The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1859-07-22
LADY BOARDEns.

troublesome creatures never ioiH
have another woman boarder," exeiaim-
ed Mrs, Grimes. And Mrs. Crimes wos
right; neither would I, were there man
boarder to be had, sdn-I maintain, al.
though It Ia Fixed fact that female board
ors are Troublesome, that they can1 help
IT,
Listen.--Whoreas all a man wants Of
his room Is to sleep and dress IN, Il is
woman's home; and alOsl often al she
has. She would not be woman did she
not desire 20 make Il tidy and habitable.
This---her landlsdy contracts to do. The
ffuitless ringings for fresh water, towels,
coal, lights and a clean carpet, are not
unknown 70 any woman who hes worn
life out in boarding houses. u isnot, az
I remarked, In the nature of petticoat to
be comfortable In a Babel; nor does It's
owner fancy a cloud Of dust raised in the
middle Of the day upon her nicely smooth
cd hair, or clean collar, because the cham
bermad has an appointment with John,
the waiter, in the entry, or because she
enjoys lolling out Of the front window on
her elbows an hour in evesy room she is
"righung,n nbtoud Of attending promptly
TO her business, and getting through with
! Il.
Now man Is BY nature an unolean ami
NAL. / doubt Il he would wash his face,
were there no women about who would
refuse TO kiss him ifhu didn't. Well--ho
clears a hole in the middle Of his room
and gets ready for breakfast; which he
swallows, and then bolts through the front
door, (dining down town. not 20 return a.
gain till evening. What possible differ.
ence, then, does Il make TO him, whether
bis bed bo madei and his room swept al
ten o'clock in the morning, or four in the
alternoon1 His home 10 in the restaur.
ant, in tho store, Ia the street, anywhere
and everywhere, that temptation and in
olination may lead him; four walla dom,
bound his vision. He can afford 70 bt
philosophical about brooms and dbst pans
But let Biddy take them into his CONT
ing room, Let him stind around on one
leg while she--having moved his desk anC
displaced his ledgers and papers, prepare
tory to a swecp--runs out Into the stree
half an hour under pretenoo Of getting 1
broom, TO gossip with an acquaintance
Lot him, getting impatient, sit down il
the midst of the hubbub, and drawing vi
his inkstand, commence writing. Lee
; Biddy re-enter, just us he gets under way
with a frisk Of that wretched long handlet
duster, which tosses on more dust thar
she ever takes off. Let him rise agaii
and make way for hor, and then--lct he
bob off again--Olter little water, ant
stay another half an hour--Ond all tn
while the morciless clock ticking on, an,
the perspiration standing on his forohea,
at the unnecessary waste ofhis time an,
; temper, and the work he hasn't done, ant
; Let Biddy repeat this in the counting room
TO that man, every morning in tho year
(365 mornings) How long do you sup
, pose pair Of trowsers would stand that
, Well, that's just what women in board
ing houses have TO put up with. That
why they arc troublesome. That's VIII
they can't help II, That's why landlu
p dies like men who live everywhere but 4
, their rooms, and who, provided their mat
trl So is not put in tho washbowl, aud III
ends Of their cigars are not broken by III
landludy's little boy, givo her carte blaneh
Q as TO dirt and other luxurles.
n FANNY FERN.