The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-13

ones own family circle. Now. l know one
man and his wife who simply quarreled all
The time when they kept house; they didn't
stop before me because / was such an in
innate friend. but now that they are board
ing they're the life Of the house, and If
they wrangle l never hear of 1t. l think
they had too much of each others society.
and by having more of other peoples they
get along together with less friction"
Are they one of the charming couples
you were speaking OFF, drily inquired the
man Of the house.
We'll. at least. they're far more charm
ing as boarders than they were before"
laughed the girl in the shirtwaist. But
to go back TO the entertaining question.
One dear lady over at my house broke
up housekeeping because her own and her
husbands relatives and friends from the
town where they used to live visited them
50 often and stayed so long that it was
destroying her health and the husbands
pocketbook TO provide for them. Just as
a matter of economy they had TO escape
from their guests. Funny. isn't it. that
your friends hesitate to accept an invita-
ton to dine with you in your boarding
house because 1t costs extra. and when
you're keeping house will stay with you
a week or a month and think nothing
Of it,
But you, now" said the neighbor from
across the street, II should think you'd
prefer to board in some private family
rather than in a boarding house where,
even if there are some delightful people.
there are others who are not"
Doesn't the Bible say something about
setting the solitary in families?" inquired
me man of the house.
1.-THE Bible must have meant old bache-
lors such as you were before you met
this lovely lady of the house." replied
the girl in the pink waist. For me. L
beg to be excused from being set in other
peoples families. I've tried ii two or
three times. There's always a cOnstraint.
You're not a member of the family really,
and don't want 10 be. and generally you're
made TO feel that they don't want you 10
be. Or, if they are perfectly free in your
presence, and talk about their own affairs
and have their little tifs, that makes you
uncomfortable. And they're sure to think
it's such a privilege your being In their
house when you know perfectly we'll you're
paying full price for your privilege. One
place they were not willing to have me
receive my occasional callers in the par
| lOr, ana IN dIOl0eT pace, Oul VI pulS hiHN
ness of heart, they wanted me to come
down to the parlor with the family every
evening when 1 much preferred my room.
oh. this question of living's a problem
any way you look at IL. Just now the
thing that's worrying me is that I'm sure
the chambermaid uses my toilet things,
combs. brushes and powder. and so on.
when she dresses in the afternoon when
I'm down town"
How shocking exclaimed the lady OF
the house. Didn't l tell you that a board
ing house was a device of the enemy?'
"Oh, replied the girl with the shirt
waist, that sort of thing is not confined
TO boarding houses. BY the way, / have
been meaning to ask you why you gave
your cook that pink dimity. or did she
buy one like IL? / met her on Sunday even
ing wearing that gown or it's mate"
Black Liza wearing my pretty dimity,
Good gracious! OF course, / didn't give
IL to her: she just borrowed it when |
wasn't looking. And she such a model
cook. too, and / don't know where TO get
another If 1 let her 60"
Then the lady of the house. the woman
from next door and the neighbor from
across the street began discussing the serv-
ant question with animation, leaving the
boarding house problem still unsettled.