“In addition to the allowance I had various presents of money. While
receiving £30 I had evening dresses given me. My mending and altering
are done by a maid at home. Up to 1888 I occasionally had dressmaking
done at home, but now put it all out. Being so busy a person and not
caring for dressmaking or millinery, I have done none myself for the
last seven years or more. The average yearly glove expenditure of the
three periods is less now than in 1885. This is probably accounted for
by the fact that I don’t require so many white evening gloves as when
I had many dances.”
The accounts I have presented here have no claim to be regarded as
typical. They are merely samples of the kind of material needed to
enable us to discover the type.