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Page Four The McHenry Plaindealer Thursday, September 1, 1955 Classroom Clothes Take on Trim New Look This Season gliiilllllggl • zV hfc-tmmmmm MOTHERS APPROVE Isii? the wash. JUMPERS ARE BOOKED for WHEN SCHOOL DATS are eool skirt and classroom duty in every grade, days, this grammar girl picks • torso look This flared skirt style has new cir- coachman's coat in wool and cam* and unpressed pleats. By Lortogs cular collar. In washable Sanfor- el's hair fabric with matching hlt> of Sanforlan. Ian wool flannel. < By Bambury. ••GROWN-UP" FASHIONS PLEASE THE SCHOOL SET. Betty Beginner, left, will like a long torso dress in dobby woven gingham. Big fiotrr wears a crease-resistant cotton ovcrblouse and plaid gingham Bhirt. By Kate Greenaway. f Being Well Dressed for School Gives Children Self Assurance Here's Help for Mother in Choosing "Wardrobes Involving No Strain on Family Budget By BERYL TUCKER Fashion Editor, Parents' Magazine DO CLOTHES have a psychological effect on children? Of course they do. Being well dressed, and by that I do not necessarily mean having a lot of expensive clothes, instills in young persons a cer- 5 > • tain self confidence that is important equipment for them to take back to school. Here are some suggestions that will help you, when choosing their wardrobes, give them the self assurance that will free them to become good students. 1. Dress your children to conform with the style trends and life of your particular community. Don't try to make your-child the exception at school. An example or two. . .even if you prefer short pants on junior, but all the other boys wear long pants, save him the ridicule of his friends. Don't make sister wear long cotton stockings in the winter because you did when you were little. It'* no longer in fashion. # Curb a too feminine instinct in dressing Junior for school. 2- Help your children to develop •' • ftrnse of knowing what to wear Beryl Tucker for the occasion. Don t imply that blue jeans are a disgrace. They are sturdy, comfortable, ideal for play. On the other hand, don't allow beruffled dresses to go to school. w Being properly dressed for the time and place is good manners (or young and old alike. 3. Avoid buying a size or two )arger than is needed. It's not economy, it's waste. The child )ooks like an orphan, and all the joy of having something new is overshadowed, because the child is well aware that he looks absurd. Buy the cojrect size, then take advantage of'the grow features, which most clothes have today, when the time arrives. 4. Don't embarrass your children when you take them shopping for tiheir back-to-school clothes. Too often, I've heard mothers discuss how fat or how thin a child is with & sales person, while the child stood silent and unhappy. Select clothes' to enhance the child, but don't let a shopping trip turn into e lecture on his physical imperfections. 5. Let fashion and function work for you. Choose bright happy colors for your children's clothes ttod they'll be brighter, happier • ildrea. Let self-help features such as zippers, snap fasteners and buckles make them more self-reliant, proficient in dressing themselves. SHE JOINS THE CLAN at grade school in a cotton tartan dress. Button-down collat and pocket tabs are white pique. By Cinderella. TWO LOOK LIKE FOUR From primary teacher to college professor, separates are practical wardrobe mathematics, liked for their ability to make two outfits look like four. Ms ALL HANDS ARE WELL DRESSED FOR WARMTH. Girl, left, wear* cuffed wool knit gloves with metallic thread. Boy's stretch nylon an* wool and girl's angora nylon gloves stretch to fit many ages. Gloves by Fownes, girls' coats by Bambury, boy's outfit by Chips and Twigs. Good Grooming Is '55 Keynote* For Back to School Wardrobes Fashion Borrows from Adult Trends to Bring All Ages Wearing Apparel to Fit Their Careers ^ THERE'S a brand new look ahead for the children who are going back to school this fall. It is a look of trimness and neatness for classroom appearances , and comes flowering into existence under the influence of the good grooming trehd that is sweeping through iQ age levels. A swing away from the sloppy carelessness-of "all purpose" clothes which dominated the scene not po many seasons ago, it is a recognition of the fact that children, like adults, are career people. What they wear should suit their occupation, which in this case is learning. It is the application (for youngsters love to behave and dress liks their elders) of grown-up fashion trends to children's fashions. As a result, young careerists will wear classroom clothes back to^ school and rough-and-tumble playtime clothes after school hoursjust as their parents differentiate •- FULL MEASURE of classroom fashion is provided by long torso dress in washable Sanforiaed woven cotton. Yoke and tabs accent pastel stripes. COLORFUL PLAIDS in all-orlon rate high marks for practicality. Above, crew neck of Jersey shirt matches plain of coachman skirt. «y Sacony. business clothes from leisure wear. Doubting but hopeful mothers need have no fears about wash-- and wear--ability. New fabric developments have produced launderable woolens, crease-resistant and no-iron materials of all types, color-fast prints and rugged durability in the "dressiest" schoolwear. Classroom clothes for the young careerists are ready for selection now. New dresses, suits, coats and sweaters abound in well-styled variety for the grade schoolers. Fashionable New Lines Grade school girls may choose from many adaptations of the fashionable low torso line. Dresses with middy tops, hip yokes, hlpline cuffs or princesse fitted bodices are available in all fabrics and colors. Favored coats will effect the Aline, so new even1 in grown-up styles. Plushy ^fabrics that look like fur offer warmth with litUe weight and can now be spot* cleaned at home. Dyed-to-match separates provide little girls as well as big ones with the coordinated look, that fashion endorses and that combines a trim costume appearance with mix-- and match--ability. Jumpers <a great f a v o r i t e ! ) and blouses, sweaters and skirts, jackets and blouses and skirts--all these wardrobe mainstays can be worn individually or in perfectly matched sets. The slimmed-down suit with narrow lapels and flap pockets is featured for boys who love to look like Dad. Shirts, ties, sweaters an<T sport jackets are following thW^ grown-up trend to more color and greater coordination. MILK IMPORTANT Popular with children and important in the diet, milk makes a welcome addition tv after-school A