Show CHEAP LIVING the tb problem of existence Exis tenee on a tear has been solved sol veil some sonia years ago thero there was a discussion in the newspapers newspaper as to the possibility of a man mans a living on a year A certain ead sad interest int cret our rounds round the mere reference to abre controversy today Toda to day yit it is probable that no editor having a i ous regard for the of his pace space would permit the rising of such s question in bis his columns it would be to as much useful I purpose as if the discussion disc was upon the possibility of walking on the ceiling or going irona from charing crots to aid gite te by skipping from lamppost lamp post to f ramp I lamppost amp post nevertheless there are circumstances wherein a man even at the present resent day may live not on SOO ent but a year and enjoy a c con on side raUe raLle amount of luxury ot of course it ie is not in Eng engled lind but against thi disadvantages of exile from home be put the be derad dl nj vantage of travel ani an I the opportunities of improving the accent in foreign languages in many a snug tent ion in in northern italy or Switzer und land a man might live on aloon a year like a prince being absolutely without care for the things of this world no taxes to py p y no nd coals or gas I na no repairs rr I no servants while rent is so ingeniously mixed up with breakfast luncheon and ditner thai that it appears to have no existence aa a direct charge six francs a day equal to a trifle less than shillings is the average char charge a in a swiss pen pension siong where an anything like a stay is made people may pay more or less but it is exceedingly well done for francs france A A greal deal eal depends upon tha al of a room but our ab sub friend of the respectability to be derived from a year ami and with A prospect jofs of a moderately pro longed stay is likely to be carefully looked after in this respect the franca francs include not only rent and attendance but three good meals a jay lay there is bread and butter and cof coffee fice or cliot chocolate or tea ten this is not recommended at whatever hour one pieces at one lunch generally two courses of or hot ho I meat meath certainly ono with cold m mail mt t I to fill up interstices tho the dinner is substantial meal of a full run rua of courses everything of the besta best 11 I I I J cooked in i manner with which we brenot familiar in london hotel at the very heat beat and deal pat how flow this cm can be dona dono nt at francs which at home or in most cortin continental tin hotels would be the price ot of he be dinner alone appears to the u uninitiated n a mystery presumably be the tiling things are in larr large quanta quantities an and d the he I custom is extensive ay iy and d at steady ly th the company mp n ot at these establishments varies with the locality and an ayle style of the house iti it ios farasey experience goes generally good of its kind pensions are in high favor with clergymen especially with clergymen with large families maiden ladies of age also patronize them there are moreover c children ildren h who run about the corn corri dors data at dinner time and swoop down upon the desert with irresistible vo lacity shortly after I it is I paced I el d on the table but that is a A delight I aig b t by y no means peculiar to pensions U tel managers manag era as a a rule do not encourage the custom of chil children drin they eat a good dyal drink no wine make much noise at untimely hours and slide down the banisters causing perpetual fear that the leuia tion of the house will be damaged by having baving an inq inquest U est held within its portals when it is aid children brink drink no wine it should be added bat chat only english children are here spoken of french and italian children of tho the kenderest ten derest years abare their parents wine at the table chote and would re ent any inter ference with their birthright the rhe fact that the people who live en pension e rasi on are not wa wm farers here today da Y and a n d there cherev tomorrow to morrow diffuses over the e establishment an air of home life tho the nearest approach to the conditions of life in a pension is that on board a passenger ship bi p every body knows everybody dy el e in a sur our short time friendship friendships are ate struck up which promise r to last a lifetime and do courish flourish till one leaves the place to journey further on people do not ait sit and stare stolidly at each other across the ta ble as is the pleasnt pleasant habit babit at the hotel table chote newcomers will assuredly au become acquaintances we do not know their names yet nor whence the came but ibero cefi dences will presently be besto wedin the meantime it is recognized as not a promising beginning of acquaintance that they should be gi glared upon p n asa As a amle the commissariat areda dep department s t in a good pension is ell superior brior to that in a first c class ims french hotel otel here again the principe principle of strangers as compared with friends and acquaintances quain makes itself felt at the hotel people come at night and leave in the morning and perhaps their faces will never to ore be seen li if they can get a tolerably good dinner I it la Is all they can reasonably look for |