Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-03-29
WOES OF BOARDING
HOUSE PROPRIETOR
Life Of Average "Mine Host
Far From Being an Ideal
Existence.
STAR BOARDER A BORE
"A Little Mere Hot Water in the Ba5
Room and Less in the Soup
Ono of Witticisms Supposed
to Better Menu.

One might as we'll try to transplant u
mountain or to dip the water out OF
one Of the great lakes as to keep e
erybody In a boarding house satisfied
all Of the time.
One woman wants the temperature
so hot that she can keep all the win
dows open and still wear summer
clothes, while another who dresses in
lwooilen gowns fuses IL the heat S
shut off in every room in the house and
the fire allowed to go out so she car
be as cool as she desires.
Il might as we'll give UP in despair
a landlady buried under an avalanche
of constant complaints said not Ions
ago. I'D rather make my living al
scrubbing floors than by trying to keep
a family hotel" It's fussing from;
somebody all the time, and If they can't
find something about the way things
are run TO complain hen they take ii
out in fighting among themselves and
coming to me with their troubles.
The Blonde 3oarder.
Perhaps the latest boarder who was
unfortunate enough to have been born
with blonde hair and q pretty COM
plexion has succeeded in interesting
the most popular man" and sits in a
secluded corner Of the parlor until 10
o'clock talking to him. Every other
unmarried woman in the house, no
matter how they nave fought among
themselves over him before, all band
together to make life particularly dis
agreeable for her. About h third day
they begin to talk about her as that
peroxide blonde" wonder what kind
of rouge she finds that looks so natural
and refer mysteriously to a past that,
though woven purely from imagina-
ton, has enough weight TO be duly
recognized by everyone 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 n leaves too, and some OF the
bther 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 have to bear are the unkind
remarks made at the table. They have
no chance to defend themselves and
must try to act as If they had never
heard the chance shot and could not see
the effect it was having on the others.
Il was invited out to dinner last night
and had the first cup of coffee I've had
in six months" n Of them will say.
II don't see o knew 1T "a
coffee after boarding as long as you
have" some would-be wit would retort.
or IF we had as much hot water in
the bath room as we have In this coffee.
[ wouldn't raise any objections" a third
one will be egged on to say.
Women Not Desired.
In MANI instances landladies are
making 1t understood that women are
not desired as boarders, and though
some of them claim that IT is because
man a ra ntlt of fhpir rnnn1c ynncf nf fho
time and are less trouble, the real rea-
son is that they are less apt to say
spiteful things or to stir up diSsatis-
faction among the others.
There is no reason in the world why
women should not make themselves as
welcome in boarding houses as men,
md n reason why they should be more
trouble. 1t is true they are in their
rooms more Of the time, but the ma
iority take are of themselves and men
hever do. There are beds to make,
busting to do and many other little jobs
10 go over every morning for men hat
the landaldy need never think Of when
women occupy the rooms. And there Is
no need for women to be spiteful. 1t
Is exasperating when things go wrong,
put 1t doesn't help matters any to take
It out on the poor larrdlady who often
reels as bad about It as those who suf-
Ter the annoyance. Any woman who
Will just stop to think for a moment
can realize how she would feel were she
compelled to earn her living in this
and to put up with the insults and
llnkindnesses Of her boarders. 1t needs
no more than that. If she puts herself
In the other woman's place for a mo-
ment she will keep back the unkind
words she is about to say and will not
complain If there is no hot water or
her room Is swept on Saturday some
times instead OF Friday.