, 1888-11-08
FOURTEEN CENTS A DAY.
LOW COST OF THE FREEDOM OF
ENGLANO'S METROPOLIS.


CheaP Lodgings III II wy Oh L''u"'''
Scene in the Kitchen of "A F"nr Penny
Lodging usc-Rc tor Pea Soup.
l have often been asked to give some
estimate of the cost Of n tom through
England. Those who have written books
Of travel have generally had plenty Of
-rf1rev-4ftA-the hey haze given no thuELht in
their works TO readers Of limited means
who have Il great desire for the culture
that travel is supposed to bring, but,who
shrink from launching out because Of the
expense.
1t is TO this large class hat l address
myself. \ recent writer has put forth Il
book showing how Europe can he done on
fifty cents a day. As the phrase is in a
certain American game called poker. l see
his fifty cents and will go him somewhat
better; in other words, L viii show him
how the freedom of the city Of London,
for instance, can be had at a cost Of about
seveV pence a day, or fourteen cents in
American money. THIS will include three
meals a day and lodging at hight. OF
course this is only intended for the CAPT
talist class. Chicago. as everybody
knows, was once offered to n man for n
pair of boots, but as the man didn't have
boots, he failed, TO his unavailing regret
ever afterward, to invest in real estate
that ultimately reached a much higher
figure. So If a man has not the fourteen
cents a day it is useless for him to read
the first part of this article. | will have
pleasure in telling him further on how 10
live on nothing a day and enjoy tile lux
ury OF n bath every evening as well.
FOURTEEN A DAY.
An estimable friend of mine in Ioodon
that is, he lives in London during the
season-whO is a tramp by profession.
told me how a man with an income Of
fourteen cents a day could live sumntiI-
ously, and he even invited me to 20 and
lodges and live with him. which is some
thing, l regret to say, l never had the
courage to do.
In all the crowded parts of London can
be seen signs which read 'Iodrinrs for
single men. four hence a niyht y There
are others at lower rates. but of course on
this tour, as said before, we prefer to
live well rather than merely save money.
You pay your fourpence to a man Mt he
bottom of the stair, and until daylight
does appear the freedom of the house is
yours. There is a large room called the
kitchen. A good sized fire burns at one
end of it, and at that fire you will find
some of the dodgers cooking their evening
meal. l believe that in expensive lodging
houses. such as | speak of, tin dishes are
provided, the rule being that the last user
washes them at the tap which flows in a
corner.
At the first dinner that l ordered at
Delmonico's, in New York, they brought
me so much Of each dish that I did not
wonder at the awful price charged, and l
learned Gfterward that it is the custom
for two persons to go there together, and
each order is considered more thar enough
for two. The tramps of London follow
this high toned precedent. On a pea SCUM
guzzle four of them generally 90 in to-
gether. and tie chances are that when We
enter the kitchen of the fourpenny Lode
ing house we will be Mt once claimed ne
partners in a pea soup banouet NV
tramp informs me that the pea SOM nre-
pared from the trambs' recipe is one of
the most sustaining things p man can snb-
sist on,
FOR FOUR HIN N
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NOT herhs carrots turrins IooI,s 49,!
ct, hoIf n~ennv'e yyortb oniDIS ~
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