The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-11
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/ The man whose rent was from g. uuo
to $500 year might have what ue
called by courtesy a guest room, bat j.
| usually served some member of tn" ;tm.
lily when there was no guest, and 'hat
was most of the time. A family with
$4,000 year to spend and determined
| to keep house in Manhattan must ci
between real guest room and a motor
| car-and most families preferred '."
motor car. 4 man with $4,000 y,lr
and good sized family II children u -
| regard guest room-that is. a really.
truly guest room, empty and spo, .-S
| when there was no guest in the hoIs'
as pure luxury.
Hospitality of that kind was for 80
rich only, unless a man had p.-
for such hospitality and was w.'n- 30
make sacrifices for its sake. IT,, |.s,
| room meant adding anywhcr. from 500
to $500 to the rent. acCord.ng 60 .He
size. style and site of the family % ai'.
That was not albany cunSl,,,.'N
amount Of entertaining at home W. o.:
additional service.
The man who maintained a eu.s' ro.n
and had it occupied an avorag. Of tfr.a
nights week must expect to add so.n..
thing like $500 year to the cost >
domestic service, and he might have 20
add good deal more. II a family l..l
| in an apartment everybody from 'g"
| bellboy to the janitor would expect 900 .ra
| Of the man of the house II he were -.y.a
| to hospitality than if he harhorcd u..
body but the regular members of '.'
| household.
The Southerner listened with in, -:
/ and recalled that his wifi. had L,4,.f
| v!ted TO come up and stay forte
in the house Of friend living on a 70
street in n good part of the town. Ii
the bachelor think she should aco".''
THE intending hostess is St'N.
erner?' the bachelor asked.
Yes: been living here twenty s.. =
though"
That's different. You Southcr0 -
went on the mentor, "are incurably
sentative. You stick to your natiy, $50.
pitality. even in Manhattan.
Southern families who will live 4" =
whole house and forego all sorts OBJ. $50
uries for the one essential Sou %
luxury of free hospitality. ! hu. :
Southerner who lived nearly 'v .
years in the wilds of The Bronx, D.
friends out over night and for We, :
whenever they'd come, and in % II
time he didn't sleep three times
house Of a friend in ManhHt'f. he
understood II perfectly and no. !
the custom up against his fr.,u.
| But ] see you're not con
added the bachelor in rcspun-
puzzled look on the Southern
tenance.
We'll" said he ~ was thH.
the apartment where you AM
last night. The dining room v..
and the drawing room was "a
bigger than mine at home"
Yes. and three out of the -.
rooms are SO small that You ,.r
with the door closed. happen
that the rent of that apartmcu'
n year When there's a gus
est son comes up here To III,
sleep. 1t doesn't happen Otter
did the cook would complain,
would ask another dollar a v
, and the butler would give No.
"Thcyre not people with Dill.
ambitions and they w"r" dD.-
give us a first rate dinner. TO-.
New York standards and
ind II easy to rent an upal'u
isn't two-thirds show rooms
"These folks are hosp.tah.'
said the Southcrncr. I'm ASIA.
, way they spend money on me-
I find 1t hard to explain tA'
down in Alabama"
: yes, but think of Boston -
bachelor. "There's a nc, old '"'
there with n spacious house
right quarter and no end 81 ID.
, mahogany. Well. her dduch'
!, came To pay her respects One 49,