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"But I need a bedroom," I pro-:
tested.
The second household I invaded
He turned on me angrily. "For
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was in an advanced state of chaos.
why then arc you running after
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No less than twelve kids, some in
me ?" he demanded. He expecto-
%sr; rated over the banister, turned his
their last shirts, others even with-
By SAMUEL ROTH
out that saving grace, were march- ■ 212
back on me coolly, and walked
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ing in line up and down the kitchen
off.
'military fashion, brandishing vari-
I am still living in that little
gagilOggRia
ous household weapons and shout-
hall-bedroom, and my friend Mau-
ing to one another unintelligibly.
wordlessly. But I made good my Norfolk and Suffolk streets I wend- rice has not ceased to praise to me
The lady of the house was buried in
ed my weary way, and at last paused his intellectual missus. My mis-
escape.
a wash tub that fumed with steam,
After that I wandered about for in front of a six-story tenement ery is indescribable. Won't some
and only her feet were visible kick- more than an hour before the fol- house which bore the following one please find me a room? New
ing in the air. At sight of me the lowing sign rewarded my pa- device :
York 1916.
brats set up such an impressive de-
ROOM TO RENT
tience :
monstration of vocal eloquence that ROOM—BEDROOM TO—LET
INQUIRE Upstess
A country home for sick moth-
the commotion of the feet protrud-
"Upstess"
could be anywhere
Inquire Room 14
ers
and children of the congested
ing from the wash tub increased,
between
the
first
and
the
sixth
Mr. Yosselkraut
and gradually more and more of the
districts
of Boston, to be known
I\Ir. Yosselkraut proved to be floor. The house must contain at
lady came into open view. She an amiable gentleman with a fine least thirty tenants. I was on the as the Laura Shuman Home, has
flung me one glance, vented a shout
point of despair when a little man been endowed by A. C. Ratshe-
"Yaankel !" and dived back into the brown beard and a gold watch- with a grey beard and a huge sky. This is Mr. Ratshesky's sec-
wash tub. But now a bedroom door chain that measured half of his hunch on his back perceived me ond large contribution to charities
opened wide and a gentleman of ample and exposed waist-coat. staring at the sign and beckoned
in a few months.
He showed me a simple room
middle stature with an ample beard dimly lighted by a sky-light and me to follow him. We passed the
Under the auspic e s of Amicita
and a skull-cap entered, half dazed asked me whether in addition to first floor, climbed the second, Lodge, I. 0. B. B., of Posen, Ger-
by a lingering sensation of sleep.
rooming I shouldn't like to board grappled with the third—evident- many, entertainments are given
ly the little man was leading me
"Eir tent class?" she asked.
each Sunday afternoon for the
As he took it for granted that I too.
high.
I nodded weakly.
On the topmost step he turned Jewish soldiers garrisoned there.
had come on a matter of business
"Only—" he said, and hesitated.
A short scientific lecture is given,
pre-arranged with him I did not re-
to me.
"Only what?" I asked.
"Mister, I have a front room to after which artistic and declam-
ply immediately.
"We are homely people," he
atory lectures are given.
"Ei !" he groaned. "Tzoris,
rent."
•
what can one do? Slack, no work. said.
"I don't mind," I remarked sym-
You see children all naked, naked to
the bone. Not a thing in the house." pathetically.
"Our cooking is homely," he
"I beg your pardon," I inter-
continued.
rupted.
"Just what I want," I declared,
He glanced at me sharply.
"Aren't you the charity investiga- touched by the sheer humility of
his manner.
tor?" he demanded.
"Well since that is so," he said,
I shook my head.
"Maybe you're the rent collec- triumphantly, "how much will
,,
ou pay 7 .
y
tor ?"
He had me there, he knew it.
I was glad I was in a position to
say I wasn't. The gentleman looked "Really, I don't know," I pro-
as though he could do violence to tested. "How much will you
ask ?"
the stoutest of that tribe.
"It's for you to say," he insisted.
"I am only looking for a room,"
"I never boarded before, I don't
I explained.
He clasped his head with both know," I explained.
At this point Mrs. Yosselkraut,
his hands and shouted : "Oi, kin-
der !" The little brigands paused a little blonde woman with a
and gazed at us queerly. "You see sharp nose who had been a silent
how nice and quiet they are," he witness from the extreme end of
My offer of this $1.50 Rogers Bros. triple plated Butter Knife
said to me. "That's their usual the room, came up toward me
and Spoon Set FREE to every customer whose purchase (cash
or charge) amounts to $5.00 or more ENDS IN ONE WEEK.
way. It's a mistake to think they bearing in her arms a panful of
Select your Wedding or Graduation Gifts NOW and get this
are noisy children. I wish you fried fish.
extra present without charge.
"Smell," she commanded me.
could see the children next door."
I smelled.
"Can you let me see the room?"
"You see this fiess, nit kein ga-
I urged.
"With the greatest of pleasure," litzianer fiess. lit such fiess will
he exclaimed and led me into a dark you eat if you board with us."
Illinois Watches
"But I myself am I galitzianer,"
4 Karat
chamber which, by the illumination
Best, American
Diamonds, blue
of the gas he lit for me, revealed (Galician) I exclaimed grasping
make-20 yr. guar-
white sparklers in
two small beds and a large one. at what I thought was the last
antee-17 jewel.
14-Kt gold Tiffany
Downtown Cash
settings. Downtown
"We sleep on the large bed," he ex- straw.
price $22
Open
flew
the
door
and
loud
price $30 $ 25
plained. "The kids sleep on the
to
and $35,
my
price
smaller beds. But now we'll give rang the voice of Mr. Yossel-
$2 5' $16 "
my price
kraut
:
"Out
of
here.
No
galit-
you one of the beds."
"I don't want to inconvenience zianer in my family."
This discouraging experience
you," I argued.
quelled
my ardor for some time.
"Oh, no, sir. You won't."
"But I really need a room for But I had resolved and I resolved
further to persist. So through the
myself."
He stared at me incredulously, twilight regions of Chrystie and

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