The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-10-17
A1E THE coMroRrs or HOME
How Mrs. Lillian scoaeia's Loseers Faro n
Her Tender Care.

Police Captain Reilly has ordered Mrs.. Lillian
Sconeld to abandon ut once the dueor methods
Of lodging housekeeping that she Is practising
Mt 12u West Forty first street, which she runs
under the various aliases OF Mrs. Ainsworth
and Lady I.andsmere. The order followed tho
last 81 n series OF complaints made by Actress
Cortclyou Guion. whose wardrobe had been
seized by Mrs. Scoileld. Mrs. scofeld relin.
pushed the wardrobe. the police say. simply
through fear OF II cross-examination in court
as to her history and methods
Sergeant Sheldon listened the other night to
an interesting stony from n new complainant
against Mrs. Scofcd
Ny wife and myself" said the complainant.
hired IL suite Of rooms for n month and paid
So, down in a check. Mrs. Scolield was most
winninsly polite while the payment on tho
rent was hcing arranged She represented
herself as being atitlcd English woman who
had met revcrses uf fortune
'"On the third day found IL necessary to have
a night key. so that could yet into the house
after tho theatre without disturbing the other
tenants J was considerably surprised whom
that shS always received sS % cents deposit on
carrying Of night Keys by The tenants anyhow.
Home; shs saL. was tho place to be after Z, da q.
s she abo.sa f. gve 'r tenants all tho
Ny first ,cxperience Of the comforts Of this
particular home came when, Mnlockod tho
door uniockc.. readily bu; I couldn't push 1t
Iem more TIA shHn six Or seven nenesi Lazy
to"I out On the st"en long Wilt waiting for
anFsily sEaiast Ms aist%rsaaes' whs% We
.!tntly boon t,nncring with the meter or the
Gnn HxtMay: for TN gas wouldn't burn above abe
water Wouldn't run when We turaci the faucet.
1t had been shut OH in tho kitchen,
this sort NJ hins w s% ha Wol bMr
~ can't hcp IT, Lady Laayn';dsmere rctor.etl.
- She added something to tho effect that she
never paid attention to flimsy complaints. and
a little Investigation On our own account then.
and discovered that our titled English land
lady wa II realty the in who's" ns,
his lie. protested Indignantly against the i'm
position that had hecn Iraciised Upon vs.. MRS
That night we couldn't get any sleep. There
a seoI sSST
when Mrs: scoilelJ, was away: I had got ~
month out anyhow. ] moved the trunk be-
,py. RI knew from what | had already seen
thing else. don't think 1t ever fell to the lot
e ID amer Nhst IN
greatest difficulty in getting towels and soap,
things so hot that we couldn't standit.
She tried 1t on other luekloss now corners.
too. They gave up the battle and fled, leav ing
the months rent in Mrs. Scofield's hands.
Then she let the apartments over again. That.
We discovered. WAS Just the game that she
wished to play She always got the rent In
advance and believe that my wife and my
self were the only ones who had the endurance
to stay the month out.
Mrs. Scofleld was invariably and laborious-
" polite on the first night or two to. new
corners. There was a young Englishman
there. a clever chap. that she introduced as
young divinity student who was Just going
intothe ministry. There was another man that
she called the Dean She quarreled with the
divinity student and packed him out Of the
house for good. He used some language that
never heard divinity students employ before.
The idea that they were staying in the same
house with divinity student and a dean inn
pressed new Corners very favorably toward
Lady Landsmere until she began her Scofed
tricks On one occasion q new ledger objected
70 paying fifty cents for night key He said
it was an outrage to make any charge for o
Very we'll. I'll hold your trunk till You pay
it. Mrs. scofeld said very serenely. The en-
ragged tenant moved away next day. He too
had paid a months rent in advance. He paid
the KEY charge to get his trunk simply because
he didn't care for. the publicity that q suit
against Mrs. Scofeld would involve"