Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-21
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You Can Live Well On
Little Here in WASHINGTON

A TINE ago gentleman visiting
! Washington from South America
remarked upon the reasona bleness of
the cost of living here. He said that in
his country a man in the professions
would pay seven or eight hundred dol
lars month for such accommodation
as might be had in Washington for,
say about Sc a week. Probably so
To the person who may pay from six
TO twenty-five dollars day for what he
needs. il can't matter so very much
what he pays He possesses that ia
nous elasticity of the currency about
which we have heard so much lately
But to the person who must live on
from S6 to $40 month this elasticity
does not exist. Upon that person must
fall the problem of the cost of living.
What does Washington offer her. or
him. a
Well. Washington offers better liy-
ing at less cost not only than cities of
its own size and larger, but at less
cost than living may be had in many of
the small towns where living is sun
posed to be cheap. If she did but know
moiety from her winters salary and
VINO pines for trip to the nations
capital. but stiles the longing because
she thinks she can't afford it. could
spend her entire vacation in Washing
TON at less than 1t costs her to STAY al
some mountain second-rate summer
resort
She returns from that vacation lo)
as weary as she went to it because she
has had nothing to take ner out of
herself And all the time here are the
Deautlful buildings which are in them
selves an education the limitless re
sources OF the libraries. the always alb
sorh!ns stories Of what the nation has
done. what il is doing and what II
hopes to do some day
IL is entirely possible for a girl alone
IN Washington to find a respectable
T room noI sI.so week; o. s. a month.
rms VIII be hall bedroom. but if
may be found in good residence seq
ton or the city: it will be clean and
it VIII be with nice people. There will
be no trouble finding il. either One
mas but to read the advertisements in
the newspapers where the Rooms
where they are and what they cost
are fully listed. 1t doesn't take any
woman with eyes in her head long to
tell what part of any city is desira Bile
and what part is not.
II one chooses to be more extrayaeant
one may have a full sized room for
500 Week-Sle a month Both this
and the ballroom carry privileges of
path and sometimes. not always, Of
heat Besides, there are plenty of
rooms to select from.
Board by the month may be secured
for S15-50 cents Il dag. 1t is YER,
good board, too. But for the girl or
woman who likes to take her meals out
the cafes offer menus that are eXcep-
tional for but little more money And
the food is good There is a place in
Washington where small steak With
fried potatoes. garnished with pickle
and served with hot rolls and butter
may be had for 30 cents. 1t is good
steak, too, and the place where one
gets it is clean and inviting.
At still another place which has
cafe upstairs for ladies. chicken salad
bread and butter. The service in this
place is good and the linen is all that
could be desired.
These things were found out by
person who came from part of the
country where living is supposed to be
prise she found that it was possible to
live very well in Washington for
about two-thirds of what it cost her
to live at home.
For the girl who comes TO Washing
ton to make her living this matter of
the cost of living. is of some i'm
portance. Of almost equal Importance
is the fact that there wholesome
amusements to be had at the lowest
Imaginable cost Many "A girl who is
moping in a small town would be bet
ter off working and playing in Wash
ington. There are so many nice girls
and women who are working and play
ing here. too. that none need suffer for
companionship.
1t would be good thing if all the
women outside who wish to improve
their minds while they recreate their
bodies could learn at what little ex-
pense they might brush the cobwebs
away in their nations capital. The
seeker of pleasure only may find it
almost anywhere. but those who seek
more and have but little should come
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