ence in the two methods, is that the latter will not stand the test of competition. The landlord and his vvife are boarding out the rent; the retail merchant and wife board there because Mrs. Tingee trades with him; the photographer has his gallery next door and his wife finds better employment retouching pictures for him than she would keeping house,so they board there, otherwise Mrs. Tingee would have no boarders at all, poor wo- man. It chanced some two or three years ago, I picked up a brief editorial article in an unexpected quarter, considering the argu- ment it contained, for it was the New York Hotel Reporter, that said the great want of the people of moderate means of New York and all large cities is good country board for the Summer months at about $5 a week — that is for board and lodging. Well, it would seem there are plenty of places offering board at that price ; it may be they do not meet the re- quirements of the city customers. In a railroad guide book I read of one lake n the State of New York, where there are 8 or lo hotels but 400 boarding houses ; no doubt but there are all grades and prices but still something may be wanting. Nearly all the well-to-do inhabitants of New Orleans and other southern cities leave their homes every Rummer for a sojourn at some country place or at the sea side. At Biloxi, Pass Christian, South Pass, there are houses which rent for from $200 to $300 or $350 for the Summer sea- son to be kept as boarding Louses and re- main closed all the rest of the year. In the New Orleans papers I see an adver- tisement which reads well, it is of a Sum- mer boarding house at Gobegic Ferry, on the Topinabee, branch of the Tchoupi- toulas river, easy to find because ex- actly 90 miles from New Orleans, and 700 feet above sea level, where there is plenty of milk, eggs, butter and fruit and vegetables, where board is offered at $5 a week, or $20 a month, and children under 12 are taken at hali price. According to the figures that we have devoted to Mrs. Tingee, allowing from 7 to 10 cents a meal for provisions and qo cents each person as the expense of bed ; 20 boarders at $5 would pay $ 100 a week ; the provisions mostly home-raised may be set down at $1.50 or $30 for the whole, which with the $10 cost of lodging them is $40 a week for 20 boarders and $60 re- mains. Allow $10 for drawback on chil- dren and monthly board and there is still ^50 a week or nearly $200 a month for the family that keeps the house and does nearly all the work. There will be tran- sient meals enough sold to pay the rent, or boats or carriages let out, or cigars sold or some little side interest to keep the main profit of the house intact. By reducing the cost of meals 2 or 3 cents at this lo-doUar house of ours we could make a profit at $5 even here, where our meats and fish have to be expressed and our fruits and vegetables are nearly all canned goods. Dinner. August 23. Soup— Vermicelli (7 qts 35 cents.) Catfish stewed with tomatoes (5 lbs net, steaks 60 with sauce, 68 cents.) Potatoes Hollandaise. Boiled smoked tongue (25 cents.) Roast beef {3 ribs short, 6 lbs 80 cents.) Civet of rabbit, a la Chasseur (8 rabbits 100, with trimmings, 125 cents.) Chicken giblets, a la Parmentier (20 orders, 20 cents.) Charlotte of apples, Francaise (36 or- ders, 40 cents.) ✪ Catfish Stewed with Tomatoes

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ence in the two methods, is that the latter will not stand the test of competition. The landlord and his wife are boarding out the rent; the retail merchant and wife board there because Mrs. Tingee trades with him; the photographer has his gallery next door and his wife finds better employment retouching pictures for him than she would keeping house,so they board there, otherwise Mrs. Tingee would have no boarders at all, poor woman. It chanced some two or three years ago, I picked up a brief editorial article in an unexpected quarter, considering the argument it contained, for it was the New York Hotel Reporter, that said the great want of the people of moderate means of New York and all large cities is good country board for the Summer months at about $5 a week — that is for board and lodging. Well, it would seem there are plenty of places offering board at that price ; it may be they do not meet the requirements of the city customers. In a railroad guide book I read of one lake in the State of New York, where there are 8 or lo hotels but 400 boarding houses ; no doubt but there are all grades and prices but still something may be wanting. Nearly all the well-to-do inhabitants of New Orleans and other southern cities leave their homes every Rummer for a sojourn at some country place or at the sea side. At Biloxi, Pass Christian, South Pass, there are houses which rent for from $200 to $300 or $350 for the Summer season to be kept as boarding Louses and remain closed all the rest of the year. In the New Orleans papers I see an advertisement which reads well, it is of a Summer boarding house at Gobegic Ferry, on the Topinabee, branch of the Tchoupitoulas river, easy to find because exactly 90 miles from New Orleans, and 700 feet above sea level, where there is plenty of milk, eggs, butter and fruit and vegetables, where board is offered at $5 a week, or $20 a month, and children under 12 are taken at hali price. According to the figures that we have devoted to Mrs. Tingee, allowing from 7 to 10 cents a meal for provisions and qo cents each person as the expense of bed ; 20 boarders at $5 would pay $ 100 a week ; the provisions mostly home-raised may be set down at $1.50 or $30 for the whole, which with the $10 cost of lodging them is $40 a week for 20 boarders and $60 remains. Allow $10 for drawback on children and monthly board and there is still ^50 a week or nearly $200 a month for the family that keeps the house and does nearly all the work. There will be transient meals enough sold to pay the rent, or boats or carriages let out, or cigars sold or some little side interest to keep the main profit of the house intact. By reducing the cost of meals 2 or 3 cents at this 10-dollar house of ours we could make a profit at $5 even here, where our meats and fish have to be expressed and our fruits and vegetables are nearly all canned goods. Dinner. August 23. Soup— Vermicelli (7 qts 35 cents.) Catfish stewed with tomatoes (5 lbs net, steaks 60 with sauce, 68 cents.) Potatoes Hollandaise. Boiled smoked tongue (25 cents.) Roast beef {3 ribs short, 6 lbs 80 cents.) Civet of rabbit, a la Chasseur (8 rabbits 100, with trimmings, 125 cents.) Chicken giblets, a la Parmentier (20 orders, 20 cents.) Charlotte of apples, Francaise (36 orders, 40 cents.)

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