The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-10-07


most identical quality. Victoria might
g silly give her s.sler few points alb ut
/ gowns. o. Broadway one day last " Elk
| she wore one of the most striking of he
| new round hats in the fashionable hello
| trope shades. The wide felt brim had three
immen Q ostrich plumes dropping to the
shoulder on either side b Of light and
dark Drocad d neliDtrope ribbon We g Jhs
| crown trimmings and long streamers were
brolg about the neck from behind in lieu
Of strings
This is the season when the verdant fresh
man is at the mig It of his ifferings, and a
questin often asKel concerns he existence
| Of hazing at the girls cole yes. Do the
sweet girl sophom)res compel Ieir timid
sisters to ride the go Il o. indulge in such
like hilarious indiscretionl To this query
only one answer is possible, it all depends
on the 'lleges I'd on the girls. As rule
| there is no haZing even OF the mildest de-
| scrIptlon in the SCHOOLS for women only, hut
IN co educational institutions it ofteI hap
PEN at the spirit of Mother Eve prompts
t. far away nita iJl Of masculine pranks
| / little surreptiJiOus but Eocent fun.
Vassar and Boston U University are exa nples
of opposite states Of Affairs. At Vassar, in
tie ( It's newspaper reputati n for frOlics
| that are eakish and fe nlline, the tradi-
I on { athless rage between sophomore
aad fires lman Is maintained by cl tss decla-
ration, with smiling lips that C jntradict the
words, please consider yourselves hated"
rather than by hostile dem strations. The
soph 'moric campaign against the fires
woman varies In its details from year to
| year, but in general 1t embraces banquet
served IN the most gorgeous college style TO
| which each freshwoman is escorted with
the 1rettie,t a ID most graceful C urtesy by
| a sophomore dressed in her most stunning
Ill. II q. -
| heapet on the newcO ners, and flo Vers are
provided tied with the Vassar Tors for the
corsages If their gowns. At the end of tue
| Teasing i'd the meTyma King one class
| gathers on the one side, the other on the
other of the rayaged board and then they
solemniy swear undU 6 hosti ity t, each
oJher and depart with arms about me
a lot Ier's waists TO their rooms. AT Bosto
| U liversity there is no dormit ry system
and no night frolicking, but sometimes it
| happens that war party of sophOmores
catches group of freSlwomen off their
guard Of an afternoon. The ri ,es
the sound Of laughter and struggle, even in
the said preci icts of Beacon Hill, and by
and by there emerge from the co flict dis
heveled freshwome with fl our powder
viii ening thel hair, wno relao % to their
ella smatas confused tales of blindfolt gs
and leadi igs up and dow and orders
| to leap from precipic9s. Cane I'd plug
| nat ruShes are more difficult for
the college youth feminine t. initiate;
| but tales have been told of how she uader-
takes the task silk dresses, bustles, seal
skin cloaKs, mig l-heeled shoes, slippers with
| buckles and divers OF or adornments have
i one school and another been prohibited
| by sJph1moric eiict during the freshman
| year. The genuine ticles being too valu-
able to demolish, daring re hwom have
| put o chees cloth or asteb lard imitahon4
| and sailed out to m let their natul al enc
miles, No sOpnom IRE could endure an af-
| ont of this description. In the twInkli g
| of an eve the upstairs ara surrounded a ID
their unlawful finery torn from them, With
screams of triu nphant la ighter, and scat
tered to the four winds. How she shall do
| her hair is oie of the points on which a
sophomore oftenest attempts to dict ate to a
freshwoman. If any Unauthorized couture
| is observed the hairpins are pulled out and
the brown, black or auburn tres es lie, down
| at the instant gathering of the clans. All
| these, however, are but Incidental divertis-
| semeuts in the life Of the college girl Take
| it together her life is a very industrious
one, and tie more un she gets t better is
her digestion at the end Of the year.
The latest addition to my lady's jewel
| box is a ring or bracelet or neck acs Of gold
| and PLATINUM, fashioned of several bands
OF Wires, ualI OF edCn material, twisted 1QtO
a braid o. held together by an intricate
knot or clasp in which both elements join.
| G Id and platinum are some lines com
| bined in the Greek fillets which are worn
| it'll classic evening gowns to confine the
| fluffy knot Of hair. When use as diadem
| for the empire ,iffure two bands of gold
are used, with one between them of plati-
uum. Sometimes the platinum is used to
trace a Greek fret on the plain FURNISHED
bands Of gold. Kathryn Kidder was one
of tue first to appreciate the possibilities of
gold AMI plIti III n. and )ue o. two OF her
friends wear pretty twis ed rings cho en-
by her from the first devics shown. Miss
Lei or, the Washington beauty, wears a
unique and artistic fillet of this ne jaw
elry. An Their novelty of the autum is
the enameled orc i'd is velry. there is
| hardly va isty Of 5ais weird aud del cate
flower which is not now lactly reproduced,
il life slz4, il emf nel II very llrgs
Or ocnes d dress ornaments which chi ne
in well with the gorgeous coloring of the
winter br .cades.
Mrs. George KEENAN, is the possessor of
genuine Russian c)n. The Russian craze