New-York tribune., 1921-06-12

to the telephone Her fance wanted to t,,.
her to the beach Sunday Her aunt wantoa !.
know If she had arrived safely. A girl ~.
asked to borrow her kodak.
"Men get their phone messages at tbe oes
or the club. But woman will get FIVE 81,
day at home, all of practically no irnnorta,..
If have to have women in the house no,p
limit them to two calls day If didn,, p.
have to give up everything else and beoo..
telephone operator"
was convinced that not all masculine ~,
ers could be such model young men. sono =
them must violate the Eighteenth Amendmer.
So questioned the next landady about tbo;.
sterling moral worth. felt certain that !.
casionally they must lead double lives
"Oh, yes, have been disappointed in sor..
Of them," she admitted, reluctantly.
"How?" l persisted, anxious for details
"Oh, WELL" she said slowly, zone chan hyaIl.a
away with my sons new dress suit. Ano.ba,
gave me worthless check for $40, but tb;,,.
he will make it good some day. Another stol.
Liberty bond. But as a rule thew s,.
pretty good"
Women must be more desirable as room.
ers," l volunteered cautiously.
"No, wouldn't have women at all.n sbe
turned, slamning the door.
Later on I ran across a delicate. Whit
haired little woman, who was mistress ~
large home in the Eighties She had lived :,
the same house for twenty-five years. Ho,
children had married and left her. She kaDt
one roomer, She remembered when her b;red
men took the horses and drove down to Cbelse,
market once week for provisions.
Here, decided, is one place where tbs
woman roomer will receive warm welcome
"Of course, you will take only woman room
ers," I said
"Oh, no. she hastened to tell me, "nly house.
keeper won't look after women. They are too
much bother and require too much WAITING
on"
We have been n1isled, decided, as I ended
my investigation. Those authors of domestic
dramas who always picture man rushing for
the sos leaving his socks in heap in the
middle of the floor, his handkerchiefs strewp
to the four winds and his bureau Uttered with
scattered ties have fibbed to u.s.
Out of the landiadies in New York who were
9ha Ill
davit to the following reasons for preferrng
men to women as roomers:
Men send their suits to the tailor to be
pressed. Women are always rushing into the
kitchen to iron something, or burning a hole
in the best spread while similarly engaged
Men send their washing to a laundry. Wom-
en- carry a clothesline as part of their perma-
nent camping equipment.
Men know how to handle gas and electrical
appliances. Women never do.
Men never try to keep house in a furnished
room. Women always do.
Men have their social life away from their
rooming house. Women rarely do.
Men fold their towels on the towel rack, put
cigar stubs in the ash tray and old letters in
the waste paper basket. Women scatter hair
pins and thread ends over the rugs, sprinkle
powder across the dresser and leave rouge On
the washstand.
Men consider the rights of others. Women
don't. A man will wash and comb his hair in
five minutes. A woman will keep line Of
roomers in front Of the washroom blocked Tor
forty-five minutes while she applies her COM
plexion, twists forehead curl, and adjusts
her ear muffs.
Amy summer literature for 1921 which pic
lures home horrors in the dog days-when
man is left unleasned to scatter ashes on the
Oriental rugs and accumulate unwashed mix
bottles on the back porch-should be revised
before going to press.
Man has reformed. He has become the
Pollyanna of the home.
His landlady says SO!