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that. But if you're married, settled and have a house, your friends expect to be invited to dinner, lunch, spend the evening, have a little music - all that kind of thing.

I had all those additional responsibilities, which I thoroughly enjoyed. I assumed much heavier personal, social and housekeeping activities than I ever had before. However, I took them, I think, rather lightly. I have no memory of their being burdensome. I do think that they were probably time-consuming and that I was tempted to blend social and professional life. That is, I found it a great pleasure to be able to entertain my colleagues, the people I worked with, and the politicians I was coming to know. It was very pleasant to be able to say, “Oh, please come for dinner.” You can't do that when you're an unmarried woman living in a flat. When you're a matron with a household and establishment, it's all right.

That was very nice; it was very pleasant. In those days good servants could be had at prices that would startle a modern housewife. I remember only too well that I paid a fine German couple - excellent, couldn't be better - who were a man and wife eight dollars a week together. She was the best cook I ever had and I paid her three fifty a week. I paid him four fifty a week. They were more than satisfied. They naturally lived in. Nobody thought of not living in in those days. All those things went very simply.