[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."]
SIR,—It might possibly interest "A Bad Economist" (Spectator, November 30th), and give point to the saying that one half the world does not know how the other half lives, if you would kindly allow me to say that my income for forty years past has averaged about £160 to £170 per annum ; that I have had a large' family, all of whom are doing well; that my present income is about £152, or, after payment of rent and taxes, small insurance premium, and one or two necessary expenses, net income about two guineas a week. I owe nothing, and if I were to die to-morrow there would be no worries or complications. I may add that the nature of my work has involved a very large number of changes of' abode ; within thirty years I have probably lived in as many houses ; removal expenses have therefore been very heavy. But I have weathered the storm with a small balance to the good. The moral is that apParently necessary and inevit- able, expenses are not really so. I belong to one of the highest
[Our correspendent is a clergyman. The record he here
sets forth is one , of which he , may indeed feel proud,— En. Spectator.] '
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