Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-03

n Y OF long ago the girl who
went to college was a negli-
VI gible element SO far as
4 fashion went. If a girl
showed an inclination TO
higher learning. her parents took 1t
for granted that she would care. little
for finery Her less intellectual SIS
ter who stayed at home wore the
pretty clothes for which, ii seemed,
there would be little need in the
super-feminine atmosphere of some
girls school or college. The college
girls wardrobe was considered most
appropriate IL the froCks it contained
were substantial and warm and wear
ahle-the sort that required little at
tention-for the girl who chose to be
learned would have little time and
less inclination to fuss with the de.
tails and accessories of her clothes.
In the event that the young blue
stocking really did show a flair fos
clothes, then she chose just about
what any other young woman of her
age would wear. There was no spe-
cial type of frock or wrap or coat
or hat that was supposed TO be most
suitable to the smart young college
girl. Campus fadS and fashions did
not eXist-apart from the fad of wear
ing clothes that We're entirely durable
and substantial.
But the old order changeth, in
clothes as in other matters. Now
there is no group of young women
in the country which takes such a
keen interest in fashions as the girls
Ia schools or colleges. Moreover it is
a discriminating interest. First of
all there seems to be a desire on
the part OF most OF these school and
college girls to look up to date and
taf.l of Il 10 a
is the desire to conform TO the broad
standard of school and college girls
In general and then to keep abreast
with the new tricks of fashion cur
rent on their own campuses or within
their own Classrooms. The element
Of conformity plays very important
role. 1t is the ambition of the school
girl above all else 10 wear clothes like
those of the other girls
Yet in spite of this standardization
In college fashions, there has been
a change in campus and classroom
fashions within the past few months.
We are beginning to grow quite dis
turbed about the situation. IF our
college girls continue to grow more
and more manniSh in their attire.
what will they come to-" you heard
anxious mothers asking each other.
They have cut their hair like boys,
they wear boyish hats. their figures
are straight and boyish, they wear
sweaters and wind breaks exactly
like those of the boys and they wear
Knockers or else skirts as straight
and scant as any trousers Nothing
very direful, apparently, need be-
come of us or the college girls for
they have already begun to wear
clothes that are far more feminine
than those worn a season ago. 1t
was a simple enough matter. Clothes
had become just about as masculine
as they could without being abso-
lutely grotesque, and so the reac-
ton set in.
In the matter of shoes this was
easy to see. In some of the col
leges where f1at-heeled saddle ba ok
shoes were the order of the day,
changed only for a dance or a for
NAL afternoon affair, shoes built on
this fiat last are now chosen only
for sports events.
Rainy days no longer are occa-
sfons for depression to the young
student, for her raincoat is one of
the gayest, most spirited garments
ties the natural-toned oilskin slicker
the veritable sou westerns still the
type of raincoat that every girl wants
TO wear. And the more ornately deco
rated these slickers are, the better
from the point of view of the college
girl. Weird animals, trees, flowers,
faces, and other designs sprawl over
the back or side of some of them
though, now that the first novelty has
worn off, there has grown up here
and there a preference for less star
Ting effects. You yourself may prefer
q conventional oilskin slicker with
your monogram neatly done on the
shoulder. Or you may prefer the
picturesque effect of colored oilskins
rose, violet, or green-Which make