This section is from the book "The Profession Of Home Making", by American School Of Home Economics. Also available from Amazon: The Profession Of Home Making.
Family in Providence, R. I., physician, wife, two children, two maids, laundress one and a half days a week:
Rent 10 Per cent | $4 50 |
Food, 14 per cent.... | 6 30 |
Operating expenses, 20 per cent.... | 9 00 |
Clothing, 9 per cent.... | .$405 |
Incidentals, 2 per cent ............ | 90 |
Office Expense, 25 per cent........ | 11 25 |
Higher Life, savings, etc., 20 per cent | 9 00 |
Total.................. | 45 0O |
 
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