From 8-year old Hilda’s diary:
Everything costs so much. I want to give Grandmother a golden comb to wear in her hair and that is five dollars. And I want to give Grandfather some bow ties and those are a dollar apiece and the six pretty handkerchiefs for Aunt Tillie are five dollars and a lace collar for Grandmother Uri costs three dollars and a rain coat for Brownie costs three dollars too. Only Sherry’s present is cheap. I can get a huge bag of catnip for twenty cents. No matter how many fleas I catch this week, I’ll never have enough money. Alma says that I should speak to Grandfather about it as he knows all about money.