Evening star., 1884-04-04
~f.iving AbrOad.v

oI uline, VINO naQ good reason Just at the time for
practising economy, rented his beautiful house on
one OF the fashionable avenues and went TO Paris
where himself and family lived as he assured mo
wholly on the money he received for the rental OF
MS chicago house. He told me when visited him
In Paris of this stroke OF business, and was quite
pattlnS his economic ingenuity on the back and
was saying: "What a bright boy are your This
economy was as consufnmate an example OF intel
lectual deiuslon as any man could be the Willing
subject OF. My friend lived in large and beauti-
fully appointed house In Chicago, standing In IT'S
own grounds There were Ia the house, AS | rv-
member it, three living rooms and perhaps eight
bedrooms and OF course, the house was ..rlodern y
ana WIN such convenlences as this word implies
In Paris he rented fiat OF five rooms on the third
floor and kept one servant In Chicago he would
have on his table three times much, and at his
table tive times as many. as I'm Paris. mean 10 say
just this-that, had he arranged and consented 10
live In Chicago as simply as he has pleased TO live
in Paris, he could have lived quite Cd apply IN the
one place as in the other. The truth which am
about TO tel and 70 make plain by Illustrations and
statements, Is just this: that It is cheap and
econoical 10 I'VE in Boston or In Chicago As II Is
TO live In London or Paris Knowing, as YOU al do
1t may be much to your mental Distress fire.
quently; as TO how 20 make both ends meet---the
cost and trouble of living In America shall con-
nne myself TO the cost and trouble OF living Ia
London.
Il one is to be in society at all in London. It is
positively ana uneqtlyocaly necessary 10 i've in
certain wel-deflned nelghDcrhSodS. These dis
tricts OF the metropolis are limited, both In num-
Der ana In extent. If You venture outside OF these
fashionable neighborhoods ii is al the risk OF your
social standing. and even of all social recognition
IL Is no use talking. You cannot. reyoutioniZe
| fashionable London by any OF your, new tangled
republican notions. know you sit in your COM
Portable home In the south end OF Boston and on
the west side OF Chicago and pooh pooh" all such
atroclous nonsense as q mans respecaabiiIty de-
pending on the spot OF this common earth upon
which he chooses TO make his home. But repeat,
II Is Just no use talking, your dlsdainful pooh pooh
Ing Will not mend matters in the least alter
matters SO II is IL you wish To Know people and
and on your card an address within the limits OF
onSof these fashionable neighborhoods This being
the case, you must pay very dearly for The house
you live In To begin with, there are very few
houses having the comforts and convenieII,es OF
American houses In the most arstocraIic neigh
borhoods the houses are Old anu, indeed anti
quated. They have no modern cpnyenienceS I
have never been In a London house-and have
been the guest In very large houSeS-where the
houses were to be had There are thousands and
thousands OF great houses in fashiona districts
In London without even bathroom. AS 10 bath
on each hOor or connecting with each sleeping
apartment, such thing Is almost unknown Uof
and cold water "laid on" In the dressing rooms
nave never seep. only few houses in England
have any provision for heating except the II aLe-
quate and horribly provoking open CRATE, by means
OF which your face is In Zanzibar and your back IA
called respectable quarters OF London may be had
anywhere from 81 900 to 900, ncuding rates and
taxes. Domestic service is the thing that is
both better and cheaper than IN America. have
lived on the contlnent-in Germany and in France
as well as In England. and say, after considerable
experience, that the English servants the best
on earth
Fuel, gas and water are somewhat cheaper In
London than in American cities, but everything
that one eats Is much dearer here. Everything a
little unusual or out OF season, In the way or
decacy, Is enormously dear: indeed, so dear that
only the very rich or the very extravagant can in
dulgetn them. The consequence OF this is that
the English table is plain and monOtonouS An
American In England goes through dietary pur-
gatory before he reaches the heaven where ne can
enjoy INCREASINGLY for his dinner a Joint and pota-
toes Beef and mutton, mutton and beef. always
always, always Well, thank benetctent Pr0yi-
do hnxa
by fire" Ind am done with my purgatorial process
rejoice and win rejoice that my beef and mutton
u aIe tne oesI on ear.h All tne sae, sigh lor The
liesh pots OF Egypt Oh. for an American break
fast once more! do think an English breakfast is
The most inartistc. unsat1sfying, awkwardest meal
ever invented by any devil OF mischief mean the
USUAL common-day, no-cOmpany breakfaSt-hiack
tea. cold dry toast bacon and eggs, always always
always
NOBODY lives In hotels In London. only so
journers stop at these hosUeries. la truth Ameri-
cans are the only people who live for any cosidera-
bic length OF time In hotels. Families from the
country, who come up to London Tor the season.
or even tor only fortnight, go into apartme nts
rather than endure the publicity OF great cara
VaI,ary. can remember the time when in all Lon
don there was not large and Wei appointed hotel
or one that Americans would have so deemed But
during the past fifteen years they have sprung up
on ali hands The most pretentious. show an9 H
expensive have borrowed most OF the bad
features, and none of the good Ones OF
the American and continental hotels. How
ever, these are not the fashionable hotels Of
London, and one does not see In them the upper
class OF English and continental people. These
people freQ lent the West end hotels Here meals
are served In the rooms or the guests, and the
order, appointments, servants and cuisine are OF
the very best In the world. Everything move, like
clock work. There is an air OF eminent respecTa-
bil1ty about the West end London hotels unknown
TO any others on earth. one really feels quite dis
ungulShed 10 be guest In one OIL these hotels Ii
one does not behave himself In the most conyen-
uopal, and even distinguished, fashion, his breed
servants OF the establishments. Living In these
hotels Is not dearer than at the more fiasy ones
and Is much more ariStOcratlc. Here you must
have your own sitting room, which, With bedroom
and meals, will cost you not less than from $ TO
$40 per day. But you Will get for your % or $40 no
sucn number and variety OF meals as you can get
at ParKerS In Boston or the Grand Pacific in
Chicago. II you order such dinner as you could
get any day AT first class American hotel the DIM
ner itself would cost you S5. Just that one good
tOOthsOme dinner would cost you IS anywhere In
London Allons done, there is such dinner In
London. There never Was any such dinner In Lon
don
England is par excellence, the land OF good and
cheap clothing. The men OF England OF all CLASSES
are The best dressed men In the world Clothes
so cheap that all classes can afford 10 dress suit
ably While this is true, you must Rot get the no
tOn that wel-dresSed gentleman In London does
not spend as much on bis clothes a we'll ldressed
gentleman in Boston or Chicago. He spends as
much and usually more. have known Americans
to buy lot OF low priced clothing 10 take home
with them, and when they got home found
that they were made so poorly and lifted so badly
they were ashamed to be seen in them. There
are In London good and bad tailors high price and
low priced tailorS. The best London tailorS the
very best, and the worst London taiors are the
very worst On Regent street, in the strand, IN
Fiees street, one may ma 6u5 coat o. good material.
S., or al entire suit for from SIS TO S25. These
clothes will be serviceable, and VIII look We'll Ia
London, where clothes are not made TO lit closely
or with close attention TO details. But the best
dressed men In London do not buy their clothes at
The best taflors are at the west end You must
go to New Bond street or its immediate neghbor-
hood TO get the best clothing. And the tailors In