The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-08-22
sllO MONTH FOR -FOUR ROOM
FLAT IN SUEHOS AYRES
BY CHARLES p. STEWART.
United Press Staff Correspondent

BUENos AYRES. Argentina. Aug
l-(By MALTA cake of toilet
soap retailing at 25c In the United
States costs s1.7I here. This is
typical OF Argentine prices general
~. They are perfectly terrific. stu
pefying. incredible.
Drugs cost three or four times
what they cost in North America.
ordinary tooth brushes so cents
each, everyday gloves 81 a pair.
A 4-room. steam heated flat in
a good, but not aristocratic part ,of
this city cannot be had for less than
$110 month. similar flat.
lminus the heat. may be had at
$3.50. There are four or five
months here during which heat must
be had, and Cardiff coal. practically
the only kind on the market. costs
from s2s.16 to s32.S0, sometimes
a bit more.
In the remote suburbs tiny boxes
of houses may be rented for $32.5O
a month, sans heat, sans light, sans
everything else except four walls.
; These quarters are too far away
| from the business center TO be con-
sidered by man whose business
| hours are at all exacting. Elk
pensive heating and lighting must
also be considered. Transportation
is cheap. If he can spare the time,
he can travel twice daily for $40
month.
| Meat is not high, as Argentina is
a meat country. The very fanciest
cuts of beefsteak may be had at 25
cents pound. Ribs and rump steaks
cost II u cents pound, mutton 13
cents, veal 3O1A cents and pork 22
cents.
Other items of househould ex-
pense will be about like this: But
ter 44c. bread 5hc, coffee 44c
tea 391ac, granulated sugar lie
chickens 35c pound.
i Milk costs cents a quart. Eggs
lare AS cents a dozen. Potatoes cost
35 cents for % pounds. Oranges
are &c cents dozen, bananas %
cents a dozen and apples 6 cents
each.
| A suit which would cost S25 Ii
New York or Chicago or San Fran
cisco, costs $45 in Buenos Ayres. A
pair of So or Sc American shoes
costs SIS. A SO American hat cost.
between So and 81. An ordinar,
suit of winter underclothing cost
$40, United States money.
The man who buys his wife ;
not over-fashionable walking sui
must pay $50 for it. If she is no
too particular, he can get her bon
net for $40.
! If he wants to keep up with thu
news, each paper costs him, 4 cents
The price of a Is cent American
magazine is 26 cents.
The beer is good but it costs i;
cents per glass. A waiter mus
bring each glass to a small table
and every time he expects tip o
a cents. Whiskey. including thu
tip, is 22 cents glass.
There is practically no such thint
as cigar for less than cents ant
these are practically unavoidable
Havana cigars cost from "A cent
up.
The man who falls i'll will have t
pay an ordinary family doctor 81
a visit. If his teeth hurt him, j
Will cost him SIS an hour to hav'
repairs made, unless he goes to al
expensive dentist, in which cas-
there is practically no maximum
limit.
People who like to keep cleai
must pay their washerwomen ap
j proximately the same prices as are
/ charged by the highest-priced laun
dries in New York.
Roughly speaking, it costs about
twice as much to live in Buenos
Ayres as it costs to live, not perhaps
in New York, but in Chicago.
| A citizen of the United States who
goes to the Argentine metropolis to
live, on the same salary he received
at home. may consider that his in
come has been cut in two, and Will
be financially wise if he readjusts
his expenditures accordingly.
Living expenses are higher in Ar
gentina than in any other country
in South America.
In Brazil the average is only a
little higher than in the United
States. Chile and the countries In