This outlay was well worth while for a year or two, as hiring a servant to do the washing, mending and other chores would anyway have cost him nearly ten dollars a month, including food.

• 花这么一百二百的，过一年半载，并不吃亏，单说缝缝洗洗衣服，做饭，等等的小事，要是雇个仆人，连吃带挣的月间不也得花个十块八块的吗?