The uplift [serial] . he cheap- est department store and boughtthe cheapest clothing, comparing mypurchases with the list of the arti-cles and prices mentioned by R. Bangs in her articlesentitled, How a Girl Can Live on$ I intended to do store work, so Idecided to start out with a blackskirt and shirtwaist. The cheapestskirt I could buy in the store cost$ It was woolen, with two pep-lums, and, except that it was muchtoo long, it fitted well. There was no trouble in buying adull black shirtwaist. It cost 98 cents. Mrs. Bangss list did not providefor any winter underwear
The uplift [serial] . he cheap- est department store and boughtthe cheapest clothing, comparing mypurchases with the list of the arti-cles and prices mentioned by R. Bangs in her articlesentitled, How a Girl Can Live on$ I intended to do store work, so Idecided to start out with a blackskirt and shirtwaist. The cheapestskirt I could buy in the store cost$ It was woolen, with two pep-lums, and, except that it was muchtoo long, it fitted well. There was no trouble in buying adull black shirtwaist. It cost 98 cents. Mrs. Bangss list did not providefor any winter underwear I deci-ded to buy of the very cheapest. 1bought thin vests for ten cents apiece,and as I could not do with less thantwo, I spent a total of 20 I found for eight cents apair. They were coarse and ill made,but quite serviceable. I needed twopairs—sixteen cents. I bought under-wear which should have been madeof wool instead of thick cotton. Itgave no heat, but it did prevent the Small View of This is one section of the wood-working shop. Theother and larger machinery, such as rip-saws, plainers and etc, is locat-ed on the ground floor. A competent man, who knows thoroughly carpentry and cabinet making, is in charge; and it iswonderful to see the progress of certain boys, who have a liking for tools and what they will do. In our building construc-tion muchof the finishing lumber, such as frames, flooring and mouldings are made right in our shop, accomplishing twopurposes; giving a training to boysandjmaking the cost of„our buildings much lighter thanjtjotherwise would be. January, 191S TtiE UPLIFTTHE KINGS DAUGHTERS CONVENTION. THIRTEEN
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