LIST OF CLOTHING FOR A YEAR, FOR A GIRL IN HIGH SCHOOL
| 1 suit for best for 1 year, coat for best 2 years | $15.00 |
| 1 winter coat | 6.00 |
| 1 winter hat for best | 2.50 |
| 1 winter hat for school, a felt knock-about | 1.00 |
| 1 spring coat or party wrap | 6.50 |
| 1 summer hat | 3.00 |
| 1 pair gloves, seldom worn here except on Sundays | 1.50 |
| 1 pair golf gloves | .50 |
| 4 pairs shoes | 10.00 |
| 8 pairs of stockings | .80 |
| 2 pairs rubbers | 1.30 |
| 2 suits underclothing, winter | 1.80 |
| 2 suits underclothing, summer | .70 |
| 3 underskirts, white | 2.25 |
| 1 underskirt, knitted | .50 |
| 1 silk underskirt | 1.98 |
| 2 pairs corsets | 3.00 |
| 6 corset covers | 1.50 |
| 4 waists (not worn much) | 3.00 |
| 1 worsted skirt | 1.98 |
| 1 linen skirt | .98 |
| 2 gingham wash dresses | 2.00 |
| 1 princess slip | 1.00 |
| Miscellaneous, per year of nine months | 9.00 |
| ——— | |
| $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 |
| ——— | |
| $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: