For the benefit of those who are making this trip for the first
time, we outline a few of the more important points in connection
with the preliminaries to the trip East, together with minute
instructions as to the journey itself.
SELECTING A PROPER SCHOOL
This is, of course, mainly a parent's problem and is best solved
by resorting to the following formula: Let A and B represent two
young girls' finishing schools in the East. Mrs. Raleigh-Jones
(X), from the West, sends her daughter to A; Mrs. Borax (Y), from
the same city, sends her daughter to B. Upon consulting the local
social register, it is found that Mr. Raleigh-Jones is a member
of the Union, Colonial, Town and Country, and Valley Hunt Clubs;
upon consulting the telephone directory it is found that the
Boraxes live at 1217 S. Main Street, and that Mr. Borax is an
undertaker. Shall Mrs. F. B. Gerald (Z) send her daughter Annette
to A or to B, and why?
Answer: A, because life is real, life is earnest, and the grave
is not its goal.
CORRECT EQUIPMENT FOR THE SCHOOLGIRL
Having selected an educational institution, the next requisite is
a suitable equipment. Girls who live in other parts of the United
States are often surprised to discover that the clothes which
they have purchased at the best store in their home town are
totally unsuited for the rough climate of the East. I would,
therefore, recommend the following list, subject, of course, to
variation in individual cases.
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