11/16 200.00 " 300.00 Savings, _nil_. $2400.00 to $2600.00 If the wife can manage the "kitchenette" and part of the clothing, about $600 may be saved, but in that case it represents her earnings, and should be at her disposal. If it should be possible for safe shelter to be had for $400, then with the wife's help $700 should be the sum in the "region of choice." I hold that, unless the income can be managed so as to secure _choice_, all the daily toil is embittered. Even if some is spent foolishly, it is safer than the burden "just not enough." The more common cost of decent living in our Eastern cities is: Rent...............................$1000 to $1500 Meals.............................. 1200 " 1400 Clothing........................... |