St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-07-31
HOW TEACHERS LIVE,
Pretty Pedagogues Put Their
Heads Together in Vaca-
ton
And Devise Plans Whereby
They Swell Their Bank
Accounts.
Pleasant Housekeeping on
the Female Cooperative
Plan.
Cute Schoolmarms Who Live
Well and Still Have
Money.

Only month before the busy peda-
gOgues will return to train the apostolic
children in the ways of wisdom, which,
contrary to the psalmst, aren't always
pleasantness or fiowery paths of peace.
The teachers will come from sea shore
and mountain. Railroad rates have
been so low it has been cheaper for the
weary trainer of youth to spend her
precious summer months in travelling
than at a bearning house, and certainly
better for the tired nerves and mind
made motiOnlesS by monotony. And
how shall they retain the freshness
/ and husband it during the next nine
months, which will end in the great
every atom aud more. too. Board
ing houses never have been noted as
cOnservers of the boarder's peace and
patience. The steak is a potent re-
minder of the burning English martyr
dom. Bridgets appearance makes one
wish she had remained in the Emerald
Isle, and the Conservatives gain our ap-
proval for refusing home rule-this is
OuCll q pdlcul uliSi UlC. ilC COuCc
never saw Java. and one gets as much
out of patience with geography as the
young American under charge.
But the majority of school teachers
think the boarding house one of the
Necessary evils of existence. Perhaps
once in their lives they have
Found Good One,
and the simple memory of that one
noCic mari0Qn 6QCQrt n
bad ones is like rock in a weary land,
| for we are all looking for return of the
| blessing we once had. Shakespeare
| never repeats; neither does nature. As
| in love and relig ion, so in boarding
| houses, we never have two experiences
alike.
But there is way out of the diff
Guilty. know of FIVE young women
who propose to give those bug bears the
| cold shoulder, and III let you into the
secret provided that if they fail you
won't say II told you So" Failures a
| part of the infinite plan, but these young
| ladies' are level headed anu L prOphesy
| success to the undertaking. Of course
| they are going to keep house, not in a
| few rooms with chocolate and rolls for
| breakfast, bunch of crackers and fruit
and a dinner ut some cheap restaurant,
but real genuine house and home keep
ing. One is d teacher in the high school
and two have work in Minneapolis.
The last fact necessitates living in the
midway district. so they have arranged
to rent a home already furnished from a
friend who wishes to spend the winter
in the South. 1t is ten-room house,
heated by furnace. The size was
necessary, as each girl wanted to keep
the others for her friends and she knew it
was impossible in rOoming together. If
you want two people to be sworn enc
mics just get them to room together for
a few months. They will find out the
petty meanneSseS we all have.
Being Spinster
I'd like to make this remark aside. 1
dOu't see how men and women endure
each other after the honeymoon. They
must eventually find that it is made of
green cheese.
The housekeeping has been assigned
| to Que. She is to have entire charge of
servant work and servants because too
many cooks are sure to pepper the broth
| too much. As the lady who owns the
house has the utmost confidence i'll the
| young women, one being a relative, she
| has rented the linen and silver as we'll
| so that on her return she won't find
| yellowed damask Or blaekened silver.
The marketing will be done by the
| three young women in turn after the
| lady OF the house has made out her list,
/ but the servant is so competent it is eX-
pected that most of the shopping will
| he left to her.
One of the young ladies lives in Him
OILS, and another lives on Minnesota
| farm, SO they are preserving and can
| ming every berry OH the farm. and don't
| propose to endure dried-apple pie and
| gelatine Jelly tinted with fruit juice.
Butter and eggs will be sent from the
farm. They expect to buy potatoes,
| coal, ETC., in large quantities.
There will be only two meals day
during the week, as they are all women
| of business, and lunches can easily be
coutrived out of the remnants.
And one of the strong points in favor
| of the plan is the ease with which they
can entertain company at meals or i'll
| the evening and not feel though as hold
| ing a public reception. There is a
piano. one of the girls plays the guitar,
and they have many musical friends
who will be glad to find nest where
| they can MARBLE. They expect to have
quiet parties and dances and
Forget Every Night
That they are pedagOgueS, anything
but gay butterflies. A pretty evening
| mouse uICSo 10 OOiAS PAo'h>A 80 SsSh
| wardrobe, and the allurements will be
| such that I dare prophecy the same
| ouartette will not be able to keep house
| together another year.
The expense is certainly an item not
to be overlooked. OF course it cannot
now be determined, and there is one
| girl in the party whose leading fault is
| that if she had million dollars she
| would be sure to spend two Million
However. good city board would cost
| them s25 a month. and that would make
| 500 month for the four. They feel
! quite confident of getting along for less
| than that. The house has been OBJ
| tanned for $50 month 1t takes about
| seven tons of coal to run it, and this
will be bought~when it is low. They
| will probably pay the servant s. week.
| Then there will be left $50 for running
| expenses, which is surely good mar
/ gin.
| Doubtless they will make mistakes
| and bankrupt the treasury in its early
| days. Experience is good teacher,
| but the school fees are heavy" said
| Jean Paul. But these young women
are quick students. and have a balance
| wheel of common sense. knew five
| school teachers to carry out the plan
| successfully in a smaller town, and as
| these expect to get the same servant.
who was a jewel as queen of the Gull
| nary department, think they won't fail.
| ANYWAY it is worth the trial, if only for
| the fun and experience.