New-York tribune., 1903-07-19

the bluff. 1T Is runous to the Digestion
Are you going to keep that fifth floor back
hall bedroom next year, count" the reporter
asked suddenly Once they had lived in the
same house in Washington. and landladies tel
tales
Hush" cried the count" "Of that no one
must know. 1t is my secret of economy"
The reporter promised his silence and the
count was not unwilling 10 tell how he made
both ends meet
BY way of introduction he began; Really
hate fish chowder; but it is cheap. Last night
/ had two invitations to dinner on the Bluff. I
could eat only one. Tonight I have no invita-
ton and the necessity is for fish chowder. Is
not the fate irOnicaI most unkind?
Il living here this summer most cheaply
and with more comfort than in Washington. I
have big room in a little house on one of the
hill streets for So the week 1t is bigger than
my Washington ROOM 1t has a table. My
Washington landlady said she would give me a
table, but no place could I find for it. Here the
bathroom is ON the same floor in Washington
have to so down two flights.
My clothes are the worst expense. They are
you see. well made, by good tailor. I press
them myself in my room with an iron which I
heat over the gas. I've been pressing my own
clothes three years now. Once I tried putting
on them, but they pressed in wrinkles. The
first time tried the iron I scorched the towel
and the maiden woman in the next room tried
10 break IN, thinking my room was on fire Now
1 can do it quite nicely.
Darning socks and sewing on buttons came
hard for a while Now I use a golf ball in nv
socks. and prick myself not nearly SO often. NV
socks L wash myself always. but handker-
chiefs only in pinch. I suppose I could do all
my handkerchiefs but one must be very care
IuI ABOUT the linen Polishing my boots takes
only minute, and really I do not mind.
Breakfast eat in my room. as do most OF
the summer colony. There is this difference 7
cook my own breakfast. Never much did eat
for breakfast, and now an esq and cup OF coffee
do very we'll The water for the coffee I boil
over the gas jet At the same time as it IS
getting hot for coffee it is cooking my egs.
With a drip pot and little ground coffee / can
make a steaming. fragrant drink
Luncheon is easily secured in Newport II
You have not an invitation in advance go out
and look for one. At the Casino say You fan
in with a crowd OF the dear ladies'. who are lis
teninS 10 the music or watching the tennis is
It unnatural for them to ask me to luncheon
Or walk over the green lawns. chat with your
friends on the verandas, take Ette part in
their games. Some one always asks you in.
Dinner invitations are plenty usually once
in while 1 miss. like tonight. Ii is uot too
great a hardship, but it does cost the money
And every cent counts when ones salary Is
only a thousand a year"
Tell me count" asked the report why
does not your government pey YOU - higher
salary? They cannot expect you to live III
foreign land on that amount"
That is the joke on my country turned
the count" with chUckle. Il had SLJoO 4
year of my own when the appointment came
Without it there would have been no appoint
ment. Now. have lost my little fortune. and
have nothing but my salary. If the govern
ment knew they would send for ne 20 come
home. But they do not know. My economies
are my secret and yours. but you VIII keep it a
your own. n'est-ce paS7''