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Show Gene Townsend Marriage, Appartments J erious abyss of j bliss which our I parents, friends f and relatives warned us to avoid like the i plague. "HONEY, just think only two more months and we'll be About two months ago I wrote a column in which I discussed different aspects of a student marriage (based mostly on my personal experience). exper-ience). WITH THE warm rays of Spring stricking 14,000 University Uni-versity love-filled hearts exposed ex-posed them to that wound of marriage, I feel that this subject sub-ject warrants further discussion. discus-sion. Before I got married, my fiancee and I sat for hours in my '52 Ford looking at the city talking about that myst- Townsend entranced as the minister says, 'And now I pro- i nounce you man and wife." I "Yeah, I said as I felt my heart double its beat to the j" song playing on the radio "I Wanna Hold Your Hand." i "GENE, WHY don't you J start looking for an apartment $ now. Since school's out in two weeks, I could move right in, look for a job, and have it fix- ?' ed up before we get married." ' "Sure," I said as I felt my wallet twinge in my pocket due l, to its being fed an involuntary 5 starvation diet for the past six months. if "COME RIGHT in," said the j, tall, slender man representing j, the Apartment House Associa- n tion, "What type of apartment ( did 'you have in mind?" "HOW MUCH do you want " to pay?" "Oh," I said, "I want some- Jj . thing bright, not too expensive, and furnished. I'm getting mar- ried in a few months." "Between $40 and $60," I said. THE MAN stared at his desk for a long time looking over the apartment listings, looked up, smiled and said "Mr. Town-send, Town-send, we don't have anything II in that category right now, but we'll call you when we do." He never called. THAT AFTERNOON I an- i swered a want-ad which read: "For Rent, nicely furnished apt., all utilities furn., $65 mo., 624 E. 3rd So." I made a visit to that address and had the landlord show me around. "DON'T LET the outside of J this place scare you," he said s as he walked up a creaky stair-way stair-way which looked as if it were supported by two nails. The inside was nice as it had been remodeled just two weeks before. However, I not- .J3 iced that there was no bed- room and the bathroom was in the kitchen. The living contain-the contain-the kitchen. The living room contained a bed. THE BEDROOM closet was also in the living room. i , "This place is pretty nice," I said. "We'd like to rent it. v "GLAD TO have ya," the landlord said as he stuck out his callused hand, "When will ;;; ya move in?" "My fiancee would like to : move in about two weeks from now," I said. s. "THAT'S FINE," the land-lord land-lord said. "That will be $65 in advance please." ,,!li s |
