Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-02-02
lIWNe ON SIX DOLLARS A WEEK.

Eeesounical Metheds Thst Enable Bos-
ton clerk to Make Ends Meet
'T undosstand what ron have come for.
and I shall be glad to give you the infor-
nation you seek. You sse for yourself the
room, have. IL b q side room, about big
enough for small pantry. Whist heat il re-
ceives comes from the general heat Of the
house"
"You must be ooad, TIN, suustimsar
''No. There's . goed furnace in this
house. and By leaving my door open = good
denl of hont Goto tnfo q. NON: bcu6doA
I'm from Canada. and snmefAfng ef N
athlete and prhaps do not fcei tbs cold a.
less rugged man would"
"Your room Is certainly small"
Eyes. That short msnfel bed, the little
bureau, and my snali trunk are a tight 1T
for it, as you see. There's no closest 10
use that row Of pegs on the wall But this
room is quite ample, compared with tho
one got into when first came TO Boston.
"That WIS an attic room. with Just
enough space, lengthwise. for a small bed
and afminiature dressing Cease One little
chairwas edged into It sounehow. Icouidn't
find spsoe for my trunk ekcspt by keeping
it on end To open II used TO run d into
the hall or get II upon the bed.
Its fact. there renly wa har<ny
space enough in the room for the neus@nry
motions in putting on and t>kine od ose'a
clothes. I wanted 10 slecp in sumcshing
bigger than packing box. 80 gvt ous Of
that aud came here"
The young man continued: II am get.
ting six dollars a week in . wholesale
store. I'm not disappointed as 10 the
amount Of my pay. ] knew the BIG stories
a
great wages in the States were all non-
sense. but for all that" be said. laughing.
Il End It hard TO keep alive. Nsverfhe-
less I've lately been cutting down cx-
penses 50 ae 20 save up.'
ITO save up on six dollars q week. How
can you do thatfv
''Well. in the first place have TO spend
two dollars every week for this cupboard
my room, you know. Then by strict econ
omy-and IL has 10 be mighty strict. as
sure you, though my work don't ohiige
me 60 wear cufs-I manage not 20 average
over twenty cents a week fcr my lsundrv"
well. your meals must cost YOU from
g. 50 TO a per week. and then your clothes
and exfyss''---
Wait amomeuf. don't pretend 70 fur
nish my clothes yet. 50 they don't eount.
When il comes TO extras l let thrn pretty
much alone. Ny food IL now costing me
rather Ies~ then t2.50 a week breakfast
and supper average together about seventy
seven cents q week. and dinDer"-
WAIT Tell noe how you breAkfast and
supper for ~ cents each
by living on loaf of bresi and . quart
-ucw and then three yapte--ef milk dsv.
bcssd~s my dinner. I've b~en doing that
for q fortnight, and find l get on very
well. though the milk don't se~sn 10 be 50
well aoqns inted with honest cows as .q<r
miIk down home seemed te be-"
''And your ainnerf"
"wsl, for dinss4 have q esoa svusrs
meal"
Whist does that eosty"
'Twesty ave ce1ts AZ su@e d1nink
rccsns you can get soup xsd hAA md a,aA
vegssAbles and two kinds of asmrr<. -
sides tea o. coffee, for thst 0a- 3xse
times. 20 average up the cost, ! - 20 .
restaurant where ms sinter get< hss ursls-
There trrnty -ane meals ~ given fos tkr~s
dollars ! take punch cut of hs tscks
and pay her the prscs, hfte-s o>nse
''you're lonely - firnsn. suppsf'
well ys xsnesSr.es. \ re 10 chus<A-
you s-<. and sing ip ~ ekusrk ehuk asd
have made . few frirp6s In thsf 49,.
Then there sys the hbrwtes and in the
sususner take long evensng walks ~ play
hasrbaf On The ooxnznn-
'So7seem~s, though. of suunRy sfssr-
nccn ] fspi ienesy. ssf | e@prslsy wvk
she fe>sin< % BY writing . h1e l<et>r
houe. Tart s>~ms bke ta0ing 20 TIRE
foiks. sse beips wuzAerfsily Bus I tell
you- sir fr . ccsnfxy hcy Who bss b>cr
u--d e. lssksne en- a AL s<,f ao,ss
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with o1ly view of the rrfnv t.iook scro-s
The ~sy. u ~ times hAr< ~ besy an
ros IN tia rco-n much fbyuzh-<bsnk
hesvenl shall hare 3 'rs1ss' IN mr. psy
bs<5rs long | bore T1s~n III - ~he-~
th--~s rrsovr spsce frr hv->kszfns srs5 rnev.
fna ~-vcstA's co-nyHzson-