Tm5 ALLIANCE WKttALD.TUESDAY, MARCH 16, 1920.
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UNIFORMS IN HIGH SCHOOL
Herald Readers Present Their Views
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Dear Editor: Have thought many
times what a good thing It would be
to hare some uniform standards of
Areas adopted for our high school, so
sua very glad to hare an opportunity
et expressing myself on the question
through the columns of your paper.
, I hare one daughter In high school
And have great difficulty In making
fcer see that simple things are far
more suitable than the faddy, expen
glre things that so many of the girls
wear.
Although my husband draws a
good salary the money goes so fast
that one can hardly see the tall
feathers on the eagle as they fly by.
We are trying to give our daughter
a musical education and she Is mak
ing rapid progress but nevertheless,
he wishes to give up her music so
be can have more money for clothes.
Many a girl doesn't attend school
parties because she has nothing de
cent to wear In comparison with
the beautiful things some of the
other girls wear. We realUe that
the social life of a high school is im
portant so why wouldn't simple and
Inexpensive dress be the proper thing
for school parties, then the poor girl
who Is really Just as attractive will
have the same chance to develop her
personality as the one whose father
has a largo bank account.
For school wear In fall and sprint?
middy suits are suitable, for winter a
serge dress made on simple lines
with a medium neck. Would ban
eeorgette blouses, silk hose and
dresses, and French heels.
Am sure that if some such uniform
standards were in use competition
along the lines of scholarship rather
than dress would bo the popular
thing. A MOTHER,
lie Doesn't lllnme 'Kin, Rut
Dear Editor: I road your Com
ment and Discomment nearly every
Issue, and you have written one In
our issue of the 5th Inst, that in
terests me very much.
I haven't any children going to
school this year as my daughter fin
Ished the ninth grade a year ago. I
wished that she would have gone on
through but I could not afford to
keep her in school and furnish her
with the clothes she wished. I talked
to her and told her that it was no
shame for a girl tcrgo to high school
In plain, clean clothes, and told her
how the children in my school days
used to dress; but the answer would
alway be: "But father, it's different
bow. Everyone else wears fancy
clothes, and clothes seem to count
mo much with the other girls. If
you can wear clothes that are as
good as their own or go them one
better in style, you seem to be queen
of the girls. And If you are not Just
mo. It won't take long before you
know that they have noticed your
dress." She told me of different girls
and what kind of clothes they wear
and I know their fathers are wage
earners and can't afford it any more
than I can. I would not force my
It would be well if the school
board required an Inexpensive uni
form to be worn, which would re
lieve the sensitive girl, whose par
ents are In moderate Circumstances,
of the longing for the expenslv;
clothes some of the other girls wear,
sometimes causing her to quit school
when she could have advanced so
daghter to school under these con- rapldly, and would be beneficial to
dltlons, although I have wished tne tired mother with so many cares
many ana many times uai sne couiu an( 0tner children ready to enter
have kept on with her school work, high school. The mother, who Is
as she seemed to be a bright pupil erpr ready to offer self denial and
and always had good grades. Had better clothes which she is entitled
she been the only child I more than . bu Wtn 4 desire to have Mary
likely would have furnished her with drpga fts weu a8 tne other girls, sb
finer things. But as I have two morel denies herself and family comforts,
that are nearlng school age, I must Bewg iale at night, impairing her
ook ahead for their future, as they npaitn Where if the uniform was r
will have to have good clothing. So
I feel it Is up to me to "Work and
Save."
It would be an act of kindness If
quired to be worn more of tho
father's Income could be used for
other comforts.
Your boy and girl and my boy and
the young girls of the 'High school glrl wouid appreciate us more if we
who have parents wno can anora taugh them self dental in childhood
rancy ciotnes ror tnem not 10 wear rather tnan to leave them to b
them to school, but wear something taUKnt Dy the world without syni
less expensive. It would give, the n.,hr. Knowledge obtained throuen
poorer girl a chance to feel thet he difficulties retained longest and the
was equal to them at least in dress one winnng iaurei9 in high school
at school ana it s a raci mat mere Bn(f -iipp,, iB nt usually ih nn.
would be many more tirlB finishing
high school
Why not set a rule that these
fancy clothes are not to be worn at
with the most beautiful clothes and
plenty of spending money. It is oft
ener the boy or girl with a clear
mind, clean body, ambitious ami
school, and give the poorer girl a t k hard to attain th(,,r
. m J if , t
chance for an education. You can't
blame a young girl for not wanting
to attend school If she can't wear
goal.
We were ever ready and willing to
do our part In the recent war to help
Just as good clothes as some of the our 8oldicrB How mucn more ,,.
others wear. And many a xatner portant It ,8 for U9 to help and gui-K
ana moiner are aeprivin memrci. (ne conilng generation, who will tak
of things they need to furnish their l , h we haye cd op
cnuuren wun me miicy ciuimue, . . rnn ,.,, .v. ..wnn-
needed for school wear.
AN ALLIANCE FATHER,
Uniforms Are Dignified
Dear Editor: Will you please print
this letter in connection with the dis
cussion about high school dress?
There Is nothing which adds more
them pass by for they tried to make
us better men and women."
A MOTHER.
Editor of Alliance Herald. Dea
Sir: This controversy interests m
very much from the standpoint of
to the dignity or Impressiveness of the physician.
any body of people than uniform
dress. Take a company of soldiers,
for instance, or even a "brass band."
What makes them easy to look upon?
The uniforms.
Now, I say, let the high Bchool
Last fall the sixteen - year - old
daughter of a prominent townsman
was brought to my attention In an
extremely nervous condition. Such
diet and medicine as I could pre
scribe availed little. Nervous pros-
have one set uniform for the girls tratlon was feared. High school
and one for the boys, with the un- grades which were below passing had
derstandlng that the school board caused some of the worry, of course.
will furnish them for those who can
not afford them. This will undoubt
edly Include the teachers. These
uniforms should have the following
characteristics: broad toes and low,
flat heels, high collars and long
But for an attractive, fine looking
capable young lady of sixteen to
worry herself into nervous prostra
tion was very unusual. By chatting
with her when she came to the office.
I finally gained her confidence. She
sleeves, with long trousers for the confessed unhappineBS and later ad
boys and skirts of ankle length for mltted the cause. She thought her-
the girls. Then there will be no dls- self shabbily clothed. Everyone In
Unction In dress, and the poor stu- the "crowd" had a new suit but "her
dent will appear to Just as good ad- self." Her blouses were "home
vantage as the well-to-do student. made," but most terrible of all hor
Away with high heeled shoes and hat was "trimmed Over." ' Her griev-
gcorgette waists. The school room is Rnce was against her mother who
no place for such. thought the dress of her "crowd" too
I am sure that every rlght-mlnaeu extravagant for their Income. No ar
citizen of Alliance will endorse invlgument as to my opinion of the per
vlews. I feet suitability of her dress proved
Thank you. of any avail
Surely uniform dress for young
girls who should be devoting their
To the Editor of The Herald: The hours to their studies and develop-
parents of high school girls try to ment, rather, than the useless wor
dless their daughters In tne way cus- rles of keeping up appearances which
torn demands, which often makes it I come only too eoon In the lives of
difficult for some parents with the ,on and women would be a good
high cost of living and a growing solution for this perverted instinct
family. A PHYSICIAN,
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f and Baskets
ICE CREAM
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Editor of The Alliance Herald.
Dear Sir: What does a high school
girl have to live for If she can't even
feel "classy" In her clothes. The way
they stick the Latin tests and effi
ciency grinds on us is a caution, but
without some break of a new dress
or a good looking blouse that "is dif
ferent" what would life be? Then
wherever one wpuld go they would
know you weren't out of high school
and the fellows won't look at girls
no out of high school yet.
FLOSSIE.
Editor of The Alliance Herald.
Dear Sir: Several of my fellow In
structors have been discussing with
me the problem of uniform dress,
which you have taken up in The
Herald.
And we have been inclined to be
lieve that in these days of social un
rest, Biich restrictions could never be
successfully worked out.
The year-old baby girl will say
"pltty dess" before she can say
"drink." It is an instinct of the fem
inine mind which could not be ar
rested.
Girls seem to thrive on the stim
ulus of planning their clothes and
uniform dress would take this nat
ural pleasure from them. I believe
they need this development under
proper guidance In order to be tasty
dressers when older.
A TEACHER.
Editor of Alliance Herald. Dear
Sir: I think this uniform dress Idea
about as silly and ridiculous as any
thing I ever heard.
In our store we don't dare to buy
two dresses alike, because people
don't care to meet themselves com
ing down the street. Imagine the
plump short figure of Alice garbed
In a dress fashioned exactly like the
one lean, lank Bertha Is wearing. It
makes Bertha look less like a bean
pole, but Imagine how like a plllo
with a string tied around It poor
little fat Alice will look.
A girl's happiness Is made or
marred by her appearance and each
ne needs a different setting. No, I
can't see It at all. - A CLERK.
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MM-
1 New Delightful
Spring Styles for
wear just now.
Spring is here, if one is to judge
by the unmistakable signs of its ar
rival, in our Millinery Department.
Looking about we will
see delightful Chic Spring
Hats that combine straw
with Satin, in a hundred
or more different ways.
These nre laree dressv hats in many
colors; the plain black hats, hats trim
med with flowers and hundreds others.
Horace Bogue Store
- ffi5mifc2
Millinery Department,
Second Floor
Physical Culture for February, 1920.
How Does Chiropractic Differ
from Other Methods
Chiropractic is unique and distinct from every other method. No simon pure
Chiropractor uses a single method or movement taught in any other school.
The principle was discovered by a layman and its science, art, and philosophy
developed not only without the aid of any other profession but in spite of their
utmost effort to prevent. It stands squarely on its own merits, scorning every
device or method which would serve to conceal its wonderful efficiency. While
its philosophy can be easily understood, the science and art can only be ac
quired in a reputable resident school. For this reason it cannot be taught by
mail. A good baseball fan, one understanding all the rules and regulations of
the game, may not be able to catch, toss or bat a ball, and so it is with
Chiropractic : There are some very essential facts which can be only learned
by experience, while the art of adjusting can only be learned by practice
under a most efficient instructor and then it comes slowly, requiring much in
telligent, painstaking effort.
Chiropractic can be distinguished from massage by the sureness with which
the exact vertebra is adjusted. While the masseur rubs, kneads and massages
the entire body, the Chiropractor does not rub, knead or massage at all; he
gives but a single quick thrust, and confines his effort to the spine.
In the same way Chiropractic can be distinguished from Osteopathy. The
Osteopath manipulates the muscles, bones and ligaments of the entire body,
while the Chiropractor confines himself to the segments of the spinal column
and does not manipulate at all. There is an abundance of documentary evi
dence in the form of signed statements from leading Osteopaths which clearly
proves the variance between the methods, as does also the fact that Chiro
practic has been recognized as a separate science by the legislatuers of twenty
states. .
While Christian Science is purely spiritual, Chiropractic is both physical and
menal. Any Christian Scientist as well as any Chiropractor, will at once
disclaim any similarity of method.
It differs from suggestive' therapeutics in that no suggestion is given and no
attention is paid to the mental attitude of the patient, which may range any
where from extreme skepticism to absolute faith.
While medicine has been variously defined, no theory or practice of medicine
ever yet induced spinal adjustments. In fact you can easily find good medical
authority to prove that the segments of the spine cannot be moved. A very
unsuccessful attempt has been made to so define medicine as to include every
thing used for the cure, relief or alleviation of human suffering, from Chris
tian Science to Optometry; but no definition has ever been made broad
enough to include Chiropractic. Chiropractors do not give medicine of any
kind under any circumstances. They want their science to be judged on its
own medits.
ANNIE G. JEFFREY
CHIROPRCATOR
Graduate Palmer School
Wilson Block
Alliance, Nebr.
Work Is the best cure for workers
unrest.