Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-15
BOARDING HOUSE ECONOMIES

GLIDING the Paper Bag Diet.
1.-The boarding house keeper isn't
the only one that economies, MOI by a
long shot," said the plumber who has
a shop up in one of the boarding
house districts of New York to a New
York World writer. "Of course, I am
used to being called in to check the
flow of water from the bathtub faucets
and to replace gas tips with those that
do not burn so much gas. But there
are plenty of boarders who do all their
laundry work in their rooms. The
other day / had a call for a new wash
bowl for n of these laundry workers.
She had the BOWL full of shirts and
things, and was rubbing ava to beat
the band, when the bowl gave away
and the weeks wash was precipitated
on the floor and most of the water ran
through to the ceiling below. 1t GER
tainly was a mess. And it cost her a
pretty penny, too, before she had all
the damage paid for.
But tho funniest thing that has
happened in a good while to my think
ing was the fat woman who put her
foot in the wash bowl, n down came
the bowl. You wouldn't think to see
the woman that she could get her foot
up so high, any more than you would
expect her to kick the mantelpiece.
That mada a fine mess too. I put in
half a day mending the damage she
had done to the pipes, and now I'll bet
she uses {. foot tub.
Il hear a good deal about these OBJ
jectionable economies in lodging
houses as / go the rounds of my work.
1 have seen mahogany tables used for
ironing and 1 have seen signs OF
chatting dishes used on the top Of the
piano and the alcohol spilled over
everything. The electric iron in the
houses equipped with electric lighting
has made the ironing much easier for
the women who prefer to live in one
room, take their meals from paper bags
and now and then get a dinner out.
Men are not given to these econ
omies, although there was an old miser
who used to board at the Hotel Wind.
sor years & who was noted for wash
ing his handkerchiefs and socks and
everything he could, so that he would
MT have to pay out SO much. One day
he went out and left the water run
ming, and it flooded the room and ran
through to the floor below n 1t cost
him $4,000 to have it fixed. That is a
stock story among plumbers and board.
ing house keepers.
Living and eating in one roc has
become such a feature Of New York
(ifo that. hhoro oro now Como fret o1aSa
hotels that pretend not to notice that
it is done. A bureau drawer Is con.
verified into a larder and here are hid.
den paper bags and little wooden boats
containing portions of things pur.
chased 1T the delicatessen. Every day
madame goes out with a small hand
satchel at the dinner hour and this
same travelling bag may be utilized to
bring in a small platter of beef and q
portion of vegetables. Even hotels
close their eyes to this breaking Of
the rules, and between the paper bag
diet and bringing in dinner cooked
al, the little restaurant around the cor
ner where you can get a dinner for
25 cents, 1t is possible to execute the
most rigid economies in your one room
in a good hotel.
At the Beach.
could you love me, and me aloner
why, what a foolish question.
Jack
Pardon my doubts"
could / love you alone! Aren't
you the only man observation-disclosures
Herald.
The Toll.
Where are you going to spend youS
vacation?"
"Im not going to-"
"Huh?"
.I just earn my vacation-my FAINT
" spends it."-Clevsland Leader.
His sAac.
Bink-I don't like the looks Of thal
chap. He has shifting eyes.
wink-Es can't help that. He Il . |
scenery shiftcr down az the show.
Poor Fellow.
YES, I engaged her on her lookA
Ny husband can't bear plain people
about him."
The Enslish workman spends three !
RAAA~ - hN~ 1865. -. R~~S