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                                  h tons

COURTESY                          N OT until after
MENTOR                                      dark does the.
MAGAZINE                                    tall slim silhou-
                                  ette make her appear-
                                  ance in and about
                                  Madison. On the Hill
                                  and Langdon Street,
                                  dresses that are more
                                  than three inches below
                                  the knee are not seen.

                                     This may be true be-
                                  cause sport coats are
                                  not long. But it is hard
                                  to hurry up and clown
                                  the Hill"with long skirts
                                  twirling and tangling
                                  about.

                                       "Long dresses are
                                  pretty and feminine,
                                  but they're too much of
                                  a nuisance and look out
                                  of place on the H i l l " is
                                  the general opinion.

                                                           At dances, however,
                                                      the more extreme m
                                                      dress is, the more atten-
                                  tion it attracts. To onlookers it ap-
                                  pears as if the girls are having a race
                                  of outdoing each other in length of
                                  dresses.

                                  Fortunately, tulle and net are in

                                  vogue for formals. Old formals are

                                  rejuvenated by setting yards of thin

                                  filmy tulle on the bottom, and out of

                                  what was once discarded clothes there

                                  comes new evening garb. Parents

                                  would be proud to see their daughters

                                  becoming so economical, for in the

                                  sorority houses, this "making over

The <SWode 1928-29 fever is quite prevalent, and seemingly
                                         contagious.
"Yes,  I like the long dresses," most every girl will answer.    But the

reasons vary.                     They add to a girl's dignity.  They re
    "They make a girl look slim.
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