Show The Cheerful Grouch on Landladies Next to tho motherinlaw joke and rivaling tho grandmother who dies on a baseball day I abhor that old bit of facetiousness about landladies Thus the Cheerful Grouch with a brow of fury and a sweet smile Why do wo abuse the Inng 1 suffer Ing proprietor of the thlyd foor back Why do wo lampoon on nil occasions her who ought not to be expected to furnish porterhouse steak for six dollars dol-lars a week Can wo not find somebody some-body to raise tho voice In behalf of Mrs llashem Sho Isnt half so black as she Is painted aryl even If she were there Is every excuse How would any of us like to havo every meal disturbed with fear of what Mr CrossPatch thinks of the meat Or whether Miss Lanky likes the dessert des-sert Maybe there arent enough biscuits bis-cuits to go round or the potatoes aro scorched In your own private home you can tell the good man or the children chil-dren to cat light bread or go without potatoes if they object to a slight taste of the Empyreuma nut what can Mrs Hashcm do If her boarders board-ers leave tho rooms are empty and tho rent goes on and she Is unable to meet her rent or Mr Hornswogglo skips his board bill Oh there arc a million annoyances attached to cook Inn for other folks besides your own family And If tho landlady is nervous ner-vous anxious hysterical and sting to boot bo patient If she Is gossipy remember that you are her only ox cltotnen and make her dally round Above all remember that If you dont like her you can keep housewhIch every woman ought to do anyhow t |