The fifteen students who are members have pledged themselves to taboo socially every young woman who does not literally adhere to the list of regulations which the organization has prescribed as dress limitations. Young women who refuse to be guided by the ukase of the club will find that none of its members will ever extend any invitations to them; they will discover, it is promised, that they have been sadly and most completely "cut."
At its initial meeting the club drew up and adopted a "proclamation." This document was mailed in copy to every young woman student of Newcomb College. The young women recipients read the following:
"1. We will look upon no young woman with favor who spends more than $15 a year for hats. Only one hat should be worn throughout the year. We think it possible that hats may be trimmed over and worn for several years.
"2. No cosmetics should be used. Powder might be used in the case of a sallow girl.
"3. Perfumes are absolutely under the ban as a needless and disagreeable expense.
"4. Additional hair should not be bought. It is an extravagance and is contrary to the purpose of nature.
"5. Not more than $40 a year should be expended for dresses and suits.
"6. Jewelry, with the exception of a wedding ring, is no adornment, to our way of thinking. Off with diamonds, rubies, and pearls, and the like.
"7. Silk stockings are the one extravagance allowed. Scientists say that silk stockings prevent the wearer from being struck by lightning.
"8. Five dollars a year is the amount necessary for shoes.