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Married Life the Third Year
Warren is Notified that After the First of October Their
Rent Will Be Raised.
By MABEL HERBERT URXER.
will remtJti, with
to rnalw any re-
' "Read that!" demanded . Warren, as
he .; took a letter . from his pocket ind.
; threw It Info Helen lap. '
July 15, W12.
Mr. W. E. Curtis, No. West One
Hundred and Ten- , .,
th" . Street New
- York City: v
' My Dsar ' Sir
: We beg to (nforrn : I.
you that beginning .
; October 1 the renta
In your' house are
j are to be ad
vanced. Ti.' new
rate for apartment
: No. 604, which you
,are now, occupy .
lng, will be 11,4001
I As we are now
. hnvlnar. many an- .
I plications for these
. apartments, will you
! kindly let us know ,
at ine aruesi pos
j sible date If you
! wish v to renew
i your lease? ...
W hnrt that vaii
las, and will' be. glad
1 palnp sr- Tdcorattog, thai inay Me es
.essaVy. ' Vsry truly 'yours, . ; ' ',
. THB if ARMSWORTH REAt'tT CO,
"Fourteen hundred ' Helen looked up
'with? a gasp of dismay. "Surely they
, won't charge fourteen hundred for this
apartmentT"", j .
j "Sounds as though- .they"re' going to,
doesn't' ltr "' " ''
I "Ahd thla.ii the middle of Septemberl
iWhy, Warren, what CAN we do7" -
"Pay Itor get but, of course. Don't
,glve us much time, though. , Tou see
j that's dated July 16-came while w
were away, and got mixed In with some
Ipapers at the office. Didn't come across
lit till thla morning." '
"Then this may be already rented.
Since; they dtdn't hear from" you, they've
probably leased it to some one 'else."
"Ko I called up the' office today.
It's still open, but we'll have to decide
this week" - - .
"But could we get anything else now""
Warren shrugged his shoulders. "Won't
hurt to try, f How about ,those apart
ments on Central Park West? That new
house, we looked at with the Steven's
this spring. The Palisadlum, wasn't It,
oa some siicH hlghfalutln name?"
"Qh but it's too expensive. Didn't they
say they hadn't anything less than six
teen', hundred?" -V r
"Well; I'd a darn sight rather pay six
teen .hundred there than fourteen her
Put your bonnet, on-rwe'll take a look at
them now." y
"But Isn't It too late to see aoart
mentsr. objected Helen. "Why, it's al.
most eight." v -'.-
''They'll be glad enough to show 'em.
Come, ; get on y6ur thtngs. When you
make up your mind to do a thing, that's
the time to do It." :
Warren often acted on some such sud.
dim (raoulse. and Helen knew it' would-
be useless to protest.
Half an hour later they entered the
marbled, ' over-decorated -, hall . of the
"Palisadlum." 1 - :; ' I 'v'.'' ' ' 1
The brass-buttoned elevator boy said
the superintendent was out, that they had
only one vacant apartment which he
coujd let them see, but he did not know
the rent. He took them up to the fifth
floor front . switched .on the. lights and
left them there while he -hurried back to
jhtr. elevator. ' " - r
; It was a seven-room apartment with the
(library, living room and dining room
'thrown' together, i V - ' ' "
: "Oh, these three rooms are really won
derful!" exclaimed Helen. 'Why, this
lllbrftry must he over twenty feet.' :
, "Um-m," Just, about twenty, I should
'say. They're good sized rooms, all right
j good, shaped rooms, too." '
"And look at- W , floors why, dear,
jthey're all parquet And the mantels and
iwood work .are so good. Fumed oak
lisa't It? Don't you like this dull finish?
Let's see the -bedrooms," eagerly,
j But both the bedrooms were small, and
the maid's room smaller still.
; "Well, you can't have eve-yihing
I'Pkav'wA mi m TI ill fenAM In ikMa
rooms, and had to skimp on these.". '.''
I "Oht what i a HtUe closetlV dlsap
'pointedly, as she opened a door display
ing a shallow space. r "Why "don't- they
have more closet room?1" Just think, only
three small closets In all this . apart-
toentr :."V,!V. ""."''''
"Women are always howling for closetc.
Don't collect so much truck."
, "Why. dear, we must have some place
to put our clothes." . '
, But Warren was now investigating the
bath room. "Qood-sUed tub that's what
I like. Tou have to ait humped up in
most of 'em. That .'looks like a good
shower, too."
"Oh, what cunning Utle medicine cabi
nets! And look, dear, another long mir
ror In this door that makes, three. And
we haven't one that I can see the bottom
of my shirt in."
. But Warren, who was examining the
plumbing, seemed more Interested in that
than In the mirrored doors.
Then they went back through the din
ing room to the kitchen'. Helen was most
enthusiastic. ''.'.) "
r?"Oh, what a nice kitchen! Don't you
like the way the range sets back? These
china closets are lovely. White wood
work Is always so good for a kitchen It
makes everything look so clean."
"Qood-slsed pantry, ' too," as Warren
swung open the door.
"Yes, it ;ls a big pantry; and what a
lovely refrigerator!"
"What's this?" he demanded, opening
a small metal door near the floor.
"Oh, that must be a ventilated garbage
box. Mrs. Stevens has one, and she says
they're to nice.'- But what's this fort"; ;
- "Search me. , I'm not up on all the
latest ' hbusekeplhg ;KnicK-linacks. v But
I should say they've a Pfetty good outfit
here."' ' ".-:
"Oh, the appointments of the kitchen
and pantry are wonderful. The whole
apartment is Ideal If they only had more
closet room!"' " - ;"
'Throw away some of ' that rubbish.
You've got stuff crowded. In those elrfsets
until 'you can hardly shut the doors. , It
you had a dozen closets you'd have 'em
all full. ' Now let's see these front rooms
again." "-,.,,.,-' ... , - - i
He threw up a window In the library
and leaned for out. 'Tea, you get good
light and air here from all sides. Let's
eee-thls face south-that gives us south,
north and east windows. Ought to get
any brees that's going."
"And Warren, have you noticed the
chandeliers? This one Is particularly
good and those side light are good, too."
"Yes, those look like expensive fixtures.
I should say this was a pretty good house,
well built and Well fitted. I'll call up the
agent" tomorrow. Guess we've seen about
all we can tonight You go on out, and
I'll swttch" off these lights. That boy
doesn't seem to be coming."
As they waited for the elevator, Helen
scrutlni-ed the hall ' and stairway.
"Everything seems so clean and well
kept." - : i ' "''''.j
"Yes, but all these apartment . house
halls have an institutional look. Can't
Imagine anything less cosy or homelike ,
This might be a hospital or a reformatory
from the looks of this corridor."
"But I suppose they have to build then;
fireproof, V ventured Helen. "Perhaps
that's why they can't make them more
attractive." ."..';' .'".".
"Have you a plan of the building?"
Warren asked the elevator boy, as they
went down.' .
"Yes, slrj but' you'll hve to get tia:
from the superintendent" '
"How about freight and service every
thing go up on this elevator?" ,
"Oh. no sir; there's a service, elevaf r
back there." ''
"Laundry In the basement?"
. "Yes, sir, and we have s, large St m
drying room." , ' I
"That's a good house," declared warren
when they reached the street. TT11 wager
it's kept up well, too. Did they have 4
mall chute? I forgot to notice."
"Oh, yes, dear, right by the elevator."
'That's a convenience. They're not
putting them is so many houses now j
have to have a certain number of ten
ants. Well I should say If we can get
that apartment for $1,600 we Ought to take
it But 1 want a two years' lease. No
moving again next year." ".".'"
But,, dear, do you think we could af
w II if 1 I I
Trie StOHO ESKIMOS HAD WffVCT?
3BCf1 A Re&tfiW CITY. THCV
rtwfieveRsCeN much of
anything untijl we EXPtoRei?
FQVHD THEM. HE BROUGHT
CtiS OF TnCM TO ht w YOK
TOOK HCR UP BeOflDWAY
AND WMi-B .eCATCD f N A BlCr
CAFE He ASKED HE? WHAT
6He'D HAVE 3HC SAID NAU6Hf
3UTi.00Wrt6 AT THE VYATEJ?
"FF0TAT0I5W'R5H
Af pte CAN YOU Tett MC
WHAT ATI lflDlAN-APOL'15?
AIMT VOU MEVR
MEN Nft PL AftP?
the eesr wav to 6et ahctao is to
RAISE CABBAGE .
WALL STREET CHARLIE WA
OVER HIS HEAD IN STOCKS
his sTuprwis 60N6 Down
6TBADILY AND CHAPLIE WS
ALL READY TO TAKE A BRODE
Crr THE WOOi-WGRTH BUiLO
lfS. HE WAITED A MOMENT
THINKING HE'D TAKE A LAST
SLANT fin THE TICKEP.
NEwVOUSLV FINDER INO THE
TAPE HE READ.
CALLS ON MARY AHNJHC
COOK, IS THAT A POLICE
COURT r
JUST BORV M WHERE
I LIE)!
HELLO JifA WR5
OVCK TO MY FhRM
ALL LAST weejf.
TOTUPAT5CUr
30 ACRES OF HAY
TWen rJU.fi D 10
ARGCli WITH
POTATOES- fVTCR DIME
pitched io tons op
may and then took
Ten minutes for -supper
after gwb
&CNTLEMEN BE SEATED
TA-RA-RA-BA
BONES-MR SHIELDS, DID YOU
KNOW I HAD WRITTEN APLAY
MR SHIELDS- NO BONES I DID
NOT. WHAT Hfive YOU CALLED
THE PLAY,'
BONES-WHY ISE CALLED IT
'THE MARATHON RACE" .
MR. SHIELDS-THATS APCCOLWM
NAME. WHAT POSSESSED YOU
TO CALL IT THAT'
BONES-CAUSE I EX PECS IT
WILL HAVE A LONORUN
STEP OUT OF THE
Gutter boy and let the
WATER GOBY 'J 1
VVE HAD A PARTY AND
I WENT FOR THE
O-OESTS IN A Bl
AND R0UcHT THEW
HOME AfTER. I WAS.
ALWAYS 0i THE Ml fn 2.
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"To Keep Your Beauty You Must Cultivate
Harmony," Says Miss Irene Timmons
Bjr MARGARET HUBBARD AVER.
"I would be incapable of enduring the
strain of my work If I Fere not In com
plete harmony with my surroundings and
with the rest of the company."
That Is what Miss Irene Timmons, the
leading woman and most popular member
of the Prospect theater said to me the
other day when we were discussing the
eternal question of good looks and good
health and how a woman can retain them
amid the arduous life of "stock" work.
Miss Timmons Is slight and almost
frail' looking. There is something quite
childlike in her manner, and only a pair
of keen and Immensely clear eyes suggest
the latent possibilities of this actress who
looks like an Ingenue and play tho
heroine In "Kreutzer Sonata," "The Girl
of the Golden West" and the Mother In
"The Witching Hour" with equal sue
cess. ..',
"No woman can really accomplish Her
best work or .- express her Individuality
unless she is in harmony with those about
her," said Miss Timmons. "Of course,
she can't be" beautiful If she lives in a i
constant state of discord, for there Is j
nothing that wastes strengtn, vuaiuy
nnd so destroys yputh and good looks as
d'scord, while harmony develops beauty.
' We work Very hard here every one
in 'stock' has to. A new play every week,
with rehearsals every morning, two per
formances almost every day, and always
costumes to get. Oh, if it weren't for the
ilressmaker, I have her with me almost
All the time," sighed the young actress,
"but I am very strong naturally, and
then I adore my work and my audlenoe,
and I think they are fond of me.
"The leading lady in a stock, company
gets a great deal of admiration, and that
helps one, doesn't it? But I don't believe
In living on admiration, as so many do;
:t's rather exhausting never to have a
moment to yourself."
And Miss Timmons told me some stories
it the adoration of her matinee girls and
.natrons whioh would have turned a more
3raetlcal little head than hers stories of
itouquets and anonymous presents and a
,lttle band of devotees who follow her
bout and won't even let their favorite
itress shop In peace. ,.-',
But we were wandering from our sub
ject and Mr. Frank Oersten, her man-
How to Treat a Gossip
By WINIFRED BLACK,
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ager, was evidently anxious for me not
ford to bind; ourselves for two years at jto waste time, .so we got bark to the
$1,600?" :: ,. ..'-. - -' ,
' "Wouldn't suggest It if I didn't" '
"But you wouldn't decide I mean you
wouldn't sign the lease tomorrow?'
"Why not?". ;
"Why why, I though we might look
around a little first"
"If that apartment suits us, what's the
sense in looking around? That's like a
woman. Even if she finds Just the thing
she wants, she trots around to see all
the other things she doesn't want"
"But dear," protested Helen, "It was
only that I thought we might find some
thing for a little less."
"Well, I don't want anything any less.
That apartment Suits tne, and If I can get
a two years lease at tt.tM I'll sign up to
morrow. And for heaven's sake, don't
you begin worrying about the rent If
I've got to pa It I can do the worrying,
too.- '.'
question of beauty.
"Let me see," mused Miss Timmons,
"klmple food, plenty of sleep, If you can
get It nd don't have any long, new parts
to learn. But the main thing Is harmony.
If you are worried, fearful or unhappy,
all the beauty preparations In the world
won't do you any good, and many of us
live in a -state of mental anxiety brought
eq by our own "thoughts or th critical
and unkind thoughts of others. .
"I'm glad to say that there Is such a
lovely spirit of kindliness in this com
pany, from the . stage manager down
Even adverse criticism Is tendered In a
friendly, sympathetic way, and that spirit
saves us all unotd worry and -unhapp1
ness. . . .. .i,
."Get Into harmony with your surround
Ings, is my advice, and get to a better
understanding of yourself.
"Avoid criticism. Cultivate harmony.
, ffi' ' " f I
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What would I do it some one I thought
was my friend went and told things I had
confided to her, thinking she would never
tell them? And what If she made the
stories all over, so
that thy were so
different when she
as through that
no one would ever
recoRnlie them?
What would I do?
Well, my dear
correspond e n t, I
wouldn't do a thing
but think what a
goose I'd been to
tell anybody's se
crets , to , anybody
els- and expect
them to stay se
crets. .
Quarrel with the
one who told? Not L Life ,1s too short
to quarrel-too short to hate, too short to
"get even," ;
I'd just see as little of that perfidious
person at I posalbly could, and some day
I'd thank heir for teaching me a lesson,
the lesson every Impulsive,, open-hearted
person has to learn soma time or other,
or go through life In hot water.
Why did you toll this particular woman
this particular secret? . Just because she
Jived near you? Or did you pass a month
together in a Stupia summer reion, ana
wasn't there a thing to talk about except
what should never be mentioned? Good
reasons) weren't they?
What did you know about this .woman
who has made you so much trouble? Did
she wear her hair the same way you do,
and did she use the same kind of powder?
Thrilling thlngBi to be sure, but hardly
security for the secret-telling test, were
they? ! ' -' ' - - '
What was your secret, anyhow some
thing about why you wear curls that are
not your own, or did ?you really tell tho
perfidious one that you and your husband
hud a quarrel?
Well, what of it? Do you suppose you
and your liusband are the only ones who
ever quarrel?
Dear me; If you could only hear the
diimutes that bo on under the roof of
your dearest friend, who Is pretending to
be eJ shocked at what this scandalous
telltale is telling!
Tut. tut. little woman: there are no
such things as secrets-real eecrets-In the
lives of decent, people Why should
there be? i - '
You and your husband have a little
Rpat about the woman who sat In the
front seat at the theater," or sbout the
man who took you in to dinner, and be
fore you've made up, the cook and her
beaux are quarreling over which one of
you was right ;
The woman who plays bridge with .you
tells you roma day In deep confidence
thaVtha huxband of her neighbor flrlnks
tnru mlifti anA th whnU Klwlr knaw 'ft..-
all ths time, .-
from school; dear me, what a pother;,.,
what of It? , So was the brother of the '
woman who wlapered the awful news to"
you right in Mrs. So and bo's home. ,'"'
Secrets, pshaw; I wouldn't -give a bat-
tered nickel for all the secrets In the.,
worra, roia v me vy every gossip won
ever lived. Ten chances to one I know
them anyway, and am bored to death
very time I have to hear of them. :f
My secrets? I haven't one, not ono on',-
earth, and don't want "any, thank yoiwr
I'm like a friend of mine, who Is a good'.'
woman with an unfortunate husband. - 1
My friend almost went craiy the first..;
few years she was married, trying td: v
keep people from finding out that nor.'"'
darling George drank more than was good
for him. '
Every time a friend called anywhere-.;;
near George's hour to come home my 1
friend almost went Into spasms. 6he'A.'ii
sit and watch the window, poor thing, and ;
turn white at the sound of a leaf drop- '
ping on the porch till one day the ash "
being a friendly and not at all formal
ash man, who had carted for my friend
ever sines he had left .the same public
school her husband attended, said somcK
thing sympathetic about poor George. My1'1,
friend nearly fainted, but from that" 1'
moment on she stopped pretending and',
she looked years younger In a week.
When George comes home now the?,?,
worst for drink and my friend is enter
talnlng visitors, she Juct slips out into 1
,1.. t.Mlk mmi Hm,.. '' n.lttl.. Irt lfa''''
IUV ICVB KMWI B. mwm-,, m w
down and comes down without turning a ii
hair. " v "
Mortified? To be sure. Hurt? To the very,"'
heart But not secret not pretending,,
not making a desperate effort to' deceives
everyone. Sensible woman, I call he rV. :..
I used to worry about things I dldnji
want people to know until I found ouV9
that everyone knew them as well as 'i0 "
did and sometimes a good .deal better
And then I stopped Worrying and havlnijp
"secrets." .. ',. ,
Come on in; all the world and Mza
wife look in at niy door all you want to.oo;
No, I am not proud of the skeleton thaiL.
rattles his bones there In the closet. 2
didn't make him and I'd turn htm out lnr
a minute if I could. '
What shall you do with the "secret
teller?" Keep away from her on generaK.
principles; -she's a gossip, and therefor1,
to be avoided as the plague is avoided.
Quarrel wtlh her, try to make her "takar
It all back," make a row and fuss fw
nothing? Never in the wlde.wlde worldV-p
Act Just as you would If you saw a refo
ant crawling In the luncheon basket at:
a picnic. Take a stick and brush the anf
away and 'go on eating your luncheon
taking good care to keep away from the-v
anthill the rest of the afternoon. That's
all... ,' ':. .
Little Bobbie's Pa
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MIfS IKE.VE TI5LMONS,
Those are the ihlns" that have helped
me, and that still help me retain my
strength and vitality even In the hardest
kind of work. I hope they may 'point the
way to others who wish to do the same."
Worry la Classed as a Disease, .
Worry has been characterised as a dis-
ease of civilization. Anxiety Is a mora
elemental form of unhappiness. People
dreading bereavement, people over whom
some vital, disaster Is Impending, are liv
ing In anxiety. People concerned with the
simple, problem of getting a living ara
anxious; those concerned 'with the com
plex problem of keeping up appearances
are worried. ,
The persons who make much of .little,
who do not discriminate between the Im
portant and the unimportant things of
life, and who have never learned seK-
..'."'" . '- ' :'' ' I
control, are the worriers. Anxiety is a
shadow In the background of your activ
ity, but worry Is a miserable little activ
ity ItSelf. ; . , ' : ' : .
Competition In drens, in entertaining,
in the style of living promotes worry.
It Is not the bills for the necessities of
life that are. responsible for i he unpleas
ant nervous agitation, the furrowed brow,
the abstracted, reckoning eye. The bills
for the secondary and more expensive
matters are the disturbing ones, Women
worry over them, mon worry over them,
and finally, the .men worry because the
women worry aivl vice versa. '
Anyone who 'has the courage to sim
plify his life will have no' occasion for
worry. ; . ; , .- ', ' .
'Vhy worry?" &ked the sage. It Is
an unanswerable question. Youth's Com
panion. "-
The Proverb Sisters Is cummlng up to
the house tonlte, sed Ma, I toald them all
that you wud be glad to see them.
Ha Ha, sed Pa. & so I will, & so 1
will, for them I'd climb the highest hill.
t think that Sisters loving clubs Is Jest a
lot of old maid dubs. Did you git that
Walt Mason stuff I slipped oaver? sed
Pa. Proberb Sisters, welcome to our
hoam. Git here early & stay as long as
you can, sed Pa. " I am the oul bf hos
pitality & i wud rather die than let It
be sed that any of yure club wimmen
(rends got treated other than as a lady
shud be treated by a gent, sed Pa, That
malks me think ' of a song I have sang.
Pa sed. . I wrote it myself. The title is
"I Have to be a Lady to be Worshiped
by a Gent." I think thare Is reely -a
swell chanst for this song to go oaver,
beekaus 1 guess that everybody Is Sit
ting tired of them risky ragtime songs A
hoaping far the day to come wen reel
songs will 'cum back.
Tes, yes, sed Ma, keep on. I have herd
you say that a mllyun times.
I guess Pa wud . have sed It a mllyun
It one times if It hadent been for the
Proverb Sisters cummlng In. Thay was
all in a bunch, six (6) of them, so thay
looked like a cuppel of prltty good looking
old gurls. .
I want you all to meet my husband,
sed Ma, & then Ma Interduced the six
ladies to Pa The mlnnlt that .thay had
met Pa they sed, all together:
It is not the cowl that malks the friar.
What is the idee? sed Pa. I was up
kind of lait the other nlte, A maybe I
am a llttel thick. ; .
All we say Is proberbs, sed all of the
Proberb Sisters at onst. That was a
p.oveib we jest sed: It is not the cowl
that makes the friar.
Well, sed Pa, I euppoaa that is a good.:. .
proverb, but anybody, can make one as j
good as that, like, for lnstens, It Is not :
the gown that malks the broiler. Don't
you see, sed Pa, friars as broilers? j i
We dident cum to visit yure wife to be re
made game of, sed the Proverb Sisters.?-';
' Friars broilers lsent gaim, sed Pa. .
Thayare talm chickens. Shoot us an
other proverb and J will shoot one back"f
For onst at least. Pa sed, I have met a.
bunch of my wife's lady friends so charm-sf
lng that I am entering Into the spirit of'
the occasion. Bring on yure proverbs. '
'Then the Proverb Sisters all sed at.j.
onst: , .. . . . . . - ; ' :. .
' Live not to eat, eat to live.- 1 . r
Then Pa beegan to look kind of pusaled.wr'V
Tou see, gurls, sed Ma, my deer husband j
Is up a stump now, beekaus you have got .'; ;
hi in on,the subjeck of eetln- If you cud
thing of sum proverb about sumthlng tha.
wasn't solid enuff to eet he mite be -onW;
of us, sed Ma. Isent thare sumthlng UvA
our list about wine? -.' . r .
Yes, thay all sed. Wen wine Is In, wit-"
Is out. ' ' ' "
That's right sed, Pa. ! Cum on, Bobbli!'
let's go out too. "J
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, Some Modern Falsehoods." '' ; ;J s
"I thought I needed a little as a tonlo,;
and unintentionally took too much." ,
"I don't like the taste of the stuff, but I
drink It because I'm afraid of the citr;
water." y
"It's lucky for him that he didn't sav,'.
another word; I'd have smashed him if h?'-
had.". , - ;
"My only reason for selling the house i$
that the neghborhood Is . getting . tott: 3
stylish and exclusive." . y
"Tee. ma'am; It's this mornlng'a mlik.
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my shoes are just as loose as they cuo'
ba"-CWcago Tribune.
