A Tramp Trip: How to See Europe on Fifty Cents a DayHarper & brothers, 1886 - 276 páginas |
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... WAGES AND PRICES . TIMIDITY OF LONDONERS . - FRIGHTENED BY TIN CANS AND OVERCOATS.- -HOW TO LIVE ON FOUR CENTS ... WAGE TABLE .. PAGE 246 255 265 271 274 276 A TRAMP TRIP : HOW TO SEE EUROPE ON FIFTY 12 CONTENTS .
... WAGES AND PRICES . TIMIDITY OF LONDONERS . - FRIGHTENED BY TIN CANS AND OVERCOATS.- -HOW TO LIVE ON FOUR CENTS ... WAGE TABLE .. PAGE 246 255 265 271 274 276 A TRAMP TRIP : HOW TO SEE EUROPE ON FIFTY 12 CONTENTS .
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... wages . " Thirty cents a day is not bad , " she replied . " I put by ten cents every day . " " But think , signora , in America your husband can get one or two dollars a day — meat , vegetables , a room with a plank floor , and a window ...
... wages . " Thirty cents a day is not bad , " she replied . " I put by ten cents every day . " " But think , signora , in America your husband can get one or two dollars a day — meat , vegetables , a room with a plank floor , and a window ...
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... wages for a whole day amount to less than half that sum . " Let me see if it is all right , " I said , taking the knapsack and looking it over . Then , in a casual way , I put it over my shoulder . After strapping it securely , I took ...
... wages for a whole day amount to less than half that sum . " Let me see if it is all right , " I said , taking the knapsack and looking it over . Then , in a casual way , I put it over my shoulder . After strapping it securely , I took ...
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... wages indeed , " was the reply . " Many of the men average five francs ( $ 1.00 ) a day . " Observing that I evinced no surprise at the vastness of the sum , he added , 66 ' But there are some who earn eight and even nine francs a day ...
... wages indeed , " was the reply . " Many of the men average five francs ( $ 1.00 ) a day . " Observing that I evinced no surprise at the vastness of the sum , he added , 66 ' But there are some who earn eight and even nine francs a day ...
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... wages high . Wages were not high in Switzerland . I began to think I had stumbled on a free- trade country . I was mistaken . Investigation revealed the fact that almost everything worth mentioning is subject to an import duty at the ...
... wages high . Wages were not high in Switzerland . I began to think I had stumbled on a free- trade country . I was mistaken . Investigation revealed the fact that almost everything worth mentioning is subject to an import duty at the ...
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