THE WORKERS PROVIDE THIS.

Maoriland Worker, Volume 2, Issue 33, 20 October 1911, Page 18

THE WORKERS PROVIDE THIS.

i According to a telegram published in a London paper, Mrs. George A. Trade, who has just been, separated from her husbaiid, an elderly judge, explained at the Chicago Court the amount a careful society woman needs to spend on beautifying herself. "My expenditure is moat modest," she said, "and consists of the following items: Perfume and toilet waters £120, face powders £90, services of a manicurist £40, hairdressers' bills £70, miscellaneous cosmetics. £55 —annual expenditure, £37£The bills of many women in. Chieffgo society/ , Mrs. Trude informed the judge J are much higher th&n 'mine. They sixsnd hundreds of pqittids in perfumes, while I pay oiiis £1 10s .an ounce for my face ponders/ Mrs. Trade insisted that practised most rigid economy in j>Af her buying, and explained that si?e kept her silk stocking biil-'rie-wi'rTo £lo a month and never .-spent more than £240 a year on hats or £35 an shoes. Her maxim, which she recommended all fashionable women to imitate, was: ''Reduce your wants 10 per cent, below .your income, regardless of the demands of society, even if you have to go without the best perfumes now and then."