St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-12-19
coxr OF LIVING n MEXICO.
It is srT High, Int Money Is maze
Easily.

asked your.. American dentist IN
San Luis Potos, u CITY Ut Io3,ytO Ps"~
pie in the north ccntra, rart IT Mexico
a rich farming couutry--'. h@1 II cos'A :"
live in Mexico.
The Young dentist lives very nice Y,
Like all Of his kind in Mexico, he ls max
ing money and he is saving enouS. to
make him rich within the next ten or nj
teen years. Said he;
Il keep a close account of my ex-
pensos and as figure it it costs ne just
about $ll7 month. My living costs
me for table expenses s. a day, or $50
month pay 80 month for my house
and have three servants, who avcrahs
81 month apiece. Here every respect
able fellow has to have a cook, man and
q chambcrmad IN addition to the wages
of the servants | have to give them 50
much u day tor food Each If them cX-
poets six cents every morning fort ,rtilIas
or corn-cakes, which constitute the bread
Of the common people Then every
week | have to give six cents extra to
them for soap. This is the custom and
they want the money and not the soap,
once bought twenty-five poul.us OF soap
and tried to do it out to them, but they
wouldn take it. Washing and ironing
are never done in the house in Mexico.
There are public washcrwomen who
pound and rub the clothes to pieces after
wetting them with cold water, which they
get from pnblic tanks or bitches. They
wear out the clothes in One-third tbs time
that they would he destroyed by China
men and | pay them $ month for do
ing it. My butter costs me seventy
cents pound, my milk seven,oen cents
a day, and pay about six cents day Oh
the average Tor charcoal.
IAN ordinary hand-ne-down suit costs
from $50 to $50. Undertaking is very
expensive. Calico costs 1Sccnts yard.
A very culinary silk nccktie sells for 81.
Linen cuffs are 90 cents a pair and col
lars three for ST. My wite's dresses
count up, | can tell you, and man has
got to make a good lot OF money in
Mexico in order to live us well os hs docs
at home
Il suppose you make it, said he.
ayes, do, was the reply, and any
American dentist who will come here and
stay can do likewise. made $1,000 the
first year, and have done considerably <
better right along since that time. l CON,
charge bigger prices. get from SiOV
to $50 for full set of teeth on rubber.
Whenever administer gas charge SO
for pulling a tooth, and when a number
are pulled charge $40 for the first tooth
and s. for all succeeding ones. For
Jerking out q tooth without gas | charge
81. Filings range from s. upward, and
gold Filings cost from SO up into the
hundreds, according to the size OF the
cavity and the size of the bank account
of the man who has his teeth filled. |
always get $500 for making Il set OF teeth
on gold, and all other business is done in
proportionate rates
There are about 100 Americans living
in Mexico City. Some OF them are very
wealthy. \ few own houses, and qaIte
q number have rented establishments.
Thomas Braunitf, who was born on Staten
Island, is said to have an income OF over
500, 900 wear. He is President of the(
Mexican railway which runs to Vera Cruz,
and he has a big plantation, cotton feg-
tories, and is one Of the leading owners
Of the Bank of London and Mexico,
which is the biggest bank in the country.
He is building house which will cost
100000 on the Paseo, a fashionable
drive Of Mexico City. He is the richest
American in Mexico. Gen. John B.
Frsbie is another rich American. He
owns some gold mines near Touca, and
he has one of the most comfortable homes
in the capital He tells me that living
is high in Mexico and that his expenses
there are about as big as they would be
in Washington. = New York World.