, 1873-10-12
HOUSEKEEPING.
It's Advantages as Contrasted
with Boarding.
How q Eewly.ilarricd Couple in Moderate
Circumstances Can Secure
q Home.
The Amount Of Money Necessary to
Attain That Desirable End.

How to furnish and how to keep house, ie q
question which naturally arises in tho minds OF
very many people who aro now boarding, and
wondering how they arc over to havo home OF
their own They look buck to tlIoir boyhood'B
tlayH, when housekeeping was tho rule, and when
opon-handea hospitality added charm to life,
and think it strange tlat such home an they !
then enjoyed cannot now be thoirs They would
like
A pLAcE OF THEIR OWN,
where they could ask their friends, and on5oy
soruo Of tho comfort and Independence attachod
to thnt kinl of lifo,-A comfort and independence
auite unattainable even in tho highest-pricod
bonrdiug -houae; not to bo found anywhore, OK
copt in q flrat-class hotel, by tho mnn Of unlim-
itod means but possible in tho smallest mon
age to lin who sots about it rightly.
10 accomplish tLs, however, 1t will bo neees-
aary, at the start, II ones noans nro sma|', to
turn tie cold shoulder to Mrs. Gtuudy, md pay
no heed to her impertinent or doprccatory re-
marks. She will DO OIL hand with all her sneers,
and, it we listen, al hopo Of happinoss ID ut MI
end. The young couple who would really begin
life In au independent way must, therefore,
quite ignore this busybody. Chicago, of oil
cities OH this Continent. IL perhaps
THE HOST PERFECTLY ADApTED
for this quiet manner Of beginning life. 1t is
not yot 30 old that al traceR Of tho homo-life Of
its earlier settlers aro passed away. It is to n
ereat extent still q city Of small houses, or
houses that can bo advantageous'y subdlVded;
and tho1o is abundant opportunity for those by
no-rnoans perfect arrangements to be made moro
| available.
Why young people should be 80 anxious to
begin vhcro their fathers lavo left OF, is mys-
tory; and that go many OF tEo1n stake their hap
| pinoaa upon the successful accomplishment Of
,"1, t,o fort ~ l,f in thua aac-
| They lose hall tue comtofs ot n1o ~ 'hus sae- e
riilcing positive good to love OF SNOW. "o
| ara not about to preach that it ia altogether d
s;n,1,1o or ~ ~ nndcrto sup to moko such start
s...t,a ..,,. n,,t :. - s1 ,s;,, l.S +ha >~
but that II w''l lAV Ing -
| FOUNDATION OF 3hoE hArp'shss'
IL properly entorod upon, III onr firm conviction
genuine good temper, and disposition 10 laugh
or tho failures in other wayA which result from
the same cause combined with inaxporionce II will
bo literally sharing of each othor's burdens,
corr ooriliug TO tho spirit With which Il is mot.
We will suppose that young lnan LAS stated
income OF, say, ..-
norh.,s slSo Seynna PEI FOSf: 4s ax.rapa in foct
IS parho9 t tGGaa L M menm 1S ers lac,
1t nt,-tho ordinary incomes OF young mot
ranging, probably from about 81 ,ooo to
$4,000 por year, It only boing exceptlonn
mans labor. Taking tho heoFe-namea euM,
then, as fnir average, u lB safe TO hasett that
III almost any boarding -house, $50 or 91oO Of II
will be absorbed in board, IN eating fooa pro
paroa, for the many nnd not adapted n to the ape
living, and thore aro still laundiy-bllls to b.
paid, extra board If friend yiBitH you, and al