St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-05-06
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"YOu were fortunate " So' AZ
said the woman boarder to the ne" az
rival at the boarding house as tney
breakfasted together This house mas
a fine reputation and there's nearly
always a waiting list. You see' PEG
pie like to come to place Wnere tneie
isn't boarding house air.
81 can't stand a boarding house air,
myself. like to be either IN sniaii
hotel or in refined home such as TINS
where paying guests are received. iou
will find that for a small establishment
the service is remarkably good here.
Dear me. this salt cellar has been
empty for three days. VIII you please
pass the one at your end OF the taple!
Thank you l use great deal OF pep
per and salt, for can't stand unsea-
soned food.
There are many nice people here'
and | must say there's very little Cos
sip. That's one thing l simply can't
stand. / wouldn't stay a day IN
place where people gossiped.
do you see that rather angular
woman at the table in the bay WIN
| dow? She always has on such mussy
| blouses. l really believe that her
sister, who works down town, wears
them when they are fresh and she
finishes them off. She's an artist. I've
heard that she paints very We'll
though, to tell the truth, the few III
tie sketches I've seen Of hers looked
rather dauby to me. She and her
sister sleep way up on the top floor
in what 1 call cubby hole. She says
she likes it on account OF the nortn
light, which is best for painting. l
suppose that's as good an excuse as
any other for taking the cheapest room
in the house.
ooh, you are on that floor. too!
Well, possibly the air is good up there
and you don't mind stairs.
81 always like to be on the parior
floor myself and besides it's SO mucn
more cheerful One can see what's
going on. Why, do you know. last
evening when it must have been near
ly midnight, / happened to open my
door, which is just opposite the draw
ing room-we always say drawing
room here-and saw Mrs. Snyder ana
young Frost sitting on the couch to-
gether in a dim light. think it's
, dreadful the way Mrs. Snyder carries
on with that boy. Really, If l should
ever flirt with such callow youth, l
should expect people to call me ba-
by snatcher. Some persons think
Mrs. Snyder Is pretty, but I'm not fond
of the fascinating widow type, my
SELF
"Will you please pass me the cream
jug? I've always been used to rich
cream and find 1t difficult to content
myself with this blue fluid. You don't
drink coffee? / suppose it Is bad for
the complexion, but I'm blessed with
such naturally good color that I've
never had to be particularly careful.
However, 1 think you are wise to do
everything you can for your com
plexion.
THAT man with the tray is Mr.. Tuck
err. He carries his wife's breakfast
up to her every day. She wears her
hair so deliberately that 1t takes her
the whole morning to do 1t and really
I don't think the result is worth the
effort. So many puffs and curls of SO
many different shades make woman
look artificial. l think. Still, the cham
bermaid says she's sight without her
hair.
IF you don't care for those buck
wheat cakes, I'll eat them. / usually
: just nibble at my food. but I'm trying
now to eat more heartily. for think
I'm really a little too slender. Don't
!. you feel sorry for all the women who
are trying to get thin? Your stout
:. ness isn't at all unbecoming, but. vol
might try standing up 20 minutes
: after every meal. I've heard 1t re
duces flesh quicker than anything
"Tm so glad to have some one a
this little table with me. I think it,
:. the pleasantest one In the dining room
a and I've tried them all. Hardly an.
= one else seems to like it, though. TIL,
> last person who was here was tina
> old man over there in the corner. HI
o said he felt the draft here. / wa
: glad when he changed his seat, for h.
9 was dull and taciturn. think peopl
~ should be cheerful at meal times, dom
you? l love to. chat, but some peopl
are so different.
"Now. there was school teache
~ who sat here for awhile and she didn'
20 care for conversation at all. Why
- sometimes when I was speaking an
= would ask her opinion about some
y thing. she would say: You must pa
40 don me, haven't been listening Di
you ever hear such rudeness?
- Il see you've left piece of toas
- on your plate. Will you kindly pass
~ to me. 1 need bite of something t
u take the taste Of that poor strip out
:. my mouth.
= I'm glad old Mrs. Bruette doesn
!, sit at my table, for can't stand Sc
- ing people take medicine at the
~ meals. I'm so sensitive that 1t real
70 makes me i'll. This? Oh, this Is ju
= tiny lithia tablet / drop into m
- water glass. OF course I'm too your
- to have rheumatism, but l think
- wise to be on the safe side in this G.
mate and SO I use a preventive.
well. / must 60 now I find Ii
"a SO dull, doing nothing but society, tn
~ l prefer q little congenial occuipatio
~ =. SO go down into the city for: fe
-, hours every day.
=, IF you'll come into the drawi,
20. room tonight I'll introduce you to Il
~ incest people here. But 1 must wa