The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-05-20

Of pride, one may a hts expenses just
what he can afford to pay. For instance.
he may 20 to one of the flrst-class hotels,
either those Of the city proper or Of the
Worlds fair district, and live at the rate
Of from IS to go per day per person. Or
he may 90 to the moro moderate houses
and obtain rooms at prices ranging from
81 to 81 per day per person, and take meals
wherever he likes at a cost varying from
$50 to % per person. Between these
limits one should be able to satisfy him
self.
hotels will be more expensive han in pri-
large investments and large expectations.
upon thousands Of private houses there
are rooms to rent, with or without meals,
at prices which every visitor will be able
to please himself with. In looking about
] have seen plenty Of good, comfortable
rooms within q short distance Of the fair
gates, which may DO had at q cost of 81 to
el.50 per person per day. BY exercising
economy these visitors may get their meals
at $50 more per day. OF course they
will have to keep away from the high
priced restaurants, and should take as
few meals a. possible within the grounds,
where everything Is moro expensive than
It Is on the outside.
A friend OF mine In Ohio, a man who
has but q moderate income and who is q
prudent fnancier, wrote me q few days
ago as follows:
1--WE want to see the fair, but we can't
afford to 60 to Chicago to be robbed.
Won't you look about for me and see what
you can do In the way Of accommodations
for myself, wife and two grown childreni
/ am willing to pay reasonable prices for
comfortable, cleanly accommodations, but
economy II a consideration with a poor
man such as I am. We might leave tho
children at homo, but rather than to do
that I shall stay at home myself"
I was glad to go out and zee what I
could find for my friend. I ~applauded his
practical spirit, and also his determination
TO bring the children along. II a man can
afford to come to the fair ut all he should
to bring all of his children who are old
enough to appreciate the show and to
profit by It as one Of the grandest educa-
tional institutions ever organized in the
world. After a days search / reported to
my friend as follows:
Have found you two nice rooms in
new house, well kept by a woman of good
character, about half q mile from the
gates of the exposition. There are two
beds and you may have a cot or small bed
also IL you like. There is running water
in the rooms, and q bath and other con-
veniences are in the hall adjoining. The
house has q porch and a pretty yard. For
these two rooms you will pay during the
days of your stay a. a day. You may
have breakfast in the house-and I am
sure from what l saw Of the woman that
the breakfasts will be satisfactory-at "a
per day for your family. A light luncheon
at the exposition and dinner ut a restau-
rant near your rooms will cost you for the
persons about t1.25 for the luncheon
and g.. 80 for the dinner. Your admission
TO the fair will be So a day. II you add to
this about o. q day for incidentals, admis-
sion to the specialties in the plaisance,
rides on the intramural rail-
way, ETC., you will find your expenses foot
ing up about S14 a day during your stay
here. BY economy you will be able to cut
this down 81 or 50, or il you feel disposed
you may make 1t two or more dollars
This is for a party of four, and IL will be
observed that the expense is a little more
than 70 per day per person. As a result Of
This inquiry l unhesitatingly say to in
~,uirers that IL they will be careful Of their
expenditures they may come here and stay
at an expense of e. a day each, though in
to do this there should be two or
more in the party.
As to the time required for a satisfactory
view Of the fair, q month IL better than q
fortnight, but even so short n time "a a
week will do fairly well. In six days and
evenings-for the grounds are open till
m~idnight-one may see all the princi-
pal objects Of interests without, Of course,
to examine everything In detail.
III could come for only four or five days,
thought it necessary to reduce my ex.
penscs to ~ or $50 n day while here, I
still come. IL is the universe
spread out here for ones inspection, and it
Is worth seeing ut any cost or sacrifice
reason. Robert GRAvEa