Evening star., 1920-12-26

yes, youth has its tragedies, even
| though we look at them through the
large end Of the telescope.
These might be called reflections OF
the chaperon. No older woman
watches her young disport themselves
| through the Christmas gayety with
out thinking much Of the acute diff
ferences between the girl and the
woman
Tho real thing that the older
woman finds herself thinking about,
however. is the clothes that the young
must wear. This is no problem that
il out by q single thought. It Il
| tangled rope, covered with knots that
must be disentangled.
You see. youth takes its clothes
quite seriously. It Is no longer rele-
gated to the wearing Of muslin and
sashes. No one can 60 into a modern
girls without realizing that they are
the leaders. not the followers, In cur
rent fashions.
The designers Of the fashions Of the
hour take young girls as their ideal.
Does any one see clothes that are in
| old? Has this type been in the back
or the front Of the mind Of dressmak-
ers for eight years? Aren't ali her
clothes adaptations and notifications
Of what is invented for a slim young
thing who looks the world straight in
the face and considers it her victim. as
David looked at Goliath?
This Is subject that brings out too
much peevishness to start on Sunday
morning. The world Of women has
| consented to regard the schoolgirl as
the type which stands for all fashion.
The rest is q makeshfft.
No wonder the youngster homo for
her holidays puts herself forward as
. victor and speaks as one having
authority. The choice Of clothes is
spread before her as the wares of
India are thrown at the tourists in
| thing has strong ideas on what she
wants to choose. She is less easily
fooled than her mother. She looks
with pure arrogance over the heads
Of those who try to sell her clothes
ion,' the shibboleth of the shops.
This is the chance for the immature
| to play at maturity. for the inexperi-
enced to play at sophistication. The
schoolroom Is banished. The BALL
Every young girl realizes that during
1 this fortnight she has q chance to
take . hand in that game Of all games
for women-society.
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| She has tho acute perception to
know that the right clothes are the
| foundation stone Of building herself
nm into an attractive and popular
young lady. She is never so dull as
to let this fact escape her. If she
did not think of it for herself 1t
would be forced upon her probably
pathetically. by the environment in
! which she is thrown. Every other
girl around her will lay stress upon
clothes, and to the young any sharp
difference between them and their
| companions, which reacts to their
disadvantage, is one of the tragedies
| Possibly this is why the intensive
Rpyety OF the midwinter holidays
was invented. 1t gives the chance
| that youth needs to familiarize itself
with the habits. the mannerisms and
the values Of the immediate future
II the young are allowed to go out
continually during these holidays
they are apt to protect themselves
| from blunders. from unhappy hours
from announcement when school
days are over and they take a plunge
into social life.
II all the clothes are invented fol-
the young these days. surely the
Middle age follows as best It might
Iners, supper dances and sports in the
country.
The young have a definite code OF
dress for all these things, and Il wal
sAever 20. Well dA0ned ~ this season