Evening star., 1925-12-07
SUB ROSA
Miss Fashion Plate.
BY MIMI.

Oh! How all the girls envied Miss
| Fashion Plate. She was the most eX-
quisitely dressed thing in four coun-
| tries.
| She fisrt appeared at the house party
! on Friday evening at semiformal
dance. Palest pink chiffon was her
dress--all frilly and soft and graceful.
| Around her throat were silver beads
| on her feet silver slippers and flesh
colored hose. In her hair was pinned
the finishing touch-a tiny jeweled
| comb-lovely rose and white stones.
| When she ran out for walk In the
garden. she slipped on a wrap of soft.
est white ermine.
=, Everybody just simply gasped with
envy. What chance had the girls who
depended on their not-too-wealthy
fathers for their dress allowance?
The next morning found her COM
plete in sport clothes-smart brogues.
| plaid stockings. heather suit with
plaid scarf and a brown sport hat.
Everything matched everything else
and she looked like a million dollars.
Afternoon tea was sufficient cause
, for another change of costume, and
this time she appeared in powder blue
georgette. her slippers of sand-coiored
satin. ornamented with powder blue
! buckleS-her necklace of Sand-Colored
pearls, fastened with blue clasp.
"Ye gods" the unfortunate other
| girls walled. "she must spend 10 hours
a day getting things to match each
other. We'd never have the time or
the money"
And when that night Miss f. p. ap-
peared at the big hop in ravishing
jade green costume which showed the
greatest attention to every detail, the
less beautifully gowned ones just gave
up the ghost.
1T isn't fair" commented Anne. who
is a frank young person, to one of the
boys. THAT girls family probably
has lots of money, and she can afford
all those beautiful things-also she
can afford the time to match her
stockings to her necklace and her hair
to her eyebrows. The rest of us aren't
with all the boys here
Not a permanent hit" Harvey told
her crisply. THAT girl Is getting her
self in wrong, did she but know it.
OF course the fellows all fall for her
general effect. But most of them
know her old man, and they know he
hasn't got bean to spend on all those
clothes. She's just robbing her whole
family to look like a million dollars"
Yes. but suppose the boys didn't
know how poor her father was-if
they We're all strangers to her and her
family, she'd have much better time
than the other girls"
Il don't know about that. If boy
is looking around for somebody to tie
up to for a few dozen years. he doesn't
pick out a girl who obviously spends
three hours a day trying TO find shoe.
buckles to match her dress. Unless
she's aWfully lucky, girl cane have
everything match without spending
most of her waking hours accomplish
| ing that result. l know because I've
| heard my sister say So
Then you think it isn't important
| for a girl to be smarriy dressed
who said so?' demanded Harvey.
! aggrieved. Sure a girl ought to look
| like a knockout. But she oughtn't
to look as if dressing were her chief
! indoor and outdoor sport. When she
| begins to look like the models in the
| department store windows the boys
grow wary. Nobody wants to marry
| wax fashion plate.
Mimi will he glad to answer any inquiries
directed to this paper provided stamped
| addressed envelope is inclosed.
Copyright. 1925.)