The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-05-01

! the girl student has taken possession Of
these Conservatives and concert halls
/ in a way that does credit to our ma
tional enterprise and perseverance. She
is winning laurels and respect for her
self and her country here, and every
where else in Europe. Although no one
who knows the artistic life of the Ger
man capital would recommend Berlin
| any more than any other great Euro
pean city as a safe place of residence
for a young girl dependent upon hers=lf
still it offers many advantages. Not
only the exceptional opportunities for
learning music, bur the additional adj
vantage of being able TO live in fair
comfort at very moderate cost.
Such a student can reduce living ex-
penses in Berlin to $25, or even $40, a
month, without greater hardship than
little careful management For the
sake Of those who may be contemplate
ing making the experiment, l Will give
the exact figures.
The male student has one advantage.
He can get cheaper rooms in houses
where a young woman could not live,
but this is compensated for by the wo-
mans greater aptitude in housekeeping.
She can get many nice little meal for
: herself where man is dependent upon
restaurants.
That quarter of the town in which
| most Of the Conservatives are located,
and in which the musical student pre-
fers to live, to save time and expense
in going to and from lessons, is emin-
emily respectable, containing almost en-
| tirely only nice houses. Here you can
! get small room for % or 80 marks
month, say s. or $3.50, and a room quite
! large enough for two people for $40 a
month. There is slight fee monthly
! for service and lights, firing is extra
but not expensive. That is, it would
! be expensive if you attempted TO attain
! an American degree of warmth. You
. don't, however; you soon give it up in
| despair
A kitchen outfit Of little alcohol
| lamp, a kettle, a saucepan or two and
! the necessary dishes will enable you to
| prepare your breakfast and supper at
very slight cost; So a month Will cover
| this item. and you will not live badly
! either, If you are a good manager.
For this price you can allow yourself
a good pitcher of nourishing cocoa. with
rolls and butter for breakfast. while for
| supper you have brown bread and but
| ter, some kind of sausages or cold meat
| or eggs cooked in some way, with
| cheese, a salad now and then and an oc-
| casional bottle Of beer or glass Of milk,
as you prefer
The cold meats and sausage you buy
| in small quantities, deliciously pre-
pared all ready for use, at one of the
| fascinating delicatessen shops. 1t is
| cheaper and allows of more variety to
manage in this way, for two than for
| one, of course. but the figures given
| here are possible even for one person
| alone.
Dinner you can get at a number of
| nice, quiet restaurants. at any price,
| from 20 cents up, if you are a regular
| customer For the lowest price you
| have soup, meat and vegetables or a
| roast with salad and compot; for 80
cents or 40 cents you can get good
| four dinner. You are obliged to
| order something 70 drink, but glass Of
! beer for cents viii do or a glass of
| wine for 10 cents, If you care for 1t. A
| good way TO dine is TO go to some nice
clearinghouse where you can be TAX
| en- on as table boarder for dinner alone
at about % 10 40 cents day.
| If you do not care TO live alone in the
manner just described there are pen
| sions where you can obtain room and
| full board from $50 a month up. Some
| private families will take students to
board at about the same rates, which
can be a very nice way of living, if you
| have the good luck to find nice people.
The tuition fees are, of course, the
greatest expense TO be borne by the
musical student. The great masters
charge anywhere from S. to $40 an
| hour for private lessons, but the con
| servatoIles are very much lower in
price. The Royal High School for mu-
| sic offers yearly several free scholar
ships. for which students of all nations
| are free TO compete. Concerts are a
| heavy item, too, for we must hear
| them. but they are very cheap in Ber-
| lin to American IDEAS and students