Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-22

Coney island that are gentlemen personifed.
sat ~, 9 fence at West Brighton the other
night aGmiriug the fireworks 4 policeman
with red hair and kindly blue ewes ap-
preached. Won't you please get of that
fencasa said he Il am supposed to keep
people of IL. but don't want to disturb anv
che more than is necessary in order 70 obey
the rules
We took an observation Of the pyrotech-
nics through glass darkly, and for long
time we both sat on the fence and watched
the ebb Of the tide and listened 10 the sad sea
waves. Il is better TO stand IN with q DO
hcernan than otherwise, Tor he combines
within himself the majesty OF tie law and OF
his political boss, and if you prefer charges
against him for clubbing you, he knows that
there are thousands az his hack TO swear your
breath away and put YOU III jail for perjury.
IL he imarines you would squeal, he would
rather Kill you outright than let you appear
against him.
But does it not cost more 10 i've IN New
York than il a provincial eityP SKIS the
noralist. Cert, my friend, 1t dos; that is
providing you live. II YOU are willing to
simp.- exist, you can co il very cheaply. I
know a hotel On Fourth avenue where you
can set q small room, with everything sweet
and clean. for $ q week. Then YOU cSn get
yoIr meals at your own price a. Il restaurant
You can have cornei beef and beans Ter ten
cents coffee for five and butter cakes t'sink-
ersh they call them here) 81 the same price,
50 that with pie for dessert You round up
single quarter Of a dollar. Il You SO ON for
a week at this extravagant rate, YOU are out
but $7.45, az told. As your income wakes
and wanes you can, Of course, increase or
diminish the dose OF Injuries. If you are ~
peace with your pockeJ6ook you can have
excellent table board for s. week lthis is
without lunch, only two meals day., with
a nice room for So more.
And ii Is the same way with housekeeping.
There are very expensive houses and there
are those which are comparatively cheap. l
looked 1t one il Brooklyn the other day the
price of which. with about ten rooms, WIS
bat $50 a week, the lowest pricc Of a cottage
in Buffalo. There are flats IN good neghbor-
hoods 70 be had at SIS, SO and So month.
These are double flats, which have a hallway
through the middle, with apartments ca
either side II you want single fat OF
seven or eight rooms and must live n q re-
tired and highly respectable ueighbor God, it
VIII cost you from So TO So and YOU can
get all the Injuries by going uP into the
ffties and sixties
I beieve-I don't know il, OF course, hay
ing just come-that the cheapneSs of th5
other necessities OF hfe about equalize the
rent score. II you viii bay your beeisteak
Of the corner butcher, who gets has cuts done
up III tiufoil and delivered on ice ct retail
prices, you must pay p ceats pound But
ii YOU viii take the trouble ana an elevated
train you can 50 to the nearest public market
and buy meat rs cheapiy as he can and q
cheapiy as ia the provincial cities.
Young men fun of ambition dream Of com
ing TO New York and think they Will be able
10 tlke advantage OF It's possibilities Such
10 not need advice. They are nOU booking for
1t, and who but a fool would advise themi
Ii they come they stand better chance 70
succeed than tie New Yorker by birtlricht
simply because they are apt 10 work harder
Tor success. Don't come expecting 10 have a
brass band rece ption at the train, tor New
York Is a very cold town, and II y3u haven't
the price of a square meal the man you eK-
pect to get ii from is SIRE 10 be out OF town.
If you must come, have at least the price OF
d return ticket and two weeks board, and
then, If the gods are with you, you VIII get
there; but if they are not, why, you can 20
home again and take time to decide what is
the trouble with you.
CHARLES II. THOMAS.