Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-02-25
LIVING ON SIX DOLLARS A WEEK.
Economical METHODS That Enable i;os-
ton Clerk to Make Ends Meet.


Economical Methods That Enable a Bos-
ton Clerk to Make Ends Meet.
Il understand what you have come for
and shall he glad to give you the infor
nation you seek You see for yourself the
room have. II Is side room, about big
enough for "A small pantry. What heat it re
reives comes from the general heat of the
house"
"You must be cold, then, sometimes
mo There's a good furnace in this
kouse, and by leaving my door open good
zeal of heat gets into the room. besides.
I'm from Canada. and something OF an
athlete, and perhaps do not feel the cold rs
u less rugged man would"
"Your room is certainly small.
.'Yes. That short mantel bed, the little
bureau, and my small trunk are a tight fiji
for il, as you see. There's no closet, so
use that row of pegs on the wall But this
room is quite ample, compared with the
one rot into when first came to Boston.
THAT was an attic room, with just
enough space, lengthwise, for a small bed
and miniature dressing case. One little
chair was edged into il somehow. couldn't
find space for my trunk except by keeping
IL on end To open it | used to run it into
the hall or get it upon the bed.
''It's fact, there really was hardly
space enough in the room for the necessary
motions in putting on and taking off ones
clothes. | wanted to sleep in something
bigger than packing box. so got out of
that and came here.
The young man continues 81 am get
ting six dollars a week in a wholesale
store I'm not disappointed as to the
amount of my pay. knew the big stories
I'd heard before coming from home of
great wages in the States were all non
sense but for all that" lac said. laughing.
II find ii hard to keep alive Neverthe
less I've lately been cutting down ex
penses SO us TO save up.
40 save up on six dollars Il week. How
can you do thatg'
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 oblige
me to wear cuffs manage not to average
over twenty cents a week for my laundry"
swell, your meals must cost you from
S3.50 TO s. per week, and then your clothes
and extrasp--
await moment. don't pretend to fur.
nish my clothes yet, SO they don't count.
When it comes to extras let them pretty
much alone. My food is now costing me
rather less than $50 a week Breakfast
and supper average together abont seventy
seven cents week, and dinner -
''Wait Tell me how you breakfast and
supper for 81 cents each. "
'I3y living on II loaf of bread and quart
now and then three pints-of milk day,
besides my dinner i've been doing that
for fortnight, and find ! get on very
we'll, though the milk don't seem TO be so
well acquainted with honest cows as our
milk down home seemed TO be.
And your dinner"
well, for dinner have good square
meal"
what does that COST"
TWENTY-FIVE cents. At some dining
rooms YOU can get soup and fish and meat,
vegetables aud two kinds of dessert, be
sides tea or coffee, for that sum. Some
times, to average up the cost, ] 20 TO
restaurant where my sister gets her meals
There twenty one meals are given for three
dollars ! take "a punch out of her ticket
and pay her the price, fifteen cents.
YOU'RE lonely ut times, | supposeY
''Well, yes. sometimes 90 to church.
YOU see, aud sing in the church choir and
have made Il few friends in that way
Then there are the libraries, and in the
summer take long evening walks or play
baseball on the common.
sometimes. though. of n Sunday after
noon feel lonely bat ! generally work
the feeling off by writing long letter
home That seems like talking TO tbs
folks. aud helps wonderfully. But tell
you, sir, for country hoy who has beel
used to looking out on all ont docrs
such crampet little box as my room is.
with only Il view Of the griny block across
the way, is at times hard to bear. am
not in the room much though thank
heayenl shall have raise in my pay
before long, | hope Then I'll 20 where
there's more space for breathing and NOV
ing. "-Youth's Companion.