olly and Eleanor to her room
and sat down to have a confidential talk with the girls. To her surprise
Polly found all her ranch-dresses and other apparel bundled up in a
loose roll with a rope tied about it.

"Why, mother! How can I take my clothes to New York that way?" asked
she, having studied the bundle wonderingly for a time.

Mrs. Brewster laughed. "You're not. These are going to some poor
ranchers' children over at Yellow Jacket Pass."

"But, mother!" gasped Polly. "I haven't anything left to wear in New
York!"

"That's what I wish to tell you about, Polly. Now listen to what I have
already told Eleanor who knows about these things better than we do."

Then Mrs. Brewster proceeded to instruct Polly as Eleanor had suggested
previously.

"I know how foolish it appears to you, Polly, to give much thought to
clothes, because at home on the ranch it matters so little what the
style is. But once you are in New York, or any other large city where
all kinds of people are to be found, your appearance makes a great
difference. You are not to take any of your home-made ranch clothes with
you, Polly--not even on the train after you leave Denver. I am going to
purchase a neat tailor-made suit at Denver for you to wear, and your
old suit I shall bring back home.

"When you reach New York Anne and Eleanor have my orders to attend to
your shopping the very first thing. I want you to go to the very best
and most exclusive shops on Fifth Avenue above Forty-second street for
all you need--and many accessories that you think you do not need,
Polly.

"Remember this, dear, the tag of the maker of your apparel is not the
only important mark of an exclusive shop--the principal mark is the cut
and style, and these high-grade shops turn out hats, coats and gowns
which the other shops endeavor in vain to imitate. That is why one can
be recognized in a way by the clothes they wear. And that is why I
insist upon your having the best.

"Another thing I know to be true, is this: Girls at school (and I feel
sure the girls at your exclusive school in New York City will do so)
judge others by the maker of their clothes. You will have no heart-aches
if your clothes have the best maker's name inside. It sounds small,
Polly, but it really is a serious matter when you come in contact with
small-minded girls or adults.

"Anne carries the check-book, Polly, and Eleanor carries the social
experience in dressing as becomes a young lady of th