EVERYDAY TOPICS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 18, 16 October 1907, Page 3

EVERYDAY TOPICS.

Many-.women sby5by .keeping. .boarders malces .a charming home, for herself, as ,well: as for her boarders, but the opposite-is just as often true, The primo : causojfor-opening a home sanctuary to a chance comer is usually poverty- of'other ■ resources'and' the 'imperative, nekl .of-making a 'living;' : ih e cause is: s ?i - 11 ' 'Z^ 0 . 1 ? , ° no ' s own Pleasure.. Aild the effect of'taking- boarders'. is. inevitably more .or. less''benumbing."Constant changes in the house personnel, the caprice and.inconsiderateness : of' : the ' boarders, the' interminable .wear-and ..tear.uppn' the landlady's. nerves— all these'causes.work ;outa resulting antagonism ' b'ctwecii .boarders','a'nd. landlady. ' It would make, things better for' the' landlady, who practices' small riot- becaiiso she.wants to, but because she must, if; the boarders' wasted, as. lit.tjq,iis',possible. of food' and gas. ? : . ,■".•* "^;/" ; .'."". '... "■':.'-.' '■.. > ENGLISHWOMEN.ABROAD. .'•'. xV-large numberof Englishwomen earn their living in Italy, of whom' nearly al! are cither governesses or nurses. The least untrustworthy form of nurse..is,the English one, say the Italians. The Royal nurseries have aiways heeiir;presided over 'by.Engiishwomeni end iilis .quite, the .exception:for children of the upper classes.- not ■ to.havo-an English nurse or, governess froin> their earliest .years. Thiß'accounts for. the fluent English heard in Italian, society.-. Some English girls go out for a year-or.;.two. as-companion to another girl, oivto.a.young married woman who wants to practise spqaking English, and this is often quite a pleasant experience. ; ' ,