Newspaper Page Text
L.
CA&OLIME
HAZARD,
PRESIDENT OF
WELLESLEY
EnnA WOOLLEY
PRESIDENT OF Ml HOLYOKE
M.CAREY TMOMA5,
PRESIDET1T OF DRYH FlAWIi
LAURA DRAKE GILL.
'PRESIDETTT OF BAR HARD
AGHE3 IRWIM.
DEAD OF RADCLIFFE
OI33G ofTbos&WboAp&
C-OD&UCt>l D gf (sl^G Affair S
ofWoR3e.n>s Colleges...
OoD^I3DGDCGn»eDt) eiD&Xtae. ^
Sweet? Girl GraAua,(sG
Aave Arrived
S r CSS2^^
CNE and Its roses' are here.
So. too. Is the fair graduate, the
sweetest flower of all In the
“rosebud garden of girls." All
over the land may be heard the gen-
llo rustle of perfumed parchments and
the swish of snowy graduation gowns.
Schools, academies, seminaries, col
leges and universities all contribute
their quota to this army of engaging
young women, a host s'o large and so
■ irresistible that were It marshaled Into
companies and regiments the battery
of Its charms might prove more ef
fectual in behalf of world peace than
any congress of hoary sages, grim and
grizzled warriors or display of bris- j
tling armaments.
Naturally at this time attention isi
centered upon those institutions for!
the higher education of women whose I
names have become almost household j
words. The bulletines of Smith, Wei- j
lesiey, Vassar. Bryn Mawr, Mount Hoi- |
yoke. Radcliffe, Barnard, Woman’s'
College of Baltimore, etc., are watched ’
for almost as eagerly as those of a
presidential campaign, for there is i
scarcely a community that is not rep- |
resented in some one of them. That i
these colleges set the pace for the;
smaller place
‘Co
iscences
and
are
Mount Holyoke’s Senior Mountain
day imparts to its closing exercises a
flavor ot both humor arid sadness. The
seniors spend a solitary day at a hotel
on the mountain slope. There remin- | ticipating in its social life and acquir-
many other colleges In regard to ath
letics, the drama, etc. One sensible
feature of Its commencement Is that
in order to discourage the spirit of os- i
tentation, which seems to be the re-,
suit of choosing special commence- \
ment dresses, the authorities make it,
a rule for the graduates to don the'
college gown and cap on commence-1
ment day. This is also the custom at
Barnard, Mount Holyoke and Welles-'
ley. The fashion has much to recoin-1
mend it. for commencement gowns are,
expensive, and many of the best and
most popular students can afford tc 1
indulge in little outlay.
»t *5
Wellesley has a great reputation as
the cradle of missionaries. Its grad- >
uates are said to be laboring in that
capacity in almost every oriental land '
whose inhabitants are objects of tho-
pious zeal of the occidentals. Welles-,
ley also is the scholastic Mecca of
many clergymen's daughters and of
those who wish to make teaching a
profession. Miss Caroline Hazard, the
president of Wellesley, is herself a
clergyman’s daughter, the descendant
of a long line of New England schol
ars. She is much interested in co
lonial history and has herself written
ably on that subject. Wellesley has
several fine clubhouses, among them
those of Phi Sigma fraternity and of
the Shakespeare society. These aro
always the scenes of interesting cos
ing exercises. The ceremonies of Tree I
day, when the senior class waters with
its tears the tree- It planted on enter
ing, are even more interesting tc
stx-angers than the real commence
ment. Miss Hazard was recently
granted a year's leave of absence by
the trustees.
Radcliffe and Barnard have this it
common, both are' annexes to men's
colleges, the former to Harvard and
the latter to Columbia. One is lo
cated in historic Cambridge, Mass.,
and the other in the city of New York.
The dormitory system is not favored
by Radcliffe, and it has no building in
which to lodge or board its women
students. These are scattered about
among the families of the town, par- 1
order
vows of ling those refined and cultured tastes
one secret of the perennial curiosity
with which they Inspire the public,
but possibly the real reason is that
their graduates are looked upon as the
best types of American young woman
hood. The time has gone by when the
higher education was thought to spoil
women. Instead it is - becoming each
year more essential to their sutcess
In business, the professions, society
and the home. The girl who goes
through four years of democratic col
lege life has had most of the non
sense taken out of her. There are no
types more abhorred by the college
girl than the snob or the prig, and
there is no system better adapted to
reforming these than the merciless
gnying or still more merciless boy- j
cott which is meted out to such. In I
teaching, journalism, medicine and the
of learning is of course j law the college woman has much the j
beet of it. As to that much larger
profession, matrimony, statistics shojv
that the college girl marries early,
makes the most intelligent of mothers,
has the soundest children and resorts
to the divorce courts less often than
any other class. After that who will
say that the higher education of wo
men is not worth while?
•t Ot
Vassar has the reputation of being
the college of the rich. True the
daughters of Dives have foregathered
there, but so also *have the daughters
of Lazarus, and among the latter, it is
said, are found some of the college’s
most brilliant and popular students.
The fact is that at Vassar, as at every
other woman’s college of the better
class, a girl is judged not at all by
what she has, but by what she is. If
the rich girl Is stupid or uninteresting,
or, worse still, ostentatious and over
bearing, she will come a cropper,
which she will remember fop the rest
of her life, for the college girl is • not
only plain spoken, but she has at her
command a stock of ridicule calculated
to make a brazen image squirm.
On the other hand, if the .poor girl
is clever and adaptable, she is invited
everywhere, is deluged with invitations
to join this fraternity or that, or to
allow herself to be voted into one' or
more or all of the delightful clubs and
Chain day the Vassar seniors are each
arrayed in white and carry daisy
chains which link the long line of sen
iors as in procession and singing col
lege songs they march across the
campus, the admired of hundreds of
visiting friends and relatives.
Vassar is noted for its interest in
amateur theatricals. Philalethean hall,
the home cf one of Vassar's most cele
brated clubs, is provided with a stage
and ail the equipments of a theater.
Here, on the Saturday night preceding
the baccalaureate sermon, a dramatic ,
friendship are exchanged. The details
of what goes on are shrouded in mys
tery, but one, feature of the exercise,
the closing one. is said to be the call
ing of a roll to ascertain which are __
engaged girls of the class. To I qualities
many good f eatures Mount Holyoke adds training,
that of domestic training, and no col- i tie, scholarly dean of Radcliffe. is a'
for which Cambridge is famous. Bar
nard has some dormitory arrange
ments. but many of its students lodge
elsewhere. The Barnard girl is prog
ressive, energetic and well poised.
incidental to metropoliiar
Miss Agnes Irwin, the gen-
socleties that make college
pleasant. Dr. James M. Taylor, the
president of- Vassar. is himself a man
of manifold tolerances—as what man
wouldn’t be who had for so many
years been successfully directing the
minds and manners of oyer' 1,000
American young women of every-con
ceivable shade of temperament, con
viction and mentality?
8? .j*
Daisy Chain day Is one of the most
picturesque events of commencement
week at Vassar. This festivity has its
parallel in the Ivy day of Smith, the
Tree day of Wellesley; the Class day
of Radcliffo and the Senior Mountain
day of Mount Holyoke. For Daisy
life so performance is sometimes given for
the benefit of visitors; and this is one
of the most interesting of the closing
exercises, the commencement itself be
ing much like such celebrations every
where.
- - *? »S
Smith is distinguished by the liter
ary flavor that attends its training.
Some of the most successful of the
new school of -Women writers are
Smith graduates, among tnem Mrs.
Josephine Daskam Bacon. The most
distinctive feature of graduation week
is Ivy day, when with imposing cere
monies the senior class plants a vine
to keep the class memory green. Dr.
L. Clark Seeyle is president of Smith.
lege girls are more sought after by the
other sex than its pretty graduates,
whose household accomplishments are
believed to be on a par with their
scholastic attainments. Miss Mary
Emma Woolley, the president of the
college, is an excellent example of the
femme savante. She is a daughter of
New England and the holder of many
imposing titles. Indeed, to speak of
her properly one should say Dr. 'Wool-
ley, as she is a Litt. D. of Brown uni
versity and a L. H. D. of Amherst
She is a member .of the Phi Betta
Kappa fraternity arid believes that the
fraternities have their place In the life
of women’s colleges as well as those
of men. At Smith this.is quite differ
ent; there secret societies are not
permitted.
Bryn Mawr college attracts not only
the young women of the middle west,
but also many from the south, for its
president, Miss Mary Carey Thomas, is
! Washington woman, her father, the
Hon. William W. Irwin, having been
a member of congress from .Pittsburg.
Pa, When she was born, the family
was residing in Washington, and much
of her life since has been spent at the
national capital. On her mother’s side
Miss Irwin is lineally descended from
Sarah Bache, the daughter of Benja
min Franklin. In fact, she is Frank
lin’s great-great-granddaughter. .
Miss Laura Drake Gill, the head oi
Barnard, is a native of the state of
Maine. During the Spanish-American
war she did executive work in regard
to the placing of nurses and later
worked in behalf of the education and
relief of the Cuban orphans.
Surrounded by such favoring influ
ences and advantages as the modern
colleges afford and associated with such
superior types * of womanhood, it is
herself a southron, Baltimore having j little wonder that the college girl grad-
been her birthplace. Bryn Mawr was ] uate, after her well rounded course 1
established by a O’aker, and conse- 1 of training, is fitted to adorn anj
quently it is me nservative than ' sphere. MARGARET WATERLOUT. >
*
men did will something In the bam
yesterday, but whether it was one of
them things or not I can’t say.”
“Well, Archie, how do you like your
new governess?” “I like her ever so
much." “I'm glad my little boy has a
t.” "Oh. she’s awful
tel! cook she doesn’t '
-n anything or not so :
3 her salary!”
ho bears the unique I
nr the only deputy
vor of mineral lands I
live of Ca
in civil en
university
bishop traveling through the wilds
Canada stopped at a log cabin
a chat with the occupants. “Are
-e any Episcopalians about here?"
asked the only person he found at
te—a woman. “Well. sir. J hardly
w,” ahe replied hesitatingly. “The
nice:
about, and
ever since."
A teacher
About the Princess and Other Interesting Subjects x m
V4i—
it V baby is certainly the worst.
“His" relatives swear that lit
tle gurgling atom resembles him In
every respect until the disgusted moth
er of the said infant wonders where
she comes in—if at all. On the other
hand, her relatives stanchly affirm
that the little precious is the living
image of its mamma except for its
ears, which stand out like its papa’s,
until both factions are nearly at war on
the subject, although of course out-
ward politeness of a freezing quality •
is preserved. ' */j a
Now and then the baby turns the
tables itself, as in the case of a strong-
minded infant who had particularly
gorgeous eyes of blue. “It’s father's
eyes,” as all that gentleman's fond
relatives declared rather heartlessly,
because the eyes In question were the
only decent feature the little newcomer
could boast of.
Now, at first the mother had ardently
prayed for eyes of blue; but, being hu
man, she grew so tired of havir.
f’litfl the mother verniers.
F all the foolish customs find- ! sporting blood Is up, and she Is, search
ing resemblances in a tiny [ ing frantically through seven trunks
' to find a carelessly tossed aside baby
picture of her
own to- prove to
them that they
are wrong even
in that.
Which shows
what a disturb
ance, one little
baby can make
In the lives of
otherwise sensi
ble and well or
dered persons.
The Princess.
I certainly
hate to chron
icle it, for I have
a gown of the
description my-
Embroidcrcd uith storks self, but the
and pagodas. princess dress is
hopelessly out
of style as far as smart people are con
cerned.
The truth is that this year skirts are
every . being worn more abbreviated than ever,
one of the baby's good traits attributed j and. while some dressmakers advocat-
to the other side of the house (when I i ed the princess clearing the ground, it
I was such an incongruous idea few well
J dressed women cared to attempt it.
The princess stands for all that is
stately and dignified. When one cuts
it short, it doesn’t mean anything.
! Then, too, princesses used to cost
i more than ordinary gowns. Houses
' that would make a plain two piece
| dress for $35 would charge $125 for the
same materials made into princess
shape. But now look into the windows
of the cheapest ready made shops and
you will see nothing but princesses
made of the shoddiest silks and fur
nished with still shoddier guimpes.
As a result even brides have been
wearing two piece dresses at fashion
able weddings, and for evening wear
the empire style, which demands a belt
high in the back, is “the thing.” In
fact, empire modes rule everything.
Seen at the Theater.
I saw "Fascinating Flora,” the sum
mer show at the Casino, the other
night, and, while I am not saying any
thing about the play, the dresses worn
there gave a clear idea of what is go
ing to be popular this summer.
Ad.ele Ritchie wore in the first act a
guimpe dress with kimono sleeves of
tan mes.-aline. Over this was an em-
i ire coat slashed as far as between
the shoulder blades in the back to pro
duce the .-hc.rt waisted effect now In
demand. AVith this she wore a very
large round hat shape set back on
the head and trimmed with an enor
mously long feather, which went all
tiie way round and hung down in the
back.
I made of dyed lace and silver. Long i was of parrot green, with excessively' I understand that quantities of this | Besides the empire modes there Is ^ ! She showed me her own. in which bet
tabs hung from these in front and the; large armseyes, revealing touches of vivid green are to be worn again this ■ strong hint of the Japanese. Witness taste for putting on trimming was very
bottom of the skirt, but .the jacket! creamy white mousseline, which color year combined with tan, with gray j the sleeves arid the gorgeous oriental j prettily shown.
must admit she had rather a good opin
ion of her own self) that a tiny hope
began to grow in her heart.
This hope began after she had no
ticed some peculiarities about the lit
tle one's eyes as it lay in its cradle and
then had stood before the mirror sol
emnly staring at in r own hazel ones
for about ten minutes. She chuckled
ami said nothing, waiting for the baby
to do its pan.
And it did!
I'm sun every mother who reads this
will be delighted to learn that one tine
morning this tactful infant showed its
loyalty to its mamma by opening upon
the world very wide eyes of the precise
smuie of hazel that woman affects.
Were its fond paternal relatives
taken back by this living evidence that
their judgment was not infallible?
Would that I eoulj say so, but this
is a sad and true tale, and I must stick
to the realities. The color of the
baby's eyes is passed over in grim si
lence. but the expression, ladies and
gentlemen, is precisely that of its fa-
t!:, r.' I Tile second act saw her in an Alice
And. now, what do you suppose that blue empire gown having a square
and fooiish mother is doing? Her bolero effect, with large armseyes
itself was of the length Josephine j scheme, the vivid green mixed with and. with pure white, particularly the
wore. The other gown she exhibited pure white, was repeated on the hat. ‘ latter.'
evening coats
all covered with
embroideries of
a most startling
nature s o m e -
times.
I r e m e m ber
part 1cu 1 ar 1 y
as I write this
an evening coat
of bright scarlet
silk which came
out of the the
ater the other
night. It fairly
lit up the rath
er chilly eyen-
ning, as it was
e m b r o i d ered
with storks and Women spend half their
pagodas in sev- lives worrying.
en or eight dif
ferent shades of blue. However, loud
styles are the thing this spring, so no
one minded a little thing like that.
A Difference That Counts.
I heard a man say once that the dif
ference between a woman and a man
was that a man never worried about
crossing the Rubicon until he came to
it and that a woman always did.
Yes, women do spend half their lives
“Why, you are good at millinery!" I
exclaimed.
“I like it,” she answered, without an?
further idea in her head.
“Then why will you become a dress
maker’s assistant and remain one un
til you die when by becoming a mil
liner’s assistant or even beginning by
carrying her hatboxes you could work
your way up to being a milliner and
having a shop of your own?” I de
manded.
But she didn’t know, and that’s the
trouble with women. They don’t use
their thinking apparatuses when and
where they will do the most good.
Really Too Shocking.
An Englishwoman recently come to
this country says she Is shocked to
observe two things—the condition of
our roads, which resemble darkest Rus- i
sla, being unkempt and full of holes,
and also—I am coming to the point— 1
she is aghast at the fact that tho
American woman as a general rule has
no fixed allowance and is forced to beg
for money all the time from her hus
band. which is very humiliating.
Indeed it is, but any woman who
submits to a state of affairs like that
has herself to blame. Let her prove
to her husband that she is capable of
worrying, but do they think about the ! learning business methods and of man-
future in the real sense of planning! aging money, and he will soon trust
for it? No, not as a rule. \ her with It. The allowance should be
Now, that sounds contradictory, but j settled between the bride and groom
let me explain. before marriage. There is nothing hu-
There is a great difference between | miliating in having a plain talk aboul
wailing, “Oh, dear, what shall I do i plain things—nothing half so degrad-'
If”— and in saying in firm, hopeful ! ing. at least, as having to dun one’s.
MISS VERA JERSEY SERCOMBE, ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WOMEN IN AMERICA.
The supremacy of those Kentucky beauties, the Castleman sisters, is now menaced by a new candidate for the
premier distinction, Miss Vera Jersey Sercombe, also of Louisville. The latest example of Blue Grass State as
cendency in the matter of feminine comeliness is a brilliant type of American loveliness, coloring and contour
being perfect, while her face has that high bred serenity which is the distinctive charm of Kentucky female
beauty. Miss Sercombe has been the belle of the season in exclusive southern social circles.
husband afterward or, worse still, re
sort to petty subterfuges, as many wo
men do.
/Z^ST
New York.
tones, “I shall do so and so if”— then
adding by way of a “clincher,” “In case
so and so happens sooner than I antic
ipate let me do thus and thus now in
order that I may be prepared.”
Women—most of them—are thor
oughly inconsistent. They live for the
day, worrying spasmodically about the
morrow. They don’t realize what it
means to plan for the morrow. . A girl
will take up a means of earning her
livelihood. Ask her what it leads to,
and she hasn’t the slightest idea. In THE GOSPEL OF GOOD CHEER,
some cases even she will adopt a trade * n occupation we forget our -roub
or occupation where promotion is an an d get respite from sorrow. Work la
impossibility, owing to her own limita- t ^ le best panacea known for discontent
tions, whereas in another line cf busi- anc ^ worry. The woman whoso mind
ness it wouldn’t be. She doesn’t stop an< j hands are busy has no time to
to think about this very important es- over her discouragements. _
sential at all. < cheerful acceptance of our daily
• trials and cares and a confident trust
An Example. that “as the day is so shall tho
That reminds me of a young girl I , strength be” is more than half the
was interested in. She had to earn j battle in gaining a victory over them,
her living and took a position with a , Courage and a strong determination
dressmaker. “Do you intend to be a
dressmaker?” I asked her. “Oh, no!" i
she answered. "I haven’t any gift for i
fitting. I am only good for sewing on I
bows and fixing trimmings.”
“That’s no future,” I remarked. Then ;
I asked her, “Did you ever trim a hat?” i
to conquer can accomplish almost any
thing.
G.hcerfulness is more profitable than
sadness, and one who earnestly tries to
preserve an appearance of cheerful
ness will find that she will soon have
the spirit of it.
ODDS AND ENDS.
I bov,” the husband continued. ‘Tt was
| about a woman from whose lips fell a
Poms of th« finest lore in the world ] vert’ well, but how did you come to diamond or a ruby at every word she
|« mn le hy the uomen of the Philippine I have your bathing suit with you?" . spoke." “Well?” said his wife as he
Ixlnmts fnm strong silky fiber obtained \ Tommy paused and then said. “Well, \ paused. “That's all there is of it. my
{ ,,| n ,o noto Ten ves. 'mother, I took my bathing suit along. I dear.” he replied. "But 1 was j'qst
I.lttle Tommy had been forbidden to thinking I might be tempted." | thinking if such things happened now-
swim In the river owing to its danger- "Mary," said a man to his spouse, ! adays 1 could make my fortune as a
ons condition. Cne day he came heme | w ho was gifted with a rapidly moving jeweler."
with unmistakable signs of having been tongue, “did you ever hear the story of! There are two solid silver tea tables
In the water. Hi* mother scolded him” tho precious gems?” "No.’’ she replied, j in the qu -”'s private apartments at
icvereiy, “But I was tempted so had- ”Y> hat is it?" "It's a fairy legend that AA iitdscr cas’lo.
ly, mother," said Tommy. “That's all my grandmother told me when I was a 1 A woman in a llbrarj was observed,
to be smelling the books,
on this, she explained that she
took those that bore an odor of per
fumery, but preferred those
of tobacco. “The best books.
"are read by men.”
A bishop traveling
of
for
there any
he asked the only person
home—a woman. "Well,
know,” ahe replied hesitatingly.
the country is Miss May Bradford of j tory asked one of the children hmc
\nnnoVi Vat- ATioc T5 PO fflrifl 1C O m _ >%a nm- n>n vo ti’ „ ,..; . . C .
Tonopah, New Miss Bradford is a na- ; many wars England fought
of California and took her degree "Six.” the little girl answerec
civil engineering at Beland Stanford: repeated the teacher. “E
! them, please.” "One, two, tl
“A good deal depends on the forma-I five, six!” replied the child
tion of early habits,” remarked a man and confidently,
to a friend. “I know it,’ was the re- j Many girls in various par
joinder. “When I was a baby my world are going in for farm
mother hired a woman to wheel me kinds and , : re making a great
I've been pushed for money Mrs. Mae Ora Russell ->;••
w Hs producing 1.050 barrels
instructing a class in his- , Wayne county, Ky.
ith Si
Inumera
i ree, fou
cheerful
ts of t!
ing of a
v V
i