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When a step collar and a man's tie are worn, 

 the ordinary high collar and chemisette, sold 

 for thirty-eight cents, takes the place of the 

 straight linen band worn with the habit high in 

 the throat, and the proper tie is the white silk 

 scarf fastened in a four-in-hand knot, and, if 

 you be wise, Esmeralda, you will buy this at a 

 good shop, and pay two dollars and a quarter for 

 it, rather than to pay less and repent ever after. 

 Some girls wear white lawn evening ties, but 

 they are really out of place in the saddle, in 

 which one is supposed to be in morning dress. 

 Wear the loosest of collars and cuffs, and fasten 

 the latter to your habit sleeves with safety pins. 

 The belts of your habit skirt and waist should also 

 be pinned together at the back, at the sides and 

 in front, unless your tailor has fitted them with 

 hooks and eyes, and if you be a provident young 

 person, you will tuck away a few more safety 

 pins, a hairpin or two, half a row of " the com- 

 mon pin of North America," and a quarter-ounce 

 flask of cologne, in one of the little leather 

 change pouches, and put it either in your habit 

 pocket or your saddle pocket. Sometimes, after 

 a dusty ride of an hour or two, a five-minute 



