St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-05-25
MUST SHARE WITH THE FAMILY.

MUST SHARE WITH THE FAMILY.
equilibrium might be maintained. We
were to be made comfortable by the adj
ditiOn of a few chrOmOS and Goddess
the-baby notices. The next morning
we moved in, trusting to Providence
that the Improvements would be made.
Shortly after getting there a sour-viS-
aged female intruded and Informed us
that she was the proprietress of the
place and the daughter of the lady who
conducted the negotiations. She was
pleased to have us and taffied us ad
nauseam, but she did not think it pos
sible to replace the shades. | decided
to waive the point and buy them my
self.
"Then she said she did not think it
wise to put in any new window glass;
the persons last occupying the apart
mentS found the fresh air very benef-
cial; nor could she change the mattress,
nor give lis more chairs. In addition to
this she Informed me that the bathtub
was out of order. and if | wanted to use
it could pay for the work of repairing.
/ got out early next morning, and my
wife was two weeks getting rid of the
insects which accompanied our trunks
away from the house"
the following letter which he accused
his landlady, at the time his advertise
ment was inserted, of writing: 80 you
want a second-stOry front, do you? Why
don't you build house yourself? You
want spring bed and hair mattress at
moderate price. Why don't you fur
nish your own room? But, more than
all. you want to get away without pay
ing your bills"
But the woman who has to rent
house or obtain lodgings is the one who
needs Gods protection. Not knowing.
III the words of the Bible, that all men
are liars. she will probably be lured into
inspecting One-half the uninhabitable
places in st. Paul. She starts out on
her tour of inspection expecting soon to
find one of those cheap and desirable
places suitable in every respect. From
house to house and from street to street
she may tramp, if she has list long
enough. But everywhere it is the same
old thing-hOuSe dilapidated, furniture
worn out, plumbing deadly, exorbitant
rates. and a thousand other objections.
But each owner urges some particular
fascination attending the house, either
the locality, the last tenant, or the air,
but the air being free does not get much
praise; it is only those things for which
exorbitant prices can be charged that are
lauded. The poor woman travels hither
and thither over the city, and at last
settles down in some miserable tene-
ment where she drags out few weeks
of misery, and then tries a change
again.
There are many incidents ridiculous
and amusing in character that happen
during these epidemics of house-hunt-
ing. Sometimes gentleman finds that
he is to occupy the premises in conjunc-
ton with another family; sometimes
his room even is to be invaded by
member of the family; often the bath
room is a myth and light a phantom in
the shape of tWO-fOot burner. But
there is no redress but another move,
and that is but another torture.
There is little bit of another side to
the story. The people who move are
generally the most contumacous and
dissatisfied people in the world. lnor-
dinate in their demands. they exact
more than can be Notwithstanding
ing by nature and kickers by instinct,
they would not have been pleased by
residence in the Tuilleries in the most
f1ourishiDg days of that magnificent
pile.