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important item. Stitch a piece of black 

 elastic (the single-cord round kind is the best) 

 from one side — the inner one of course — to 

 the other, of just sufficient length to catch 

 well beneath your hair. This elastic you can 

 stretch over the leaf of your hat at the back, 

 and then, when the hat is on and nicely 

 adjusted to your taste in front, you have only 

 to put back your hand and bring the band of 

 elastic deftly under your hair. The hat will 

 then be immovable, and the elastic will not 

 show. In fastening your veil, a short steel 

 pin with a round black head is the best. The 

 steel sHps easily through the leaf of the hat, 

 and the head, being glossy and large, is easily 

 found without groping or delay, whenever you 

 may desire to divest yourself of it. 



I shall now tell you how to proceed with 

 the various items of your toilet on coming 

 home, after being overtaken by stress of 

 weather. No matter how wealthy you may 

 be, or how many servants you may be entitled 

 to keep, always look after these things your- 

 self. 



Hang the skirt of your habit upon a clothes- 



