《The Standard of Living》（Dorothy Parker）这篇文章主要内容是什么?主题思想是什么?

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《The Standard of Living》（Dorothy Parker）这篇文章主要内容是什么?主题思想是什么?
开头是Annabel and Midge had been best friends almost from the day that Midge had found a job as stenographer with the firm that employed Annabel.By now,Annabel,two years longer in the stenographic department,had worked up to the wages of eighteen dollars and fifty cents a week; Midge was still at sixteen dollars.Each girl lived at home with her family and paid half her salary to its support.

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