COUN. I perfectly understand, M. le président. [He reads].[2]
| DAILY EXPENSES. | ||
| For the Mother and Children. | ||
| Breakfast. | f. | c. |
| Milk, 20c., bread, 10c. | 0 | 30 |
| Dinner. | ||
| Bread | 0 | 70 |
| Wine | 0 | 20 |
| Vegetables and dripping for soup | 0 | 20 |
| Meat | 0 | 60 |
| A relish for the children | 0 | 25 |
| Supper for all the Family. | ||
| Stew | 0 | 90 |
| Potatoes, etc. | 0 | 20 |
| Wine | 0 | 40 |
| For the Husband. | ||
| Tramway return fare | 0 | 30 |
| Tobacco | 0 | 15 |
| Dinner (out) | 1 | 25 |
| ——— | ||
| Total for the Day. | 5 | 45 |
| Comes to 1989f. 25c. per annum. | ||
| YEARLY EXPENSES. | ||
| Rent, 300f. Dress.—Three skirts at 5f.; three bodices at 3f.; sixteenpairs of boots for the children at 4f. 50c. the pair; four forthe parents at 8f. Two hats at 2f. Underclothes for themother, 5f.; for the father, 15f.; for the children, 30f.Bedding and linen, 10f. Clothes of the father, 120f.Total, 312f. | ||
The expenses are therefore 2,600f. a year. Tupin, who was a capable workman, earned 175f. a month, or 2,100f. a year. There was therefore an annual deficit of 500f. As I promised, I abstain from comment. [He sits down].
[2] A shorter version of this document, for the theatre, will be found in a note at the end.
MME. CHEV [to her neighbor] There were three sous a day for tobacco that he might very well have saved.
COUN. Perhaps this document might be formally put in evidence.
PRES. It is quite useless. [To Tupin] I am not going to dispute your figures. I admit them, and I repeat there are charities.
TUPIN. And I repeat that I’m not a beggar.
PRES. You prefer to commit what is almost infanticide. A man who has a daughter on the streets and a son a thief may accept charity without degradation.