Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-11-11
WOMEN AS BOARDERS.
HOW THEY BOTHER THE POOR
LANDLADIEs.
The Reason Men Are Preferred at Board
ing Houses-Ons Sufferer Goes so Far
AS TO Condemn Her Sex as One of
"NnisaDces"-soms Types.


twenty advertisements specifying
that gentlemen only" need apply.
This aroused my curiosity, and
started out to learn why my sex is In
such disfavor. The bell at Ihe first
place visited was answered by a
sharp-iaced, curt-tongued woman.
I'VE don't take ladies' she said,
and was about to close the door.
IL know that" / replied; "but /
want to sec the mistress Of this
house." insisted
Finally the woman let me in. /
was evidently an object Of suspicion.
After q few minutes OF waiting the
landlady came in. In reply TO my
question, why do you object 10
women as lodgers?" she answered:
Because, although am a woman
myself, ! must admit that women
generally are a source OF dissension
wherever they are. formerly took
women, but after a number OF trou-
bles, all caused by women. decided
to take nothing but men. Since then
! have had no trouble
"lhere is the woman who Is deter
mined 10 save a few cent? by doing as
much Of her own washing in her room
as she can. Although rho knows the
landlady objects she persists in wash
ing ont her handkerchiefs and stock
lngs. and regaling the neighbors with
this evidence OF her domestic econo-
my By hanging them before open
windows 10 dry Then she Il ALWAYS
running into the kitchen 10 borrow 4
hat-iron. or she wants a pitcher uf
hot water or ice water, or a cup OF
tea between times. la the morning
she never has paper OF her own, but
that Of any one else win do quite as
we'll Then she surreptitiously car
rics food away from the table. She
wants 20 know dozen times day
4 She hasn't any letters, while She Is
constantly sending the servants on
srrands. Altogether. she is a nui-
sRuce.
Then there + the woman who has
no object Ia life except 20 kill time.
She spends the greater part OF the
day 10 running from one room to an
other. and can carry tales with the
rapidity az a limited express How
often Mr.. Smith stays out after " az
night, how much Mrs Jones paid for
her last dress. and how careless Mrs.
Brown Is about her children. are all
subjects FOR her comments II there
happens 20 be q pretty woman IN the
house. no matter how retiring and
harmless. her character is literally
picked to pieces, Frequently such 4
woman has husband. IL he Is per.
fcctiy contented at first il does not
take long before his wife has him
completely unsettled.
Then there Is the iault-fnding
woman. All day long. and used to
think part Of the night. she hunts
for things 90 which she can object
There is something wrong with the
mattress. or the towels are not
changed frequently enough. With
the vigilance Of hawk she watches
the maid to see that her rooms are
properly busted. At table she is
chronic complaiuer The biscuits
are always heavy, the meat tough or
the coffee cold. Besides her other
Objectionable qualities. she Is usually
a great haggler over prices She Is
tho sort Of woman who will walk
miles in a broillng sun to get bar
gain.
Then thoro Is the flirting woman.
She at least has one advantage. As
all the other women hate her she has
no one with whom to gossip; but she
is usually sufficiently popular with
the men to console her. don't
know whether she is more objectiona-
bic before or after she has stopped
flirting. She generally stops when
she Is ''prospecting''-I mean after
she becomes engaged TO be married.
Then she and her lover usurp the
parlor. From until IL every even
ing she considers that her preroga-
tive, and regards any one as an i'm
truder who dafes to invade its sacred
precinct.
''lf you want TO learn why men are
preferred Go women you should see
the difference between the ways they
both hunt for rooms The man never
asks II the lunches are hot Neither
untS Ht hhuNlp tut Deu sNsplClOuslN
as II he expected TO find brick In Il.
Who ever heard of a man wanting TO
know the names OF the other oceu-
pants in the house and then excus-
ing himself by saying that he just
wanted TO know II he was acquainted
with any OF the peoplep'
"a man looks nc a room, asks the
price, and in one minute knows
whether he wants IL or not. About
the only request ho makes after hc
arrives is for a lateh-key, He goes
out In the morning and never ,comes
back until night, and is no trouble
whatever. He is good natured with
the servants and liberal in pay for
all he gets. When he leaves Il is
with q feeling of regret and not relief
that you bid him good-byn
My kindly and communicative land
lady stopped here. visit 60 several
other places OF the same description
her views