Comforts and Conveniences in the .If'iary 



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he has derived from the wearing of light underclothing. IJut hj dues not 

 perspire freely, and his underclothing retains the perspiration, keeping 

 the skin moist. With me it is the reverse. I perspire so freely the 

 clothing is soon soaked through and through, and frequent changes are 

 necessar)'. Perhaps each will be obliged to decide the matter by per- 

 sonal experience. 



I never wish a veil attached to the edge of the hat-rim. It is only 

 part of the time that a veil is needed, and when it isn't needed I wish it 

 ofif out of the way. I prefer a veil with a string run into a hem around 

 the top, then the upper edge can be puckered up until it will just slip 

 down nicely over the hat-crown. And when it is necessary to wear a 

 veil in hot weather, who has not wished that there was some way 

 of holding it down, aside from that of tucking it inside the collar ? 

 When the neck is hot and sweaty, how uncomfortable it feels with a sort 

 of muffler pressed close against it by the collar ! Besides this, the veil is 

 held suffocatingly close to the face — so close, too, that the bees often 

 sting through it. All this may be avoided, and I'll tell y(.)u how. In a 

 hem in the bottom of the veil run 

 a string, leaving about a foot of 

 the hem, right in front, unoccupied 

 by the string. That is, let the 

 string enter the hem at about six 

 inches to the right of the center 

 of the front ; pass it around the 

 back of the neck, bringing it out 

 of the hem at a point about six 

 inches to the left of the center of 

 the front. The projecting ends of 

 the string must be long enough to 

 pass under the arms, cross at the 

 back, and then be brought around 

 and tied in front. The string holds 

 the edge of the veil securely out 

 upon the shoulders, while, if the 

 right length of hem is left with- 

 out a string in front, that part 

 will be drawn snugly across the 

 breast. To Mr. Porter, of bee- 

 escape fame, belongs the honor of 

 devising this unsurpassable wa)' 

 of holding down a bee-veil. 



Gloves I have never worn, and doubt if I could be led to believe 

 them a comfort. To use them would seem too much like a cat with 



