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Show The Woes of a Mother, 0 House-Hunting in the City No Jolcs for Those Who Are Blessed With Children One Woman's Humorous Experience. "Hunting for rooms with children Is no Joko," said tho woman with tho tired looking face. "Why, you'd actually actu-ally think they were a disgrace Instead In-stead of n blessing. Tho tlmo I'vo had this dny would try tho patlcnco of a salnl. I'vo been looked over, consulted consult-ed about In Insultingly audible tones, told that they'd tnko mo 'on trial,' until really I'm half dead and savage enough to bite." "I know," sympathetically hrokeln a Jolly llttlo woman ln the corner. "I'vo been through it nil. But I Anally An-ally got a place, owing to tho fact perhaps per-haps that tho landlord had' a sense of humor." "Oh, do toll us about It," said another an-other woman. "I, too, lravo a child, and I, too, havo tried to move, but I'vo been compelled to stay where I am on nccount ot my young hopeful." "Well, It wns this way," began the good-natured llttlo woman, ld beon hunting for days, tired and cross; oh, dear me, yes. And to cap it all, baby was cross, too. I always took him with mo. It saved tho troublo of answorlng questions. I had turned from door to door, and was utterly discouraged; sometimes It was noth- lng moro than a Iook and a snappish 'No, wo hnvo nothing to lot hero,' In splto of tho fact that tho 'Apartments to Rent' stnrcd mo In tho face. "Baby was so villainously cross that I Anally took him over to my sister's flat and left him thero with her, and started off to see n tint sho had recommended. rec-ommended. It wns a pretty flat, suitable suit-able ln every particular, nnd tho urrangements woro being mado for mo to havo tho plnco when suddonly my prospective landlord turned to mo nnd said; 'By tho way, havo you any children?' "I groaned. Thero It was again tho same old question. I could not tell him n He, and knew that Just ns soon as I told him tho truth It would bo all v- up with tho Hat." Jr "'Yes,' I answered. 'Yes, I'vo got one. But It tho good Lord will let mo llvo until I got homo I'll tnko him out In tho back yard and kill him!' "Woll, tho mnn nenrly had n fit, ho laughed so hard, and then I nearly had one, for ho mado nn exception ln our caso, nnd ho and tho young hopo-ful hopo-ful nio great friends. Indeed, ho laughingly maintains that ho saved tho child's life." Now York Times. |