New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-28

RAJ once remarked that there were two occasions
in her life when the difference between her lot ana
the lot Of OF her child mates cut deep INTO eF
heart One was when she attended Sunday
school Christmas tree festivity and had TO march
m the aisle to receive her single cheap little pres
ent while most OF the other children mad thelF
srms hUed with gifts. The other was when she
vas graduated from public school, ana the iaCI
,bat her name appeared twice the programme
was as nothing beside the fact that her dress was
only a coarse muslin. and that some OF the slfls
who were rich and silk cast seornful chances
on her Doubtless her muslin was IN tne De''ei
taste but She being a child could not know 'Hat
The school committee IN Maiden, Mass. IS max
fng brave attempt TO put all that sort oi HeNi
burning out Of the question at the graduation e@-
ercises there this year. II has decreed mat no
girl shall wear a graduation dress worth Hoie
Than $40 II would seem excellent move put
when you try make edicts about the cost Oh INC
dress Of any feminine creature you tread on ulIh-
cult ground 4 Tribune reporter asked some or
the principals Of New-York schools to give thelr
,ufnion Of expensive graduation frocks and OF the
Maiden plan preventing silly parents from mar
ing little peacocks Of their children Inc primer
pals who We're approached are a unit IN denounc-
ing display on graduation day, but they Go not
seem TO believe much in sumptuary rules. They
trust more TO moral suasion.
MISS BLAKE vETOEs BOUQUETS
Yves indeed. 7 disapprove of elaborate gradual
ton dresses" said Miss Katherine D. BIaAe, pi'H-
cpaI OF the school at Madson-aFe anu o'tii- 81
ba setting a mint Oh INC
,rfce: but how could the cost OF the dresses Dc ue
terr,ired7 such very different effects might be
rroduoed with $40. If a mother had the time ana
skill she might by buying the material al "!'ol0
sale house where lace and null are cheap, ana 40
,7g -be work herself evolve an expensive LOOKING
--estio, o,r Of that sum: II she had TO depend on
q ready-rglade shop the result would Dc OTHERWISE
generally talk the graduating class a niue VINO
before the day, and tell them that nothlhs 10 ~
rre+rv FOR = young girl as A simple white SWISS
s,F7- no SAN /
Sirl who told her teacher that she didn't pe4leVe
she could graduate; it seemed her mother oo'4CIt
buy the dress she thought she ought 10 nave, p"'
e,+ar my talk with the class she came back WIN q
Tadiant face. If just plain muslin VIII w. S0
said I can graduate, after all , -, ,,,,as
Some things we can and do regl!ore ~ on
For instance the girls must not wear B4oNTSi "a ~.
graduation day and flowers must hoL " va9srd n
Mowers Miss Blake went on. at seHoo' ~IiGte
0rgy f4ggh Who I never T by a G9 6hance had
lessons but she managed TO g radu1tei 80 On the
resi- OF Inc S SS one MISS Jennie Jones bouquet
Miss Jennie Jones' another bouquet! ana t she
minced back and forth, bursting with pride WINE
han Inc She sat in the background No il flowers
given 10 the graduates here. il is done privately
MRS. SHELLS DIsLIKES THE MAIDEN IDEA
Far be it from a mere man." said Albert Shiels'
,-f,c;al of the school at No go East 2oth-st Ito
saw what a girls graduation dress should cost II
I had & daughter of that age, would not want
any one 10 dictate the price Of her dress and proDa
bly, wouldn't dictate myself I'd set what she told
me TO get. I don't think the Maiden plan is good
one While IN many cases buying the graduation
dress mems d 800 tbiI- for +r not to get it.
49, e-TssIaton is a great event in her lfe-al-
most as great to her as her bridal IS. when that
comes II would be a serious grief 10 her not TO
yes believe IN edy5lg Ihe nf 10 cno2Se S bre
Is more sanger Of heaTtburninG and neig9n9Gnood
1euas 1ig caused DS ne pD eac6 = naiE Of 1908
frSinr Ia give Heir child the biggest bouquet We
S-o rayafl hat ~
them after the audience is gone"
MISS EMANUEL FOR SIMPLICITY.
Miss Caroline Emanuel is principal OF School No.
90 girls department, at No. 21 East 20th-st. When
the reporter called she just getting of class
Of her pupils on one OF their visits TO the Metro
poIitan Museum. They looked. in their crisp wash
dresses pretty enough to graduate that minute
Maiden plan. 4 talk the girls before they grad
really ladylike girls simple muslin dresses,
such as be made for 8 or -. and thar iaees
Those who cannot be reached IN that way w9Ble
t thnk. q 'i-'l' are quite ''''S''-'ls
MISS WILLIAMS QUAsHES DISPLAY.
Miss Aida Williams. who has the school at No
rs West 2Sth-st. did not take so calm a Nle"
There IS too much display at graduation eXer-
cises" she said. certainly believe in putting a
stop TO It as much possible. The SO a dress
limit would seem a much larger one 10 the chill
dren with whom ! have to DO than II would o., 70
the children IN some other schools but mine nave
their extravagances within their lines Ihey thlhk
n a carriage but l saw to them that come in a
sTeeicsT' ana Coz 59at en@h for Them We've cured
them Of wearing white gloves on graduation cay
BY telling them that the gloves make tHeT nfGs
the beauty Of simple attire, but Woula approve a
dress Ten dollars would buy nice enough dress
for any girl on her graduation OF any o'iie' o0c@
sion"
MISS r1HIINE LIKES A FREE CHOICE.
But Miss IJihlne. principal Of the school at Am
sterdarn-aye and l0ith-st.. did think that way
at all 7 would disapprove entirely Of the plan Of
limiting the cost OF graduation dresses, she de-
claTed. AT least i would not do IN mis- neighboT
hood, where the people are very independent. IL
might answer in some places, say IN a locality
but don't think it would a good scheme as a gen
eral thing. often parent has q special reason for
only rule we have in this school is that the mem
beTs Of the graduating class must not wear gloves
white shoes"
MISS VAN WAGNEN WANTS RULES.
Miss Kate Van Wagner. one Of the younger prin-
cipals IS at the head OF the primary department
the school at 159th-st. and 3d-ave 7 think It would
be an excellent thing TO FIX the maximum price OF
graduation dresses" she said only think SO is
TOO small a limit ! would say $50. II is my expe-
and that you can't ger mich for SO You think *
Ri on a5e pa me haait Of spending more than
90 nave seen girls come to the graduation eXer-
frocks worth $40 SO s5 &c or more poihI esprit in
1stagT@zinE sHecI on the children who are obliged
sa5e that IT !he s simplicity is in better taste than
A MERE MANS VIEWS.
One Bronx principal. man who declined to have
Ms name nentioned-Derhaps because he realized
that II is dangerous thing for the masculine beng
10 pronounce upon the subject Of dress-hear.d an,
limited scoTn on the plan Of the well roeaninp