3 Hats:— 2 for Business, at $2.00 each $4.00 1 for Good wear 4.00 —— $ 8.00 4 Dresses for Business, at $2.00 8.00 2 Dresses for Good wear, at $5.00 10.00 4 Pair Shoes, at $3.00 12.00 Underwear 8.00 3 Pairs Silk Gloves for good wear 3.00 1 Dark Skirt for bad weather 2.00 2 Shirt Waists, at 75c 1.50 1 Coat 5.00 1 Umbrella 1.00 2 Pairs Rubbers 1.50 Incidentals, handkerchiefs, collars, sewing materials, etc. 5.00 ——— $65.00 The fact that the same wardrobe does duty in Hawaii the year round is a very great saving. The girl who has not been taught to sew (and this girl is in the majority) must allow at least 25c a week additional for clothing. Board, lodging and clothing can therefore be had at $3.75 or $4.00 a week; carfare is 60c; the cheapest lunch, 5c for coffee and rolls, is another 30c, which brings the total cost to $4.65 or $4.90, without any allowance for incidental carfares or amusements. On the other hand living expenses in the community, when reduced to their lowest rate, bring the total expense to $2.00 a week each, provided two girls share a room. I have followed up numerous advertisements in the daily papers, investigated “Furnished room” signs, etc., and found in the first place that no furnished room house will permit cooking to be done in the rooms, and secondly that the lowest rate for a furnished room for two girls was $2.00 a week. If two girls together rented a tenement room at $2.00 a month they would need to buy a bed, dishes and cooking utensils, costing at least $15.00. The cost per week of maintaining such a room would then be for each: Rent $ .25 Fuel and light .25 Food (fruit, poi, coffee, rice, fish, etc.) 1.50 ————— $2.00 I have made a sufficient allowance for food to provide a nourishing diet.