Making Ends Meet
SIR,—I agree with Mrs. Nicol that so far your contributors to the Making Ends Meet series have not been helpful about managing on a small amount of money. This is really quite easy, however. One must only spend money on essentials, and the only absolute essential of life is food. This includes a means of cooking it and somewhere to eat it ; it does not include a woman to help in the house, school fees, an occasional visit to the cinema, or even new clothes, sweets, or toys for the children. On this principle our family manages. My husband is a student. His tuition and travelling expenses are covered by a grant from the county council. We live rent free, but pay rates. The entire living expenses of our two selves and our three children are met from a total income of 55s. a week. Making ends meet presents no problem to us. As the cost of living goes up and up, so we eat less and less. It is as simple as that.— Yours faithfully, CELIA BARBOUR. Codmore Hill, Pulborough, Sussex.
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