The Meadow-Brook Girls Under Canvas by Janet Aldridge
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girls wear? Anything they happen to have?"
"No. They dress alike, or nearly so." "Then I fear I shan't be able to go. You see I have nothing except my regular clothes." Miss Elting continued speaking, unheeding the interruption. "The everyday dress is of dark blue serge, the waist is batiste lined, it has long sleeves and a large flowing bow, made of plaid or Roman-striped silk at the neck. The skirt for the large girls is plain with a wide box pleat at the back. The skirt for the smaller girls is kilted and made ankle-length or shorter if desired. The dress has three pockets, one of them in the sleeve----" "Funny plathe for a pocket," observed Tommy. "Now do you begin to understand?" smiled Miss Elting. "Why--why," stammered Harriet, "That is the very thing mother and I have been working on. I've been at work on my camp dress all the time and didn't know it." Harriet laughed excitedly. There were tears of joy in her eyes. "Oh, what a goose I have been, haven't I, girls?" "Yeth," agreed Tommy, bobbing her head up and down. "The official hat," continued Miss Elting, "is also of dark blue serge to match the rest of the outfit. It has a white silk cord about the crown with the name of the camp in white on the blue background. I forgot to say |
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