Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 75, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 March 1914 — FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL GIRL [ARTICLE]

FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL GIRL

Modistes Have Paid Especial Attefr tlon to Designs Suitable to Some- * what Trying Age.

Heretofore there has been a lack of properly fitting clothes for girls from eleven to fifteen years of age. Girls of such ages are too young for misses* clothes and too old for children’s sizes. There are now sizes to suit these ages. The waists and hips of these dresses are cut larger than for missek The bodices are usually of a simple style, many having the low neck and three-quarter sleeve, or the sleeve that turns at the elbow. Serviceable two-piece dresses have the modified middy blouse, with a skirt of contrasting material. The flounce skirt is also well liked. For school wear serges, gabardines and black and white checks are used, as are also the smaller Scotch plaids. Coats for these misses are made with odd yoke effects, raglan sleeves, kimono collars and belts placed at the low waist line. Some coats have the flare, which is so .fashionable in women’s coats, produced by the use Of two flounces edging the coat, or by cutting the coat in two sections, the lower of which has considerable fullness. The materials for these coats include serges, gabardines, novelty worsteds and silks, smart checks, fancy mixtures, poplins, worsteds in crepe effects and ratines. Collars and cuffs are of lace, batiste embroidery or crepe embroidered in white or colors. Fancy silk collars are. used on some of the cloth coats. Novelty buttons are a prominent trimming, being in matching or contrasting colors. In addition to navy blue the popular colors are tango, sage green, Copenhagen, rust and mahogany. •