The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-02-20
LADIES WHO BOARD.
A Landiady Tells Why They Arc uh"''
sirable M Lodgers-Not Businessiike.


"Wha. Is the matter that women wnc
have no home find It so dimcuit 20 OBTAIN
what passes for one even by paying Tor itT
What advantage has a man over woman
as roomer or boarders | am beginning 10
find the burden Of my womans estate 100
heavy to bear. have hitherto considereu
it very ENJOYABLE and honorable, but the
experience of the last th,ee days has made
me willing to change places Win the veri'
est wretch that ever wore trousers. Now,
will You, ont OF your own experience ana
observation, solve this mystery, Tor you
do not seem like one TO hold an unauthor
lied opinion'"
"Of course" replied the lady, There
are boarlers and boarders just as there
are landladies and landladies. For my
part like ladies' in the house. Every
house is pleasanter and should De the oet-
ter for their presence. But tie iact re'
mains that they are more trouole thaii
nen. When they are in their rooms All
day, where they have right to be- they
are generally wanting something not IN
the bond. They-I am talking now OF
the careless, selfish, or simply inconsid-
crate ones--insist upon extra service; they
will ring for the girl 10 come mp three
fights Of stairs to put lump OF coal on
the CRATE, to open window or shut 1t, or
to find their nigEtdress. They ii 60 into
the bathroom, even those who have no
need TO economize, and wash out all sorts
Of things, laces and handkerchiefs and
stockings; this in time fills up the waste
pIpe with shreds and rawlings and the
Il thoroOf Il rlunl bar's hill They
will either ring for flatiron or else they
viii come down into the Kitchen Win
their trailing skirts and attend 10 the
pressing out Of their gowns there. They
will bother the girl, want little more
lire and an ironing board, little starch
and Il holder, and it will frequently end
by the girl Offering to do the work for
them Just to get them out OF the way
They want little thread, or darning
needle, or teaspoon, or some mustard,
or table salt, or capphor Ii seems To me
there's nothing from a pin to porous
plaster that have not been asked for by
my lady dodgers
They want frequent changes made in
the arrangements OF their room. The bed
doesn't stand the right way, the curtains
rocking Chair is too high or too low They
lose their pass keys and burn the gas to
heat curling irons and pipe stems where
with TO curl their hair They receive
calls, properly enough, but they forget
that it requires the time u the servant 10
answer the bells for these callers And rs
women spend money less freely than men
they do not consider that extra service
should receive extra pay. II the truth
must be told, find il much easier ana
more pleasant 10 transact business-irom
small matters to greater ones-wlth man
than with woman Women arc not
businesslike ana they will pay so for n
bonnet willingly and hagglc over wash
bill Again. in house full OF lady dodgers
or boarders there are occasional strifes
and envyngs, Jealouses and gossipnSs
not pleasant. These are few o; the rea-
sons why women ARE considered undesir-
able as dodgers and boarders. "-Carlotta
Perry in Chicago Tribune.