Evening star., 1927-05-18
SUB ROSA
BY MIMI.
Sophisticated Sixteen.

She is 16 and she is very unhappy.
Her cruel parents are the cause Of the
deep, dark, indigo blues which have
settled on little Susie, the heroine Of
this brief but tragic story.
Her parents are not only crule--
they're stupid as well. They haven't
the intelligence or the understanding
to realize that their little girl has
grown out OF the baby class and is
now a sleek, willy, young vamp, who
knows everything and ought to dress
as if she did.
The trouble started Saturday. when
Susie sailed down to a department
store where her mother has a charge
account, and fell in love with a frock
which she promptly had sent home.
Such a divine frock it was, too.
None of these baby, two-piece affairs,
with cunning plaits and smart little
collar and cuffs. This gown had no
plaits. It was all one piece, and It
did fit Susie like kid glove.
1t was black, of course, and 1t
wrapped tightly around our heroine's
slender figure, then draped gracefully
at the side with a large rhinestone
buckle The sleeves were long and
tight The neck was low both in front
and back.
Susie looked like the ghost Of Theda
Bara in this gorgeous garment. To go
with it, she selected a small turban,
with jade ornament, and nothing
but jade earrings completed the pic.
ture perfectly for her.
All, but when all that nagnificence
arrived home, what a row there was!
What father had to say about the
lovely picture his daughter presented
is nobody's business.
And what Susie said TO him is not
the sort of thing one puts down In a
column devoted to instructive in
formation to young girls.
The beautiful black dress was ban.
ished. and Susie is down on the whole
world.
OF course. she won't believe me
when L tell her that, even though her
parents needn't have insisted she was
too young for grown.up things. they
might have told her what a fool she
looked in these particular garments.
They made their mistake in taking
her seriously. They should have
laughed at her.
For Susies round little face and
childlike stare were entirely out of
the picture. She looked absurd and
ridiculous in that costume. Any kid
of her age would. unless she hap
pened to be very unusual looking
person.
The shops are full OF those slinky.
snaky-looking costumes which our
darling girls wiggle into, hoping that
they resemble scren sirens.
But the wary purchaser won't con-
slider them unless she happens to be
the odd, individual type which that
sort of dress suits.
Only the very unusual looking wom'
an fits into those wicked-looking
frocks. The pretty girl OF 16 looks
absurd In them. On her they have
no style. They look out OF place.
Yet sophisticated 1s tries to pass as
sophisticated 80 by squeezing into
these vampy dresses and hats, not
realizing that their faces look even
younger and more childlike In con
trast to the sophisticated-looking get.
up.
The really sophisticated girl of 16
has sense enough to wear smart,
dainty things that make her look trim
and fresh. She stays in her charac-
ter. She doesn't step out Of her part.
And she looks much more intelligent
than the poor misguided kid who
treats herself to black spider cos
tune and thinks she's passing as one
of the worlds great sirens.
Mimi viii be glad to answer any tncuirr.
les directed 10 this paper i stampsa' ,1, an,
ana "How to overcome seii.consciousness. "
tCopyright. 1927