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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