(To Tee Emma or THE "Sexerseon."1 Stn,—As a housekeeper of
many years' standing, I wish to thank you sincerely for your article in the Spectator of December 11th on the "'Index Figure." It puts clearly and forcibly what I am sure most people who have to run a house have known all along, that the Index Figure is very misleading. I would go further and say it has done an immense amount of mischief as tending to encourage an extravagant style of living, when every one should be trying to save all they can. I find that my food bills are 65 per cent. more than they were in 1914. We live more plainly, but have all the comforts that are necessary and many of the luxuries which are agreeable. To my mind the Food Controller "gave the whole show away" lately when he refused to allow the price of eggs to be increased on the plea that if he did wages would automatically rise so many
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