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Friday, March 20, 1942 DAILY NEBRASKAN 4 Red-Head Wears Blue . . . r:i:.'--'::v.';;; :.' :,s S . soli's:-:- "S5::?- .1 .:-:-i- ::U.-V A to f I 1 y t L ... i Absolutely irresistable . . . both that smile of Pi Phi Belle Cochran's and the lovely navy crepe dress she is wearing. The skirt is closely accordian pleated, the neckline, so o o flatter ing with its fluffy longerie whiteness edged with powder blue gTOSgrain. Dan Schmitt, Sig Alph, seems to be very pleased with the whole thing, and why not, in those good looking Varsity -Town clothes from Magee's. What the Best Dressed Coed Wears-Plants What the well-dressed plant will wear? No, what plant the well-dressed coed will wear Spring dresses, per usual, will rot tend to plain colors, but run to dashing red, purple, green and blue in huge flowers of no particu lar species, but with large petals end leaves. For a background, white or egg shell sets off both design and color to best effect. Many of the new Fkirt prints have no background, tut, jungle fashion, the flowers cover the entire woof. The first appearances of these Fpring prints came as slack shirts to liven up the outfit. They were closely followed by full skirted formals, which had to be full skilled in order to get an entire flower on, in some cases. For the afternoon dress, plain blouse and flowered skirts are good again, need we say "good," for they are always good, they are absolutely necessary this spring. Instead of the conventional gar denia, rose, daisy or chrysanthe mum, choose something different. Two or three carnations look very real. Of course this article takes it for granted you can't af ford real flowers, for if you can. you won't have to read this ar ticle, you will know what to wear. Flowers which are different are snapdragons, columbine, or fragile hair-bells. Be sure to wear flowers; be pure they are different, if real, choose azalia or one of the less common flowers of the potted jjlant variety. To save money, if you want real flowers, grow your own. They are very little trouble and the cheer they bring to your room as well as the money they save will r.ay big dividends, as well as pro vide you with one of the essen tials of spring fashions. SDT's (leJebrale 25 Years at UN Wearing cafe au lait and old Hue ribbons are member of Sig ma Delta Tau who this week end are celebrating their twenty-fifth anniversary wnce Vhe founding in 1917. Climaxing a gala week end members of Theta chapter at Ne braska are holding their annual formal Saturday night at the Com-hufcker. Fc D; lief Ai7' Includes OPILILU lULLUIL Lljl yy lll i i llluuc Cosmetics; Cologne Almost Gone By Betty Moor. Consei vativeness will be the keynote of cosmetics for this spring. ... Manufacturing of cosmetics will be on a smaller scale; distributors will be pro-rated; and you will see very few of the attractive combi- Tresses Off, Short Bob In Vs New Style It's inevitable: after years of painstaking care for our long, sup posedly glamorous bobs, fashion and authorized hair stylists have suddenly decreed that those must go. The barber is on the in; and the tresses must be off. Practicality is the keynote of grooming in this day and age, meaning that short, neat hair do's will reign. Of course, with less to manage, it is even more important that locks glisten from brushing, and curl, to be sure, but with a kind of "I'm naturally curly'' tone. For those with small features, "baby hair-cuts" are most attrac tive. For all of us, shorter hair wil mean less trouble, greater freedom when working, and less expense. VYe are being urged to get per manents while there are still ma terials available for them, xnd there seems to be a rather shady outlook for the permanent future (no pun intended). As in clothes, simplicity, neat ness and perfect grooming is be ing stressed in hair styles. nation kits of powders, creams, rouge, and lipstick. Shipments are coming thin much slower, but they will be able to meet the demands of the more careful buyer. In the spring a young woman's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of a new, fresh, wardrobe- and other things. Along with the new ward robe comes thoughts of a spring complexion. She will want her face to reflect the note of spring as does her costume. Then, too she will consider the problem of the right shade of fingernail pol ish, and the right perfume. Shall I wear Tweed by Lentheric with my new suit, and should I get some of Rubinstein's Knchante' for evening wear? That War Again. The young lady's problems will be the same as many other springs - but her solutions will be some what changed by the war situa tion. Hero are some things to note! In six months the present supply of alcohol used in cologne manu facturing will be exhausted. Only 35 percent of the original supply may be maintained, so the young lady will turn from the use of cologne to more extensive use of dusting powder, skin sachet and perfumes. We will miss the re freshing qualities of cologne, but we will enjoy most of the same fragrances in pt-ifume. omitting the exhausted supply of imported perfumes. There will be a boom in the sale of leg make-up this summer. The younger generation will really en joy complete leg freedom, without hose, in spectators and sandals. Scratching Limited. Wheie fingernails are concerned, the music and typing students will be back in the majority, because short, rounded fingernails are pre dicted to take the place of the fragile, long tapers. Miss Col legiate will view the situation from a practical point of view as to her duties in civilian defense. There are some lovely new shades of pol ish this spring, tending to be less vivid and well adapted to the new pastel shades of clothes. You will note more harmony in all make-up this spring. There will be exact matching of rouge, lipstick, and fingernail polish. Outstanding are three color groups in make-up. With pastels you will love the good selection of delicate shades, like Pink Camelia by Bar bara Gould. Take note of the true red shades in most of the cosmetic lines. This is the shade to be worn with any color of costume. The new true reds seem to have an extra warm glow, not only in make-up but in everything in feminine apparrel. For evening, the shades will be warm, but lighter than the winter colors. Barbara Gould's Red Gentian, is a typical example. Plan, use, and select cosmetics wisely, and the American women will have no need of fear for com plexion beauty. Books (Continued from rage 1) operation of the student body this number can be easily doubled, of ficials hope. A committee will call for the books at the respective houses and organizations Saturday morning they should be ready to go at that time. Nebraska's books will then be picked up for distribution to the various United States army camps. 'i & m ,0 -T '