St. Paul daily globe., 1892-11-20

as my chum put it. After pretty care
full search we hit upon large. COM
Portable ground floor Iear room in the
home of an elderly widow in Harlem,
whom we soon jollied into the belief
that we We're the salt of the earth, with
lhe result that she couldn't take too
good care of us. We agreed to pay her
S. week for the room, which took SO
of my wages. When we had stuck up
on the walls the cabinet photos OF all
the girls we knew, and had distributed
the knickknacks which these girls had
given u.s. the room looked simply i'm
menSe.
The eating problem was then to be
overcome. After sundry experiences
we adjusted it on this basis: Breakfast
of rolls and good coffee in little shop a
block from where we lived, Is cents;
luncheon of a sandwich, glass of milk
and piece of pie, in lunch room near
the store, Is cents; first-clasS entire din
ner, from soup to French coffee, in a
neat little obscure restaurant which we
ran across, 35 cents. Total for days
eating, 65 cents; for the week (of six
working days., $3.50. Sunday we stuck
to the week day programme as far as
breakfast and luncheon were concerned,
and paid 80 cents for good Sunday
dinner. Thus weeks good, substantial
food costs me $4.70, which, with the $3.50
room rent, amounts to $720.
1t costs me 80 cents a week to ride to
and from my work. My smoking is con-
fined to couple of pipes every even
ing, and 20-cent package of tobacco
sees me through the week. Total, S8.
L have permanent arrangement with
Celtic lady to do my washing for SO
cents week, and | have my collars and
cuffs polished at laundry at a weekly
outlay of 25 cents. Total, SS.75:
Once every week invest 81 for two
balcony seats at a firStrclasS theater-
1878. invariably lay aside 81 week
for raiment of all sorts, fixed on this
basis: Two dollars a week Is Sl04 a
year. have two suits of clothes every
twelve months, each suit costing me
$40. and l can get natty clothes made to
overcoat every winter, but when do [
get good, Well-lnade, heavy one for
$15. Call 1t S55. Two pairs of
shoes at 81 pair get me through
year, and two hats, also at 81 each, are
my allowance for the twelve months.
| Two pairs of gloves winter, at 81
pair, keep my hands sheltered from the
| blasts, and eight 50-cent cravats are
enough for the year. This figures up
| ST. and the remaining $27 OF my dress
allowance of S104 year are spent in
collars, cuffs, underwear and SO on.
The $4,000 year bachelor will be
astonished to read that am frequently
referred to as a man who clocks as
though he had just jumped out Of a
handbox."
When have laid aside the 50 week
for dress l have just $S.25 left for
hilarity and tempestuous plunging into
the boisterouS stream OF New York life.
1t very frequently happens that | have
some of this still III my right hand
pantaloons pocket when l get through
the week.
That's the way l live. do 1t because
it's case of must, although never have
poverty-stricken sensation.
| don't wholly agree with Margery
DAVIS views on matrimony. l don't get
married because [ can't. 1t seems to
me it is very foolish for her to stay SIN
gle; but am glad she does. You see |
know her, land hope some time to earn
$50 week, like Mrs. Youngmatron's
husband. Great Scott! Think of itD
And If dare 10 dream dreams of Mar
gerry, and care to save what can OF my
income-Why, that's my affair.
GEOKGE s WILING