This article reprints a table from a journal stating how a genteel family of seven can live for under $2000 a year. The author humorously suggests that the rate of subscription to the Saturday Press ($2) be added to the expenses, as a genteel family could hardly be expected to do without.
An electronic version of this text was previously available in CONTENTdm and has been migrated to Lehigh University's Digital Collections. Reconstruction of direct links to individual articles is in progress. In the meantime, browse issues of the Saturday Press in the Vault at Pfaff's Digital Collection. Page images of The New York Saturday Press were scanned from microfilm owned by Emory University, which was made from original copies held by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
