0
Miscellaneous, per year of nine months 9.00
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$77.79

She adds this note: "Some figures are guessed at, for I make and remake
my clothes always. Note that the suit is not necessary. Needless to
mention these figures are doubled and even trebled by some thoughtless
girls of poor but long-suffering parents. I earn my own money."

The following meager list represents, I am sure, the thought of a girl
who has been accustomed to the least that could possibly be got along
with:

DRESS FOR A VILLAGE GIRL GOING TO SCHOOL

2 woolen combination suits $3.00
1 corset waist .50
2 flannelette petticoats 1.00
1 black petticoat 1.50
1 waist 3.00
1 dress skirt 3.00
1 woolen dress 3.00
1 winter hat 3.00
1 pair gloves 1.00
6 pairs of stockings 1.50
2 pairs of rubbers .80
2 pairs of shoes 6.00
1 winter coat 10.00
1 spring coat 7.00
6 handkerchiefs .99
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$45.29

The following is quoted with permission from a valuable little leaflet
prepared by Miss Caroline D. Pratt, of Hampton Institute, Hampton,
Virginia, and shows what the prices would be for a girl in the southern
realm:

SUGGESTIONS FOR CLOTHING FOR SCHOOL GIRLS

6 undervests (summer) $.60
4 undervests (winter) 1.00
4 pair drawers, homemade .80
2 white petticoats, homemade 1.00
3 nightgowns, homemade 1.65
4 underwaists, homemade 1.00
1 gingham petticoat, homemade .40
2 short flannel petticoats, homemade .70
6 plain shirt waists, homemade 2.40
1 white percale dress skirt, homemade .55
1 gingham dress, homemade 1.00
1 muslin dress, homemade 1.50
4 gingham aprons, homemade .72
2 white aprons, homemade .60
4 pairs stockings 1.00
1 pair low shoes 2.50
1 pair high shoes 3.00
1 pair corsets