Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-01-06
ECONOMY IS WEALTH.
HOW RESPECTABlLITY Is SUSTAIN
ED on FIFTEEN DOLLARS
4 MONTH.

Half a dozen gentlemen in the Of
flee of the Palace hotel were talk
ing the other evening OF the com
parative extrayaganc8 Of people in
San Francisco. An old resident
who owns houses by the block and
lots by the acre, and is himself re-
garded as a champion economlS',
remarked that a great deal Of the
talk about the extravaganza Of the
San Francisco community was a
fiction.
"pm inclined to think said the
thrifty capitalist, "that there are
inst as many economical people IN
San Francisco as in any town in
the country. How do you account
for the immense deposits in the To-
cal savings banks it the community
is not strictly economical?"
~ don't quite agree with you,"
said a well kuown young grain
speculatOr who has made and lost
millions without being very percep'
tibly affected thereby. l think the
community as a community Is reck-
less in its estimate of the value OF
money, but there are no doubt as
notable examples Of economy to be
met with in San Francisco as in
any city in the Union. Every pio-
neer knows -, for example,
we'll preserved man with gray
beard, neatly brushed clothes and
shining silk hat. In early days he
was a we'll to do young jeweler and
saved his money, so that he will
never need the assistance Of his So
clety to appease his undertaker'-
He began years ago to cut down
his living expenses as matter Of
principle, and now, when he is old
and comparatively comfortable, he
has got it down so fine that the
sum of Slj a month supports him.
HOW HE MANAGES IT.
elbow does he do it, Well, in
the first place he has hunted mp a
room on the top of Telegraph bill,
where he has to ascend by rope
ladder. The marine view is excel
lent, but the work of getting up is
frightful. Still he doesn't miad, for
the rent is only 81 a month. He
blacks his own shoes, shaves him
self and walks down to town for
breakfast, making sure that the es-
tablishment which he patrOnizes is
able to supply a square meal to a
healthy man for fifteen cents. Be-
fore he orders he makes it point
to devastate the pickle jar. sweep
the table of bread and crackers,
radishes, beets or anything furnish
ed gratis. Then he wades into his
modest order, and after demOlish.
ing that strolls up to read the pa
pers at the Pioneer hall. He al
ways carries his OvercOat thrown
loosely over his shoulders, as the
common practice Of thIusting the
arms into the sleeves has a wear
ing tendency. He invariably spreads
couple of newspapers over his
char in the reading room, so that
the cane seats may not too sudden
w remove the nay of his already
long worn but well preserved pan
falcons. lie has a patent for hang
ing up his hat so that it will lose
none of its beauty of outline by
contact with the wall, and when
he dusts it he invariably uses his
handkerchief, a brush being calcu-
lated to shorten its term Of service.
He could afford to live at the rate
of $500 a month, so that he will
fully puts into the savings bank at
his time of life, and without hav-
ing any family to leave his savings
to. some 1886.
ga good many rich people who
made their own money make them
selves appear mean without sus.
pecting it or being really as par
simOnious as they seem," remarked
full blOOded cattle king. "They
got into the habit of driving close
bargains when they were poor, and
il used to be necessary as well as a
matter of principle with them to
see that they weren't cheated
They seem to forget, though, that
what looks all right with a hard
working man on small salary or
his wife, isn't quite the correct
thing with the same man or his
wife when they have $4,000, 600 or
/ s30,OOO,0OO. Now there was Is
wife and daughter. The market
people used to talk about them in a
way that would paralyze them il
they only heard it, and all on &C
count of their mistaken ideas O
what they had a right to do. Mos
ladies in their position give theil
market orders and wait until the
bills come in to see what the mear
is a pound.
ON A MARKETING TOUR.
"These millionaire ladies used Il
20 round the stalls some time agC
ca regular marketing tour, anC
display the same keenness abou
the price of pOrterhouse steaks ant