Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-01-17
BOARDING-HOUsE TROUBLES.
n the Boarders, You Know.
ssEEw PEOPLE REALIZE the troubles

The Lsndlady Has Some Of Them - Wen
n the Boarders, You Know.
ssEEw PEOPLE REALIZE the troubles
Il which harass the boarding house keeper
said Washington woman in that line Of BUSH
ness to Star reporter. ''she Is even abused
and made fun Of in the comic papers. Almost.
necessarily, she would not have undertaken
her occupation, were it not for the loss Of her
natural means Of support through the death Of
her husband or otherwise; 50 that she may be
said to have started in upon it with the expert
ence Of misfortune. From that time on she is q
sufferer. But the woes Of the boarder are
very popular topic while those ofthe boarding.
house keeper are not so in the least.
cone unfortunate experience have had was
with lady who was addicted to comatose hys-
terical fits. She would be attacked by them
pretty much anywhere. On some occasions
discovered her upon a landing of the staircase
unable to move, SO that she had to be carried
up to bed, and once she had found unexpected
repose in the gutter in front Of the house.
Such an affiction seemed very sad to me, and
sympathized repeatedly with hot bottles and all
sorts Of things until there occurred revelation.
1t was about 10 o'clock in the evening when
heard the widow of the gentleman who had
been the third floor back, at that time occupy
ing the fifth floor front, yell: oh, she's dead
Il ran up stairs as fast as could and found
at the top Of the first fight the lady who was
subject to fits extended as usual 1T full length.
"'Oh, she's dead = cried the widow
eyes, ma am, said the gentleman who occu-
pied the best hall bed room-he had Just APP
peared on the scene. She is--desd drunk
sit was, in fact: the case, though had never
drink. She always paid her board regularly.
HE WAS A PERFECT GENTLEMAN.
'That reminds me Of young gentleman
ha vvn iod he hoox
hall bed room while he stayed. He never paid
ME anything, but he Was very pleasing young
man, and am inclined to think that he meant
to. A good address will go long way with
boarder, and he was always ever 30 neat about
his apparel, though, judging from the tailors
bills that came here after his departure, 1 am
afraid he didn't pay for any Of it. He was en-
ployed in what be called the foreign ofice-I
believe that is the State Department-and used
to go everywhere in society. I'm sure that
some of the letters I used to find open upon
his dressing table were from the most exclu-
sive young ladies, of the finest families, and
couched in ever SO affectionate terms.
81 can't help feeling that fortune was against
hlm-he was always 30 neat about his collars
and neckties-and it must have been on that
account that he took too much to drink
occasionally. At all events he would be found
now and then asleep on the doorstep in the
morning, dressed in all his most beautiful
clothes. He was always SO graceful, even under
such circumstances. One night he never came
back at all, and found his empty trunk tightly
locked and nailed down to the floor; but some
day trust that he will come back and pay me
what he owes. He was such perfect gentle
man, you sec.
THE Willy CUBAN.
Il had particularly abominable experience
a good while ago. My best apartment was oc-
cupied by well-to-do Cuban and his wife, the
daughter Of a southern planter. They made
excuses for not paying me- and by degrees were
moved up to the third floor, then to the fourth
and finally to the fifth, their indebtedness
having become 30 considerable by that time that
could not very well afford to send them away
At length, one day, the police came to the
house in quest Of the man, and, dreadfully dis
tressed at such an occurrence, 1 sent the Off
GERS straight up to his room. On their way up-
stairs they met nobody but big washerwoman
carrying large basket Of soiled clothes with
checked apron spread over the top. Although
had seen the Cuban come in a short time be-
fore they found the bird flown. as they phrased
it. though the supposed wife was discovered
with her hat and coat on, ready to 60 out. They
recognized her at once as a notorious character,
though they had no criminal charge to bring
against her and were forced to let her 20. I
never learned that they captured the man, who
it seems was bank robber who had lust made
large haul in Baltimore. Subsequently the
fact was revealed that the washer woman on the
stairs was the robber himself, carrying away in
the clothes basket his spoil in cash together
with all his effects, that there WAS not left in
his room even so much an old pair Of shoes.
''Then there was the case Of another gentle
man who was somewhat Of a society man. He
came home one evening and found that his
dress suit was gone from his closet. On that
account he was unable to 60 to party to which
he had accepted an invitation, but he refrained
from making a row until he found ont that the
colored man who attends to the furnace had
worn the garments to a colored ball There
upon he had an express wagon take away his
trunks, saying that he had been damaged in
feelings to an amount greater than the board
he owed-it was considerable the fact that
his clothes had been worn by Niger
'The other day 1 agreed to accommodate
with board by the week a party Of refined
young gentlemen. Last Wednesday received
warning from two Of the servants on their
account. 1t seems that, although employed in
the Treasury Department. they have most
eccentric notions Of etiquette, to say the least.
They will playfully throw at one another-they
stipulated for private dining room pieces of
beefsteak and roast beef, so that they stick up
against the wall. and if they want hot buck
wheat cakes they will plunge fork through
stack of cool onej while they shout fo- more
and stick up them beneath the table. OF course
they have to be taken away after the meal
Really don't know what to do abouti.."