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you want to avoid the trouble of arranging linings at all, 

 procure some strong soft chamois leather, make your 

 trousers of it, and cover them from a short distance above 

 the knee with cloth similar in colour to that of which your 

 habit is composed. Use silk thread for seam-sewing — strong, 

 and of the best quality — and when putting on the buttons 

 wind the thread round and round the stems after you have 

 stitched them firmly to the garment, so as to form a sort of 

 artificial shank ; then fasten off very securely upon the 

 wrong or inner side. 



If your resources are extremely limited, do not buy silk 

 hats at all. Low-priced ones are mere delusions, and it 

 will be better for you to invest the amount usually given 

 for second-rate articles— say from I2s. to IS^-. — in a good, 

 serviceable felt, or billycock, which will stand a large 

 amount of ordinary knocking about. 



By wearing riding trousers instead of breeches you can 

 dispense with Wellingtons, and be content with ordinary 

 boots ; anything that you can walk comfortably in will do, 

 but remember I do not believe that any woman has ever 

 yet been able conscientiously to say that she walked " com- 

 fortably," or indeed otherwise than miserably, in narrow- 

 waisted, high-heeled boots, with toes an inch wide (or some- 

 thing less) at the tip. A street or two may be traversed in 

 such articles without actual pain, or any perceptible show 

 of inconvenience, but a walk of five miles will probably 

 necessitate the services of a chiropodist, while half the 

 distance will show a decidedly altered gait. 



The third item of advice which I have given you, namely 



