30 50
Charwoman and tips 85 95
Wages and servants' presents 335 50
Papers 35 25
Carpenter 125 --
Tobacco and cigars 165 90
Sundries 39 35
Photography and fishing tackle 141 10
Music lessons 15 10
Medicine 13 80
Hairdresser 2 40
Presents--family 291 75
" friends 119 --
Amusements 137 25
Travelling 736 40
Stamps 99 65
Entertaining (at Home) 232 --
Charities[2] 24 --
Subscriptions 119 80
Fire insurance 12 30
Old age insurance 10 40
---- --
8722 20
==== ==

There are some interesting points about this budget as compared with
an English one of L436. It will be seen that although meat is so dear
in Germany the weekly butcher's bill for three people was only 6s.,
fish and poultry together only 2s., and the ham sausage, etc. from the
provision shop under 1s. 6d. a week. The washing bill for the year is
low, because nearly everything was washed at home, and dear as fuel is
in Germany this household spent about L16, where an English one
presenting the same front would spend L20 to L25. Observe, too, the
amount spent on servants' wages by people who lived in a large
charmingly furnished flat, and had a long visiting list. The wife,
too, a very pretty woman and always well dressed, spent much less on
her toilet than anyone would have guessed from its finish and variety,
for she came from one of the German cities where women do dress well.
There is nearly as much difference amongst German cities in this
respect as there is amongst nations. Berlin is far behind either
Hamburg or Frankfurt, for instance. The middle-class women of Berlin
have an extraordinary affection all through the summer sea