DAILY NEBRASKAN
FIVE
THUUSDAY, MARCH 23, 1939
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PICNICS
What to wear . . ?
f aii depends
who's your date
Despite a somewhat besmirched
'reputation, more or less earned,
picnics are still prime favorite
spring pastimes. And, like all
classic sports events, picnics have
attained their own special type of
garb. The correct costume, how
ever varied for the special occas
ion, is a style must.
Picnic ensembles are built on
fairly set principles, cardinal
among which are suitability and
serviceability. Obviously, pretti
ness and mere fluff are out. Near
ly all picnic outfits are tailored,
and sturdy. With them all, com
fortable brogans, or shoes, are
called for, and makeup should be
minimized and permanentized.
Rules differ with clubs
Beyond these general rules,
broad statements of style are un
wise, because in picnics, as in no
other social sports event, each in
dividual occasion has its own
flavor and clothes requirements.
Any sophisticate of the picnic
world wouldn't dream of wearing
the same sort of clothes to a Beta
picnic, say, as to a Phi Psi picnic,
or vice versa. Ensembles get their
keynote from the principal activity
of their particular affair, and each
lodge has a secialty in this line.
Everybody knows that there's
a lot of drinking at a Beta picnic,
so a girl is foolish if .she wears
something that will show orange
juice or grape pop apots. And
SAE and Sigma Nus eat a hearty
liquid diet, so a spacious, expand
able costume is called for. Lum
inous accents add a note of In
trigue to outfits for the latter
groups, who are alergic to bright
open spaces.
ATOs are also very active, but
In a different way, such as base
ball or swimming. Tomboy attire
fits here, the no nonseney kind.
Sig Chis are somewhat vaguer
about their sports plans, but in
order to forestall possible disaster
in brambles and pitfalls, riding
breches and boots are advisable.
Heavy outer garments, precau
tion against a posible chill breeze,
are generally a. necessity, but the
thoughtful Delts and Phi Psis pre
fer to provide their own wrap
pings. With a member of one of
these clubs a girl is literally as
snug as a bug in a rug.
It's the gypsy in me
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FORMALS
In many types
of formal gown
clothes-wise coeds
will go to town
Betty Reese seen at the an
nual Delta Gamma banquet in a
white net formal studded with,
silver stars and topped with a
coral mariboe jacket.
Milly Wekesser, Theta, wears
a light blue formal with a little
mess jacket for dinners. The
skirt is bias and the jacket zips
up the front with a dubonnet
ascot to tuck in at the neck.
Mary and Fern Steuteville,
Alpha Xi Delta, choose their
spring formats of light blue
chiffon made shirtwaist fashion
with smocking at the waist and
a full skirt.
Above :
Going gvpsy to spring:
parlies is DOROTHY SVO
HODA, Kappa Dolt candidate
for Best-Dressed Girl. She
wears a very fll black taf-
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fela skirt sipped on around
the waist to a white frilly or
gandy blouse with puffed
sleeves, Peter Pan collar.
Dorothy's only jewelry was
a rose colored bracelet of
clusters of flowers.
Left:
MAKY JANE HANKY,
Phi Mu's candidate for liest
Dressed Girl, steps out in the
afternoon in a Jane Engel
pray and pink print with a
pleated bodice and soft neck
line, lilack patent belt ae
centuates the waistline and
a navy blue straw hat
trimmed with flowers top
off her costume. Mary Jane
carries a navy purse and
weal's navy gloves.
Right :
The rainbow ha nothing
on MARTHA LONG, Alpha
Xi Delta's candidate for Hest
i Dressed Girl, for she dares
to step out iu & Jeep purple
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Rinebart-Manuien Studio.
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Hobert Seidel
sports skirt tapped with a
pink sweater, and on top of
that a turquoise softly tail
ored mannish sports jacket.
A feather sticks jauntily in
her soft felt hat of a lighter
purple.
GOLD'S
Gypsies mixed
their colors
so do we
Gay, romantic gypsies with
their bright colors and flowing
skirts demonstrate their influ
ence in the clothes shown by
Gold's this spring. Skirts of
black or stripes combined with
white or colored blouses that zip
onto the skirt are the very lat
est; very practical too as form
ats and daytime wear can be in
termingled with startling results.
Formala with attached hoods
that can be worn as collars are
in all and varied colors. Flared
skills in coats, suits, skirts, and
dresses are absolutely necessary
for the well dressed college girl
this spring.
Even Lumberjackets.
Three colors mixed together
are quite proper with not more
than two shades of one color at
the same time. Odd jackets are
always good and can be worn
with almost anything. Purple
and blue; pink, blue and chat
treuse are some of the combina
tions seen around this spring.
Lumber jackets in loud colors
are featured to top off a drab
skirt and are just a little bit
different. They are waist
length and are handy for a slip
on. Slacks and sports outfits
follow the gypsy trend with gay
sashes and belts.
Anything ... in mixing colors-
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