Friday, November 20, 1942
DAILY NEBRASFCAN
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The Daily Nebraskan
Presents
WARTIME FASHIONS
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Hirohito, Hitler, and Sports Scribe
Tell What the Girls Should Wear
BY NORRIS ANDERSON.
If all the varied idiosyncraeies
that mark a woman's dress were
stretched end to end, Mr. Hirohito
would be shoved from his wide
possessions to an obscure corner
in the backroom of Moe's pool
hall.
Just why they chose a bedrag
gled sports scribe to tell "what
is wrong with women's dress" is
food for conjecture. We passed it
off with the thought that a sports
scribe, at heart, loves both horses
and gay attire.
Hirohito Replies.
Immediately calling Hirohito
upon acceptance of the assign
ment, we wanted to know what
the Giesha babes were exhibiting
this annum. From Hirohito (who
we suspect is a wolf) we received
this answer: "Chop, chop, tin-a-ling.
Our girlees wear what we
tellee them or we beat holee
. . . tit iksb Ball
Dorch Doujlas, KKG is looking- forward to a dinner date with
her man in the navy. She's chosen a Carlyle frock of cocoa
brown with golden butterflies on the pink yoke. The slit pock
ets and new "comfortable" style make this dress a favorite in
any girl's wardrobe. Dorch's hat has a pompadour bow and
lots of strictly feminine veiling. They're from Hovland and
Swanson.
. . . QL Bul Bali
By Johnny Bsuermeister.
There is o:ily one well dressed
man in th' world tday, formal
or informal, and that is the man
in uniform
So by attending the ball this
year in un toim, the male accom
plish. a twofold cause that of
dressing in vogue and saving him
self , full bu k on the ticket of
admission, vUik h tin military d'
p:rtniit .v sti it.gically and
Conveniently '" r.n-g.-d.
All Branc:.;$ Appear.
Because of the many branches
Of service now embracing the
Unite,! St.it. ..r;.id forces one
Fashion Edition
Replacing to. Winter Fashion
Kdiliori jif.-... n'c-d annually in No
vember, The i .i ; : y Nebraskan is
publishing tins Var Fashion Kdi
tion .stressing "!ui :itin" types,
styles, .ind materials m clothing
for the (..un , months of the
school yeaf.
Co-editors oi this War Fashion
Kdition nr.- Jin.' .lamieson and
I'at Ciiamb o liu. I -.-. rving of
hpei i il rei otntioii lor their fash
ion reportoiial v. oik are Mary
Helen Thorns, Mary Ixui.se Good
witi. I'at Citlni, .Mary Aileeni'och
ran and lle.-n ;..,.cin.
I'lul Kant or via.i business man
ager for t.'i..-. edition and wad in
charge of t'i. a lv.-rti.sing.
I can exp.-ct to see at the ball, a
! conglomeration of uniforms, rang
; ing from the plain but smart style
j of the enlisted man to the colorful
formal wear of the officer. Para-
i
mount in numlx i. at the ball, will
be the style of the cadet officers
uniforms, seconded by the uniform
of the cadet basic corps and that
of the army cjili.stod man.
Smart in appearance will be the
junior advanced cadets, who will
.sport their new uniform of British
green blouses with the cloth waist
belt and the "pink" trousers. Sam
Brownes wdl still be worn by the
majority of the senior cadets, with
either belt considered proper mili
tary attire.
Civilians Dress Up.
On the other side of the fence
however, is the civilian, who is
?itln r in some rcs'Tvc or awaiting
call and has not yet received his
uniform. For him familiar campus
styles still prevail. Catering a bit
1 perhaps to militaristic lines in this
I present ciiicrn'-n, y, then still re
! mains a variety of fashions to af
1 ford the male originality in hi
dress.
j In the line of suits, coats have
been shortcut d somewhat in com
I parison to -t year ago. Further
streamlinm? of the suit to keep in
step with the current material con
servation campaign, has elimi
nated the pleats in trousers as well
(Sec MEN, Page 9.)
War has caused a lot of changes
sugar rationing, gas rationing j
and now the administration puts
thumbs down on formal dresses I
for all or any occasions. Time
was when we looked forward to
the Military Ball as the official
opening of the formal season but
Weather The
Weather The
Winter Thru
When there's nothing else to talk
about, there's always the weather
Some say that weather is the only
safe topic about which people can
talk. But nowadays if you talk
about the weatner your friends
scowl at you and turn your name
into K. J. Hoover as a suspected
fifth columnist.
At the risk of such a fate,
weather is the subject of this dis
course. It has become a problem
in more ways than one. First of
all. rubber has gone to war, but
the rains are always with us, so
the problem of the civilian is to
keep himself dry without the aid
of said rubber. If we take a tip
from campus trotters we will nott
that the successor to the slicker
is the gabeidine trench coat and
the ever present reversfble.
No Rubber Boots.
If you didn't purchase your rub
ber snow boots or galoshes before
(See WEATHER, Page 4.)
this year we just look forward j
to a continuation of the "informal"
season. All of which is okay as I
long as the cause is good, and j
it is.
But what's a girl to wear?
Coeds on the Nebraska campus
have never had to face just ex
actly this problem before. What
does one wear to an affair which
has always been strictly formal
but this year is definitely in
formal ?
A trip through the local depart
ment stores shows us that these
firms have foreseen the problem
and met it with surprisingly good
results. A dress to suit the tastes,
type and pocketbook of every girl
can be found if she looks far
enough.
Fatal Woman.
For the "fernme fatale" type we
suggest the all black number made
of a soft silk crepe with perhaps
one of the new drap skirts. Glit
tering sequines of the same or of
contrasting colors will serve to
give this costume a little more
life. An effective trimming on
an all black dress is rhine stones
used as a collar border or as
pockets. Another device to break
the seventy of the all black is
j a bodice of light blue, red, or some
! other contrasting color. Silk jersey
! is another material that makes up
into this type of a dress well.
I If your dating an officer or
man in uniform why not a smart
semi-tailored dress in an off-white
of eggshell? In this style dress,
made up in wool or wool gaber
dine, you'll look as smooth and
well-groomed as any uniformed
(See WOMEN, Page 6.)
hellee out of 'em. Chop, chop.
Blop, Glug."
Our cable to Hitler went unan
swered. Seems as though Der
Fruiter" had unbreakable invita
tions to one guillotining, three
hangings, two murders, and one
firing squad rendezvous.
Any girl who wears hose and
pumps to classes can jump in yon
Salt Creek as far as fellows are
concerned. We'd rather see the
weak sisters strut their stuff in
saddles, loose sweaters (quite, Mc
Nutt.), skirts, and jeans.
No Off-Beat Lips.
A girl who wears this off-beat
"deep purple" and "rose black"
lipstick will receive kitties from
three sources only: 1. Her mother.
2. Her. father. 3. Other immediate
relatives. Don't hide that splat
tering of freckles with a coat of
facial whitewash. A few freckles
on a gal's nose give her that "na
tural" touch which goes over so
big with the opposite sex.
If you want to drive a guy to a
one-man game of odus-and-evens-on-chest
(it he's man enough),
just wear a fur coat with saddle
shoes or overload yourself with
heavy costume jewelry. Remem
ber we have junk men to haul
trash and the sciap drive is over.
We're not familiar in the least
with women's pajamas, so we
asked two experts- Bob McNutt
and Spence Porter- about the sub
ject. McNutt: "Ah, yes, mv boy!
Ah. yes! Ah!"
Porter: "I will add to my col
league's observations by saying
that I know a certain DG who
looks too darling in barber-striped
boys' pajamas with the cutis
turned up. My information comes
from my candy boy."
Our chauffeur is here to roll
us out to Freddy's for our regular
attendance in the TGITC (Thank
God. It's Thursday Clubi, so we'll
leave you with the prime pass
word of fern charm: -Be natural!
Snuggies Highly Praised
By Man's Fashion Expert
BY BOb M'NUTT.
It'll be a cold, cold winter or...
I wear snuggies don't you?
The cold wind whipped the
cheeks of the Uni students to an
apple rosmess. Snow fell in small
' flurries from a dark gray sky that
foret ild of a cold, cold winter with
j evci -growing pioblems in the art
of keeping warm. But 'with the
I first vt inter wind came ideas for
i preservation against the elements
! that plow regardless of what
jia s;iys when he signs those
i checks that a college education
i is a "must" if man is to keep his
; head above water in this whirl
called society.
Bud Johnson came up with a
vote for preheated blankets for
that old Nebraska custom of win
ter, beer and blinket picnics. He
say tint advantages in this case
are two-fold. The blankets will
keep you warm while the picnic
lasts, but will be so regulated as
to cool olf at 10:15 sharp so that
no one will get hurt in the rnad
rush for the dorm door at 10:32.
Things were going blithely thus
when 1 was mobbed by girls who
wanted to tell me what women are
doing to protect themselves from
the howl of the winter winds, and
the howl of that wolf species which
is found over the campus this year
to take advantage of the extra
growth of timber that has sud
denly appeared.
Gaposis and henrtis this year
will reveal women's underwear
that for sheer originality has
never seen its parallel. Never be
fore has one coed sat in the Grill
and whispered to her girl friend.
"My snuggies itch, don't yours?"
(See SNUCGIES, Page 9.)
New Cosmetic
Cases Contain
Plasties, Wood
... Same Make-Up
According to department store
repoits. toiletry lines have been
simplified from content to cover
to conform to government regti
lations. Packages are gayer but
more utilitarian, and are made of
! non-pnoi ity paper, wood, pottery,
1 glass, fabric and leather.
Lipstii ks will vary in color and
size range, but will come in gay
j colored containers made of plas-
tics, silver, paper ami wood. War
compacts likewise will be made of
metal like plastics of various gay
j colors.
j Nail polish, yes, girls, you can
I relax, will still be available. In
fact. 80 percent of 1111 pioduction
will be produced this year. In tin'
near future colognes will n t ap
' pear in liquid form but as a solid
ream, and sachet lorms. That's
; Yankee ingenuity lor you!
The Covvr Shot . .
In tune with the times, the navy
! and army are supported by repie
. senlativcs of civilian defense,
i Petty officer 1st class Gayle .hiim
' of the Lincoln Navy Kectinting of
' lice. Jeanne Holton wealing the
i uniform of a Nurse's Aid. Ann
I Shauin, member of the Civilian
Air Patrol, and Pvt. Haiold Har
i moil of the Lincaln Air Base I left
to right) presented a united front
by the columns of the university's
military reviewing stand. .