Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-08-08


which should he kept burning in every
home-New York Daily News.
College Girls Needs.
After all is said and done. the rooms of
all college girls are mnch the same-a
dearth of floor and wall space marking
them all Before the graduating year
comes all sensible girls learn that the
question what 10 take from hope is of
far less Importance than what not 10 take
Each succeeding year from freshman la
senior notes a falling of in traps. deco
ratiye anu unitarian, not the least of the
lessons being that furnishings occupy
space and wealth multiplies cares. \ few
things, especially in wearing apparel
kept in order. are worth untold ward
robes Of frayed skirt hens and shabby
sleeves. The arrangement of all others
that Will bring the most pcacC 10 life in
halls of learning is such Il connection be-
tween nome and apparel thar the latter
may be kept IN wearable condition with
out veKation To the student
1t Is a usual mistake of the mother TO
lit her daughter for college rs if She were
going t. long house party. and were
about 10 need clothes for all sorts of oc-
caSonS As a fact, dress-up occasions
are few. but everyday occasions are in
ceSsant IN repetition, and wear and tear
are great. The wearing of shabby
clothes is Il proverbial failing of college
students. although the last few wears
nave seen their reputation for grooming
looking up somewhat. The fact is thar
the college life is q busy one. and there
Is little time, even If there is inclination
which Is seldom present in Il startling dis
play-to attend To mending and other re-
pairs. The mother should remember that
daily through the college year her daugh-
ter will wear short skirts and shirtwaists
Evenings she will need wash dresses
her one gOo0 raiior-made will see the
light about once week AT dramatiry
and the like she will wear her summer
SILK or silk blouse and long. light, wool
skirt. For the dance. a muslin gown of
dancing length is in order This win
usually be done up fresh for the occasion.
Oliy lew times Il year. AT the Prom.
etc, Will She need Il truly" evening
gown.
But of neglisees there cannot no too
many, for these are the daily apparel of
me Slrl who gets righC down to work.
/ he only requisite of this part Of the
wardrobe, which, in number. is usually
absnrdly ont of proportion to the conyen.
tlohai supply, Is certain simple and pie
turesque style in the washable khnonos
dressing sacques and blanket wrappers.
House slippers, too, should not be for
gotten. Underwear, picked for its endur-
ing qualities, not decorative effects il hest
suited to college mangIes: which. accord
ing to legend, feed on lace and cmbroid-
cry.
As TO headgear: This is simple mat.
ter. As Il rule, the college girl goes bare
headed unless she makes n concession 10
college tradition and donS cap. For
dress up. she will need a store hat
Among the needfuls are macintosh. golf
cape and vest and a useful luxury is Il
hlg evening wrap that will completely
enVelOp her for college entertainments
tretty noatlng Scarfs, too. are always
welcome. Butte return to the first
propoSItion-with Il connection between
mother and wardrobe girl will be better
gowned III an outfit of Spartan simplicity
than the student with no such arrange
ment. though she may be fitted cut with
vast elaborateness.
ne different arrangement of rooms in
different colleges-single rooms. nairs
and suites-all revert to practically the
same result. For the floor there will
probably always he the NANCY fur rugs
or tattered Turkish ones which are val
ued III direct proportion to their disabil
lileS. The golden oak" specimens.
known by courtesy as chairs. furnished
by the college have usually had their
coats of black paint and have endured
leg abbreviating operations in past years
The steamer chair. although in the
d"rmitory it may reach from one end of
the room 10 the other. is always popular
The Morris chair is Indispensable For
reasons unwritten it is supposed to lend
bohemian touch to the establishment
The reed chairs with pockets are lux.
ltrleS. When visitors arc 10 be impressed
they are borrowed from room to room
OF tables. there are always two. One
for books and the student lamp. which
early falls into dissipated habits and
takes on biscuit boxes, laboratory traps.
half finished stocks, etc. The tea table
preferably has shelves, and at its best
includes Il cupboard. The college girl
culinary outfit is no longer complete
with samovar and tea set 4 chatting
are Indispensable. \ supply of tin
boxes is convenient to begin with, but
they accumulate behind Il curtained sec
ton OF the book case.
For the books. every scheme possible
has been reSorted to TO avoid the ordinary
standing open shelves. Since rules forbid
the driving Of nails in the walls the at
tempt to suspend swinging shelves from
the picture moulding goes on from year
Ia year, and is generally attended with
the same disastrous results aS soon "a
they are filled. Long. low shelves set ~,
the floor demand that an uncomfortable
position on all fourS shall be assumed
every iIule 4 lltlc has 10 ne feud. f4N-
tremclY narrow cases holding a very few
books on each shelf-also without doors
are among the experiments.
The screen never fails except IN vari
ETY.. The old sort that stood on feet and
were covered with silk shirred on a rod
are extinct. The favOrite ones now are
about , feet inches tall and extend 10
the floor Substantial stuffs ike denims
are used for plain panels. On these are
pinned pictures and photographs accord
ing to taste
The bed nine times ont of ten is a cot
disguised as a couch by portiere. rug or
Morris designed cretonne cover aud -
multitude Of pillows OF all things or
nate pillows are TO he avoided for the col
lege girls rooms The prudent parent
who has herself in her time hurled her
pillows from upstairs windows 10 the pi-
azZa. back campus or hammock. or used
them on stairs ~ oyercrOwded concerts.
will provide pillow slips Of gaudy plaid
gingbam or Of kindred washable mate
rials that are secured ut the open end by
tapes or buttons.
In the selection Of the desk personal
preference must always be catered TO-
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