The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-24
Bv MARTHA ooopE ANDERSON.

BY MAX MA SSODE ANDGNSON'
TT is such a short time until school
begins that mothers will be more
L than glad for a word as to the
newer things for their small daugh-
ters whose school outfits must be made
ready.
For the flapper, as the English call
the school girl with her hair still
braided down her back. some really
lovely things have been designed.
These include plaid skirts with the
gayest and most vivid hues rejecting
all the clans of the North country,
whose record in this last as in all
wars has made the Scottish plaids
things OF deathless glory. AS there
are about seventy-five different color
arrangements in these plaids the as
sortment is varied enough for all to
choose, though there are certain
darker plaids more familiar to Ameri-
cans than the others.
Vogue Likely to Grow.
one of the London merchants has
assembled an authentic collection OF
the Scotch plaids which Is now in this
country and which will doubtless form
the basis for the stock in all Of our
large shops and factories. for the
vogue for plaids win grow constantly
as their beauty and service are more
and more appreciated.
After all nothing makes quite so
satisfactory school skirt for the hard
and strenuous wear required Of 1t
than these Scotch things of good wool
combined in the soft and pleasing eff
iects. The skirts are pieated, or killed,
us our Scotch neighbors would say,
though Of course they are never so
heavily and thickly pleated for a
ohilds skirt as for the Highlander's
costume, as the latter's pleats reach
quite high up around the waist under
the jacket and serve for warmth and
comfort too. Indeed few of us realize
the great cost of q Highland chief
tain's outfit-we take II so for its
picturesque sffect that the tremendous
cost behind it ~ little thought of and
not generally known. 1t requires
many, many yards for the pleated
skirt short as II is. and the shirt worn
with the jacket is of the finest linen
as is the material of which the short
little Jacket is made, whether OF vel
Vet or finest broadcloth. The plaidie.
which hangs from the shoulder, is
Clasped at the top with jewels rare
and costly. a jewelled dagger is
placed in the top Of the boot, and these
daggers, like the family jewels, are
handed down from generation to gen.
Grafton.
The "sporran" or purse which hangs
directly in front OF the waist is
mounted likewise with splendid silver
and gems. and the long goats beart
which hangs from the bottom edge Of
this purse is the final touch. Ever
with this short description it can be
seen how costly such IA costume i:
when carried out in it's finest details
No wonder that England is exploit
ing the plaids of Scotland-England
owes much to that land of hills and
romance, as indeed does the world
through the stout plaided skirts little
schoolgirls will wear this year the
history of the North country will be
told. To wear with these killed skirts
are blouses of linen of the most pro-
bounced hue-bright yellow, Jade
green, Belgian blue. watermelon rec
for this is the year of color, and We
seem to desire nothing subdued oil
melancholy in the least about oul
wearing apparel for old or young.
Virtues of the Blouse.
These blouses are really lovely, fol
they offer just the sort of thing besI
suited to young girls. as they can b,
laundered repeatedly and kept i'm
maculate. They button on to the skirt