The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-19
Parents and Club Members In
dorse Plan for Simpler
Dress for School Girls.
WOULD REDUCE EXPENSE
INCIDENT To GRADUATION
Declare Elaborate Garments DO
Not Enhance Charm of Beau
tiful Young Girls.

The campaign inaugurated at the
Bryant school on Monday for simpler
gowns for school girls, and especially
for simpler graduation gowns for girls
completing the eighth grade work, has
resulted in great deal Of discussion of
the subject Of the dress of the school
girl by parents and prominent club
women throughout the city. The move
mcnt begun by the parents of the girl
graduates Of the Bryant preparatory
school, it seems certain. will result in
simpler gowns for girl graduates of all
Of the schools, and probably in a
greater simplicity Of gowns worn Mt all
times by young girls,
Many prominent women of the city
have expressed themselves as favorable
TO the plan suggested bv the parents
of the Bryant school girls. Some of
them 90 step further and suggest a
uniform garb for all school children,
on the ground that il will tend toward
greater simplicity and modcsty and re-
lipve the parents from the constant cX-
pcnse of new dresses incident to chang
ing fashions.
The expense of the dress of school
girls has increased within recent years
schools almost undemocratic. in that
the children Of poor parents are hu.
inflated by the association with chill
dren more eXpensivelv and more fash
ionably attired.
Movement Generally Endorsed.
Mrs. William Sprv, wife of Governor
William Spry, and Mrs John S. Brans-
ford, wife of Mayor John S. Bransford,
are among.those who indorsc the move.
meut for greater simplicity in the dress
of school children. Short interviews
with some of the prominent women of
the city who discussed the subject yes
tcrday. follow;
They Favor Simplicity.
Mrs John s. Bransford-If the young
girls could only realize that they would
their clothing We're OF the simplest. |
believe Il good deal would be accomplished
toward inducing them to wear simpler
things. ! for one am IN favor Of the
uniform, and | believe that IN private
schools where IL has been tried the OK
pertinent has proved that il lesscncd in
course. some people complain that II Is
difficult to get the boys uniforms, but
when once bought they find that they
are more seryiCcahlc, cndurablc and bet
| ter looking than other clothes. There are
many forces working To increase the eN
pensc. ! have one friend whose daughter
lS Ia SCHOOL lIlS year ana SIl'
says the dressmaker insists that this
dress shall bc next To the girls wedding
dress In clabOratcnoss. | noticed at
recent high school dance that the girls
who were simply dressed were as pretty
and popular any OF the others
Mrs. William Spry-I certainly favor
simplicity In dress for the girls. but
fear when they go To setting the price
of the material To be used at 25 cents
"A ward they are going TO the other cN-
trcme. | think dresses could he made
plainly and at small cost and stu be of
fine material. providing always that II is
not silk or anything but wash goods.
do believe they should not set a particu-
lar style for all girls. as some Will nat
uraliy want one style and some another.
\ nice. simple. white dress should bc
good enough for any girl To wear at the
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