Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-04-22
MAKING ENDS MEET.
WHAT IT COSTS YOUNG MEN TO
LIVE IN THE BUSY METROPOLIS.
AT the Start the Gain Is Too Slow,
and Later II I. Too Fsst"-The
Table d'Hote Systsm-
Club Expenses
New York Herald !

Club Expenses
New York Herald
* great horde of young men make their
way to this city annually said promi
nent Wall street tinancier Ia Il reporter
"de>erting the farm, the country store and
light occupations in small town, ambition
to wre,tle tor the spoils Of commerce an
the goiie fruits OF trade, without the
slightest knowledge Of how to live on small
pay. The first lesson | had to learn was
how TO spend how 10 make a small salary
put food in my mouth, clothes on my back
and a roof over ma. Strange aS it may
seem, some never learn the lesson, and gu
back disgracei through debt, BROKEN
through disappointment and u,e.ess by I, ,a-
son OF their city experience
But how can It be expected that YER
dant youth will know how u spend. h'w t.
manage" askel the reporter
at is not to be expeCted. A boy coming
to this city with few dollars must learn
how 10 get what he wants at the least posi-
BILE cost He must be shown. This knowl
edge will be more beneficial than place
He must know that every penny saved is a
penny male. See all our rich mem Many
of them ,elpt under the counters in the
store. and had only bread AMI milk for
breakfast See A T. Stewart, F. Twin Nor
gan, John Jacob A>tor, Pierre LDrillard,
Isaac T. sherman Jay Gould. Comm dore
Vanderbilt Why, those men ma tChed thoir
stomachs and thsir backs against the pen-
nies in their pockets and the pennies won,
for they saved them.
IN THE BEGINNING.
Ia, - ;
walton. Poverty is poverty. A Young man
should, upon getting the iron foot of pow
erty off his neck. and when he is in receipt
of a fair salary, say 500 [ 81 3DO a year
look about TO see how he can make as>ocIa
tons that will prove ultimately beneficial 10
him. He must then spend more literally,
but still in accordance with his mean,
keeping cautiously r serve or accident
fund for the evil day that is sure 70 coms
upon him unexpectedly This is where
young men 60 a>tray. At the start the gain
is too slow: later it is too fast In a word,
it is how to spend, for how to spend mean,
how TO live. | Relieve IN so much for ne
cessities, SO much for pleasures. so much as
a reserve against accident 1t makes no
matter whether it is the young clerk on
$500 a year or the Opulent bondholder on
So. 900 year" The banker spoke with
emphasis What he had laid the result
Of his own experiences and observations.
The reporter, 10 test the theory advanced
made a tour of the town, and he found that
On a salary of 500 year young man
with perseverance might not only live
but lay up portion OF his pay. or board
ing houses there i. no end, the prices largely
depending upon the situations and the
class of people living in them A
young man sharing his rom with
some friend may he able TO ge
fair accommodations for - per week, and,
il the sole occupant for s.. There are
many small rooms on the upper floors of
boarding b "a -sS in excellent locations which
are rented TO single men, with board, for IS
and 40 per week. While many young men,
wishing to know exactly what their expenses
will come tn at the eni of the week. adopt
this system OF living, there are others who
prefer to have A room and get their msal' in
restaurantL RO ms can be secured without
meals Tor s. and So per week
TABLE D'HuTE.
The table d'hote system has grown to
great dimensions in this city during the
past ten years. There was a time when
dinners at lINei prices were only to be had
at the hotels, but now they are 10 b. found
on the prinvIpu avenues and on the side
streets, with price, varying from 10 cents
TO 81 50. Some of these establishments
give their regular customers dinners and
breakfast for s. per week. II it were not
that the establishments employed cooks
both economical and skilltul, II would be
indeed a mystery how they could set before
their guests two meals day for less than
81, and particularly when both dinner
and breakfast are bountiful and palata BILE
Ii is estimated that no less than 300 men
daily dine IN these places during the winter
season The great city clubs have very
generally adopted the system Of provi ling
their members with dinners at fixed prices
II is not to be supposed that men in easy
circumstances will suffer themselves to live
on the same careful plan which marked
their tinanClering in the early days OF small
pay. And the sight Of the great buildings
throughout the city which are known as
bachelor apartment houses carries convic-
ton 10 the senses that the days of their ten
ants deprivation are over. Inquiry Of the
janitor IN charge will show that young men
pay for two rooms rentals varying from
$500 T. g O91 O.ten these rooms consist
only Of a small sitting room and a bed.
room, with a bathroom attached-the
prices being graded in accord dance with the
faciitl'S. attendance modern improve
ments AID attractions furnished The apart
nent-for by such a name the two room
are known and lea>ei-I> most in demand
when the rant asked for it is less than S5JJ
year.
THE BATTLE OF EXI>TENCE.
young man living in a small apartment
does not Infrequently occupy 1t in common
with friend. This materially dimini shes
the cost, so that after all the rooms only
equal the expense OF a small chamber at the
top Of four->tory boarding house, where no
kindly elevator runs to relieve the sky
lodger Of the arduouS duty of climbing long
flights of stair. Such young men generally
join club, and the annual dues are fire.
quently less than the money saved, pro-
vided they ha orderel the same article of
food in a restaurant Of any pretentions
The association, made at a club young
men find not only agreeable. but useful in a
general way when they launch out their
own small ventures on the swelling tides Of
commerce. But still the outlay OF money is
Oftentlmes IN re extensive than the slen Ter