The crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1877-1878, 1877-12-27
LEyEE LIVING.
How 10 Live on Fifteen cents n day in
~ Louis.

81 Louis lllSlm Gu
While the single man is grlImbling
over Il salary of $1,000 per year. and
finds ON ihc first of january that he has
just made both ends meet and has moth
ing but his nose and situation before
him, the tounucrum will at once sug.
gcSt itself, "lIow do the hand-to--mOuth
individuals live" On our streets are
daily to he seen men dragging them.
selves along rs if life was an up hill
burden, and we are surprsCc to learn
that they are instrumental in keeping in
motion the human machinery of a wife
and half dozen children. 1.-TWO meals
for fifteen cents II day" is Il sign which
has grown dusty on the lcvee block rtwo
above the bridge
"Missprint on the sign?" asked the
Dispatch man. Us he entered the dingy
hoAcl. "lIow can you freight victuals
into IL mans stomach at that price and
supply the freight"
"Why ye2; put another dime to the
regular price and yer can get twice the
amount ter cat, but watts the use ov Il icllcr
stullin' up huff Ter bustM
"show us bill of fare"
"Wcll you see we can't afford them
cllishments, besides, not all of my
customers can read, but | can tell you
what you can get for that amount Of mo.
ncy-say for fifteen cents split into two
meals. The way we manage is, it's ten
cents meal, or two for fifteen cents We
give check for the other meal when
asked Tor You see if you heightened
Cusscs would come down to the levee to
board, we could reduce rates by II darn
sight, but these lellcrs as come TO see how
much they can get fur little are the men
az can stow away the most. Look at that
ar man, who is II stevcdoor and just got
u job for the first time in two weeks at
hosting sacks. lie borrowed n dime from
the mate of that ily.up-the.crcek boat, and
wants the worth Of his money, but there's
money even in the feeding him ut 10 cents"
The Individual alluded to vas at tall, lank.
looking individual, bnt looked as if he
might he actually fat if filled out He
was hoisting into his hold as if the last bell
had rung on the boat on which he had
secured the job.
The Dispatch man looked rt the bill of
fare and found il consists of the following
not ON paper, but in living realty: An
empty soup plate stood.ior quart of soup,
with sufficient taste and substance TO it to
carry the eater through ii to the end, The
soup represented two ounces of beef essence,
according TO The reporters estimate, by the
amount dut in the boiler, He has just
| finished the soup, and tackled on TO piece
of "choice" corn beef There were several
good square bites on The plate. A "snap"
of ksout that needed no liable to tell that it
could lift 100pounds, on the account of
its strength. A big slice ofrye bread with
anice seed in it and II fair chunk of saus-
age are the accompaniment, and all for
ten cents, with privilege of a check for
another meal on payment of an additiona,
nicklc. And yet the cry is "hard times"
The people who patronizc the place live
we'll and there are few of the tive-icent ad.
ditional checks that are ever drowned in
the river, They get hit in the head by
some brother in brothel or are sent to
the hospital for indiscretions with the
lower class of the opposite sex and die
in the act of biting ten-penny nail in two
but they never kickout with newspaper
announcements of their indigestive all
ments.