Evening star., 1916-09-01
OF Interest to Women
WHEN THE DAUGHTER
GOES TO COLLEGE

| Not long ago one of the smaller COL
| leges for women sent out letters to all
| girls who had registered to enter that
| institution this autumn The letter
suggested that any girl who desired
to wear evening frocks with a very
| low decolletage, or blouses of chiffon
like transparency, or skirts of very alb
| breviated length was not the type that
would find happiness at the college in
question. The letter really went fur
| ther, and made certain stipulations
about the sort of clothes mentioned.
| which, it declared. would not be toll
| Grated in the classroom.
There has been an effort in many of
the smart boarding schools to simplify
the dress of the girls, and some of the
student governing bodies in the big
western universities have also taken
up the subject of student uniforms. So
the circular quoted is only another de-
tail in a big general movement to put
off the time in which fashion is para
mount until after schooldays and col
lege days
The wisest thing to do, therefore, in
fitting a young girl for school or col
lege is to find out what particular
alma mater she has chosen. Then stick
rigidly to these. If the catalogue says
that white lingerie frocks are the only
sort of evening frocks allowable don't
pack the trunks full of tafeta and
tulle. And If it prescribes one real
evening frock only. don't put in two,
just because Anne or Helen or Eliza
beth has two that are becoming.
This matter of following out the re-
quirements of the chosen school or
c n
that comes the matter of keeping the
school wardrobe simple, even if no
stipulations on the subject are made.
The young girl at boarding school or
college has SO much that is interest
ing to do that she may well keep her
mind above buttons-and chiffons-
until after commencement day. Of
course. her clothes should be pretty,
should, withal. be simple and their
number should be decidedly limited.
There is the danger, of course, of
sending a girl off to college or school
with clothes that are too simple. But
nowadays this danger is small
1t is impossible to give many sug
gestions of a specific sort about clothes
without knowing the exact college to
which a girl is going. But even when
1T is wise to give the young girl-es-
pecially the one of boarding school
age-a very simple sort of outfit for
wear in the classroom. White MILDLY
blouses, with blue serge skirts, are
good choice sometimes. Serge frocks,
| with white at the throat, are also good.
There must be plenty of changes of the
neckwear, however, and the young girl
must be impressed with the necessity
of sending it regularly to the laundry.
There should be, to counteract plain
classroom clothes, dainty neglige
| things A washable dotted swiss and
lace boudoir jacket, with a pretty pet
ticoat and cap, and a long neglige of
soft albatross in a becoming color.
| would be quite suitable. Many study
hours in school or college are spent in
informal dress, and it should be dainty
| and becoming.
Then there should be a smart and
| becoming street suit with pretty
| blouses to go with it. This can be
| worn for almost all daytime festivi-
ties-for concerts and teas and lunch
| cons. If only one real evening dress
| is allowed let it be of silk or some
| other substantial fabric. The simple
| frocks for dinner wear can be of white
voile or crepe, unless other stipula-
| tons are made. and colored ribbon CIR
| dies can be worn with them for variety.
| There should be plenty Of thick and
| approprite outdoor wear. If the daugh-
| ter skates, a couple of pairs of col
ored wool stockings, velyeteen skirt
and short, thick sweater. with cap
and heavy gloves, should be provided
| The same costume will serve for many
| winter outdoor sports. In some OF the
! New England colleges fur coat or
SOME other very heavy coat is neces-
| sity. and, of course, there should be a
! thinner sweater to wear in the mouse
when corridors and rooms are chilly.