Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-05-15
HOW Nome Artists Live.

One can live cheaply or the reverse ii
New York. as Leander Rich rdson shows
He relates the fact that many unmarried
artists have rooms opening out of their
studios making arrangements for the
sweeping, washing and all that sort OF /
thing with the janitors of the buildings
in which their quarters are situated. The |
milkman comes in the morning and leaves /
his little bottle of he best milks=the bak
er comes around with the mufhns-and the
ianitors boy runs out to get the other
supplies for the day. When the man in
the house is ready for his breakfast, he
simply goes and cooks it, and there isn't
anybody to find fault with for making
the coffee too strong or doing the steak
too much. One of the profession who
makes a large income was found I'M
| mersed in the duties of the kitchen, and
apparently enjoying himself. He was
covered over with large white apron,
and his sleeves were rolled up above his
elbows displaying a pair of hawny and
we'll shaped arms, while in his mouth
was the regulation artists black pipe.
At that particular instant he was finish
ing up the luncheon, which few min
utes later the party sat down to dcmolish.
1t was very nice affair, consisting of
consomme in cups, broiled oysters, ten
der fillet of beef, black coffee, cheese and
hard crackers. At Delmonico's it would
have cost So or So In the artists little
suite of rooms the total outlay was less
than fifty cents, and the host, who has a
genuine liking for the preparation of eat
ables, enjoyed the pleasure Of doing the
cooking beside Richardson says furth-
er.
} I was surprished to hear my artistic
> friend tell the other day how many peo
: pie of high and low degree live In thl
G way in New York. He declared tina
| three out of five of the painters car
d ried on this existence in a more or les
) modified form, some of them keeping
c servant to run errands and do the menia
n part of the housekeeping, while man
G Others did it all themselves. Some O
c have them elaborately gotten up flats i
:. which they live in great style, but the bnl
le Of them carry on their existence in sets c
a rooms opening out of their studios
s. That, however, is not fair example {
IL the bohemian sort Of thing at its best
n, New York Eben Plympton, the acto
V, used to run pleasant little fiat down
ID Twenty ninth street, where he dclighte
Of in inviting his friends and treating the
e, to luncheons, dinners or suppers OF h
t. own preparation. | never could brlr
at myself to think Eben a good actor, b.
Id they do say be is tirst-class cook, ar
&C perhaps that is the direction in whiC
OH hi genius lies. At any rate, h
ct rooms were the resort of lots Of poop
70 who know what good eating i, and wi
n. always appeared to bc very glad, indec
DIS to have an invitation 10 feast MAJ
no ready by their host himself. llilla
he Bell, a well-known painter who diver
Oh fes his professional career by writing
lat portion of the time for newspapers al
he magazines also lives hy himself, doi
on all his own cooking and oftcntimcs cnt
&C. tanning his friends He was telling
ost the other dav how in the early days
If his career, when he used tn be sometln
aid hard up for money. he found he cot
CHI live in really cxcellents style upon I
nd system at total outlay Of about s
ere week.-Mrs. amount, Of course, cover
az only the cost Of the raw materials a
yas not including rent - it will 9 s'
I'M that man who enjoys Tu;tcring aEou
, as at cooking and ali that kind of tn
n may combine thorough pleasure W
no. complete economy.
all
I Toomlls' Escape.