Dyuman's Correspondence with The Mother

9 October 1935

My dear Mother,

The other day when I wrote to You about saving expenses if there is war in Europe, I meant this:

Milk: one cup instead of three. Not three plantains but one. No washerman at all—we can wash our own clothes. No servants. No pocket money—people may not go to the theatre or cinema or buy all sorts of things for pleasure.

Surely if France or England entered the war we would be obliged to do that. For the moment it is not yet necessary.

9 October 1935