Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-07-31

Permit no liquor to be brought Into
the house.
Enforce good behavior, but allow
your boarders plenty Of liberty. ;.
Let your boarders play poker u
they want to, but stop the game AT
midnight. and don't let them play ZOE
high stakes.
Be an easy boss. Make your boara7
ers your boys. Listen to their trou.
bles. Give them advice when tnes
ask 1t. Remember the boarding mousse
is their home as well as yours.
Miss Murray has given her best
thought to her boarding house ohe
has turned hundreds of persons ava!
who asked to become members OF her
family. She boasts that she never mas
had dissatisfied boarder, and never
lost a boarder except from death OF
matrimony.
Hers was no boarding house where
the "boarders yell when they hear the
dinner bell" She became known as
the best old-fashioned cook IN chi
cago. Each OF her meals was an event
in the careers Of her boarders' VINO
came to the table always with Smiles
of anticipatory Joy.
Miss Murrays boarding house Is q
modest two-story brick, with base
ment, wedged in between two big rae
tory buildings. It was once IN the
midst of O residence district. but It's
neighboring residences have been torn
down, one by one, and replaced by
factories and business houses until
Miss Murray's house has been LETT
stranded high and dry, the one lone
residence Of the neighborhood. But
despite the dingy environment. MISS
Murray's boarding house has pre-
served It's prestige.
Brisk despite her four-score years.
and with her motherly face framed ny
snow-white hair, Miss Murray sat the
other day after her retirement by one
of her front windows and looked out
into the street as If she wished one OF
her boys" would ewing open the iron
gates of her small front yard ana
climb the front. steps to supper.
Feels Lonesome.
tits lonesome world" she said
mo one can know Just how lonesome
feel. Many mothc... lose their sons
one by one. but mine have all gone
away together.
"Such fine lot they werel They
were like own sons to me-elways
thinking of the things | should like,
how 30 save me work. how to make
me hal ;.
a.; :. ;i.:e have lectured them.
Man: irra lave even them sound
advice No; cne Of my boys ever went
wrong Al } thirK should have to
turn item out into the streets!"
1t isn't hard to explain Miss Muir
rays influence over her boarders. She
radiates happiness and contentment
and sharp Irish wit CLEANS through
all her talk. The years have made her
philosopher.
ri was born IN Ireland" she con-
tinued. But came to this country
when was small child. My parents
settled In Iowa and later came to CHI
cago. I learned to cook from my
mother. I started my first boarding
house fifty years ago at 1872 North
Union street. IN the heart Of rail-
road district Twenty-eight years ago
I bought my present house
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keting and my own cooking. think
that Is chiefly responsible for my
success. Most people think men are
hard to cook for. They are not. !
have had no difficulty in pleasing my
men.
"Cooney liked his steak we'll done;
Inspector Wheeler liked his 80 rare
that the blood follows the knife. Doc
tor Quinn liked 1t pounded before
cooking, Beal liked It with just little
melted butter for gravy, Tim Daley
liked brown gravy and plenty of It.
It didn't take much longer to send the
meat to the table the way they want
ed 1t, and it didn't cost any more"
Didn't Want Any Women.
why didn't you take in women as
loarders? Miss Murray was asked.
Men and women don't mix we'll in
I boarding house." she replied. "If
nen don't care for the women they
ion't like them around. and If they
10 care for them there are sure to be
unpleasant complications. decided