The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-07-10
The Difficulty Of Pleasing the Average Nouaa
and Undesirable Phases Of Country
House Life.

pendent woman. So she travels for hours
on hot day over a dusty road only to find
that advertisements do not always picture
things as they are and that the country
home so BEAUTIFULLY described doesn't COM
pare for GOODNESS with her own house IN
the city. Then she goes cayorting around
trying to find a resting place where there
Is country air. Thank goodness, You can
have plenty OF that without being charged
extra for every mouthful. plenty of grass.
mountains at the back of II, water not very
far from II. fresh butter and vegetables,
milk from a COW and not from a tin can.
and chickens that were not witnesses of the
late 6. Washington's will,
It is almost unnecessary to say that this
place Is never found. but every blessed
woman among us looks for it every sum-
sner, sheds bitter tears over the unrelabi
ity Of printed descriptions and then trots
off TO the best place that she can get and
tries TO be happy. IL there is anybody in
the world who knows a rather lonely and
somewhat Torn place where they know how
10 make corn bread. serve chickens fried
in gravy after the Maryland fashion make
a good cup of coffee and where permission
Is accorded one TO dress as one pleases 10
read when one pleases and not 10 get too
intimate with the family uni.s>
desires. let her or him write 10 me. | don't
pretend TO say there are not such places
only say that somehow or other we don't
seem TO find them. and yet We don't de-
mand much.
The average country boarding house
keeper takes dislike 10 the woman from
che city who has come to rest. She objects
dcrcely to your wearing a cloth skirt a
shirt waist, lying IN hammock and read
ing. She thinks II is your duty IA a Chris
tian 10 bring along ali your bes, frocks. 70
show them 10 her. TO tell her how much
they cost and who made them. and then
when the usual fair Is given she prefers
that you should dress az If YOU were going
10 the opera, for then her special chum can
whisper TO her: "Oh, l say. Marthy. asn't
them city women wicked showing their
necks tina; way and their arms ali hare.
| call II perfectly indecent. And before
the minister. too'' Ard the lady who en-
tertains a few guests for a consideration
sayS in response: well, Well Whom
yoI have seen as much az the world az
haye-I once stayed nearly swo week. in
New York City--you will know thai az bad
as these women look they might he worse"
And you hear this doubtful praise. Put
when party 80 to a farmhouse and lie
around on the grass and in harurnocks and
read and play with the chickens and find
out exactly how much intelligence a turkey
has land IL you devoted "A month 20 study
ing a turkey. as I onc- did you would
know that he has lot more sense than
men. ! Will tell you why some day. BUT
thas will be another story and don't wear
fancy clothes and are not overanxi0uz 20
confsde their family affairs 10 the lady who,
Just 10 bes polite. has taken them IN In more
senses than one-wetl. for such an indie
pendent crowd as this there is but little in
serest. and tAey are counted mighty queer
By the bye. how was Il ever started. I
done mean summer boarding house I
mean All .dea- " hoeger started the idea
that the summer girl was cheap. She - q