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Show MODERN, SIMPLIFIED BUDGET IS EASY ON BRIDE'S DISPOSITION System Adaptable- 1 To Incomes T Of Varying Sizes insurance and maintenance costs as well as payments and Interest on mortgages should corns out of the 28 per cent of Income allowed for housing. In addition to electricity, gas, telephone, water and Ice, laundry, repairs to household articles, the servant's salary must be paid out of the 10 per cent allowed for bouM operation. Money spent In restaurants ant food used at home are the onl) items to be entered In the ledgei under food. Under clothing, how-ever, how-ever, pressing, cleaning, repairini and storing expenditures take theii place beside clothes as such. Numerous Items Except in rare eases, ths automobile automo-bile and all expenses attending II belohg under "advancement" So d( charity, church, Christmas educe tion (books, magasines, plays, concerts, con-certs, tuition) gifts, health (doctor accident Insurance, hobbies ant ports, candy and tobacco, newspe-pen, newspe-pen, vacation and travel, wines and liquors, barber and beauty ahops clubs and movies. Under "savings," Professor Jordan Jor-dan lists Installments on car, furniture, furni-ture, jewelry, real estate and per aonal loans. Also dues to loan association asso-ciation or credit union, premium! on life Insurance and annuity eon-tracts, eon-tracts, payments on pension funds payments to dependents and deposits depos-its in savings accounts. BtTDGET PERCENTAGE This table, ahowing percentages to be allotted to basic items, Is figured on a flfiO-per-month income. in-come. With slight variations, it applies to Incomes of $100 and $300 per month. Item. Pet Amt Housing .. 33 $37 50 Operation 10 IS 00 Food 30 48 00 Clothing 13 18 00 Advancement 15 32 60 Savings .. .. . 8 13 00 Totals .100 $150 00 |