Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-18


provide for the schoolgirl frocks of serge.
mohair or some similar material than the
piQues and thin silk or wolfe frocks worn
at home.
After all. there is no more satisfactory
fabric for the school girl than navy blue
serge, and a frock of this sort, with an
alternate frock of plaid wooden, a mo-
hair frock trimmed with braid. should
stand by the schoolgirl very sturdily for
the fall and winter terms. The blue and
green broken plaids are very attractive
when made up with pipings of plain col
ored silk, a few gilt or nickel buttons be-
ing added for the sake of youthful Sayety-
Smart little frocks are shown in the girls
department of well known shop. made
of black and white checked mohair, with
cuffs, collar and deep revers OF black
satin, a pleated frill of white batlste run
ming down the front inside the satin
revers Half a dozen fresh frills come
with the frock SO that the SCHOOLGIRL may
be always fresh and dainty. a black
patent leather belt finishes this neat ana
effective mohair school frock
Most Of the blue serge models are made
in two-pece effect, with a straight. sim
pie skirt, short enough to snow the neat
huttoned boot, and a belted Norfolk waist
opening at the neck over a chemisette
of tucked lawn or batiste. These beited
waists are dear to the hearts OF the young
schoolgirl. for they have breezy, boy
ish suggestion that is fetching in the ex-
treme Sometimes the Norfolk is fin
ished. like the one-tlme beloved MILDLY
waist, with a sailor collar opening in
V over the throat.
A very attractive little belted frock
which might be copied easily in the home
sewing DOM was exhibited in a 9th av-
enue window the other day. Skirt and
Jacket blouse were of the ineStimable
navy serve-as are nine-tenths OF the
ready made school frocks for young wom-
en-the skirt being quite straight and mar
width for all that. by reason OF two deep
inturning pleats set down either side
seam Over these pleats as far as the
knee were stitched an inch-wide strap
of the serge ending in pointed tab. me
pleats. without interfering with the MOD
ish slmness of the little skirt, would al
ford plenty of comfortable room for long
tramps across country, for tennis or otner
active sports The jacket-blouse mad no
pIeats and no fancy collar. 1t was
simple. roomy affair with long shoulder
lines and large armholes, buttonlng down
the center front under stitched nap ana
falling in roundabout pepium below d
wide leather belt A black satin sailor
collar of very moderate size, a silai,
black satin neckbow and narrow, turneu
hack black satin cuffs finished the blouse
in simple, girlsh manner.
Such a school frock, worn with sensloie
boots and a warm big wool coat, shouiu
he ideal for school and campus wear our
ing the fall and early winter months.
Never before has the schoolgirl pos
sessed q coat so eminently satisfying to
bar sorl as the rough and ready macklnaW
with its mannish-or rather boyish-cut
its big pockets and wide collar, whlch
NAV he turned I'D around the throat ana
chin on Indictment days. These coats are
made of rough worsteds, vicunas anu
fr;nged blanket cloths-the fringed MODES
being especially smart If a trine MOI
high priced than the ofoi ma ,isided
material have hoods at the Dack MI.lcn
NAV be turned up over the head ana lace
on stormy days, but whatever the ~
dividual style featured, the aooi ao
mackinaw has always the Dig palch
nockets into which the hands may De
thrust comfortably as one tramps ABOUT
the campus. ,ts FOR
There are also mannish overcodts iot
the schoolgirl. almost the reproduce, LII ~
. youth's overcoat in their str1ght, talioI
al lines. roomy shoulders, slashed pocke,
oneninss and regulation coat sleeves anu
collar. No fanciful reverse, no cohspi.u
Gus buttons on these overcoa.o ahu .nS
material is usually some mann'sh WorSasa
mixture is an invisible checked OF pau
natten. A more dressy coat Will nave ~
he provided for Sunday wear. ana tlls
NAV be of serge velveteen covering
the pretty Sunday frock to the mem; uii,
less the girl possesses a smart lalloieu
s,,it which will answer for sundays.
Well as for travelling back and forth from
school occasionally.
very attractive suit of the misses
tyne is illustrated. This little SUIT III
Guided among the early fall models IN
an authoritative 9Th avenue outnttlns
shop for young people. is of TOBACCO
brown broadcloth and the coat is bright
ened and made more youthful by Wlde
collar and square revers of brown ana
white striped velvet. The Jaunty little
coat has a cutaway front and all edges
are bound with brown silk braid. At the
back the coat is straighter than the semi
fitting models now favored for women,
and there is no decided coattall-alWays
a nature style. With this pretty little
suit for fall and winter wear Is SHOWN