The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-08

one may say never have known any
home but Miss Nuray's boaruIug
house. have been left orphans by her
retirement from business. Some have
tried other boardng-housos; others
have moved into hotels For them the
future looks dark
The beginning Of Miss NIuray's ca.
reor as a model boarding-house keeper
was by no means accidental. She.
fitted herself by patient study expert
ment and hard work. Her preparation
for the undertaking was as system
attic and methodical as her work iu.
after years. In her old age she is able
to formulate certain rules which, she
claims, will, if lived up to, enable 9th.
er clearinghouse keepers to achieve.
success. Many of the rules are mere F.
ly what would occur to any one Of.
sense, but some others are little.
out of the ordinary. For example.
Don't run too much to style. man
would rather have a thick, juicy beef.
steak than cut glass and fancy silver
Put everything on the table at once
and let the boarders help themselves.
Cater to individual appetites If one
man wants his steak well done aud
another wants it rare, cook their.
steaks separately.
Bad coffee has been responsible for
more clearinghouse failures than any
other one thing.
DO your own cooking.
Have all men as your boarders or.
all women. Never try to mix men and
women. As boarders they won't mix
Men are preferable.
Mother your men, Darn their socks
and sew their buttons on, keep their
clothes in repair, ana attend to their
Laundry.
Let your boarders play poker if they
want to- but stop the game at mid
night, and don't let them play for high
stakes.
BE an easy boss. Make your board.
ers your boys. Listen to their roubles.
Give them advice when they ask it,.
Remember the clearinghouse is their
home as we'll as yours.
Most people" she said, "think men
are hard to cook for They are not 7
have had no difficulty in pleasing my
men.
"Cooney liked his steak well done
Inspector Wheeler liked his so rare
that the blood followed the knife DR.
Quinn liked it pounded before cook
ing; Beal liked it with just a 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 it, and it didn't cost any more
"Why don't you take in women as
boarders?" Miss Murray was asked.
''Men and women don't mix we'll in
a clearinghouse" she replied "1f
men don't care for the women they
don't like them around and if they do
care for them there are sure to be
unpleasant complications. | decided
at the outset to have only men as
boaruers. They are not so fussy as
3 women
Miss Murray prepared many appetiz-
/ ing dishes from recipes all her own.
Her boiled ham and corned beef espe-
/ cially had a wide reputation She
/ tells of a casual beggar who called
/ at her back door twenty years ago,
got a taste of her boiled ham and has
been coming regularly once a week
ever since for feast of ham, Cass
! Stewart, her oldest boarder, says that
the first cup of her coffee he drank
was the best he had ever tasted in all
his life, ana it got better every day
through the forty-fve years he lived
with her For enthusiastic praise OF
her, listen to this from Inspector
/ Wheeler:
"She is the most wonderful woman
that ever lived" he said. she has
a great business head, but when il
came to charging for board she always
has been altogether 100 easy. The boys
used to insist upon paying more thar
} she asked. but she wouldn't hear of it
r every one of us was so proud o.
p our clearinghouse We We're Away
5 taking our friends home to dine will
. us. have taken as many as fv,
b. to dinner at a time, but not one cen
$ would Miss Murray take for them
t She insisted on considering them he
, guests.
S "She is the best-hearted woman il
j the world No tramp was ever turne,
t away that visited her | think ever!
n tramp in the United States had he
address. The boarders used to fec
+. that she was being imposed upon an
s many times have headed off the bei
d gar and sent him away, but invariabl
e Miss Murray would interfere and sun