SIR, —I have been for many years a most appreciative reader
of the Spectator, but I think you are asking for trouble by Nos. I and IV of ite series Making Ends Meet. The retired headmaster seemed to me to be living in luxury on his net income of £800 a year, and neither he nor the civil servant with his £900 net should be included in this series. To spend nearly £6 a week on housekeeping, as the wife Of the civil servant does, is to spend more than many people have for their total weekly income, and for two adults, two toddlers and an infant in arms, it seems to me an -unnecessarily large amount.
I am the elderly widow of a Church of Scotland minister, and am very well off compared with many other people, as my net income is about £350, my family is self-supporting, and my house is my own. Rates are heavy, and I find it impossible to do much in the way of repairs or redecorating, but I can get along all right. But for those who cannot, and for the reputation of your excellent paper, could you not confine yourself to articles from people who really do have difficulty in making ends meet and whose experiences and advice might be of great help to many of us?—
222 Springfield Road, Aberdeen.
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