Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-06-07
Permit no liquor 70 be brought 'n0

Nnforce good behavior, but ai''"
your boarders plenty Of liberty. a
Let your boarders play poAs. -
they want to, but stop the eam -,
midnight, and don't let them play ~
high stakes. ,a.
Be an easy boss. Make your oo
ers your boys. Listsn to tneir ~,
bles. Give them advice when w. .
ask It Remember the boarding n0'''
IL their home a. we'll as yours 80.
Miss Murray has given ner c "s"
thought to her boarding house. oae
has turned hundreds OF persons 49, .,
who asked to become members OF no'
family. She boasts that she never nay
had dissatisfied boarder. ana ne'e =.
lost a boarder except from deatn "
matrimony.
Hers was no boarding house wnose
the "boarders yell when they near 'ns
dinner bell" She became Known ~
the best old-fashioned cook IN Cn,.
cago. Each Of her meals was an even
| In the careers of her bosrders' WV
came to the table always with sm''e'
Of anticipatory Joy.
Miss Murray's boarding house Is .
modest two-story brick, with oase
ment, wedged in between two big rae
tory buildings. It was once IN tne
midst of a residence district, but its
neighboring residences have been torn
down. one by one, and replaced oy
factories and business houses untll
Miss Murray's house has been ieit
stranded high and dry, the one lone
residence Of the neighborhood. But
despite the dingy environment, MISS
Murray's boarding house has pre-
served its prestige.
Brisk despite her four-score years.
and with her motherly face framed oy
snow-white hair, Miss Murray sat INC
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 swing open the iron
gates of her small front yard ana
climb the front steps to supper.
Feels Lonesome.
'Tt's a lonesome world" she said.
mo one can know just how lonesome
feel. Many mothers lose their sons
one by one, but mine have all gone
away together.
"Such fine lot they were! They
were like own sons to me-always
thinking of the things should like,
how to save me work, how to make
me happy.
MANY a time l have lectured them.
Many a time have given them sound
advice. Not one of my boys ever went
wrong. And to think should have to
turn them out into the streets!"
It 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 hee
philosopher.
Il was born in Ireland" she con-
tinued. But I came to this country
when I was a small child. My parents
settled in Iowa and later came to Chi
cago. learned to cook from my
mother. I started my FIRST boarding
house fifty years ago at 1872 North
Union street, in the heart Of a rail-
road district. Twenty-eight years ago
bought my present house.
II have always done my own mar
keting and my own cooking. l think
that 10 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 well done:
Inspectors Wheeler liked his so 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 1t.
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
boarders?" Miss Murray was asked.
Men and women don't mix well in
boarding house." she replied. III
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
boarders. They are not so fussy as
women.
Il wouldn't have all women under
any circumstances. Only woman
boarders would make any boarding
house keepers life a burden. They re-.
Quire too much waiting on, and are
constantly fussing and raising a rum.
pus over trifles. l don't care to have
them around"
Did you always keep your board.
ers' clothes in order?"
"Oh. yes. What's darning a f.v
socks or doing little patching? II
didn't amount to anything, and it sort
Ct rested me after the cooking. Ths
boys didn't want me to do It. In fac.
they complained a good deal abo,,t =
at first, but made them behave them.
selves about that as l did about every.
thing else"
You acted as their guardian. then p.
I'm a way, yes. l treated them ius,
as though they were my children
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