The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-06-18
TAKING B0ARDERS.


probably 10 hAITAssiEg an occupation
az can we'll &c found, especially with
FNk OF hiring p large house and fur
nishiDg il for the purpose. A gTeal
deal however, can be said on botn
sides. The case is not 60 difhcul'
With the owner Lr occupant OF heI
own house. who. chooses to denim
ish her household expenses by adding
to the number OF inmates. i in
creases her cares also. bat money csn
DOT be made in any Way without
effort of some kind, and this method
SCENE preferable to ordinary teaching
or sewing.
To succeed. however,io taking and
entertaining boRrders, either on 9
large or smell scale requires. good
usekeepIDg, end what may De
called gift of economy, which does
not mean providing poor things, but
getting the most for ones money.
An economical hCusekeeper who I'M
derstsDos her business will furnish a
good table With sum which in the
hands OF one who thinks only OF saw
ing money. would produce the most
Unsatisfactory results. The manner
otcookIDg aRd serving food has quite
as much TO do with its attrsctiveness
as the quality. of the purchases made;
bait cooked vegetables, and meats
scorched without anG raw within, can
never be inviting, whatever the
original cost or quality may have
been.
AS q general thing, there lie sort
of airy uucOncern about those who
take boGrders, in regard to all matters
not absolutely down in the bond"
which is highly exAsperatipg: and
considering all things, the wonder is
not that 30 many fail in this calling,
but that any succeed. Were il not
that there is always an abundant
supply OF homeless people in the
world, landlsdies who trouble them
selves only about what is barely nee
esssry, and do even that in an inefi-
Gent way, would oftener find that ''It
doesn't pay to take boardere,"
How often for instance does any
one looking for board chance to fnG
a room that has a home leok about it?
Do not the apartments generally
shown look as if some one had just
died there, and everything had been
diSmantled in consequence? Not a
biz Of drapery to bed Ur windows, not
a bracket or table cover, not q cush-
ion or footstool. The four walls are
there-often with an ugly paper on
them-With the othodox bedstead
and bureau and chairs, possibly a
hard lounge. but probably none at all.
What possibilities OF cheerfulnes are
there in such a room, ii the occupants
have no furniture OF their own with
which to brighten it?
"But We can't a6ord TO ornament
rooms, ssy the struggling landlsdies;
''it wouldn't pay. We can scarcely |
make both ends meet as it is."
This is just where they make q mis-
lake, because it a0Ould pay. 1t would
pay to drape the windows with cheap
but tasteful curtains--those of white
muslin, cretonne uDbleached muslin,
canton flannel, or loW-priced worsted
tufts being particularly seIvicesble
or Winter-to drape the mantle with
be came, and &c have q table cover
hat matches or harmonizes. A
OUNCE iLnprovieed from q packing.
'ox, with springs and a small husk
mattress over them, could be covered
o suit the drape!ies. A few touches
f this kind would completely trans
Orm bare, ugly room into something
Omelike, and the small outlay re-
uired would certainly, be returned
snfCld.
A lady who desires to receive into
er family one additional inmate, ss
means of increasing her income,
ill find no difficulty. if she reside in
ne city, ia obtaining desirable lady
: gentleman boarder willing to pay
berally for home comforts. Many
lcE people detest boardine-houses,
I'D would willingly dispense With q
'eSt variety ct the table for the sake
having what ia put upon it made
vitiHg. Even 90 simple thing as
Ie popular breakfast dish OF oatmeal :
seldom cooked so as to be Gt to est. {
ten placed upon the table half raw,
cause so few cooks seem to under ]
and the immense amount of moder- {
boiling or simmeriDg that it re-
Tres, it quite deserves the name OF
'hicken feed" fscetiously bestowed n
'on it. It can be made, though, q L
~ delicate and nourishing disb-
airing in mind the fact that cream
good rich milk is its natural con.
ner.
1t is not necessary, however, to 90
o the details of breakfast, dinner, =
d tes dishes, passing allusion to
} causes OF failure on the part of
ZEE who attempt to take boarders Y
DR sufficient for eur purpose. The
eEtion can easily be proved from
Is that more people are looking
itlessly for home-like quarters to
q there are people having such
'rters oder. Il follows, therefore,
t any one who will furnish sone-
1g more attractive than is usually
red will have no reason to COM
ia OF want of succees.-Harper's
ydziHe.