The Quest of the Simple Life by William J. Dawson
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under two heads, viz. the expenditure that was inevitable, and the
expenditure that was evitable, because it was the result of town life. I shall best explain by giving a sample of these tables:-- TABLE I. INEVITABLE EXPENDITURE. L. s. d. Food and general household expenses, calculated at 30s. per week . . . . . 78 0 0 Books, magazines, and papers . . . . . . 5 0 0 Clothes for two adults and two children . 20 0 0 Insurances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 0 0 Holidays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 0 0 Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 0 0 Sundries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 0 0 Rent, rates, and taxes . . . . . . . . . 65 0 0 ---------- L268 0 0 TABLE II. EVITABLE EXPENDITURE. If I adopted a country life. L. s. d. Holidays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 0 0 By saving on rent, rates, and taxes, calculating my cottage cost me not |
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