NO WOMEN LODGERS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 3666, 30 October 1912, Page 2

NO WOMEN LODGERS.

Women’s clubs in Montreal have begun a campaign against lodginghouse keepers for refusing to let rooms to women. The landladies defend themselves by retorting that women are more troublesome than men. One pretty little stenographer, says the Montreal “Star,” stated that the landladies of five houses out of six either denied having a i;oom to let or else refused point blank to take in a woman. One of them told her to her face that one woman in the house was tw’iee as much trouble as ten men. i One lodginghouse keeper ha* written a letter in which she declares that twelve men in a month will not ask for as many favors outside of the room that they occupy as a single woman will in one day. Here are the favors one woman asked from 7 p.m. on Saturday to .9 a.m. on Monday: To' make a cup of tea, use of teapot, cup, plate, and knife. Bit of butter, drop of milk. Sheet of paper, envelope, p n and ink. Loan of newspapers. More butter and milk. Penknife. Pair of scissors. Use of sewing machine. To wash out a few handkerchiefs. “And all this,” says the landlady, “not to speak of occupying the bathroom for an hour on several occasions, to the great inconvenience of others, or of coming out of her room asking questions regarding the locality of streets, times of trains leaving, and various other things; A man goes out in the morning, hardly ever returning until night. He keeps in his room and never asks for anything beyond a reasonable use of the bathroom. He pays more for bis room, and always offers to do so in advance,”