The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-10-18

The eccentricities Of some Of the peo-
pie who come to my apartments would
dll small volume. remarked a seaside
landlady to the present writer Their
whims and peculiarities are well-nigh
incredible, and at times / hardly know
how to restrain myself from laughter
when interviewing my potential pat
rons. Only the other day fashionabiy I
dressed woman of some forty summers /
refused to take my best room merely
because she did not like the mirror /
therein. she ayerred that it made her
look old and ugly, and accordingly !
suggested that another glass should be
substituted. She accompanied me
from room to room Inspecting the mir
rors. but eventually decided that not
one Of them was sufficiently hatterins
to suit her requirements. ! did not
care to point out that 1t was her race
and not the loohng-glass, which was
at fault. but such was the fact for the
glass would have been cunningly con-
triyed indeed that would have rendered
her features at all attractive Another
lady expressed herself delighted with
the apartments. but fatty refused TO
take them when she learned that there
we're some gentlemen dodgers in the
house. II seemed that she made It
rule to lodge IN establishments where
none but women were admitted, and
undoubtedly she was in search Of
nunnery and not a seaside lodging
house Such cases as this are rare,
for in most instances there Is a prede-
hction in favor OF male society ana
one lady last season abandoned the
idea Of coming to me when she was IN
formed that / had only one masculine
patron at the time stout military
individual who stayed four weeks at
my house insisted on pasting polltleai
tracts all over the walls Of his room'
and it needed strenuous efforts on my
part TO restrain him from following
similar tactics in the dining and draw
ing rooms. Seeing that he departed
without paying for his final week
lodging. I have since that time deVel-
lped a strong antipathy TO folks VINO
T display a tendency 10 violent political
bias. An old gentlemen who lodged
/ with me for several weeks had an eX-
: traordinary mania for purchasing
newspapers and periodicals. He would
often bring in quite a dozen daily
e though am sure tnat he never read
q third of the same. When he quilted
Il the house I counted no fewer than ~
: journals scattered in different parts o
y his room, many Of which had obvious
n lv never been opened The Queeres
Il lodger ever had was dark youni
.s man. who occupied a room on the sec
N ond floor for three months. Through
r.. ont the whole Of his stay he neVe
y opened his mouth on any one occasion
I. and whatever requests he had TO pu
Of forward were made in writing Whe
n he was leaving he said, "Good-da,
Mrs. -." and that was the first tim
that / heard the sound Of his voic'
y Strangely enough he wrote TO me aft
Il erward. apologizing for his extraord
a nary silence, Dul dhnlhhihb Ho iN"''
= therefor. Many years ago, when ha
I a house close to the beach, one Of NJ
IA dodgers would rise each morning at
II o'clock and. arming himself with
~ huge pail. would sally down 10 the 81
ne and bring back water for his bat
~ He would repeat the process some do
~ en- times until the receptacle was fu
=. though why he did not battle in q
" ocean itself could never discover "
N, Detroit Free Press.