The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1895-04-11

and that would mean going without
something else-either one of my
classes, or clothing that was really
necessary. AS I've got little com
mon sense, l know that 1 must dress
warmly in the winter, and besides I've
got horrible dread of being i'll and
losing my position, so l look after my
shoes and underclothing first, and my
finery afterwward.
''It takes me three weeks to save
enough for pair of boots, for very
cheap shoes don't do when you stand
most of the time, and l wear out two
pair a year besides pair of Oxfords in
the summer. These cost me altogether
49, and another So goes for residing
them. Being down town so much /
know when real, bona-fide sale is
in progress, and if | can do so | al
ways take advantage of anything of
this sort, in the way of footwear es-
pecially. With the money l save in
this manner l purchase pair of slip
pers for house wear Zone pair lasts me
two years. and pair of light rubbers,
and any surplus money remaining |
add to my emergency fund. A dollar
or so extra is very handy when a tooth
must be filed or at Christmas time.
81 never wear wooden hose, and
good fieece-lined stockings can be
bought for 25 cents in the Cling, so |
buy my winter stockings Their and
in the fall l get my summer hose for
the same price. Two pairs of each kind
supply me, although l often give them
away at the end of the season, with
a good deal of wear still in them, and
thus my feet cost me $11 year"
my underclothing comes next, and
as one supply will last me two seasons
| buy my winter things one year and
my summer underwear and corsets
the next. In the cold weather wooden
undergarments are necessary, coming
as l do straight from the steam heated
store to the cold outer air, and usual
ly pay So for two sets. A pair of
wooden tights cost me $l.25 and a fan
mel skirt swells the sum to 50, making
total cost of IS for heavy underwear.
Summer clothing is not 50 expensive,
especially as sales of muslin under
wear are frequent. But | need three
pairs of corsets in two years and, as |
find it cheaper in the end to buy good
ones, the total for the summer is about
the same as for winter, and | spend IS
every year for underclothing, including
night garments and the extra towels.
l find it necessary to provide myself
with if | wish to battle frequently. or
use something a little softer than
huckaback for my face Eleven dollars
added to IS makes total of $40, as
you will easily see, and hairpins, shoe
laces, pins buttons needles and thread,
writing paper, ink and the numerous
other sundrles necessary to a woman
raise the sum to $40, leaving 1872 for
my outer garments.
"Of this usually spend So for two
hats-a winter hat and summer hat
there are no such things as spring and
fall millinery for the girl who lives on
81 week. and another dollar provides
me with cheap sailor nat for the
very warm weather, dotted net veil
for Sundays, and guaze veil for the
cold weather, as being SO much in a
warm atmosphere makes my skin ten
| der and obliges me to wear veil when
the wind is strong or keen. So my
millinery costs me So year.
''Three dollars is my yearly allow
ance for gloves, and l need pair of
warm kid mittens for the winter, a
pair of dark gloves for spring and
autumn wear, and pair of lighter
ones for best use in the summer. !
also patronize sales for these and gen.
orally save enough to furnish me with
a pair of silk mitts for the very hot
days. This" with a humorous glance
at the worn glove in her hand sis not
my glove month, and my last pair did
not wear as they should have done, SO
l must either mend these for church
or wear my mittens, which l do not
like to do. l make it rule-or rather
the limited state of my finances makes
it rule for me-never to borrow from
the sum allotted for one thing to help
out another, except occasionally from
my recreation fund, so the gloves
must wait their turn
ITO borrow, on an income as small
as mine, is to get into debt, inevitably
and hopelessly, and debt is the curse of
quantities of girls in my position. 1t
Is little hard at first especially, to
count every cent as carefully as neces-
sity requires, and once behind it is all
but impossible to catch up again.
when l have provided for the
things | have mentioned l have but
$23 left with which to procure wraps
for winter and spring, hankerchiefs
odds and ends, an extra waist and the
thin dress l have spoken of. This is a
minute allowance, to be sure, but /
never buy winter coat oftener than
once in two years, and / wait until
well after Christmas before looking
for one This was my year for a win
ter wrap, and few weeks ago I
bought one at sale, for 1918. 1t is
warm, nice-looking and serviceable,
and expect it to do duty all next win
ter and pretty far through the next. l
got spring jacket year ago last
autumn, and with little alteration it
will look nice all next summer. Long
practice has made me an adept at max