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 46 THE TOURIST'S CALIFORNIA nishings for eight. These have no housekeeping facilities. The occupants board at hotels or pri- vate houses, or at the casino. An attractive cottage at Avalon will rent for $60.00 a month in summer and for but a third as much in the equally delightful but less crowded winter season; at winter resorts these conditions are reversed. Furnished apartments of three to five rooms in the main tourist cities may be leased for as little as $15.00 to $60.00 a month. These homey flats sometimes have gardens on their Mauresque roofs, and balconies and open courts bright all the year with flowers. One Los Angeles landlord owns many such houses. Some of them are planned for families having children, and provide playgrounds and gymnasiums. Unfurnished city and suburban houses, small but modern and pleasantly situated, have a rent- ing scale beginning at $25.00. If furnished the rate is from $35.00 to $100.00 or more. Tent houses of painted canvas with wooden roofs and floors cost $150.00 to $200.00 to erect. Va- cant lots are often available at a low rental as temporary sites. The Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce issues a booklet which gives the cost of food and fuel in that vicinity. Living expenses are approximately the same elsewhere in the State.