. Ruth of Boston; a story of the Massachusetts Bay colony . having come into this New World,where much of work is required, and he who cares forhis personal appearance, to my way of thinking, is tobe given due credit. Surely so the Massachusetts Bay Company thought,for they furnished to every man who came from Eng-land to settle here, save it be those who could affordsuch things for themselves, four pairs of shoes and thesame number of stockings; four shirts; two suits ofdoublet, and hose of leather lined with oiled skin; awoolen suit, lined with leather, together with four bands and two handk
. Ruth of Boston; a story of the Massachusetts Bay colony . having come into this New World,where much of work is required, and he who cares forhis personal appearance, to my way of thinking, is tobe given due credit. Surely so the Massachusetts Bay Company thought,for they furnished to every man who came from Eng-land to settle here, save it be those who could affordsuch things for themselves, four pairs of shoes and thesame number of stockings; four shirts; two suits ofdoublet, and hose of leather lined with oiled skin; awoolen suit, lined with leather, together with four bands and two handkerchiefs, a green cot-ton waistcoat, two pairs of gloves,a leather belt, a woolen cap and twored knit caps, a mandilion linedwith cotton, and also an extra pairof breeches. Of course such anoutfit was for the common people,not the gentlefolk. In our company, the boys areclothed exactly as are their fathers,and many of them present a mostattractive appearance, although mymother would not think it properfor me to say so, much less to putit down in MY OWN WARDROBE 59 MY OWN WARDROBE It surely cannot be wrong for me to think of thatwhich I wear, for if the good Lord has given me aconfely body, why shall I not array it properly? Orif it be wrong, why did my father buy for me thosethings, a list of w^hich I am here setting down, notfrom vanity, but simply to show how kind were myparents ? I had a cap ruffle and a tucker, the lace of whichcost five shillings a yard; eight pairs of white kid gloves,with two pairs of colored gloves, two pairs- of worstedhose and three pairs of thread, a pair of laced silkshoes, and a pair of morocco shoes, not to speak offour pairs of plain Spanish shoes, or two pairs made ofcalf-skin for every day use; a hoop coat and a mask towear when the wind blows too roughly, and a fan foruse when the sun is hot. Susan had two necklaces,one of garnet and one of jet; but I had only I have a girdle with a buckle of silver; a mantleand coat of
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