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cessfully with the ordinary range of plain dishes, can 

 command $70 to $80 per month, with board, at a 

 mining or lumber camp; but then he may have any- 

 thing from forty to one hundred and forty men to cook 

 for, and as many " masters " to grumble at him. 



In the matter of dress there is not much difference 

 observable between England and Canada. Many of 

 the working men in Canada habitually wear gloves, in 

 summer and winter alike. In winter gloves are 

 necessary because of the cold, and in summer they are 

 almost indispensable for certain kinds of work, 

 because of the parching quality of the atmosphere, 

 which soon causes the skin to crack. Overalls, cover- 

 ing a man from the chin to the toes, are generally 

 worn, not only by working men, but also by all sorts 

 and conditions of men, even by a merchant in his 

 store or warehouse. 



In winter the best and most convenient clothing, 

 especially for out-of-doors among the snow, is a good 

 thick jersey, and if more than an ordinary jacket is 

 required, the most serviceable addition is a mackinaw 

 jacket, made of thick rough frieze, with knitted, tight- 

 fitting cuffs inside the sleeves, and a very high collar. 

 Protection for the ears is indispensable in sharp frost, 

 especially if the wind is keen. It is good to wear very 

 coarse, thick woollen stockings, known as German 

 stockings, outside the trousers, and over them coarse 

 rubber shoes, loosely laced, or else high boots, into 

 which the bottoms of the trousers are tucked. School 

 children wear knitted toques, which in shape are 

 something like the old-fashioned night-cap of our 

 grandfathers, only they are more pointed and more 

 ornamental. In sharp weather these can be pulled 



