The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-11-03

plorable. We have to meet that by MOI
wasting one square foot.
Keep the parlor for the dodgers use in
oommonS on. no. That Is not possible II
the house u TO make good profit. There
may be Just the margin between coming
out barely even and coming out well ahead
Besides, II costs too much to furnish a
big parlor. And you can't rent your rooms
tenants will prefer bright. spotiess. we'll
served rooms to having a stupid parlor'
it's hard TO have both good.
As l said, the best tenants are young
year and can't afford TO go into the
country for the summer Besides, tins
kind OF tenants are away all day. l had
"a soon have a woman ledger rs q man
lodger II she rs away at business all day,
rather. In fact IL h the women that .tay
at home all day who fuss with the SER
wants and get TO thinking about extras
which are not included In the fair equivalent
for value received /, OF course. am looking.
at the subject only from the business point
Moreover these business people on
regular salaries are the most regular 10
their pay They get their. money. weekly
and don't object to paying their rent weekly
In advance. And when they are convinced
that you are treating them fairly. when
you have servants who take care OF them
properly, they are not uneasy for a change;
they will make contracts TO stay by the
year Nearly every ledger in my Tour
houses Is now on a years contract; 1t works
well on both sides
What is the principle on which you
aThere is only one course a. to furniture;
get the most substantial. Even then IL
| won't last over five years. It's too costly
10 get very cheap stun. But Y must Ok
paid for by the rents In the first year.
Then the rest OF the career OF the furniture
Is all sweetness. My method IL to calcu-
late to furnish a room at about rs per cent,
Of It's yearly rent. Thus In a three-dohar
+, room I put about SIS worth OF new furni-
| tur: In a ~ive-dollar room about SOS worth.
| will not get a lot OF fanciful things. which
are of no use. The tenants can get their
| pictures and extras IL they wish them. i
give them all that any one properly needs
for comfort and l give a liberal interpre.
tation to that. even to waste baskets and
to fancy pillows II there Is q divan BED.
and TO clocks. except In the chearest
stay-that and the service she continued.
For the service Is Of the first importance
In making a good class OF dodgers aoeo-
lutely contented. A woman can't scrimp
there. II she must economize In servants
abe will nave TO dc the work herself.
THE halls must be dustless. the front
door must shine. the linen must be properly
plentiful. the furniture must be busted
every morning. The service must go as
orderly as clock work. The servants
must know their place. be respectful, not
too familiar. and neat. l would keep
them all in uniform IL I could. and before
long ! shall he able to. 49,,
4 hold my servants strictly responsible
for everything. Ny orders to them cover
every need. and IL there are complaints
II Is the servants fault. ana l hold them
rigidly answerable. -.
Hard to get2 Indeed. they are. and l
have to pay Tor them. 1t costs more than
/ calculated. The usual price for a maid
il SIC a month. but ] pay IS a week. This
is unusual. but I have to do this because
| an away all day at business and l will
not see to any OF the details of these houses.
NV servants even take charge OF the col
l~ections. But II a woman will see TO things
herself she can get along with cheaper
s~ervants The more houses OF course.
the fewer servants are required. That
u where n new house In three is clear
profit on the service question
But, after all, where il the crucial point
In practice which makes success surest?'
why, IL is everything together. The
first impression the applicant forms as
he enters the door and sees a polite servant
and a fine, heavy carpet on the Stair and
a clean %wal-that is a victory gained. Then
after he comes he like the careful main
tanning Of everything and the orderly auto
matte solicitude for his regular wants.
Then on the other side there in absolute
rgidity in dealing. The rule for weekly
payments in advance should have no ex.
captions whatever. Nobody should get
even a week behind. When a young man
got a fortnight behind ! packed his trunk
and put il In the storeroom to keep for him
him till he paid the $40 he owed me. The
law allows us to do that now. IL was sev-
eral weeks before he came TO pay and take
his trunk. Then he wanted 20 come back,
Mos Of the failures or losses In this bust
ness came from false leniety. There
Ii no need Of il. There are plenty OF peo-
pie 10 ill your house who will pay like a
clock week 10y week at a given day. and
you can't afford TO deal with the other kind.
Ny own notion In that careful housekeep-
ing goes with careful bookkeeping, and
that a woman slovenly in her house is likely
10 he s~lovenly in her business. =.
Az the enquirer arose to go he asked
II tho aggregation Of houses under one
management did not point To a coming
change in the business Of renting rooms.
Yes, indeed. : was the reply. The more
small rooms at from s. TO 81 a good man
sger can get under his control the more
comfort he can give his tenants and the
more money he a make himself. IL IN
my dream 10 get a great new modern bthld.
ing where | can have the right kim OF
rooms, not large, but bright and cozily
furnished. The bachelor apartment houses
are too costly yet. wan n vast house
with single rooms. plenty Of baths and
running water, where ! can give n better
equivalent than IL yet possible for an aver
age Of g. a week. That kind Of house N
surely Co...rg too. 4 have a wOmau's faith