be
fore the election in all of his public
utterances, the President insisted we
must have free passage through the
Panama Canal for American merchant
vessels, giving a number of reasons and
thoroughly approving without reserve
this enacted legislation. Now he comes
to Congress and asks us to repeal that
law, and says:
" 'Reverse your action without rais
ing a question whether we are right
or wrong, l^or — „
"He says—
"'l shall not know how to deal with
other measures of even greater delicacy
|M| Your complexion need*
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grant it to me in ungrudging measure.'
- "I shall refrain to dwell on this sub
ject at this time.
Tariff I.rslHlatlnn
"Let us take up the subject that is
perhaps of 'nearer consequence' to
most of us. Let us see whether the
Underwood tariff bill has been the cure
all it was promised it would be. Let us
see what the effect of this legislation
has been. Has it resulted in increased
opportunity for the wage earners?
Has it reduced the high cost of living?
i Oh, I know when I touch on this sub
ject that I shall bo classed as a 'ca
lamity howler.' We are told that to
refer to these conditions will injure
business, yet it Is a fact that the Dem
ocratic party, through Its platform,
through Its press, nnd through its ora
tors, has for sixteen years in continu
ous unbroken chorus howled 'calamity.'
Their tales of woe make the lamenta
tions of Job sound like words of praise.
They condemned the tariff laws enact
ed by the Republican party as the most
Iniquitous and obnoxious pieces of leg
islation ever written upon the statute
books. Yet, during all the years they
were in force we enjoyed the great
est prosperity of any country on the
face of the earth and in the history of '
the world. Their calamity howling did j
no harm, because everyone was pros-1
poring: but finally, through persißtent j
yet inconsistent effort, they raised a
doubt In the minds of some whether
after all they should not be given an
opportunity to put their theory into
practice, and to-day, amid the gloom
of the family circle of the unemployed
and silence of closing mills and dying
flres for the first time in twenty years,
they preach prosperity. They tell us
there is no business depression and
then with true Democratic consistency
say times are getting better."
Deputy Attorney General William M.
Hargeat and E. J. Stackpole spoke
briefly on the back-to-the-party trend
that is now so evident. Mr. Hargest
devoted considerable attention to the
MAY 19, 1914.
failure of the Wilson administration
and Mr. Stackpole urged a "welcome
home" for all those who had strayed
from the party reservation In 1912.
Among the others who spoke were
Augustus Wlldman and J. W. Swartz,
candidates for the Legislature In the
city district; Daniel L. Kelster, City
Commissioner William H. Lynch,
ex-Mayor E. S. Meals, City Chairman
Harry F. Oves, Ed. M. Housholder,
vice-president of the club; William D.
Block. Mr. Pavord and Charles E.
■ "I am an old man—and many of my troubles m m
(never happened,."—ELßEßT HUBBARD ■
rpHE white hair and wrinkled faces of our busy men and women tell
| of doubt, fear and anxiety—more than disease or ar;e. Worry olava
. . . ? J"™? 8 7? tem ~ eo that digestion is ruined and sleep
baniahed. What oil is to the friction of the delicate parts of an engine—
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Now it can be obtained in tablet form—from dealer* in medicine
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Coal Is Cheapest and Best Now !
To buy coal now la to buy It at the cheapest price for which It can
be obtained during the year. And then you gain In quality, too, for the I
coal sent from the mines at this time of the year may be thoroughly .
screened before delivery, a difficult matter in cold weather when frost |
will cause the dirt to cling to the coal. So to buy Montgomery coal
now Is to buy the best quality of the beat coal at the lowest prtoea.
Place your order.
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Both Phone* Third and Chestnut Streets
1 - M. • „l
Pass.
One of the features of the evening
was an address by the "Spirit of Rev,
Carter," an excellent take-off on thai
eccentric character, by George Barnes,
An orchestra played popular airs and
guests sang during the Intervals ol
the speechmaking. The dinner was
arranged by William H. Hoffman,
chaiman, Hiram Eisenberger, Joseph
Baumgardner, Thomas Edwards, Harrs
F. Oves, E. M. Housholder, W. D,
Block and Ashton D. Peace,
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