the process of education as to
start her on a cash account and oversee her as she tries to carry it on,
especially if he will initiate her in the mysteries of a small bank
account, he will in the majority of cases be richly repaid in the
development of an ability to manage and to save that he did not suspect
the daughter to possess.

The father himself, in the happy-go-lucky method of most fathers in
their financial relations with the women of the family, does not know
what the daughter's dress budget for a year ought to be. The following
lists of items for a country girl's dress budget are presented here as
much for the father's sake as for that of the girls. The lists have been
drawn from various sources and they represent the thought of many
students of country life conditions and of some country girls
themselves.

The first list was made by a wide-awake Country Girl in the State of
Idaho:

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 1.0