The times., 1897-09-26
TO LIVE WELL ON 81 A WEEK.
One working Girl Has Solved the
ProhEeE After Four Years study.

One working Girl Has Solved the
Problem After Four Years study.
New York. sept. 25.-The hundreds q
career seekers. as wei as the thousands
WHO have discovered that there is no such
thing ID store for them may be glad oil a
few hints from q vOrsine ElTl VINO came
10 Kew YORK four years ago with moth
ing 10 depend upon except the $40 a week
which was dignified by the name d
salary This young wouan's eXper-
fenced mas beeu quite Varied, and the facts
wniCh shc has gathered with reference
TO cheao living in Il large city apply just
s,S wei a. 80 life in other cities as 70 thSt
in which she resided.
Il have tried all varieties Of living
siaoe Z csnse 10 New York" says this
young woman. i was told when ! ar
rived that il would be cheaper to live IL
Br0oklyn; thai al the men with families
did thrir sleeping ~ the city beyond the
bridge or that account. I thought it best
a. first merely TO Ent a room and not To
engage loard, as my work was in New
York and ] knew nothing II my hours
I obtained q room. fm $3.50 per week
and soon engaged regular board for 81,
making S6. 80. / happened to be So stu
area that I could walk most OF the dis
tauce to and from my business, and nay
car fare costs only 81 cents a week My
laundry vas about 80 cents, making 81 90
FOR Unavoidable expenses.
II qflcrward found however, that 1
could get both hoard and lodging for S5-a
bonanza ecmch discovered after my raise
OF salary o. SO and I moved % a regu-
lar boarding. house. Here 1 met a very
Agreeable young woman, an art student,
ana we dyTelt together IN the same room III
one b0ardin @-house OF another for two
vpars All this tine I Was getting board
and lclcing ostcnSihly for 50 a week, but
swing 70 change OF location my carfaTe
was more than three times as much as for
1ucrIv. my lunche0ns averaged . cents
Cay, ard frequently bought my dinner in
Now York. for the reason that at the end
OF the dar wes toe much fatigued To Ike
the LONG Trip TO Brooklyn without eating
something beforehand.
-..Nogeovcr, J discovered that / was
running loEn physically from the strain
OF the long tr.ps 10 and from business
every day. Men stand this better than
woinea They are not usually 50 finely
Elung. Young women, however, 10 mat
teg How iravc and independent they may
appear. do IL ustinctively rebel al the noise
and 5ostle OF the Inevitable crowl which
Iuakcs HfealHcost Unendura ble forthc young
girls whose occupations lead them over
Tho same course and when possible be
Uere il is lest 10 1--we within walking
distance oI ones business.
''Jueg foU an experiment ] took a little
room On tie top floor OF very nice
lodging house a1 quiet street within
five minutes walk from nay business The
room sosr 50 a week, but l found that
c5aIJ get board fDf So, making IS il all,
d sum which gTas actually less than I had
been paving for beard, lodging, and the
c8rfaTe, and extra luucheons made neCes-
sary by lving at a distance; and also saved
the money formerly paid for dinners when
] was dc7ained late ia New York, because
] was neuT enough to my boarding place
70 - home for my dinner and come back.
] had waited TOO long, however, and
the Inevitable sick spell came. To be
III in lodging house. a stranger. with
NO UHe 10 take care Of ycu is q sorrow
fol situation, The pathUs OF which 10 one
appreciates SO Thoroughly as the victim.
Il was an ID g-ind which brought with il
the usual good. for it taught me the use
of gas stove and lireakfa in my own
TO0m. Il WAS my neighbOr next door,
who had The gas stove, and who prepared
my breakfast while was III: but tie first
uay I was afAe 30 be out, invested in a
gas sio-e. an oatmeal saucepan and
coffee pot
Ny gas stove cost 20 cents, the tubing
foI wlica was IS cents. my oatmeal dish
with its cover took another quarter, ana
my coffee Pot was 30 cents, the whole
amounting 10 50 cents / also purchased
AZ ai1miuum table spoon and a knife fo-
10 cents each, which raised my ill for
cooking utensils to S1.1S. Then, with a
package o. oatmealat 8 cents, half pound
II the lcSt Co1fec at j. cents, a pound OF
sugar fer cents a 5-Cent loaf of bread
VIII a half pounI Of butter at 1 2 cents and
cents worth Of cream, I went o led happy
al the prospect Of getting one decent cup
Of ailee with real cream IN it, and a nice
dish % oatmeal and cream. with kGttered
h9stl if ] wanted it, for my Urea kfast
next morning.
The :-ceHt package Of oatmeal la sted
fully month, at which rate il amounted
q about I 3 cent per ds.y an amount hardly
worth reCEoHinZ in the cost Of breakfast
] arranged with a uairyman, who kept a
cream and butter store a few blocks way.
TO bring NE . cents worth Of cream every
morning 7 bought attn box fun Of era cI,ers.
ard used the box TO keep my breads 8
cent loaf, which lasted three days and
served very " ell for toast on the third day.
Eali-pound Of butter lasted a week, so
that the cost per d8 y " as less than 2 cents.
Adding up the cost Of cream, . cents: bread,
IL celts and butter q cent and half,
and ostmeal at ] 3 cent, the price Of my
breakfast as about 1-3 cents I soon
found thai could make nyluncheon upon
what was let from my breakfast BY ad-
ding feAs cents worth feggs- canned peas,
fruit tea, or whateverI happened to want,
but myluHchcon rarcl y averaged more than
CeTts.
II l'Sve .ricd this way OF living slnceiast
January, and I have found il so pleasant
and 50 economical that nothing would in
duce me 10 pat myself at the mercy Of
bCsrGing house landiady gain.
Here is list Of things which 1 have