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CHAPTER XI 



The Matter of Clothes 



Clothes may be largely used for personal adorn- 

 ment or the subject may be reduced to a matter of 

 bare necessity. It is easy to see how, in warm coun- 

 tries, where clothes may become burdensome, the 

 desire for ornament often expresses itself in rings, 

 shells, feathers, beads, and other decorations. 

 What are you making, Edna?" 

 A what-you-may-call-em for Snowball. The 

 way he wears out his clothes is perfectly disreput- 

 able." 



''1 wish you would make me one, too," said Will- 

 iam. ''This place is dreadfully hard on clothes. 

 In a little while, we'll all need what-you-may-call- 

 ems." 



The subject came up again after dinner; it was 

 getting acute. After a hunt through the house, 

 they finally found a half-finished hat, that looked 

 like a Panama, and some leaves from which the fi- 

 bers had been split, so that it was easy to locate the 

 pretty little palm-like hat-plants and imitate the 

 weave in other hats. As Henry said, the hat was 



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