The sun., 1897-07-04

the absence OF retail markets all provisions must
DO bought either from store or q shop IN the
and such places as shoolbred's, We can buy any.
thing we need under one roof. But for the army
member. and have a ticket. And most people
live SO far away from 1 them that daily ass siet ID
20 Of SapeS large city, So most Of US are
driyon to the shops, Have you learned the names
for instance; he's the fellow who sells cheese,
is'T sells TesEotabieS And Italian WsroHoSsenaai
he keeps nothing italian barring a few olives,
but sells sugar, coffee, tea. jams. jellies. and
nnsd dear fellow the 4 SOpSShGdST So GnSdn in.
tSSssuRSSi they are always Hi tinnoa 9 goods. aSN ~ ~
And hshmonger," the American continued.
lie NE sells fab Of course i And pork 6utSShsri ne
sell pork as we'll rs beef and mutton is more
than the American mind can grasp; Then you
beams 'pS and peas WSy most Of these things
should not be united IN one respectable grocery
No matter" said the householder; 1T is tho
ct we want and zee you h ths enc sbo bSS
are are usually 0q some ase distance apart When my
ing she must visit one shop after another. spend.
late London BREAKFAST and the london lunch
time she has not a minute left. The shops do
home even az much as a box Of pepper. and that
leads generally to fresh complications.
know the lady OF the house In London is not ex-
pected to have anything to do with the Kitchen.
little ' dish as an American Indy often does the
cook would be desperately offended. and would
very likely, give notice. After doing her mar.
list Of things For dinner written either on a
Plate or on paper and that s her sole vislt ST to @ the
comes up In alarm to say that this thing hasn't
arrived, that thing is missing, and the other rs Is
shops and stir them up, and wo may get the
things In time or we may not; ~ Is one OF the
G he man 'tS of the house Is Called
upon to do tho marketing. have had my share
OF such work, and since my American expert.
SRssn shops % ono
derful plenty of all such things, and tho way yoH
buy Ave pounds Of white potatoes, two pounds
pound or two OF onions, pound OF cherries--but
that is the way we haye to do II. Nearly all
eggs are sold at SO many for shilling.
You know, suppose. that we have three
kinds Of eggs heredeEGs fresh eggs; n and tro meT
over the worid..from america, France. Spain,
the Channel Islands, Portugal Switzerland.
gree better. They are supposed to be British
rect. New.iaid eggs are by for the best, and do
odedly the most expensive. as we get only from
frcsh m from farms al near London, and can generally
be depended upon. or the imported eggs; we
us9py get fTSm twelve to fifteen for tsn shilling
hishsr than yoI pay in New York Xork-and for IN
comes from America and so should be as good
as YOURS: but our butchers do not understand
porterhouse steak. you know. What we call tho
rump steak is supposed TO correspond with the
rump steak has no bone in it, and it is not far re-
moved from what you call a round steak In
America. For all the good cuts of beef we pay
from % to 80 cents n pound in your money
You can Judge most prices by the price Of
beef invariably. For good salt pork we pay %
Butter is % and 80 cents pound. For new po-
tatoes we pay cents pound; coffee. 40 cents:
Good sar Is es 20
than rs cents bunch, and often much more.
You know onr English is Gt no aG
All the good asparagus is imported. Flonri I
can hardly tell you The price Of flour. or course
quote the price by tho barrel. but here we'd
soon think OF buying q box Of tea as barrel OF
twelve pounds.
The only approach we have hero to your
e tS Of hs Of
companed by her maid with big basket Is In
the Frs1eh h e1hopy The French women bring
have mentioned are only few OF the trials of
housekeeping in London. Our late hours make
be. And 1t is not from choice that we are so
late. but account OF our latitude You see.
at this season 1t is not fairly dark here before
half past nine: and no matter how early we
dined we would hardly care to retire until
II think must send the maid out to tho pork
butchers for nr%dPpenes worth % Of b bse
habits. Ice water is bad for the stomach and
deadly for the liver. but it is very consoling in
this hot weather"