or.

Is it right to care about one's clothes, and to like to have pretty and
becoming things? Why, of course it is not only right, but a positive
duty to have one's wardrobe in good order, and to wear colors and shapes
which suit one's style and complexion. The girls for whom I write are
old enough to take intelligent interest in their clothes; some of them
may even buy their own materials, and cut and make their every-day
frocks and waists for themselves. Every girl should understand the
principles of dress-making, so that she may know how much stuff needs to
be used in a gown, and regulate for herself the sort of trimming which
will finish her costume appropriately.

Growing girls do not need many dresses at once. A pretty toilette for
best, which may at this season be of wool crepon or of summer silk, and
a serviceable frock of serge or some other strong woollen stuff for
every-day and roughing occasions, will meet the requirements of ordinary
life. A girl should have besides these, for summer, one or two dainty
ginghams simply made, a half-dozen shirt waists, four of linen or
percale, and two of silk, and a white gown either of Swiss muslin or
China silk. A sailor hat for common use, a wide-brimmed picture hat for
very best, and a jaunty little toque will be enough in the way of
covering for the head, and she will be wise to have, if she can, several
pairs of shoes. It is economy to have duplicates of one's shoes and
boots, as these last much longer when frequently changed and relieved.
For tramping about the roads and hills one needs, as also for the city
promenade, an absolutely comfortable walking boot, with broad soles, low
heels, and a shape that fits the foot to perfection. Too loose a shoe is
as disagreeable and as bad for the foot of its wearer as one which is
too tight. A dress boot may be of cloth and patent-leather or of soft
kid. Let me insist, girls, on your keeping your boots in order, so far
as the buttons are concerned. Nothing gives one so careless an
appearance as a boot from which buttons have fallen.

Gloves should be kept in order just as shoes are. As they are a very
expensive part of one's outfit, one should care for them nicely. In
taking off your gloves, pull them from the top downwards, so that they
are wrong side out when they come off. Straighten them at your leisure,
and keep your very best when not in use folded up in tissue-paper, and
in a box. Chamois gloves are nice for every day