The morning call., 1890-09-10
DOROTHY Q.'S LETTER.
Notes About Well.KnOwn Cali.
fOrnians in the East.
Some Of the Young Ladies at Vassar = An
Oakland Belle Now There Who Will
Soon Accept an 0aklander's Offer.
Special to THE MORNING CALL.

NEW YORK, Sept. s. 1890. = There is an
enterprising futter in the air, gentle and
premonitory. 1t tells the wde-awake that
summer is going and autumn is coming, and
the people from hillside, mountain, beach,
riverside and farm are preening and prink-
Ing for the last hops, outings and garden
parties and will soon come home. The
schools are beginning. The stores announ ce
they will not close lat o'clock on Satur-
days" and are identifying their windows
with fall attractions, the chief among which
are plaid dress materials, broad and large in
stripe, and only varied from the early spring
plaids by the artistic and esthetic combna-
ton Of colors. The cadets at West Poi mt
have broken up camp and gone to work.
Ten out of the fourteen who have passed
the examination to enter failed. The four
fortunate ones little dream of the difficulties
before them. 1t is current remark that lit
Is easy enough to pass the examinations to
get INTO West Point, but it is mighty hard
to pass the ones to get out" 1t is said
about two-thrds fail in the end.
AT vAsSAR.
Vassar is being swept and garnished, for
the gay spirits return early this month. 1t
IS an imposing building, with great long
halls. cheerful dining-room. fine library and
cosy apartments for the girls. A handsome
gymnasium Is about completed. 1t has big
tank 10 r swimming, and l0ckers-just like a
real mans club It's furnished with dumb
bells and all sorts of healthful apparatus for
gymnastics. The art-gallery and museum
Is full OF interesting Objects but every body
knows just how such things look, and every
body dues not know what one of the heads
eondena saa sh mod ed epsa it. very
girls come from the West. love the West
ern girls" Do not be too proud,
ye. Western maidens, for another
critic says, You. ale charming, bright
ana pretty, if MT always beau
tiful. but you are not fine at the points. You
lack finlsh-the delicately manicured hands
and transparent ear, the aplomb and high
bred poise OF the Eastern girl" But never
mind that L simply repeat that for a saving
clause, SO that your heady raptures wonld
not Interfere with your continued brilliancy.
l made profound salaam to the beautiful
woman who made this complimentary re-
mark OF the. Western girl. and expressed
thanks for all the fair Westerners That are
and are to be.
A number of California girls have been
graduated from Vassar. Among the stu
dents this year there are goo1ly number.
Miss Katharine Carpenter of Los Angeles
is in the senior class. Miss Edith Shiveley
OF the same place is a sophomore, and NJ SIS
Elizabeth Rice, also of Los Angeles, is de-
voting herself to music. Among the fresh
men are Misses Frances b. Jolliffe, Kathar-
inc Van Dycke Harker and Ruth Z. Palmer,
all of San Francisco. Miss Harker's cousin.
Miss Cassie Harker. who was graduated last
year, will fill the chair Of Latin and Greek
at Mills College. Miss Harker is a fine
scholar and has always been close student,
and will doubtless meet with the success her
friends predict for her as an able pro-
lessor of Greek and Latin.
A SPECIAL COURSE.
Miss Jennie Waters of Oakland, CAL, was
expected to return TO finish her special course
at Vassar. l had the pleasure of peeping
into the room she occupied while there, and
telling the sweet-faced lady who spoke so
affectionaieiy of her that she was going to
do much better thing. The beautiful Oak
land belle has already certificate of gradu-
alton from SHELLS Seminary, and could
wisely forego having one from Vassar to
accept that a handsome young man of fine
business ability and excellent 5 landing will
soon offer her. Vassar was defeated in
just this way once before. 1t was an Oak
land girl. too. Her choice Of action lay be-
tween going to Vassar and marrying one of
Oakland's able young doctors. The doctor
won. Vassar!is certainly attractive, but, not