New-York tribune., 1902-10-01
"IN CITY TENTS"
ADVICE To HOME MAKERS WITH MODEST
MEANS BY CHRISTINE TERHUNE
HFRRTCK


In City Tents &C. P. Putnams sOnsl by Mrs.
Christine Terhune HerTick, is little book devoted
TO the subject OF how 10 hni. furnish and keep
small home I'm New-York city on slender means.
BY slender means" the author has reference 10
the purse able 10 pay about $40 a month Tor nat
for family OF two She discusses locations
prices convenience house furnishing decoration.
servants expenses and food. all with occasional
flashes % humOr. evidenced in her chapter on
the janitor. which is given in part as follows;
In the first place. il Is unwise TO begin career
ln nat by rubbing the ianitor the ~Iohs way.
lie likewise IL a vertebrate animal. although many
sIsons seem 70 fan TO Teeognize thl5 bI al san, &
sations but real feelings in that part OF ms Shat-
~, s Hhleh ne would Probaoy can NJ m h,,, tbero
tney may o.. Is quite p"ssulT ~ ~ t,,s IN
or 10 wound mis- vanity, and tnen trouble beslhs;
brief authority recognized. II is not much Of an
sota0Tity. but since Il is all he has 4, meas 1890 =
S1out as II ne were porter or car93ahsr OF ,ni any
tor Another OF bT fhe way OF the dan
ger or putting great power into the hand OF siLss
OF every one in The house small wonder If the
An9aledge TS tends 70 make him arrogant s,b, NTH
me, lhe sensible man and woman DO no. & ngnI ~, Nh
nmntSole conditions Instead they ae,3ninod,s1e
Is the principal circumstance -,-,..,
So. when the new tenants enter an apartment
thinking that the mere fact OF paying rent mas
s Th ,h mem m any inaenaee rights s tb ten,tnr t
Not friend perhaps in the aceepted sSnse us t oi
that the jantor shall be invited 10 dinner or shal!
be on calling terms except far as business Is
be In friendly relations with him -, -.
ebanSa % ~ rI 4 pisee II Is vel 20 SeeT , lived The
}s }shtor h who would not accept even modest up up
form Of gratitude which has been defined as a
Sese of fsyors TO come vii HlEvt MN ~ ~ ~
nOn-ripper
This is one Of the places where high principles
the obserN vance I have known strenuous souls VINO
lessly antagonizng the janitor and in oondemnins
men themselves 70 life Of misery by 10" strict adheI
| ehce 10 convictions. The when II passes De
tween the tenant and the janitor hlesses him that
But tips alone are not enough. There should be
Que amount OF courtesy shown 10 the custoalah
| courtesy might perhaps seem 20 he taken for
sIsnsSd "hen the tenant Is OF gentle blrth ana ahd
yshbor recognizes its possessor when he meets MIN
One woman of my Acquaintance who is socially
! Reasent 70 know bas nothing but hard words tor
matter Of tips She pays generously for extra ser
re- Sie reineinosIs the isnltor al mas, @ Bet
sented as requests. II things do not go the right
his resentment in the fashion that rsI suggests
Iselt 70 him. by sury words and delayed obedience
! janitor. other tenants in the house md him good
hha.ured haI o5liging and civil II all depends upon
Another mode OF displaying consideration TO the
ment house there are liked times for certain opera
ants fall IN with these times and seasons But
]
ish and take the ground that the janitor is there
/ 20 serve the inmates Of the house For him they
nave no feeling beyond that which they would show
20 a machine. They make demands upon him out
OF hours, expect him be their call during the
period in which he has a rght 10 leisure. and too
often give their orders for work out OF time in q
/ manner calculated 10 rouse ire in the breast Of
Z Moses OF Job.
/ Such persons as these should forswear fats and
[ 20 10 Brooklyn and live in A whole house. They
/ are fitted for the segregated life.
After has reached the point of polish where
I one tips the laritOT when occasion requires 70,
! speaks 20 him ciyilly and makes no unTea sOnable
demands upon him. there would to he little
left 70 do The chief part OF the remaining code OF
manners IL, indeed. negative rather than positive
First DO not let yourself drift into too easy terms
Z with him
Possibly this seems a contradiction Of what has
I gone before. but it Is not Kindness l. feasible
I without familiarity The lanitor Will respect far
the one who lets courtesy slip into obteration OF
I the distance between them.
/ IL i the self-respecting who does not
| misunderstood friendiness SO IL Is with the janf
/ well net style II speech and action be has one
20 blame but himself II he has trouble from over
| freedom.
This Is one Of the reasons why children of the
f household should not BE- allowed the range Of the
/ janitOr's quarters. There plenty Of apartment
I are in and out OF the JaniJors rooms whenever II
/ suits The youngsters. This should never be- per
I mitted-
/ II ought 10 go without saying that no tenant
10 her about any other tenant. but the admOnitiOu
| f. not uuuseCed. In such a a Is well bear
| iu mind the old saying that dog who viii fetch
a bone will carry one The gossip that the fauitoI
/ Tetais 10 "A tenant Will De exchanged for gossip
/ about him 40 the first opportunity