Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-03-28
s,ife Of Average "Mine Host" II
Far From Being an Ideal
Existence.
STAR BoARDER A BORE
"a Little Moro Hot Water in the 6ati
Room and Less in the Soup"
Ono Of Witticisms Supposed
to Better Menu.

One might as we'll try to transplant Z
mountain or to dip the water out of
one OF the great lakes as to keep ev-
erybody In a boarding house satisfied
all of the time.
One woman wants the temperature
SO hot that she can keep all the win
lows open and still wear summer
clothes. while another who dresses is
woollen gowns fuses If the heat isn't
shut OFF in every room In the house and
the fire allowed to go out so h can
be as cool as she desires.
Il might :s we'll give up in despair"
a landlady buried under an avalanche
Of constant complaints said not long
ago. I'D rather make my living at
scrubbing floors than by toying to keep
"a family hotel" It's russing from
somebody all the time. md il they cam
find something abous the way things
are run to complair then they take 1t
out i'm fighting ansong themselves and
coming to me witn their troubles.
The Blonde Boarder.
Perhaps tn. latest boarder who was
unfortunate enough to have been born
with blor1e hair and a pretty COM
pleXion .has succeeded in interesting
the most popular man" and sits In a
secluaed corner of the parlor until 10
o'cl.ick talking to him. Every other
W. list 'tu III III tIS iO
':latter how they fe-aght-among
themselves over him before, all band
together to make life particularly dis
agreeable for her. About the third day
they begin to talk about her as nat
peroxide blonde" wonder what kind
Of rouge she finds hat looks SO natural
and refer mysteriously to II past that.
though woven purely from imagina-
ton. has enough weight to be duly
recognized by else in the
house. Finally about half the women
stop speaking TO her or make 1t SO un-
pleasant that she decides TO move and
of course the nice young man takes
her part and leaves too. and some of the
other women who are head over heels
In love with him can't bear to stay after
he is gone.
But the worst thing boarding house
keepers lave to bear are the unkind
remarks made at the table. They have
no chance to defend themselves ind
must try to act as If they had never
heard III chance shot and could not see
the effect it was having OH the others.
u was invited out to dinner last night
ana had the first cup of coffee I've had
III SIX months" one OF them will say.
Il don't see how you knew it was
conee after boarding az long as you
nave. some wOuld-be wit would retort,
or III we had as much hot water in
the oath room as We have i'm this coffee.
= IdiSe any OOJecllOnS, q tnlTQ
one VIII be egged on to say.
Women Not Desired.
In many instances %landladies are
making 1t understood hat women are
not desired as boarders. and though
some of them claim that ii is because
men are out of their rooms most of the
time and are less trouble, the real rea-
son is mat they are less apt to say
spiteful things or to stir up d~issatis-
FACTION among the others.
1here Is no reason in the world why
women should not make themselves az
welcome in boarding houses as men.
and no reason why they should be more
trouble. 1t is true they are in their
rooms more OF the time. but the ma
Jo1lty take care of themselves and men
lever 90. There are beds to make.
dustlng to do and many other little io;,s
TO go over every morning for men that
'he landaldy need never think of when
women occupy the rooms. And there ia
no need for women to be spiteful. 1t
is exasperating when things go wrong.
out 1t doesn't help matters any to take
IL out on the poor landlady who often
reels as bad about 1t as those who suf-
Ier tne annoyance. Any woman who
VIII Just stop to think for a moment
GU. real'ze now she would feel were she
way and to put up with the insults ana
of her boarders. 1t needs
=" more than that. II she puts herself
IN tne cther woman's place for a mo-
menu She will keep back the unkind
WORDS she Is about to say and will not
complain II there Ia no hot water or
ner room Is swept on Saturday some
''n'es Instead of Friday.