The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1919-10-24
furniture was a little shabby. but the
hostile chairs and sofa of the ''pariOr''

furniture was little shabby. but the
hostile chairs and sofa Of the "parior"
always looked new. For all the wear
and tear they got they should have
lasted Il thousand years.
Upstairs were the bedrooms: moth
er and fathers room" the largest: a
smaller room for one or two sons.
another for one or two daughters;
each Of these rooms containing a
double bed. a "waShstand." bureau"
wardrobe. a little table. a rocking
chair. and often chair or two that
had been slightly damaged down.
stairs. but not enough to Justify either
the expense Of repair or decisive
abandonment in the attic. And there
was always a "Spare room," for visi-
tors (where the sewing machine usu-
ally was kept. and during the seven
ties there developed an appreciation
Of the necessity for bathroom.
At the rear Of the house. upstairs.
was a bleak little chamber called "the
girls room," and in the Stable there
was AuotuVi sYSIOiibtS Wv
hayloft. and called 1.-The hired mans
roonn." House and stable cost seven
or eight thousand dollars to build. and
people with that much money to invest
in such comforts We're classified as the
Rich. They paid the inhabitant of
'.the girls room two dollars week.
and. in the latter part of this period.
two dollars and a half. and finally
three dollars week. She was Irish
ordinarily. or German. or it might he
Scandinavian. but never native to the
land unless she happened 10 be per-
son of color. The man or youth who
lived in the stable had like wages. and
sometimes. too. was lately steerage
yoyager, but much oftener he was col
ored.
After sunrise on pleasant mornings
A.! the alleys behind the stables We're gay;
; laughter and shoutin. went up and
! down their dusty lengths. with lively
accompaniment of currycomhs knock
+ ing against back fences and stable
walls. for the darkieS loved to curry
! their horses in the alleys. DarkieS
always prefer to gossip in shouts in
! stead of whispers. and they feel that
profanity. unless it he vociferous. is
almost worthless. Horrible phrases
were caught by early rising children
and carried to older people for defini-
! ton, sometimes at inopportune mo-
ments: while less investigative chill.
d-en would often merely repeat the
| phrases in some subsequent furry Of
agitation, and yet bring about conse-
qnences so emphatic rs to be recalled
with ease in middle life
They have passed. those darby hired
men Of the Midland town. The
stables have been transformed into
other likeneSses. or swept away. like
the woodshedS where were kept the
stovewood and kindlins that the "girl''
and the 'hred man" always quarreled
over: who should fetch 1t.
So with other vaniShings There
were the little bunty street cars on the
long. single track that went its
troubled way among the cobblcstones
At the rear door Of the car there was
no platform. but step where passcn
gers chung in wet clumps when the
weather was bad and the car crowded
The pat-Ons-if not too abscnt-minde(
put their fares into slot and M
conductor paced the heaving floor, bu
. the driver would rap remindingly will
his elbow upon the glass Of the dool
to his little open platform If the nick
. els and the passengers did not appear
to coincide in number A lone null
drew the car, and sometimes drew /
off the track. when the passenger
would get out and push it on again
) They really owed it courtesies lik,
this. for the car was genially accom-
! modating: a lady could whistle to /
t, from an upstairs window. and the en-
l would halt Mt once and wait for he
i while she shut the window. put on he
E hat and cloak. went downstairs. foun,
!. an umbrella. told the girl" what t,
e have for dinner. and came forth iron
- the house.
!. They even had time to dane
! square Dances" quadrilles and "lau
+ cers:" they also danced the ''rae
; quette" and schottsches and polka.