The daily gazette., 1875-07-21

and they used TO get married you mus
admit"
And Henry reioins "Women ar,
so expensive now. That's the troubl,
: Just look at it. get 81 200 a year
Now how the deuce can support {
wife on 81 200? Why, it cost me al
OF that to live myself"
But see how You live" responded
Amelia.
Not extrayagantly " said Henry, 90
pay 20 week for board; that's-le,
eighI Times two are sixteen; eight
tlmes nVe are forty; and one is forty
onc-four hundred and sixteen dol
lars year"
Which leaves you," interrupt.
Amelia, S7s4 a year. Now, what
on earth do you do with this remain.
"Well," says Henry. "there are my
clothes-and-and-"
Cigars, " adds Amelia.
An, and buggy rides,''
And drinks"
Ah-tut--hardly ever anything of
mat kind, you know" says Henry.
wen, l hope not. But what do you
40 with the money otherwise? A mans
CLONES don't cost him much"
just try it," IN
nswa" '" ''''ch
Wei, says the young man, thought
fully, there's an everyday suit for
parties and the opera, SIS. There's
Two suits Tor summer and fall and
spring, $50. There are hats cans
gloves, hosiery, &c, $40; boots and
that?" ~ %
Two hundred ard ninely dollars, ,"|
responds the ready Amelia.
Henry.
Very well; that leaves $40. What
do % y9u do with the restg"
Wei, there's car fare, say $5O."
"And-well, let me see-churcb
donations, say-$25."
Yes, We'll say $25. Wel!"
'"Oarriage hire, 500"
Cigafst l am pretty moderate
say 800. How mnchl does the total |
amount to now?"
Ten hundred and tifty-five dollars.
1 oil see there are over $3.50 To be az.
counted for"
well, teller don't spend all his
money, you know; besides there are
christmas presents, and lot of little
traps that cannot now remember"
ies, see. No doubt the artielesI
mentioned would swell the amount TO
Si ,.0o says Amelia rather sadly.
Don't You see, now," remarks
henry, that cannot afford a wife ?"
~ ou surely couldn't, unless cxpen-
'es could he reduced" replies Anne.
"Rut instead OF being reduced, thew |
would be doubled" says he.
oh, mo" says the young lady. "Notl
nat. shonld think, for instance, that
was very extravagant if spent half
II your salary on myself"
DO you suppose you spend less
han 5000 yearly ?" says Henry. II
Perhaps not now, responds Amelia
"but could get along with Is
much less if l tried. )"
Gould you indeeds" uuries he. II
Yes" she responds. Couldn't !
our" Why, / suppose l might, Let i
ne see. Where wonld beginf" t
''Say the clothes, suggested Amelia. t
"fes, that's a fact. could do with t
ut the dress suit; that would be S75.' C
"And one of the others?" she SAYS, e
nqniringly.
-a-a-s-say one of the others $40"
"And a little on the boots and
loes?"
II believe so; say $50 off on those. :
And the carriage hrre?''
well, suppose | could get along n
it the street car; take off $50 for GER s.
age hire" lc
We'll, how about the cigars?" tw
Il wouldn't like to give them up II
ntirely, but I'll throw off $50 on ci- h
ars." LII
Very well. And. the hats, caps, j
g., and all the rest. Couldn't YOU h
we 500 on the balance. You know "
good snit of clothes will last more "
ian one season." d
well, might possibly make it Ia
100 Iess," says he. A
That makes, with the S165 left el
yer ana above yonr stated expenses o'
J a bachelor, $500" says the ready CT
melia. "You may add to that $50 az
hich you could readily save on at
and you have the snug "
in of $575 yearly to lay by. A few a
,srs of such economy would enable CT
~ to buya nice little home of your ID