Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-11-25
Giddy Girls, Gay Cadets.

You've LADIES SUSPENDED FROM COLLEGE
AT BoRDENTowN-P PRESIDENT BOWEN
FORBADE THEM TO FLIRT, BUT They
DIDN'T MIND HIM.
BoRDENTowN, N. J., November 13-The
Rev. Mr.. Bowen is president of the Borden
town Female College, as celebrated for the
sternness of it's disc pline as for the beauty
of its scholars. The reverend gentlem an
was formerly at the head of the military
institute mere, where cadets are only second
to Wesl Pointers in their drilling, their dan
cling and their fondness for filtration.
When Mr. Bowen left the institute for
the college he warned his pretty pupils
against the military students. The young
ladies listened demurely to his warning and
then started in with redoubled ardor to cap
tivate their martial neghbors. All sum-
mpr long they have been at it, and Mars
and Venus, multiplied by fifty. have filled
the streets and shady paths of Bo"dentown.
Mr.. Bowen had his hands full. One
night he caught Miss Belle Hoyt; charm
ing blonde from Philadelphia. walking in
the moonlight with Cadet Arnott. There
was something besides Miss Hoyt's belt
around her waist. Another evening Mr.
Bowen hid himself in the closet of the big
gest restaurant in town and took notes of
the proceedings He saw charming Miss
Wo ford, one of his pupils, get outside of
four plates of ice-creanl that Cadet Black
paio for. He saw a young lady in his Sc
nior class actually making eyes at a fresh
man in the institute who could not tell a
right-angled triangle from pair of boots.
He saw another Cadet buya package OF
chewing gum for curly haired scholar
from Hoboken and squeeze her hand as he
gave it to her.
From the ice-cream saloon Mr.. Bowen
went to the skating-rink and took few
more notes. He was shocked to see a
young pupil of his, who is studying to be a
missionary among the FIJI Islanders, cut
ting figures Of eight and grapevines as if
she had been born on skates.
During one rainy afternoon the president
counted thirty Of his scholars flying around
to the music of 'tSee- Saw and with their
hands tightly clasped by the obnoxious ca
diets.
The President was most struck by the
fact that no matter how expert a Young la
dy was she forgot all she knew as soon as a
cadet joined her. She would utter pretty
little shrieks and fall, but always towards
her escort, who finally would be compelled
by sheer pity to put his arm about her,
In the course of his investigation Mr.
Bowen tumbled over an improvised tele-
phone made of two butter kettles and a
long waxed string. When he found it the
college end of the telephone was saying
'sHelo'' in plaintive tone.
Mr.. Bowen put his ear to the butter ket-
tie and the cadet at the other end of the
telephone wanted to know if he was his
sweetest little darling. Mr.. Bowen quieted
his conscience and answered that he was.
Then the cadet asked h m if they did not
have delicious time while they walked the
evening before and if her own Harry was
not soon to be with his sweetest love again.
Mr.. Bowen telephoned back that he would
like TO be- with his own Harry for about
ten minutes.
The president also found postofice that
being below fourth rate, ran itself in hol-
low stump He picked out of the stump
dozens OF sweetly perfumed billet dou1, all
addressed by his pupils to the cadets. All
the stamps were only halfpasted on and
under them was written ''kisses" and
'fove" and enough Of that sort of thing to
start taffy shop.
Having flushed his detective work Mr.
Bowen named in chapel to-day the young
ladies who have been guilty of the heinous
si1me OF flirting and suspended them all for
month. The Military Institute will no
into mourning for thirty days. The aas !.
now half-masted, and all the officers havs
Grape on their sword arms