The sun., 1897-07-04
HOUSEKEEPING IN LONDON.
CLIMATE AND CUSTOM MAKE IT
BOTH DIFFICULT AND DEAR.


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IoVple wiz, iiohey W ouin, cha' Is your
e.p,ess'ye .v New iork phrase lor ~. oene'e.
VIC, tninN'nE priho,paiy y. tno very
asou, 1hoh, aS 10 .hoih' inc nousehoiuer
the world, because their opportunities are so
limited, poor fellows. or course they do not
bother themselves with the petty cares OF house,
Ana, INIT when II c,mes n ,mus;no thsm,o,r.,
ssa ~ "to1 ~. ta,o o res ~ ,aan ,r a" s
sheep. You see there are so few things for them
~ Al Jpst ann them nm. A stoam Yacht ~
course: private railway train. perhaps; shoot
ing. horse racing, cards, the sea, the mountains.
and . brief stay in town.
ealiy."h he continued. 1T i. W we % people with % no
money to burn who form the bulk OF mankind.
And you will hnd that our customs arc vastly
gate. We have not a host of meniais to order
Srft into l,vins in the the nU', that an
s..,... "a ,n.t ,,aI l,o nn II, .no wa. ,nA. =
~o.~
ksspins in London is very different from yours
In America. for example, and much harder"
"Harder" the Jubilee visitor reueated in as
constituent. with your English servants,
housekeeping harder here than in New York;
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wait momentG the Englishman said again.
You are running of the track. have not
raid n word about New York IL was America
80 ~" ""S n"st , 'oA
IN eeneral that mentioned, think. ou haVe
such mixture Of nationalities in New York
that ft xvopld ha bard to s,y what "a N I. ,onr,on
custom. And ,s 70 onr e,cellen, English ser.
sxnts xants M is easy 70 see tRat your knowledge OF
Duchess rings and Tomlnson son appears in black
Soas ana Thlte gloves and miiady gives her Or
nieey bu you see 9S
II middisclass houses. Our servants give US
a. much trouble here as yours in America.
Swsver. 10 not the & servants that make make
shsS e q / ss Nsw YORK We still adhere a to tho
Seer mat the serVants am are IN the house
Sst conform ,g our or Co. There arc
ths% IF Is 70 in New
AHerica' , mean: and A chief % among them is the
Teepin@ IN ali eonntries s great factor IN mousse
The climate the jubilee visitor exclaimed;
nS 5Su ns nnTe ,Io no E.1aIe nn tnat
Mith, st homei Everything frozen solid IN
have no sueb SSuIes eIee In summeF
q. fEeciseiy' the householder admitted; and
Hn yuse tne auseuce OF tnose great VhriatlonB
81 empereture mat makes housekeeping in
london harder than i is in most large cities.
you Know IN New YORK that your winter
s.eatnsr Wli o. very severe. so you prepare for
pDy putting furnaces or steam pipes in your
noas9s , a0d You vH Know W. that the Is summer VIII be
u Of Gf as& eaEes EsR se
Here we have no such extremes; in winter
to &s 'H%fc ice We 6s
yemperature ls TOO much or dead level. We
have cur lazy spots Ike all other people, as well
snt,, oyI eeGnocsi ca spotS ana me eGnaoie tenn
living. which Is the easiest and cheapest way at
the moment, but the hardest and most expen
siye nd IN w % long .b Tpn i, tho ,.,to- ,or,,,
mean buying provisions In small quantitiesf'
mean puying on Monday morning Just what
PerisnaUie Iooa VIII De needed on that day.. tho
nouseholder answered "nnd no more. And tho
same on Iuesday and Wednesday; and every
onIt IN me sh weeR ehfepL Sathraay That II what
Hiddis class households follow II. When the
kasL meal OF the day IS over and you come in
nnnRry' you may nnd some biscuits and
cnoes9 IN the sideboard but you will
nha Httie else: Mondays supply IS eaten on
Aaonohy, Iuesaays on Tuesday. ana so on
Ehere 70 no suSh thing as laying In weeks or a
montn supply, as you 90 IN America. And