Farm life -- United States; Girls -- United States
To this budget Miss Pratt adds a page of suggestions that are so useful
that we are glad to have more girls read them.
Here they are:
WHAT A WELL-DRESSED GIRL WEARS TO SCHOOL
Neat, plain, shirt waists.
Plain, well-made, cotton or wool dresses.
Plain, short, wool skirt. Good material will last longer and prove
more economical in the end.
Clean, plain, well-mended, durable underwear. If trimmed, use
cambric ruffles, lace, or embroidery of good quality. Torchon lace
wears well and is cheap.
Clean collars and neckties.
Neckties and belts should either match or harmonize with skirt or
waist.
Hair neatly and becomingly dressed, not extreme.
Clean hands and finger nails.
Plainly trimmed hat.
Plain, serviceable coat.
Neat, comfortable shoes.
Neat gloves.
Old gloves and shoes are neat when clean and carefully mended.
WHAT A WELL-DRESSED GIRL DOES NOT WEAR TO SCHOOL
Elaborate shirt waists or dresses.
Jewelry.
Low shoes and thin stockings in winter.
Bright, gay colors.
Petticoats longer than dress skirt.
Dusty, spotted clothes.
Fussy neckwear.
Soiled shirt waist and collar.
Dresses or underwaists cut too low.
Short sleeves in winter.
Coats, dresses, skirts, or waists whose buttons or hooks and eyes
are lacking.
Holes in stockings.
Safety-pin showing beneath the belt.
From a report by Miss Caroline Gleason, Director of Social Survey for
the Consumers' League of Oregon, is copied, with permission, a carefully
made list representing conditions in the Northwest:
1 winter coat $15.00
1 suit 18.00
1 extra skirt 5.00
2 dark waists 4.00
4 white waists 4.00
2 dark underskirts 2.00
4 suits summer underwear 2.00
3 suits winter underwear 3.00
1 dozen pair stockings 3.00
2 pair corsets 3.00
4 corset covers 2.00
1-1/2 dozen cotton handkerchiefs .90
4 pair gloves 4.00
4 pair shoes 10.00
1 pair rubbers .50
1 umbrella 1.00
3 hats 6.00
1 party dress 10.00
3 white underskirts 4.50
2 summer dresses 10.00
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$107.90
Miss Gleason adds: "In making out a budget for the cost of the Country
Girl's clothes, I would feel it necessary to consider whether they were
procured in the city at city prices (through mail order houses) or in
the country store. My reason for saying this is that, judging from my
slight experience, country prices are higher than city prices even with
postage attached."
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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