Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-11-24

ppecalCnrreBpondence OF Gazette and journal
New YORK, Nov. Isl am not an
association to tell women how TO earn
their own living, nor am | one TO give
them encouragement At the same
time, have keen feeling that am
an authority on some subjects, one of
which is boarding houses. 1t came
about in this way. When | got her
card l looked at it, and said 10 that
person, for whom have the utmost re
npect, myself, "she Is a lady" Then,
when | looked at her, and saw how
carefully her gown was arranged, to
hide its shabbiness, how neatly her
gloves were mended, | added, in this
speech, to myself: "She is poor lady"
And then my heart gave great thump,
and thought to myself, and | thought
it with tirmness that would have
been creditable to larger person: AT
can hel p her, l will" Then listened.
THIS LADY GOT SOUND ADVICE.
She wanted to start boarding-hous
he had the house and the furniture, and
ahe wanted to know if could give her
any suggestions as to how to make
money. Unlike the angels, rushed in
and told her what | thought. Said [:
"Begin by thinking that the people who
board with YOU are human beings and
not merely boarders, Begin bv asking
high price and then giving people the
worth of their money. Train your ser.
wants to obey your orders as implicitly
as if you were ward politician and If
one Of them says she doesn't care to
dust Mrs. Dash's books, don't discuss
the matter with her. but tell her YOU
don't care to pay her wages any longer
and she can depart. The cry of the
clearinghouse keeper is that there arc
no good servants to be gotten. This is
not true. 1t is merely question of nav
ing for them and looking out for their
references. Of course. if Won take in the
scum of the intelligence office. YOU may
expect bad service. dishonesty an
drunkenness, and YOU will not be disap.
pointed. Then give YOUR boarders
what you promise them. If your con
tract calls for q warm room and
good table, see that that is fur
nished, and don't believe that
sitting in the parlor and looking hand
some YOU are going TO make yonr house
success. There Is nothing unladylike
in going into ones kitchen, and why
the average boarding-house keepcr
should think there is passes nv
comprehension. Go into your kitchen
and superintend your own cooking.
make your own desserts and then YOU
will get an idea where your money
goes. Servants are not apt to be dis
honest when they realize that n mistress
is liable to drop in at any minute, Dis
charge the first servant that Genes to
you with gossip.
AS long as people behave quietly, pay
their bills and treat you properly, their
private atlalrs don't concern you. You
nave hired your servants TO work, not to
entertain you or the boarders. cannot
understand why, but as soon as woman
IN boarding house tries to make her
room look little home-like, the dust
accur'nlates at the rate OF an inch a day.
IN my own personal experience | have
peen told that 1t is the fire, or the dust
from the windows. l now know it to
be due entirely to the laziness Of ser.
wants, for IN an equally busy ncighbor-
mood, with greater number of belong
lngs, the dust docs not grow, as it is
ruthlessly disturbed by feather brush
every morning, Servants are very
much ike chlldren-they do well as
long as they know somebody is looking
at them, but the minute they are left to
their own devices they shirk. BE the
head of your own establishment, and
let eVery servant distinctly understand
ii ,d; re. soti,s vi stty M IS hiatter o.
nnad Al T., w. you, ioi .liole atc ulways
so i. usn IN '.ie servant MARKET ana lhe
o"i' w o"'0h 'iieiii Is Vle aoliar'
LIVE AND LET LIVE.
snow, am going to say something tc
you about your table. OF course, | AN
presupposing that you are taking board
ers. 1t may seem little more expen
sive at first to have everything of the
best, but it pays in the end, for youi
people do not drift away, and more are
DESTROYS of coming to you. 1t is Just a.
easy to make good as it is bad coffee
and quite as easy to offer variety, in
stead of alternating with roast beef and
turkey all the week. 1t only requires {
little thought about this, and a LITTLE
thought about something else, for yor
not only to make a success, but to make
money. Most women have an idea tina
the way to keep a boarding house is frs
to get house, then to fill il with people
more or less unhappy, and then, by
series of nagging and bad food, to &c
them to that extreme of unhappines.
when nothing makes any difference
This is a sort of boomerang policy
Some day the
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