The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-05-03
Cost Of Living AbrOad.

sThere isnocity in which You can ge.
more for six-penee or less for gu nea
than in London." This was what
Richard Rush, The Am rcan diplomat
ic representative to England, said away
ba K in the twenties These words are
as true to-day as they were when the
shrewd, observant American ga ut
terance to them. Bread to-day Is
cheaper in London than in New York,
Paris, Vienna, Berlin, or Brussels. You
can get suit Of clothes made TO meas
ure from real scotch tweed for $l5,
fashionably cut and well finished. Hun
dreds of tailors will be glad to take
your measure and furnish well-iitting
suit Of d common but still fair material
for $40. can buy ready-made shoes for
$3.50, every bit as good as / can pur-
chase in New York for 80, while for
that sum I can get as good pair OF
hand-sown understanding rs wish
to wear. A good silk hat may be
bought for So, and Derby Of the latest
fashion for a triiie over ~. Shirts and
underwear are less than two-thirds the
price asked for them in New York, and
the gloves / wear cost me seyenty-five
cents pair. aud have never yet
found them TO split or tear Ladies
attire is froporlionately cheap. Houses
and rooms may be had within two and
one-half miles of the heart of the city,
with gardens four times as large as the
area the res dgnce stands on, for a
rental OF from $3.50 to 5000 per an
mum, return fare by rail to the city
costing from six to eight cents daily.
Vegetables are about half the price
they are in the S ates. Butter is five
cents pound cheaper, and meat only
is dear commodity. Not nearly so
much dearer. though, as Is generally
supposed Yesterday bought leg Of
excellent mutton for twenty cents per
pound, and for prime joints Of beef the
| butchers are now asking twenty-four
cents per pound. Then, again, fish is
/ ridiculously cheap. read in an Exeter
paper that behring's were sold in that
/ town one day last week at the rate of
! twenty-four for three cents, and that
sprats were retail ed at two cents per
| quart.
But Mr. Rush was as right about the
| purchasing power Of the gainea as he
| was in his estimate Of the liberal equiv.
alent obtainable for the nilnble six.
4 pence. In the West End of London the
most extortionate prices are asked BY
i the tradesmen. Fifteen dollars for 4
pair of trousers and $3.50 for coat and
vest are by no means exceptional prices
4 and there are plenty of knights of tht
shears who would charge $50 for suit
Of evening dress that one could readily
match at city tailor's for S25. ! know
several .ssnips' that arc glad to array
customers in all the glory of .'elawhani
mer' coat, low-cut vest and pant er
suite for $15. London boarding houses
are an abomination and = snare. On.
can get infinitely better food and &C
commodation in Philadelphia, Bali
more or Boston for 50 per week thar
can be procured IN London for dou II
the money. Railway travelling, too, j
much more expensive in England thar
in America. Even the third class is,
think. quite as expensive as the uniform
fare charged in the States. and to max
q journey OF few hundred miles in
iirst~class carriage will G st at least iift,
per cent. more than similar journey i
: the States. PiiIa felptia Prs.