San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-03
ABILITY To SHOP
HERITAGE Of
WEE GIRLS
Loose Rein In Early Life
Promotes individuality
In Dress.
BY BESS CARROLL

ny oESS (ANNOLL
When should girl be allowed to
select her own clothes?
About as early as a little duck
learns to swim.
\ San Antonio women believe that
shopping comes as naturally to little
girls as silence does to little oysters.
1t is true that
Under the skin
"The CoIonel's lady and Judy
O'Gyady are sisters"
But on top they're not! They are
the Colonels. lady or Judy O'Grady
according to the way they're
dressed.
INSTINCT COMES EARLY.
And judging from the experience
and opinion of San Antonio women.
the instinct TO dress according to
their station in life. and the ability
to shop early for themselves, rs the
gift of "little women" almost as soon
as they leave romrers.
Mrs. f. W. Kirkland. whose daugh-
ter, Miss Virginia Katherine Kirk
land. was popular debutante last
season, believes the right to shop early
for herself develops initiative in every
little girl.
''Some girls like extremes so well
when they are very young that they
cannot be given tie entire right to
select their own things" Mrs. Kirk
land said. But I believe that early
shopping will develop individuality in
dress and sense of values. The
mother should advise until her daugh-
ter is able to shop alone, but until
mat time comes the child should sure
ly have a voice in the matter-and at
an early age"
ADVISE MORE TODAY.
Mothers advise rather than die
tate what to buy nowadays" said
Miss Dolly Friend, an experienced
saleswoman for little girls in the
junior department OF large San An
tonic store. Most little girls know
better than their mothers what other
children are wearing; and small girls,
self-conscious and naturally deeply
concerned about personal appearances,
are easily intimidated and embar-
raised by an unbccoming dress. The
young girl today has remarkable good
taste. She knows what TO wear.
Where the talent 20 dress well is evil
dent it should be encouraged, and
where 1t is dormant ii should be
trained"
Miss Martha Green, popular men,
Der of San Antonio society, is known
for her individuality in dress.
SUCCESS DEPENDENT.
"The logical shopping age depends
on the ability of the girl, of course,
but l believe school girls should be
given as much shopping freedom as
possible" Miss Green said. Even
though her wardrobe is not very i'm
portant when she is going to school,
the grammar school girls experience
in selection will help her to dress
charmingly later. Independence in
dress naturally seeks expression earlier
now that we have general feminine
independence.
Miss Jane Wood, advertising mana
ger for a large San Antonio store,
believes business success largely de-
ponds on n girls ability to dress tasti-
ly and conservatively, and that early
shopping experience is necessary for
every girl who wants to make good"
in the business world.
LET HER SHOP EARLY.
Therefore if you have little Eve
in your home, let her shop early.
For after all, fine feathers make
fine birds and for cons the chick
ems of the world have been using their
feathers for fair or fowl purposes.
And now that hatplns are out of style,
a woman's only two weapons are her
tongue and her wardrobe. The ward
robe is miehtier than the tongue, for
with lecture any husband can be
subdued temporarily-but with a
wardrobe a man can be captured for
life