Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-06-19
SCHOOLGIRL DRESS
SHOULD NOT THINK TOO MUCH
ABOUT THIS vExATIoUs
MATTER.
Most Schoolgirls Too Young and Too
Pretty to Require Much Ornament
in Their Dreas-Don't Worry About
Your Figure II Your Dress Is Com
fortabie-Health Is the Great Beau
tifier
by MARGARET X. sANGsTER.

Jessie has reached the age when
che fuses and hdgets about her
dress, looks al herself In the glass.
worries because her cloak or her hat
or her jacket or something else. Is
last years style. and altogether be-
hayes like a vain and silly girl" ex-
claimed Jessie's aunt Marion. who had
no patience with such frivolous con-
| duct.
III Jessie had been the fourth
daughter In a large family" said Mary
Elizabeth. looking up with a smile.
she would nave learned 10 be thank
full for small favors. Until had
passed my thirteenth birthday I never
once went out Of the house with a
costume every bit OF which had been
made for me I usually wore Susan's
last years frocks and Mildreds last
years hats. retrimmed and freshened
up. and when | had a jacket II had
been worn before me by Ethel. Moth
er always bought good things that
would last and they lasted until sew
/ eral children wore them out. I was
/ cured Of business before so much as
wee leaf OF Il cropped up in my
character Generally speaking I had
new shoes and that was a comfort"
Jessie had listened TO both speak
ers with an air OF serious attention.
Il love pretty things said she.
"and hate ugly ones. Why shall sis.
ter Louise. who Is a young lady. wear
corset that gives her a good figure
while ! who have no figure at all am
obliged 20 wear a corded waist and
button my skirts 10 IT."
by this time was so stirred up
that | was compelled to intrude my
views on the girls.
What on earth can you be thanking
Of. Jessie? school girls FIRST duty
20 herself Is 10 wear healthful dress
and although oorsets are excellent
and suitable In their place for grown
up young women. they are not parts
OF hygienic dress for you. hope
that you spend a good many hours
every day out OF doors. and that your
director OF physical culture superin-
tends your calisthenics and your ex-
ercises In the gymnasium. The gym Is
as much an educational place for you
as the Latin class or the recitation
room where you study and present
any other abstruse subject in the
school For daily use a school girl
needs well-made loosely fitting blouses
and skirts. and the weight OF her
clothing should hang not from the
hips but from the shoulder.
Deep breathing Is your great ne
cessity. your lungs should be filed
daily and often with the purest air
and your chest have abundant room
10 expand. AS for shoes. you must
have common sense lasts broad
enough In the sole and low enough In
the heel 10 enable you 10 walk with
ease and grace. A school girl must
not wear tight shoe nor a high heel
You are too young and too pretty 20
require much ornament In your dress
and there Is no sense In your fusslng
over shirt-waists and simple stocks,
hair ribbons and belts
once your wardrobe is supplied
With what Is comfortable and you
have equipped yourself with a golf
cape. a rain-coat and a sailor hat. you
are ready for every occasion"
For receptions and commence /
ments and Sunday evenings az homer" /
queried Jessie. her dimples playing /
hide and seek as she Srchly glanced /.
at me.
Il beg your pardon answered. /
"A girl does need one or two dainty .
frocks for evening wear and they .
should preferably be white. The /
simpler they are the more suitable .
they are sure 10 be- A great many
iucks. pufis. rufies and lace inser- .
tions are misplaced In a girls dress .
while she Is yet In her teens There .
may be. Of course. some unObtruslve .
decora lions. but not very much Is
needed for she herself sets on her
gown. like 20 think. too, that girl .
who Is growing up takes a little time
now and then 10 bestow attention on
the laundress who has 20 wash and
iron the dainty muslins that are ~
elaborate and 50 beautifully finished .
with lace edges and delicate em-
broideries
a girl who has once or twice done .
her own laundry work washed and .
ironed white muslin gown. or a duck .
skirt. will know by experience that /.
% Is far from easy work. and she will .
be somewhat more careful about fire. .
quently sending Il 20 the tub. than
her friend who has had no such per-
sonal iSnowledge Of the labor in
v0lygd"
No young girl has the slightest oc-
CASTOR 90 worry about her figure n .
only she has a dress that hts her
comfortably u she stands mp straight
throwing back her shoulders and hold
Ing up her head. The figure will take
care OF itself Health Is the great
beautifer and sensible dress Is for
young people is best ally
Fortunately FOR young girls. there Is
no question about the length OF their
skirts ror everyday wear frocks
that reach the ankle. are comfortable
and insure ease In walking. and Inn
munity from contact with mud and
fI-f For functions such as Jessie re-
fa-reH IN IN her naive question about /