American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1919-02-28
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THE YOUNG GIRLS

She often produces the most extreme
fashions, which her older sister and
her mother copy. She is the type,
might claim, for all the fashions of rhe
civilized world today. That's a sweep
ing statement, but just run over the
gamut Of fashionable clothes for the
last five years and see If you don't
come to that conclusion. The bobbed
hair, the short skirt, the round neck,
the baby sleeves, the sashes, the but
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES frocks, the short
coats-these are the fashions that have
ruled the world and have begun in the
schOolroom.
What She Wears Today.
The youngster of sixteen chooses
materials for her W clothes that are
the same as those worn by her elders,
whom she envies little these days, be-
cause she rules a world of her own,
that everyone acknowledges. She
doesn't have to dress herself up in
long clothes and high head dresses and
play that she is old. She has been
known to grudgingly loan some of her
clothes to her young married sister for
an especially smart affair! She likes
g%eorgette crepe for her evening gowns,
and therefore she wears a good deal
of it. Velveteen has found her APP
proval, and she orders school frocks
and afternoon dance frocks in it.
She has a tailored suit which was
especially designed for her judgment,
and which she accepted. 1t has a coat
that covers her hips, is cut on a
straight line with a slight flare out at
the back, and does not fasten. She
ties ii at the neck with a stiff cravat
made of ribbon, peltry, Chinese bro
cade, or the material Of the coat. She
may have six or eight of these cravats
in her bureau drawer, Or she hangs
them on the electric light at the side
of the bureau, in imitation of hel
ened, for she never admits that she II
cold. She has just escaped the hard
ening process of bare legs, bare arms
and a cold nursery. The winter hal
no terrors for her and she dresses al
she wishes, no matter what the ther
mometer.
Her Furs and Hats.
The "fapper" who is tall enough t
carry a big fox around her neck |
sure to come into possession of one
When her judgment goes against a bi
animal she chooses instead a coach
mans collar of sealskin or squire
which rises about her face like tn
calyx of a flower and spreads dowr
ward over her shoulders, hugging theI
in the fiat Victorian manner.
/ She has appropriated for her ow
: use many accessories in peltry that tn
older woman has neglected. Sh
knows the cleverness of a fur crava
and the medieval splendor of a fur gil
die.
$ And. by the way. the "lappers' haV
no idea of being left out of the proce'
sion of those wearing Victory clothe
+ They have no shrinking about the.
eostumery and what IT signifies; the
are instinctively PISS biological. an
they wish to proclaim the side the
f took in the war by every manner
J. clothes that the dressmakers and mi
o liners have thrown into the fashion
to proclaim the day Of peace.
o So the "happer" wears red-brigl
glowing. triumphant red. She dOesr
hesitate a second in choosing sever
garments of it She IS not weight'
= down by the anxieties Of her eide
IT that certain colors must be taboo b
< cause age is drawing a map on u
n face.
e, (CopyrJahtx 1918. BY the Mcclure New
I. paper Syndicate)