comprehend that sugar at 2_d._ a pound is cheaper than sugar at 3_d._; but tell her to add to the cost of this the fare to town, wear and tear of temper, gloves, and clothes, odd cabs, and the necessary luncheon, and she is floored at once. She recognises the 2_d._ as against the 3_d._ immediately, but she cannot grasp the rest; besides which, at the Stores she sees one hundred and one things that she buys simply because they are cheap, and not because she requires them in the very least; so if Angelina values her peace of mind let her eschew the Stores, and, instead, talk to her nearest grocer on the subject, and see what can be done with him before she goes elsewhere. Now, I think, that 2_l._, or, at the most, 2_l._ 10_s._, should keep Angelina, Edwin, and the model maid per week in comfort, and yet allow of no scrimping; but in this case Angelina must put a good deal of common-sense in her purse as well as money. Meat for three people need not be more than 12_s._, 4_s._ for bread and flour, 2_s._ for eggs, 4_s._ for milk, half a pound of tea at 2_s._ 6_d._--if they will drink tea--1lb. of coffee made of equal proportions of East India, Mocha, and Plantation, comes to about 1_s._ 7_d._, sugar 6_d._, butter (2lbs., enough for three people) 3_s._, and the rest can be kept in hand for fruit, fish, chickens, washing; and the thousand and one odds and ends that are always turning up at the most unpropitious moments; such as stamps, boot-mending (two items that have largely assisted in turning my hair grey), ink, paper, string, and, in fact, all those things that an unmarried girl rather fancies grow in the house, and that she is very much surprised to find have to be purchased.