Tuesday, March 21, 195Q
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First Annual
SPRIN&IS-HERE EDITION
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'Back to Nature'
Cry for Spring
Ah! Spring! Spring! Spring! . . . That glorious time
of the year reserved especially for fun and games. It starts
off with a bang on that joyous morning when you open
the window, throw out your chest (crash!) and take a
deep breath of the new.
As early as January that old devil Spring will try to
catch the student off guard and sneak in a warm day.
Out of his winter heavies and into his spring raiment, our
friend lurches out the front door to greet the fresh morn
ing. By noon he is in the midst of the worst blizzard
since '89.
Spring keeps playing its game on our gullible friend
until the student finally outwits the elements. Determined
Linen mouses
Still Important
AH the talk about sheers has
not robbed linens of their im
portance when it comes to the
blouse subject.
The emphasis is on pure linen
of the handkerchiefs as well as
heavy variety and on simulated
linens srch as spun or lightweight
butcher rayons. These comprise
from 30 to 50 per cent of the
linens with sheers getting some
what less attention, and pique
and jewel toned broadcloth tak
ing up to 25 per cent.
Color poses a point of interest
because of the excellent recep
tion being given tangerine. White
and navy are the major shades
beige and tangerine the most
newsworthy among well accepted
colors.
Style Interest continues to cen
ter on sleeves and collars. Sleeve
less blouses are being added in
quantity. Substitutes for sleeve
fcssness are cape-like extensions
over the shoulder or cap sleeves
notched over the shoulder. More
soft unrnpunted sleeves are ap
pearing, especially in the linen
shirts with the full, dropped
shoulder. More soft unmounted
sleeves are appearing, especially
in the linen shirts with the full,
dropped shoulder. Boyish button
front blouses distinguished by
pert little collars are basic. By
way of news, collared and pock
eted halter tops are represented
too.
Hankies Inspire
Blouse Creations
Handkerchiefs are proving to
be a bright inspirational light to
the blouse world.
Beginning this spring in a ba
tiste blouse inset with dotted
hankie corners, the treud is
spreading widely. Batiste and
sheer linen blouses have inserts
of Chinese and Madeira em
broidered handkerchiels. Pockets
and collars are cut from these
squares, affording hand-embroidered
touches. Peasant blouses
have print kerchiefs set into the
bodice or forming ruffles.
Where the body of the hand
kerchief isn't used, embroidery
techniques are adapted. Lift up
organdie or lace appliques in
flower, fruit and butterfly shapes
are creating great interest in
handkerchiefs and may bring
equal popularity in the blouse
department.
lllonse Fashions
Ijosc Femininity
In summer styles, cotton cham
bray is being featured in blouses,
especially the sleeveless style
with the pin-pleated front and
crystal buttons.
In the same fabric other
Mouses are fashioned according
to the mandarin collar, short
sleeve, pinch-pleat Iront, and
pearl ized button routine.
Pique is appearing quite
abundantly also. In this category,
the wing collar, short sleeves, or
buy convertible collar, short
sleeves, and high-placed pock
ets predominate.
Irish linen is used In the while
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COKING Off to the Union to spend that extra hour between
classes are June Hornby and Jerry Ewing. June is wearing a two
piece pastel cotton, good for school and informal social affairs.
Jerry has on the ever-popular sports jacket and slacks.
of
"wolf," he one day politely
ignores all the sure signs. But
the student has absent mindedly
forgotten to look at the calendar.
It's March 21, and spring .is
really here.
It's for the Birds
Yes, it's real. true, live snrine
with warm days and fresh air
and green grass and birds. Our
student must have missed the
first robin, because the place is
overrun with red-breasted first
arrivals. They're flitting about,
singing, chirping . . . doing all
the strange, wild things that
birds are supposed to do in the
spring.
The student can hardly believe
his evej! It's fresh franrani
spring! And love, love, love. (
Philosophy down the drain, math 1
down the drain, basket-weaving
down the drain. The student is
free. He has broken the bonds
of slavery. No longer must he
trudge home at night to spend 15
minutes at the book grind. No
longer will he have to sit in dark
movies because it's too cold out
side to do anything else. His
days of imprisonment in the Crib
are over; he can seek nature for
picnics and grape pop.
'She Passed for Tan'
Almost before the snow is off
the ground the girls in great
numbers head for the sun decks
and the sun porches. They are
not certain whether they will get
sun tan or frostbite, but they
gather up their books and pencils
and stationery and sun glasses
and candy bars and towels and
baby oil and spend long, dreary
hours beneath the spring skies.
At the end of the day they
gather up their torn books and
broken pencils and battered sta
tionery and broken sun glasses
and candy bar wrappers and
dirty towels and spilled baby oil
and go back to their rooms to
search for some faint indication
of a tan. Wild imagination can
produce all sorts of pale and
dark contrasts on their skins, but
hopes lade as tans fade in the
shower. But the gals continue to
ah and oh over queries about
whether they can detect any
"lines" on their friends.
"Batter I'p!"
And while the females are
joining in the mad race to see
who is the first to boast a sun
tan, the campus males are out
playing "N" man." heaving a
baseball up and uown the main
thoroughfares. Frightened driv
ers twist and turn, trying to
avoid the careening ball. Old
ladies and children duck behind
trees as the speeding bombshell
flies over their heads.
All the men take up sports
enthusiastically. All go out for
track, whether it amounts to
sprinting over the cinders or
tracking college ladies down the
sidewalks.
I Sweater girls become cotton
! queens, and the schoolboys out
i fit themselves in sport shirts.
: Papa's bill soars as the kiddies
; are drawn irresistibly into the
! stores by the gay displays in the
i windows.
j Picnics, Picnics, Picnics.
Convertibles are converted,
1 boy meets girl and boy and girl
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THIS IS REALLY IT! The true Symbol of warm spring days is a group of young people in a de
luxe convertible with the top down. There's nothing like a warm wind blowing through your hair
as you wind down Lincoln avenues to say, "Spring is here!" Mighty glad that March 21 officially
opens the great spring season are (left to right) Jackie Hoss. John Connelly, Jackie Sorenson. Kim
on Karabatsos, Pat Baldwin and Cub Clem. They're ready for an afternoon of spring relaxation.
(Fashion
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oppers,
Short coats (toppers), shirt
waist dresses and the shorter
skirt length are fashion trends
most evident in the talk of Lin
coln department store buyers and
advertising personnel.
Very short coats are being
shown at Gold's. Designed to
give the "top-heavy look," the
toppers are flared. Some of them
have push-up sleeves. Inciden
tally, one company now puts out
a short coat made of moth in
sistent fabric.
Sportswear Good
Among sportswear items to
watch are circle skirts, sleeve
less blouses and dresses, and
denims. Made in pastel colors,
with chartreuse and shrimp es
pecially good, the denims come in
five and six piece coordinated
groups. Matching coordinates are
also available in pure silk, linen
and cotton.
Separate vests and vests com
bined with skirts and slacks
come in strutter cloth. And pas
tel corduroys are available in
skirts and jackets.
Navy is tops, and checks are
very good, according to Gold's
suit department. Jackets, sleeves
and skirts are all shorter. Hip
bone length is descriptive of the
new jackets; skirts are 11 or 12
inches fro mthe floor.
Two Silhouetts
A Hovland-Swanson buyer ex
plained two distinct types of sil
houette. The first is slim, with
the width at the shoulder, a high
round neck, and a narrow hip
line. The second features a fitted
bodice and skirt fullness.
Dresses range from the shirt
waist type through coat style to
short ballerinas. Sheers will be
especially acceptable for dressy
Front Line
Stressed in
Spring Hals
Aeecssorics Help
To Set Trend I
From London conies the word
that the forward line is going to
be evident on small spring hats.
This trend is often accentuated
by trimmings; a golden yellow
beret in coarse straw is trimmed
with a forward-posed group of
straw leaves in the same color.
Another hat showing the forward
movement is a yellow straw calot
which carries a tilted forward
circular sTiapc filled with green
feather birds, and has a yellow
veil with a green bird fastened
to it.
A shape made in fur felt with
grosgrain is a small head-fitting
hat with a narrow brim which
turns back at the front and
curves sharply down at the right
to a deep point at the chin line.
This shape is also repeated with
the brim curving sharply upward
at the left, to give a propeller
line.
Coolie Styles
Cnoi'c styles arc shown too,
such as a burnt straw version
worn slightly forward and
trimmed all over with straw
flowers, and a gray felt circular
coolie-beret trimmed with black
velvet question marks, worn
straight on the head.
Larger hats are also shown and
sometimes have circular brims
with a deep V cut out either at
the front or back of the brim. A
large hat in white leghorn straw
has its brim cut out at the front
and bound with mauve velvet
ribbon. It has a bunch of violets
placed at the base of the cut out.
There is also a group of very
plain sports hats typical of which
is a yellow fur felt head-fitting
hat with turned back brim split
at the front and held with two
crocodile skin studs.
Beehive Cloche
The deep beehive cloche in felt
and straw with narrow all round
brim or small front brim and a
ofalk in JCincoln JfCccents
Shorter Skirt jCengtk
occasions, and dark cottons and j
linens for informal affairs.
For evening, Hov's say, the
mid-calf or ankle length dress is
good. Popular styles will be made
in light, airy pastels from net,
marquisette and chiffon. Short
coats will be worn loose or with
fullness taken in by a contour
belt at the waist.
Coed Skirts Too Long . .
"Most University girls wear
their skirts too long," the buyer
said. The best length, she ex
plained, is the one which is most
becoming to the individual. In
most cases this is from 12 to 15
inches, depending on whether the
skirt is lull or straight.
She advised college students to
consider accessories carefully in
planning a wardrobe, making
sure that new costumes tit into
the scheme. A two-piece shan
tung or wool suit is a good basis,
she feels. Also essential are cot
ton dresses for school; a baller
ina dress would be very desir
able for evening.
Navy Suits
Magee's, too, speak of suits,
for they are important this spring.
Some boleros arc included among
the very short jackets. Navy is
good by itself, or trimmed with
red or gray. Checks are also fea
tured. Many of the dresses have shirt
waist tops. The skirts are gored,
fuller, and sometimes use per-
manent pleating. Knit dresses in
lighter weight material are
shown. Cottons are frequently
sleeveless and of the sheath type,
and unusual weaves of cotton are
included.
In the sports line are quanti-
ties of shorts in varying lengths,
Statistics Show
Bin Part of Coed's Budget
Clothing and cleaning and re
pair of clothes costs freshmen
women 17 cents out of every
dollar they spend at the Univcr-
This is the second major item
in the college women's budget.
Room and board accounts for
one-third of thc total amount,
according to a study of living
costs of 74 freshman home eco
nomics students.
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The report was made by Mrs.
Dorthea Plum, home economics
instructor.
Mrs. Plum found that the
amount the girls spent lor cloth
ing varied widely from $28 to
$109. This was true she says, be
cause some of thc girls purchased
their clothes bclore school star
ted last fall.
33 Cents Room, Board
The study shows that 33 cents
out of every dollar spent by the
women students went for room
and board. Fees and tuition
amounted to 6 cents of every
dollar spent and books and sup
plies 8 per cent.
The remaining 2fi cents of every
dollar the girls spend goes for
eight main activities such as bus
fare, entertainment, club and so
rority dues, laundry, gifts and
donations, cokes and ice cream.
The average cost, per semester,
was $439, according to the study.
But the expense depends on
where and how you live, Mrs.
Plum found. Thirty-one girls
living in the University's resi
dence halls spent an average ol
$568 during the fall semester.
Four girls living in Loomis hall,
a cooperative house, spent $430;
21 girls living in Love Memorial
hall, another cooperative dormi
tory where the girls work for
part of their upkeep, the average
cost of living was $407.
flat bow at the back of the hat
is a very popular shape this
spring.
Variety is given to this shape
by detail and triinmi lgs such as
eyelet holes in the peak and cen
tral section of the croivn of a red
felt model, an apricct fixed to
thc top of a quartered crown on
a yellow felt cloche, and an out
tee shirts in diflercnt weaves,
sleeveless blouses.
Hats Forward
Hats are "really wonderful."
Many are forward-tilting, in both
straw and felt. Artificial fruit is
used successfully in some cases,
and the veil often makes the hat.
Felt is coming into its own as a
four season material.
As for shoes, the open-work
pump with its small straps is
popular. Shoes come in red, green
blue and various shades of toast.
There are lots of sandals.
Woven like cotton, a new kind
of nylon gloves are a boon in
the accessory line. Bags fre
quently resemble satchels and
the square variety is considered
better than the envelope. In
hoisery special attention is given
to the picture heel.
Cotton Separates
Millers have cotton separates
1 made to be worn by the college
i girl. A frosty white blouse, lor
: example, tops a mushroom plea-
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black and white or navy and
white figured material to slim
lines.
Also at Millers are bright skirts
topped by a butcher linen blouse
clasped at the neck. A cotton
skirt in tangerine color comes
with a big patch pocket, and can
be mixed or matched.
Stops Short
Nubbv pastels and pastel
l tweeds in Simon's toppers stop
j short, but wearability goes on
and on. The shortie has a new,
' wide-contour belt to show off
j new-look wide shoulders,
! High fashion in the "Cresta"
coat by Forstmann at Simon's
j are side buckling, wide cuffs,
I gathered back, and lapel collar.
Clothing Cost
Costs Compared
Fourteen Lincoln girls spent
an average of $345. Two girls
who lived in a rooming houre for
! 5., ""d room spent an
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,nonal ,hua" a"ri, Loomls hal1 bc'
inu.su uii- iicip prepare meais
prepare
ana care lor tne halls, earn a
1 sizeable part of their expenses.
; an estimated SI 30 a semester at
' Love hall and $90 at Loomis hall.
Club Dues
Most freshmen girls, like their
elders, apparently join a good
l many clubs and other student
1 organizations which charge dues.
The girls reporting in this study
said five rents of every dollar
they spent in the fall semester !
went for dues. Girls belonging to :
sororities paid "the highest aver
age rate of $79 each.
The accounts kept by thc
freshmen women students were
compiled by Jeanne Wielage,
Crete, junior in the home eco
nomics department. i
The survey also showed that
over and above board, room, ex-
tra meals, tuition, books and sup- '
plies, the girls who lived at home ,
spent an average of $217 during
the semester. Freshmen in the
residence halls used $208, those in j
Love Memorial hall, $176, those
in Loomis hall$162, and those j
who earn their board and room I
$127. j
"Aside from certain fixed ex
penses," Mrs. Plum concludes, I
"thc cost of living at college, like :
th cost of living anywhere else I
seems to be largely what you
make it. And after a semester of
account keeping home econo
mics freshmen at least have a
fair idea of how they managed
their money."
size white button trimming the
top ot a white pique shape.
A group of larger straw hats
worn straight on the head mostly
have brims cut away or turned
up at the back to give side width.
An outstanding example in this
shape is a red straw hat with the
brim overlaid with black crin
net, and spray of roses at thc
back ol the haL
Spring 1950 Is
Something 'New'
Spring J950 is the navy blue suit, now better than
ever . . .it's beiges and yello tones . . it's checks.
It's lowered shoulders and shortened skirts, shirt
waist dresses and forward-tilted hats. It's a new sophisti
cation and continuation of the little-boy look.
Designers and buyers, in other words, don't quite
agree on a
definition of Fash- :
ion, 1950 style. The women of
Lincoln, Neb., U.S.A., however,
are less specific. To most of
them spring is a new outfit of
some kind. It may be a suit, a
dress or perhaps simply a spe
cial Easter bonnet.
Available in Lincoln
In Lincoln's stores may be
found new clothes and acces-
j sories which reflect a variety of
styles and considerable range of
price. Some of the designs, as
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well as some of the prices, are
certain to appeal especially to
you.
Take a look at the advertise-
ments and fashion talk in this
special edition betore you em
bark on that Easter buying trip.
Spring is here, at least on
these pages. It's partly a Paris
spring and partly a New York
one. But primarily this spring is
Lincoln, and the clothes you see
sketched are those to be found
not on thc pages of some maga
zine, but here, in this city.
Fashion Trends
Thc emphasis upon Lincoln
spring does not mean that credit
for thc season's styles is taken
away from older and larger
fashion centers. After all. it is in
these places that the pattern for
the w-hole clothing world is set.
And no matter how many varia
tions appear in this pattern, there
are certain trends which are ap
parent in it.
Shifts in silhouette have defin
itely arrived. Moderately blouscd
tops and drop-shoulder seams are
general for summer and should
be "it" for fall. Tank-tops and
tube-tops are in keeping with
incoming boyish silhouette.
Shirtwaist Dress
Thc spnrtwcar fashion types
expected to identify themselves
with 1950 include sleeveless
blouses and dresses and shirt
waist dresses, with their adapta
tions of shirt tops. Sundresses of
all types are being shown in
large numbers.
I Among the spring prospects in
coats and suits is the short jacket
suit both boxy and fitted. Bel
i ted. blouscd lines are evident in
both suits and coats; skirts arc
I slimmer and shorter up to 15
inches in some cases.
Drop Shoulder
Pleats are news in some skirts.
Low-placed, or flaring from the
hip, the pleatde theme is "keep it
I slim." Sleeve variety: The drop
, shoulder seam almost a hall
mark of spring, 1950; the short,
flared three-quarter sleeve; the
blouscd push-up sleeve.
Very short coats (toppers)
come just to the waistline. Lar
ger, higher collars are important.
Conversely, collarlcss necklines
are given more attention than
last year.
First to make their mark on
the daytime dress picture for
1950 are dark plaid cottons.
Solid pastel wash dresses, cut in
classic patterns, are back again
too.
It will be a white spring in
many cases. White frames neck
lines and edges cuffs of both
suits and dresses.
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COMPLEMENT TO SPRING Listening to Copland's "Appala
chian Spring," coeds Jackie Sorenson and Nancy Dixon are a com
plement to spring in their new pastel dresses. While looking through
the latest records donated by Sinfonia in the Union Music room,
Miss Sorenson wears a "neutral" pink waffle pique school dress
with hipline interest. Miss Dixon is attired in a cool Bemberg date
dress with the "new" white interest at the collar and cuffs. The
steel gray background accentuates the white polka-dot pattern of
Hie material.
Denim Separates
Leaders in Play
Coordinated cienim separates
are leading the play-clothes pa
rade. Sets including den, n shorts,
pedal pushers and skirts, with
tunnel belt loops and white ropa
ties, are coming back strongly,
A loose denim coat, called the
"ShPPv R.tfpv" rnnt with r?irvnoi
: front and cuffed dolman sleeves,
j is tne newest creation along this
I
Printed waffle pique sets, in-
cluding beachcoat' qwjtn zj'pper
I front, boxer shorts, strapless bra
and ruffled midriff top, are also
ga'ni"g in popularity.
Buuon trimming ana pocket
interest are important in the sep
arates group this spring. Match
ing denim shorts, skirts and
pedal pushers in pastels with
novelty piping are making their
debut.
Knit Fashions
Streteh Into
'Summer Wear
To stretch the knitwear selling
period light into summer, the
New York knitwear market is
ottering some new types of
dresses. Early orders indicate
that the idea is being taken up,
as a number of these new styles
sound perfect for summer vaca
tion and travel promotions.
For example, a strapless, one
piece knitted dress with match
ing knitted bolero is a new com
bination in one line. Sleeveless
knitted dresses with matching
cardigans or jackets are also at
tracting attention for better-price
departments for late spring and
summer selling, according to
manufacturers' reports. Both of-
i fer the advantages of knits in
essentially cool stylos, plus the
, cover-up jacket which can be
i worn with so many other clothes.
Scooped Necklines
I Outstanding among the sleeve
less types are styles with scooped
i necklines, outlined either with
! lacy open work, or with cut-
out patterns filled in with net.
Rolled, wing and slit mandarin
necklines are also getting atten-
tion. They offer cooler necklines
i for warm weather, too.
Linen-rayon and nylon-rayon
mixtures are being well received
for warm-weather wear. Rayon,
1 cotton and wool yarns, some in
combinations, are most frequent-
i ly seen.
Knlttad Suit
The two-piece knitted suit with
detailed pullover top, short set
i in sleeves and self belt is still
an ever-popular style.
Embroidery or bullion crests
are liked to dress up many
j classic styles. Suits with con-
trasting all-over embroidery on
thc pullover top are being fea
tured. Promoted also is the idea
of I nit separates in co-ordinated,
mix-match colors.
Here are some additional fash
ion highlights: Horizontally
striped sleeveless dresses with
shoulder button; novelty-knitted
knife-pleated skirts; tailored
suits with a tweed look in rayon
cord yarns.
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