The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1874-05-22

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April 2.-It is now more than q week
since I arrived here, and ] have not
yet managed to do anything more sensi.
bic than to knock about, looking at men
and things, wondering at some Of them,
admiring . good many. getting savage
over few others. and generally laying
in stock Of what is called first impress
sious. My friends, am happy to say,
left me alone after having paid me what,
according to their MOTTO !, was their duty
of hospitality. They pnt probably
about $50 or $50 each il.sertaining me
during the first days, and justly supposed
that they had settled their bill Of courte-
~ with a representative Of the Old
World. And they are more than right,
for would not have done half 30 much
for theu IL they had come on "1sc other
side.
1t is always the case with every new
place, the first things that strike a
stranger here are faces and prices. The
former are all that one can wish to see,
the latter aresimply horrible. / wonder
how people manage to get along here.
What costs q shilling in Englaad, and
often less than franc in Paris, is a dol
lar here. You cannot get cigar under
25 or 80 cents, which Is doubleihe Eng.
hsh price for exactly the sane quality.
To have your boots shined costs you ten
cents, or five times the European price.
The yearly expense for this little item
must thus amount to over $50, or nearly
60, which is three-fourths Of the yearly
salary of an English barmaid or a Sec
ond rate nursery governess, and one
fourth that of many a London clerk.
Why. the boy performing this sort of
shining work, keeping in view that he
can easily shine fifty pairs Of boots day,
must be quite a well-to-do man in a
couple Of years. A box of wax match
cs costs . and III cents, ,gain four times
the English price. And so with evsFy'
thing else. I pay daily fifty cents for a
cup Of tea, for which the highes: price is
sixpence all over England. A hackney
cab won't move from his stand for less
than dollar, and anything ike drive
costs you fully an English sovereign
for which you have IN London livery
carriage and pair for the whole day.
shelter and food have OF course 10 be
paid Tor IN proportion. Inc cheapest
room you can get ir thlrd-rsss lodging
house. without board Is slo week, ex-
actly the price you have 70 pay IN Eng
lond for the best accommodation and the
pest meals IN " nrs'-'"% 10"r''"s "Ss'o
One Oh 'ne gre"'cs. P"n'soP"~s L"s
ago mas ever Prouuee'' ",' iie,.'
spencer hSss' ! 'e"'t
one OF the balswater boarding houses
but then ne Is not go-aheao iahkee'
and can OF course neither make money
as quickly as they DO over mere, nor Is
disposed 10 spend IL IN theT iashion' 1
met the other DAY TWO rrenchmeh on
their way from New orleans 10 rar's'
Being sweiis ana ioois' thsy went 10 u
fash'onabie hotel In the flith avenue,
and had to pay over soo Tor one meal
ana Two beds on the iourtn Story Inc
same sum would have carried them Tor d
fortnight IN raris'
However as no amount oil grumping
helps the matter, one has quietly 10 pay
what Is charged but one cant help ask
ing oneself, How long do they mean to
carry on this state Of affairs here and
how long will they prove capable OF
not charging what they charge Uhls Is
safe enough,) but Of paying what they
payf
Then look again at the amount OF
money their women must cost them. l
spend daily several hours in watching
the elegant and motley crown on Broad
way, and become more and more con-
WINGED that nowhere in the world can be
witnessed sight like this. There is
scarcely woman TO be seen that has not