Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-03-19

In this way wc would get over ground
faster IN hunting up the addresses care
fully chosen from friends who have tested
the houses.
Il know some dear old lodgings, in good
parts of London. too. where We can get
nice little suite with breakfast. for
s. or $40 week. s. each. Lunch and din
ner We can pick up anywhere, the
Queerer the restaurant the better like the
old Cheshire Cheese for example. Two
shillngs tor IS cents would get us a
delightful little dinner every night, and
# the weather is too wretched 10 permit
of our going out | am sure our lahdlady
will supply us for a small consideration.
Our suite will have sleeping room, sit
ting room. and bath, so We viii Ice com
fortably provided for under an circum-
stances. ! speak knowingly Of the lOdG
ing houses. because | have number Of
friends who preserved a careful diary Of
expenses. Have YOU kept account as l
talked" Intercepted the journalist.
ElGHTN-FINE DOLLARS FOR Fun.
YES" answered the artist. II find you
are right in your calculations" our pas
sage VIII be- $40: the so given as fees will
be 80 .picce: our lodging will be s. apiece
for four We ks. a total Of So, and our din
ners az =. an evening amounts f. $l5.
That makes an addition of $ll5 for all
comfortable necessities Of living, leaving
us 80 each t. spend on pleasure"
"Your arithmetic Is correct We might
scratch Of ten or twelve dinner charges.
for know a number of pleasant Amcri-
cans. and We car carry letters Of intro
duction, SO that will probably mean "A
dozen Invitations. but We only include that
among the probabilities.
"Will So give as "a chance 10 see any
thing ~ the town."
II should think IL would. We can ride
nearly everywhere on the penny bust
ness. We can sit in Rotten Row for 81.
an the afternoon or morning. and see
swclldom and nobility N b. in the grand
parade. For. You see. bsing in May fair
| IN Nav time means that much more for
! our money The Tower Of London is fire..
so Is the British Museum and the Royal
Art Gallery. \ shilling will Jet US in To-
! any OF thu special exhibitions. For a very
small sum We can take one of the steam
| hargcs up tn Thames. passing by the
! lords and ladies' drinking 5-o'clock tea ON
! the long stone balcony OF Parliament. and
on past the most historic and delightful
! spots"
FOR EXCURSIONS
90 YOU suppose we can get out TO
Richmond ana Henley, TO the star and
Garter Inn, or any OF those places
Yes. If we manage II rightly. The
biz brakes leave the large hotels three
times week for a days coaching to all
these places. Two dollars a seat will in
clude the whole days pleasure not eX-
cepting dinner at an inn. We can make
one trip 10 oxford in this way. remaining
over 4 day. which gives MS time 10 visit
the Magdalene and all the famous sights
Of the quaint old town
"Of course. We can't bring back new fall
hats or a winter gown. OF even dozens of
gloves. on the SOD limit, but you'H fnd
American clothes cheaper and prettier
than English ones, ard you'll realize that
YOU have made about the best 800 in
vestment in mental sburity bonds you
ever thought possible.
"Well. it's settled" said the artist. 81
VIII engage my berth tomorrow" and
now their friends can hear nothing else
but how much these two young workers
are going to see on $500, and. from the
experience of one who has done the same
thing 1t is safe To predict that they viii
accomplish all they have laid out. They
may land in America, "a | did, with just
enough change for care-fare and luggage
charge uptown. but who minds that. with
such "reminiscences?
HARRYDELE HALLMARK.