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Show SIXTY CENTS.' A-.DAY. Women Workers In SPeaihcr. anii!lr-Uncial anii!lr-Uncial Flower Trades in Paris Live on That Sum. . , How to llvo on CO cents a day Is a problem which tho Paris syndicate ot women workers Jn tho feather and artificial flower trades solves, or1, at; tempts to solve. The problem Is also one which thousands of' girls or worn-, en In Paris have to faco somehow, In, tho trades mentioned 60 cents a day Is the average pay. Tho budget drawn -up by tho union Is a pathetic mlraclo of thrlftlne3S. It contains over 60 Items of expenditure and ac-:outits ac-:outits for every penny, llent heads the list and Is down for $30 a year. Heating costs $1 a month for six months of tho year and lighting $5.90 for tho wholq twelve months. Expenses Ex-penses for ' meals aro, breakfast, lj4 :cnts a day; luncheons, 8 cents; dinners, din-ners, 0 tents. Clothes Includes twe pairs of boots, $3; ono pair of sum-, mcr shoes, "to save the4 boots," 6t' cents; soling, and heeling, $l.Cp s year; two bjouscs nt 35 cents each two dresses at $5.50 each, thrco petticoats, petti-coats, $2.25. Somo xjtems aro 'peculiarly pathetic Matches, 1 cent a month; pen, Ink and paper, 10 cents a year; postages, 31' cents a ycar;,'recelpt stamps for quarterly quar-terly rents, 4 cents; conclcrgo's nnnual tip, $1; needles, thread, etc., for mending, mend-ing, $3; four baths a year, 50 cents; household expenses, $6.75; waching $10.75. Tho grand total shows a balance on tho right sido of about $2 annually. This has to cover all extras, such as omnibus fares, which nro not Included In the estimate. 'This budget has been drawn up by tho ' ayndlcato for th benefit of those of Its members who find a difficulty In making both ends meet. Ono wonders how many over manage to balance such a budget; which, by tho way, makes no provision provi-sion for Illness. Recently a DatlgnollcsJandlorjlHeA leaving n will, by which ho exempted all his tenants from a quarter's rent and bequeathed a surg , of ''$6,000 fqi distribution among tho caretakers d; his houses nnd those occupants of tin sarao who happened, to bo pressed foi money nt- the tlhiO of his demise Another landlord has now died, leaving leav-ing a larger" sum to" his dependent than tho Uatlgnollcs man. Ho lived at Autcll, where ho owned an extensive house, occupied by. many tenants. To' tho caretakers concierges of this establishment the Autcll landlord land-lord left In his will $100,000. Thoj are to have and to. ljold this moneys on condition that they1 remain lioncst nnd sharltablo people. |