Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-08-14

urth th"y could Ct Gprl comfortable
'lunf" room with fire for so ur
@ IT'r week, hat then they would
L. obliged :" Iatrunin the elevated road,
every tame they went to their places Of hu,.
nr.s 90 into the central part of the ,.itv and
that " all dc,uur nil they would save by the
ni-fn'irn
IN'rNh--iy who has ever been inside Of IA New
'tA beading h'u-s, know, the dimensions.
Furnishings and d,lrfuln,~s of a hall room
u en'aln- n narrow i-I. "A >traig ht- la k,i
chair Wtih break IN some part Of It's anato-
n' not visible g. the casual eve. but perfectly
nl'l"u- o. the sitter thereon IA washsand
nnl a mind weakening chrome. II trunk is
aii',i D., the L~arior 1t l. nj the peril Of
jumping over Il twenty tune, Clav. and
breaking b.. lrs, 81 It a; lat remember a
,uurl IT theatrical hahcN who spent tn ir
honey n'-rn e three months IN the IDLE sea
-un. "a ball rpm They each hal a biz
trunk With IA Hat top. AMI on thc>.. trunks
thN ~''i their tahl'~ nud chairs. aud used the
ted f"t ~',a II was rather crowded ex
ist'n'". hut hcing Nuung. fond. foolish and
hnIUN AMI al.o u~,,i e. the horror, of "A ham
-i"tinlng lfr. th,N didn't seem To mini 1t
nu'h When they 1t tircl "f their prison
l.n th"y hung ont oi the window. head and
is-iy AMI 49, they laughed and chartered
AMI ndll,-l anu sung the summer away
am"ng their own belongings were violin
AMI guitar with which they woke the cchocs
AMI riga ed their fellow hoar,lcrs far too
Ia l.. 81,
"n their winter travels rXI ing To- return
AMI rrI@at the hall room exp cnce IN, fol
lowing summer and that !, alout n luxur-
i"tsy "a two thirds If the ~ta e people can
afford 90 live
po not imagin" that tho WON n who man
AZ l-arlng hou~,> here arr rcaping cnor
muus profits. such cases ARE few. Even with
their enormous charges the most Of them Just
grt through hnh No moro. Some do less than
that The muu'y all g,-s back into the hands
- he boue' Owner Ia pay rent. Houses rent
frum sl taJ 81 sion year. Taking this
uut - hrt r,,rpts the harlwnrking boarding
hrua' keeper hns hut triting margin left
after her other necessary expenses are paid
often she r. far more uncomfortable than the
m'~t imIovcri .hci boarler in her house She
AMI her family have actually no place to live.
Nhn must rent all the comfortable and avail
aldo runiu- IN her huu-s' in order to meet her
immrnsr expenses Shc has no room for her
self ~ her children. no place scarcely to keep
h"r tl,ih- She sleeps almost anywhere. in
whatever room happens a. h. vacant some
ini'- IN dark inner room ON the upper floor,
-,anetincs IN the basement. and sometimes on
lounge IN the parlor. She has no pcrma-
nent abiding placr ar continuing city. She
Is NJ homeless In feeling ~ the hun.ricst
rtr~t urchin Whose lurmitory is ito .
hlx
honrl une IL the most industrious and
succsv~ful 81 boarding huus ms;rcssss say:
II fe~'l Just ~ unsettled n II were tramp
! move frm rppm 10 room every day. |
have M place In my own house Ia keep
either INV saving machine or my small ward
rul,e
The whole system of boarding is an UNI
natural and uncomfortable relation, as pain
ful 10 the manager. often, n 10 the boarder.
! heard man once say. II have infinite com
Iassi'n fur bsar,eis, although | have never
l..n one Certainly any person doomed to
sts'nd his life Ia the position Of boar,ler is
creature on whom even demons must look
with pity.
Even Iarloix, IN the busy SEASON. which is
the winter. are wntcl in many Of the most
fashionable boarding houses The boarders
are thus left without place TO assemble ex-
cs.pt at table Such m have suitable rooms
must receive all their callers In their rooms;
such ~ have not are shut Off from the out
side worlds attentions ~ completely rs if
they were In some penal institution The
folding bed plays an important part in New
York life. II Is the institution which rubs
the Interpretations from sleeping cham
| irsr ami converts II into a respectable or
s.mi-r~peciable sitting room. Without it the
| fate - the feminine boardcr would bc more
melancholy than II Ii.
A houses are constructed in New York
earh me contains a complement Of dark
rs,ins--thnt h. rooms between the front and
bask rooms which have neither light nor air
save wha, they get from a window and
dor opening into a hall. These gloomy
caver,v, designed for storage, are converted
in,o sleeping Pens, and occupied. They are
runou- 10 health, iniquitous rs TO cyesight
and comfort; but those who inhabit them
must have shelter. AMI arc unable TO pay for
anything better. Many an overworked
woman cums~ from a long. hard days work
/ In store M other establishment and has
po place to either sit OF sleep but in one of
thcr arclr<-, airlc~s PLACES The only air she
gcts !. IN. stale air from the halls, and that
rs too often heavily freighted with tobacco
smoke and the oior from the kitchen. Truly
tho earth h made bitter in many ways for
the working women Of great city.
"a square room," rs It is called, which,
i-ing interpreted, means n room that Is
neither n windowle-s, fireless, dark room nor
. cofiin like hall room, is a luxury In New
/ yotk wboever can afford II has reason to
h. grateful. and generally holds rather an
cnvisd position among the boarders, while
the man or woman who can rent two rooms
/ 10 a star Among them.
/ GERTRUDE GARRISON.