Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-05

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thing of great impor-
lance. Never again will
any collection Of clothes-save the
bridal trousseau--need to be chosen
with such care and forethought.
When you see the young schoolgirl
or the subfreshman shopping and
planning and contriving to assemble
Just the right sort of clothes and
accessories for the Autumn you may
be inclined to be amused--that is, If
you are a cynical middle-aged sort
OF person with a condeScending atti-
tide toward social activities of col
lege life.
How silly to go to all that trouble
and expense" the middle-aged sort
at person says. For, after all. COL
lege teas ano boarding school dances
are not real social events. A girl
goes to college to develop her intel
lsct. If she does not do that she
had much better stay at home. Time
enough to play the social game after
school and college days are over
time enough then to think about
clothes
However, to very great many
girls school and college offer the only
or most important social introduction
available. College dances and parties
are to most who attend them really
important and smart affairs. Friend
ships that last a lifetime are formed
then, social contacts are made--and,
needless to say. clothes play an i'm
portant role
In planning the school or college
wardrobe ii is a good idea to start
with the coat, because this is usual
ly the most expensive single garment.
There Is still a strong contingent of
collegians In favor of the fur sports
coat. but 1t is no longer one of the
requirements for college entrance
You needn't have reccoon coat on
the campus this Autumn-in fact
you needn't have a fur coat at ALL
Fashions have been moving forward
in vacation time, and the shaggy,
shapeless raccoon or undyed muskrat
Goat that looked smart in the eyes
OF the college girl even last Spring
is beginning to look quite passe.
The new far sport coats are as
slender of hip as possible, and the
reaction has set in against the shay
gier sorts of fur in favor of those
that lend themselves well to the
tailored treatment
For the all-around coat that may
be worn as soon as really chill
weather begins and then right
straight through the Winter one of
the new urcollared coats Of tweed is
6oou SeleCtlOI. rev Schoolgirls can
afford a separate cloth Autumn coat
and Winter coat, too, so a good plan
is to get one of the heaviest of the
Autumn coats with a fur collar. and
this may be worn over wool frocks for
really cold weather and over lighter
frocks for Autumn days.
Another onetime indispensable of
the college girl Is the academic slicker.
On some of our college campuses a
girl who appeared on a rainy day
without a slicker would have been
really conspicuous. If a girl persisted
in this lack of conformity her class
mates were inclined to wonder about
it. Surely any girl could afford a
Siicker-one might be bought for only
a few dollars.
But the fashion was somewhat over
done. and some of the more discrimi-
mating girls this Autumn are wearing
other types of waterproofs. A rain.
coat of waterproof gabardine, worn
with wool stockings, stout sport shoes,
close-fitting scarf and neat little felt
hat, makes a trim sort of costume
that may be worn on any windy or
rainy day.
Sweaters have been indispensable to
the college girl ever SINCE there were
such things. Lenglen may not be your
favorite tennis player, but you prob
ably admire the way she wears her
sport clothes, and the Lenglen two
sweater style could not have gained
more approval from well dressed
young American girls had it been
originated by Helen Wills herself. The
combination of the slip-on with a coat
sweater over it, both of the Same
Solor and type Of wool, is admirable
for actual sports because the outside
alf oY bn c1;. orc
comes warmed with exercise and eX-
element of the sport. The top
sweater can be slipped off easily, leav-
ing the trim slip-on sweater beneath
If you are one of the girls to whom
the sweater is really becoming, then