The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-12-25
GRASPING LANDLADIES.
WHOSE GREED DEPRTTEs THEIR
LODGERS OF Il RECEPTION ROOM
The Lnck OF Privacy md Reposs Thus
Causcd-Their Cnniiina Excuse OF In
creased House Rent Is Usually False.

creased House Rent L. Usually False.
A good deal Of sympathy has boen expressed
from timo to time for boarding house and
lodging house Keepers. and perhaps In some
cases 1t Is not thrown away. From strictly
practical standpoint. however. Judging OF this
business as compared with others. and par
ticularly as 1t Ia carried on iu this city, IL
would be impossible to namo another where
less effort Is put forth to cater to tho comfort
md foibles Of patrons: and this seems to 10
especially the case when woman represents.
the management Millncrs. drcssmaE---
saleswoncn. dealers IN any commodity. not to
speak OF men and women In the Professions
clergymen. doctors. lawyers-must needs cx-
ercise unbouaded PATIENCE. maintain tho ut-
most politcness OF dcmennor. and devise rrao-
tical measures 10 benefit customer. parish,
ioner. patient. client. are thcy at al ambitious
o; success In thoir respective calling,
Such methods. however arc by no means
deemed necessary il tho boarding house husl-
ness. Men md women are no moro cNac;in9
or fussy" with their landady tlnn thcy arc
with their tailor or dressmakc-. but the out-
come is very different. With the former, just
let an inmato VI her house advance SUCCESS
lions ms to individual preference differing
from the lundlady's views and he will find
himself Mt once afoul iixdty OF rule like
unto that o. tho Melos anu r.r-iina
One particularly annoying piece OF Injustice
as associated with the modern lodging house.
or ." furnished room house. as it is called.
which has in somo casos extended to the
boarding house. is the doing away With the
reception or waitin. room. An increasingly
large number Of men and women nnd II moro
convenient to hire q room only. and then
secure their meals wherever or whenever
they please. than to engage both board and
room in the same house. hence lodging houses
have been multiplied in tho last few years.
At ono time only mon elected TO live In this
way; now at least onc-half the number of CO.
curants Of furnished room houses are women;
and. OF course. 1t Is women who axe tho great
ost sufferers from the lack Of reception room.
limo was when it was considered n grave
breach Of etiquette on the Part OF Il woman
particularly young woman-to allow n gen.
tleman to be sent to her private apartment:
now. however under these circums nnces.
there Is no alternative.
To make matters worse In thosc houses IL
is no longer considered part OF the door OPEN
er's duties to announce q caller or 70 do other
than direct him or her to tie room occupied
by the one sought Men. rs COMPARED with
women. do little entertaining In their bed
rooms. the conventionnitics not debarring
them from appointing a moro public rendcz.
vous in which to meet friends. 4 woman. OF
home in thousands Of cases means ono
horrid room. which. under such circum stances
rs have been described. must do duty for q
pnrlor MS well as for II bedroom.
.. Next TO benz ohligcn IT, receive not only
coed In reaching hor room door on" OF the
most trying experiences to woman is the
dress pa ade. Ths woman. dw"!er in a fur-
nishea roam hp nn s knoM the Tx
ting her boots lie where they were dr"l ped in
exchange for comfortable slippers. or ol slip
up upon the sofa for brief nap or Z. bit u
reading: tor invariably such n procedure
Who s 81 Mou Ier ISL OF a h 1s
her room deshnbHG to TAP at the door II
Is quite impossible. no matter how careful or
eXpei fences in Il house IN nus waiting room
and where there is no Go.tetween callers and
II this state OF thing. applied only to the
cheapest grade OF house. where the prices
setting asiic Of common receipt on room.
there would be nothing to say; but it is
sho"sh ii each tho 10 SAL nSc @
We cannot afford to keep a Earlor. rents are
30 much higher than they used to be.', In re-
said that it has no foundation in fact. Take.
Tor nstancs. TIE area bounded E by Thirty;
Ing and ioasinv houses. ,Ace"rdinr t" title the
has been gradual falling Off in the rents OF
private dwellings, in that locality during the
families IN ni t':wH which has tGr"w1 " Isrss
numner OF hweilinEs on the market TO be
rented IN oors is "res ,n
case. especially when the building is altered
TO suit ths parties a higher rent is ,.s,nanded.
As far rs can be discovered. however. no
reduction o. furnished room rents has ever
than ever before is realized from Ibis source.
due to the utilizing OF every inch II space to
days Of many OF these houses did duty ns store
rooms. dark closets. or strva nts rooms. situ-
,eH on ro ,nS ION h or d tween
are tlttot with skyiiChts aud rented :or bod
rooms Mt worry respectable figures. In n large
which comprises two large iour-st""y dwell
ings; there are three skYlsht room IN each
ICONS. &entiaion ~ for ' e.. is od,"eG.
sG,?afa wh H2F 'fsrisa ,s ,ny %"l;i
hall remaining None OF, the ekyIi.hts
IN TIE td rosns en- M.a lie 20, %ns UT s" %nm
bring from s. TO ST. rrr week ana ioubis
rooms from Sl3 to So VITA tvs ID rarn From
house. Yet the only pa, lor 1T tlrir d",Gosn i,
an eight 10y twelve foot ronn...nr"lwh'y used
the sid; Of the back IMrlor and without light
other than that furnished by gas. in add:
,i s Il" uolrs nTH 70 a. r = " n"G s
Now: did this boarding house a"co amnd"te
hut half the Present nNmbrf - crri ans hC
the same rates. which nre excellent. "onsi'ler-
ing the iocati m its mistress could r'"u then
w"li ai!ota to reserve either II 'front.' '"'4i"' or
lack pnrlor.
Another feature in favor or til" ,",lein house
keeper in 'he quarter ;, "rifrd i 'n"t very
little los rosult, rom IA ya"ainG -, rooms
in the suG.. Iucr S"aSbn. 81 tHr the larger mum.
Der ~ occupants ~" rn.-L.rd IN mess ~
ono kind ~ another which rl!or'" X, -" them
in town durin. the greater part "i ''i' Hii!l-
mer. ana daring the short Vacation mes allow
them err. their rooms HrH n"t = son w.
Then the odtlay in this husinr-: '"r '"uo'lio
hcp l. ;liGu., for as II rule li''l" tn. or r!.e
pre expended uIor rented r'"r.s, '""rphk
them ono. II week IN som" h1a,"' ~ na no
n fortnight and making tho h" rh.n N.N'LLs
it: such "A hing ns 1! =! lily ,lu-tirS an hrEhn-
ing NJ Of rooms. hail.. nm -'H'' n'.' p."'i,,
caliy unknown in u fIrd's','l i'in 't,F' III
fact thrrxr"nsrs in 'urrr| T.. h,H ~ I'M, tm,s
husjDr.. indiruiu about tn" ~ ~ t"," 81. co'o-
mare! " IA ihuIr II"t'rsitin' ~ i'''P " no'.
The de>ir, H. 'uaH" innpry J., 81 r"Iir ,sin er.
fec,Iy l.ritirua'r hIt m fniGh'ie BUSINESS
circles IT, n"rr,-.,ty Of yl't1i9s = ~" Wp go
ia rncn ,mi2nl "a. "A furlamrn't law. ana why
~ a., ~, H., -Irl,s, ~, MD lpeSanit from
Xxx Inv +. u,t rlcar II i only VT IN year
or 60 HAT tho .r % do irwin. their i"'i:eTs -
" ei,;n. ~ ON lls r'"en prar;, 81 tnn1y great