Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-02
SUB ROSA
BY MIMI.
BY MIMI.
That Skinny SCHOOLGIRL.

| This is an article for schoolgirls
only. All the calm, poised young
| things who are out in the world
| earning their living. taking their place
| in the social world and feeling them
| selves secure in their own positions
need not read these few lines. But
| the pathetic little kids who are strug-
| the sights and neglects they're suf-
| fering at the hands Of their fellow
| schoolmates may get some consola-
| ton from what / have to say.
| Lately there has been perfect
| epidemic of pitiful notes from girls in
school who find that no matter how
| they dress, how they conduct them
selves, they appear ugly and awk-
ward beside the school belles--they
have no chance for any sort of so
cial activity because the boys leave
them severely alone-they are entire
| ly outside the pale.
Dora tells me that she is so tired
of being overlooked and snubbed, she
| would do anything in the world TO
change her appearance.
She has been described, she tells me,
as that skinny schoolgirl" and the
description is apparently all too true
For Dora is tall. ungainly, long
necked and angular. She walks bad
ly, holds herself wretchedly, has feet
much too long and pigeontoed to be
of any beauty and is obliged to wear
youthful frocks and shoes because
her mother feels that more sophisti-
Gated garments are out of place on
one of Dora's tender years.
Dora is losing self-confdence. She
is giving up the ghost. She Is ac-
ouiring a difference and shyness that
will rob the years to-come of a great
deal of joy for her. Something must
be done about her. What can be
said to this forlorn, coltish.looking
creature who never attracts the at
tention Of any boy in her class, be
he ever so frecklefaced and ugly?
Much can be said. For one thing.
Dora S in the growing-up stage. She's
at the age where girls-who are later
on to have the aristocratic, slim
figures for which every one yearns to-
day-shoot out into arms and legs
and necks Of the most amazing length
and thinness.
She's at the age where all her bad
points show up and none of her good
ones.
Few people notice that Dora has a
knockout profile. Her hair is SO bad
ly arranged and so untidy that people
are mostly concerned with noticing
that.
They don't stop to realize that those
long. thin, pointed feet will look stun.
ming in smart shoes later on-nor do
they realize the value of her slim
legs and ankles.
They laugh at those skinny claws
of hers, but some day they will sign
regretfully over their own chubby
palms and gaze with envy at the slim.
tapering fingers of Milady Dora.
Mildred, Dora's pal. is at the zenith
of her glory right now. She is only
a schoolgirl, too, but a cute. plump
little person, with a round face,
dimply elbows and plump feet. Can
you see her in Ave or six years time?
Can you see the sight she'll be in any
kind of a smart one-piece frock? Can
you see how many men she'll have
when Dora's around-Dora with her
smart slenderness and her aristocratic
hands and ankles? Let the skinny
schoolgirl not despair. Her turn is
coming. Her plump little girl friend
may be in her glory right now, but
no dne wants to be at the height of
her career during her first school
days. Every one would rather look
forward to a brilliant future than look
back on a past of petty. triumphs.
Dora is to be envied, even though
she's at the bad age right now. The
skinny schoolgirl is more to be envied
than the cuddlesome dimply one.