_Crinoline._ Something like cheesecloth in appearance and stiffer in texture. It is used by dressmakers for stiffening parts of garments. It comes from about 19 to 36 inches wide and costs 12½-cents up. _Scrim._ An open mesh weave but heavier than cheesecloth. It is used for curtains and household furnishings, and comes bleached or unbleached. What is the difference in their color? Cost, from 12 to 90 cents. Width, from 36 to 45 inches. _Cretonne and Chintz._ Printed materials with flowers or designs on one side, sometimes on both. They cost from 12 to 75 cents per yard and are used for curtains, covers, cushion tops, etc. They vary in width from 25 to 36 inches. _Denim._ Strong material and has an uneven twilled weave. It is used for furniture covers, for aprons, and for floor covering. It costs from 18 to 30 cents per yard and comes about 1 yard in width. Your big brother or father wears overalls of this material; perhaps some of the boys in school do, too. _Gingham._ A material used for aprons or dresses, skirts, etc. It is from 24 to 30 inches wide and costs from 10 to 50 cents per yard. Fine ginghams are very beautiful. Sometimes they are plain in color or striped or in plaids. _Percale._ A good piece can be bought for 12½-cents per yard, 36 inches wide. It comes plain or printed, and is firm and closely woven. It is good for aprons or summer dresses. _Ticking._ A material used for pillows or mattress covers. It is striped, is twilled in weave, and wears very well. It costs from 12½-cents per yard up to 50 or 60 cents per yard, and is woven 36 inches wide. [Illustration: FIG. 4.--The surprise box.] Do you understand what is meant when we read that cloth is woven 36 inches wide? Do you know how cotton cloth is made and where it comes from? Grandmother Allen told some of the girls; for she knows about all such things. In our next lesson we shall study where cotton is grown, and in another learn how it is woven. Another day we will learn the names of other cotton materials and their uses. Then, we can add them to our book of cotton samples. The little white box on Miss James' desk is a surprise box (Fig. 4). Any one who finds a new cotton material different from those studied at school, Miss James says, may drop it through the little hole in the cover of the box. What fun the girls of Pleasant Valley will have when it is opened. EXERCISES AND PROBLEMS 1. If you were buying kitchen toweling for use at home, what material would you buy? 2. Name three fuzzy cotton materials and tell their uses. 3. Decide whether you are to make a sample book. Begin to collect samples of cotton materials for it. 4. Write quickly on the blackboard the names of six common cotton materials. Ask mother to name six. LESSON 2 THE STORY OF COTTON GROWING