Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-11-18
THE COST OF LYING.
Not SO Dear in New York as Is
Generally Considered.
THE MECCA OF MANY AMBITIONS.
Some Things Are Cheaper Elsewhere, but
All the world Pays Tribute to Her
Markets and Stores

n Charles Lamb were alive and a reel
dent OF Gotham he would add to his pop
ular fallaelos; That living In New York IL
higher than m other places.
Tho theory Is as general as II IL incor-
rect. yet as a matter OF fact living. or
rather Housekeeping. In the metropolis Is
as cheap as In any other place Of any size.
and much less expensive than II is tn many
leading cities.
The impression In regard 10 the high
cost Of housekeeping Is probably due to the
style IN which many Of the wealthy house
holds live. but one can I've as he pieaaez
here ana On almost any sum. He can hire
eomioF able nat In q respectable Deighbor-
ho1d Tor $40 or $50 a month. or he can
pay twenty times that amount for rent.
He can regulate his provision bills within
as Vide range 40 ne can Bis rent.
The writer saa kept house" In Boston;
In suburb OF the Hub: 10 New England
city Of 1900 people. In little Maine
coast town whore dollar was as big as
cart wheel " aud 10 New York, and In
the light OF bis varied housekeeping ex-
periongcs he has no Meditation In making
the G'aiemont that people who have a mod
crate income can live more cheaply. more
pleasantly and moro comfortably In New
York than In most other plaeel. BY the
term "a moderate income" is meant from
$500 to 81 500 year In small plaeea and
from 1880 TO $1,000 In New York.
Those who aspire to be leaders In So
einty. and who must live accordingly. win
hhd II lean expensive to reside 10 a small
eiy, but this article IS not intended for
them, but rather for the middle class Of
people. many OF them scattered over the
country. who are anxious to come 10 Eow
YORK but are deferred by the atores they
have heard regarding the cost OF house
keeping.
In regard to r9nta: The much abused Nat
Is help to many. To be sure. whole
house is better on some accounts. yet a
nat Is cosier and cheaper. and costs less
TO furnish. and the housowork Is more
easily performed.
good fiat may be- had In a central To-
cation for from s2s to $50. aud a similar
one In Harlem. say three miles further up
town, for two-thlrda this amount. Ronts
are much cheaper In Brooklyn. The latter
| city Ia not New York. to DO sure, but the
| big bridge and the fine transportation iacll.
tiles make the two cities one geographical
! ly and practically. newcomer recently
rented nat In the City OF Churches In a
| aow brick bullding-hye rooma and bath
In good location, near the Elevated and
horae cars. In respectable nclghborhood
aud nearer tho New York Post ONCE than
most llats IN Harlem. There Is lots Of
closet rom, ali Improvements. ana the rent
/ Is Sl7 a month For the benefit Of the
| town and country readera II might be we'll
/ to explain thai all improvements" means
set range, CRATE, mlirora and wash tubs.
bath tub and clogets. bot and cold water
| dumb walker and ianlt0r service.
| separate house, either q neat cottage OF
one OF o'oer OF brick houses, may be had
for from ,95 to 500 In upper New York, and
for about a quarter lels ia Brooklyn.
No other city 10 the world neohsNlv ~,
such variety or aIlplcs Iul 4al.C----- :
can he found In the markets Of New Yorl
and Brooklyn The numerous railroad an,
steamer lines bring to the twin ollies tht
beef OF Chicago. the Oyaters and duckg o
Chesapeake Bay, tn Nous u the Northwes
tho fruits OF Florida. California. tho Yves
indies and the Mediterranean, All kinda o
nan aud oyatefa. clans and lobsters, ar,
plentiful IN nearby waters and the produce
| farms and market gardens vineyards an,
apple orchards along tho Hudson the straw
! berry tarma Of LonH Island, and the peacl
orchards Of New Jcrsey and Delaware. ar
close at hand, and these products. whon Ii
season. arc both fresh and cheap.
Reef may plssDly be cheaper In Chicago
eggs In Vermont and Goldfish and potatoa
In Maine, ;han hey are hero. hut hal
doubt even this, and am willing to wage
that every food article. except dairy prod
uets. Is a. cheap, II not cheaper. in New
York and Brooklyn than anywhere else, ex
copt on tho spot where they arc produced.
There Is one other point haslle market
and rents that enters largely into the eco
Monies VI housekeeping It's the servnn
girl problem. These necessary evils ar
much the same the world over. They ma,
he no better In Nov York than In Kalama
zoo. bu, they are no worse.