Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-03-17
LADIES WHO BOARD.
A Landlady Tells Why They Are Unde-
xirable as Lodgers-Not Businesslike.

A Landiady Tells Why They Are Unde-
xirable Lodgers-Not Businesslike.
What is the matter that women wig
have no home find it so difficult To obtain
what passes for one even by paying for it,
What advantage has a man over a woman
as roomer or boarderi am beginning To
find the burden OF my woman's estate too
heavy TO bear. have hitherto considered
it very enjoyable and honorable, but the
experience of the last three days has made
me willing TO change places with the veri-
est wretch that ever wore trousers. Now,
will you, out Of your own experience and
observation, solve this mystery, for you
do not seem like one to hold an unauthor-
lied opiniont'
.'Of course" replied the lady, ''there
are boarders and boarders just as there
are landladies and landladies. For my
part like ladies in the house. Every
house is pleasanter and should be the bet
ter for their presence. But the fact re-
mains that they are more trouble than
men. 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
will ring for the girl 10 come up three
flights Of stairs TO put lump Of coal on
the CRATE, to open a window or shut it, or
to find their nightdress. They'll so into
the bathroom, even those who have no
need to econOmize, and wash out all sorts
of things, laces and handkerchief5 and
stockings; this in time fills up the waste
pipe with shreds and ravelings, and the
end thereof is plumbers bill They
will either ring for fiatirou or else they
vii! come down into the kitchen with
their trailing skirts and attend to the
pressing out Of their gowns there. They
will bo:her the girl, want little more
fire and an ironing board, n little starch
and holder, and il 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 darnipg
needle, or q teaspoon. or some mustard,
or table salt, or camphOr. 1t seems TO me
there's nothing from a pin to a 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, tbecLrtains
are too thin or too thick, the back of the
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 Of the servant TO
answer the bells for hese callers. And as
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 it much easier and
more pleasant to transact business-from
small matters to greater ones-with man
than with a woman. Women are not
ousiuesslike, and they will pay $50 for a
bonnet willingly and haggie over Il wash
bill. Again, in house full Of lady lodgers
or boarders there are occasional st-.Ies
and envyings, jealousies and eossipings
not pleasant. These are few OF the rea-
SONS why women are considered updesir-
able as dodgers and boarders. ."-Cariotta
Perry in Chicago Tribane.