The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1876-06-08
Economic Visiting.


A Boston woman writing to friend
says, there is large class of highly
educated persons in New England and
New York who would most thoroughly
enjoy and appreciate the centennial ex-
hibition if some arrangement" like that
which she suggests could be made. The
plan is, without doubt, perfectly prac-
ticable, and might be taken up
and crystalized by parties of ladies
Tor gentlemen) i'm other sections of the
country to their advantage. While the
charges for board and lodging in Phila-
delphia and vicinity during the progress
of the centennial exhibition will not be
20 exorbitant as some papers insist, there
is still an opportunity for persons of
moderate means who may desire to visit
the centennial, see everything worth the
seeing and enjoy themselves accordingly,
and that without the outlay of an ex-
travagant amount of money. Not only
in New England and New York, but
throughout the entire country, there are
thousands of highly educated and intel
igent persons who will desire to give
themselves the pleasure of a visit to the
exhibition. This pleasure they can give
Themselves if they are inclined to bestOw
little care and thought upon the prop
er ARRANGEMENTS for visit. We subiOin
extracts from private letter written by
the wife of one of the Harvard college
professors, in order that friends further
away NAV take from it such hints as will
be of service to them in arranging a visit
during the summer.
The letter begins by speaking of the
:' money outlay" contingent upon a Wis
it to Philadelphia, and then goes on to
say: eff they could go somewhat in the
way people go in summer to the seashore,
on sort of campiAg-out principle, they
could form parties and share expenses,
and so be able to ge, when a regular
boarding house or lodgings would seem
too expensive to be thought of. The plan
proposed was to take q house in some
town or country village on some railroad
near enough for the fares to be cheap. A
small, plain house, say parlOr, dining
room, and kitchen on the ground floor,
and perhaps one more room as bed-Cham-
ber-four bedrooms above. Furnished
very simply with table, chairs, and cook
ing stove, and a few cooking utensils
teakettle, spider, kettle, dishpan, etc; a
little very plain croCkery. The bedrooms
with bedsteads and mattresses and pill
lows; washstands, crOckery, etc; tables,
chairs, and lOoking-glasses. Fuel and
gas or lamps supplied. Then the house
extensively advertised as to let by the
week, parties wishing to engage the house
have a list sent them of the weeks free
that 50 far they may choose their own
time. The parties to bring their own bed
and table linen and towels, forks and
SPOONS and knives, and Sheir own provl-
sfons as far as they choose. Their din
ners they can get in the grounds. In
short, to live. IS people do in some OF our
seashore place., where party of twenty
win take a house for a week or fortnight,
living in a picnic fashion, and at very
small expense.
al suppose such house could be
rented tor twenty dollars week, that
far six months would be five hundred
and twenty dollars. Devide the twenty
dollars among eight people, the smallest
number / should propose for party, and
that is only two dollars and ahalt q week
for lodging, and q larger party, OF course,
the expense. Fuel and lights
should be charged as party uses them.
1t would need some responsible person %
certify that the house was Respectable
and fairly comfortable, and to see that
between the different parties 1t was put
in neat and decent order. Aad 1t should
he advertised in papers with a good
country circulation.
A plan very similar to that suggested
above could be arranged with most salts
factory results.