Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-07
ImAklNe MoNEY RENrlNa RooMs

Dear Social Corner Sisters. yari- ous ways of earning money were enumerated several weeks ago by one of the writers. but nothing was said of that very familiar method of women out of nleans-renting rooms.
 For a woman who owns or leases a
 house in convenient part of city or town, this is a reliable and in most cases a very profitable thing to fall back upon; but, while there Is always the risk of getting tenants who will ] waste and use more than they | pay for, maybe go off owing room rent, etc, the success of any such !! experiment depends good deal upon the house-owner herself
 1 Tn the first place. since the war it ! has become the custom for most t<n- ants to pay in advance; and this is good for a woman venturing into this
 as a new business, since she is se-
 cure against the hordes of frauds, who, l like the Evil One, appear to be con- 1 tinuaIly going about seeking whom
 they may devouri
 l This point settled. it is up to the i one renting out room to make that I place as comfortable and neat as pos I sible. Never mind if the furniture lmay be old-fashioned; most, peaple-- 1 r7en in particuiar-never think of that. f But every tenant is dissatisfied un- i less the bed linen, curtains, towels, 1 stand covers. etc, are white and clear. and renewed at intervals frequent enough to keep them neat and whole some.
 T The matter. of heat is a big. item in success: in steam -heq ted horse, a stingy landladv who is always skimp-
 ing 90 that people in rooms are half
 frozen most of the time. makes @l ou.tand-out enemy of any tenant:
 While, on the contrary. given a warn,
 comfortable, bright room, and the
 lessee will overlook many other disad-
 vartaoes.
 While there should he q desire to
 make strangers feel at home there
 should he certain line Of formality ! never passed: that is. members Of thf
 family should never irtrude so much as to enter the rented roo0n. tal-.''' hooks, papers, r1agaZines stationery nr any other personal helong'ngs N- tJe occupant during his absence. Nrai , arriving for tenants should not he lef carelessly upon a tahle or hall hat ' rack, to be fingered. postal cards etc. 1 all such mail should he guarded faith . fnlly and taken direct to the room O , the person to whom addressed.
 Then tlF.re are women who ohiec to tenants having individual d nl , l keys, insisting upon letting tho te" a lSnIS, m, eaCA N}SnC. All wrong. M ' tenant no matter how meek. wGl f man or nnan. will submit to this form , 1f netty tyranny.
 ! i know women who make suhsta~
 ti"l incomes by renting rooms. yea
 after year, nerer. havino a word tn" ! is not pleasant with their rer9~+s-. a
 because. as the boys say. they have
 lleart-thev try to furnisl, the con forts of houe: yet. forbee- to r-ak , bores and n1isers If themselves. The, ] rive snua~e deal and a whole d0l ! lars worth fo~ a do,iar. TFev rak : the rooms comfortable. keep them nfn D and neat see to if that those rentin ] rooms have a proper chance to hay the conveniences of the bath-roana
 provide plenty of good. clean tnwel'
 rnake s'l-o that the 1irht is s,iitahl
 for readipr.- sween and care for th
 rooms with regularity, and above al . do not arouse susnicjon that they ar
 constantly snonning to see what thei
 i tennnts are ah0ut.
 Of course tf,osa who hire room = ha-a their oi.li0stf0rs. teo; hut i'ls y TOW we are not eSneeinllv concerne 8 with, then. What is said hero applia r 4t-St a.S well to people in the cour t try, who rent rooms to summer board
 CTS.
 g AUNT KATE. Westerly