Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-06-28
BADGES AND EMBLEMS.
Animated Scenes ON the Day of the
Great Boat Race.

NEW LONDON, Conn, June 2S.-The
wind that ruffled the waters of the Thames
all day Wednesday became chilly enough
last night to prevent much Of show OF
Yale and Harvard emblems On the streets.
but this morning 1t had died away, and at
an early hour pretty girls began to appear.
wearing the colors of their sweethearts and
brothers. and furnishing brightness to the
scene by their vivacity not less than by
thei- dresses The most of the young ladies
were evidently partisan, but not too parti
san. They wore Yale's or Harvard S colors.
but they were not, as yet, enthusiastic over
1t. Here and there. however. girl appear
ed who had evidently staked all her hopes.
tempora lily. on one college or the other.
Some were crimson from top TO toe, with
bright crimson colors shining in their
cheeks. and others blue as blue could he.
One OF the latter. who occupied a prominent
position on the deck of the steamer Summer
Girl this forenoon, was placed in a most
narrowing situation when a Harvard friend
presented her with a box of pink candy.
She declared 1t was a piece of impudence.
but finally decided to swallow the candy and
the impudence together.
Another girl who was in an even more
perplexing situation. solved the quest ton by
wearing the colors of both colleges Her
brother was at Yale and her sweetheart at
Harvard. So she wore a crimson badge and
crimson ribbons on the left shoulder and a
blue badge with blue streamers on the right
She told the Yale brother that she had put
the blue on the right side because IL was
the right color, and the Harvard sweet
heart that she wore the crimson on the left
because II was nearest the heart And OF
course, both believed her
More saddening was the condition of the
newspaper man, who desiring to stand We'll
with both sides. wore a blue shirt ana a
crimson tie
As the day grew older boys with trays of
badges and emblems of all kinds began 10
appear on the streets, finding ready custom
IN rraA
coming trains.
BY noon nearly everyone wore something
to show which side he favored In the fight.
The types Of embiems and badges extant
this year are not very numerous. There
are buttons and small tin flags, colored
with Yale's dark blue Columbia's light
blue or Harvard's crimson. There are
shoulder Knots and streamers Of ribbons
Columbians blue and white sweet peas and
blue and white pinks, while Harvard's
friends have boutonniers Of La France
roses. or pink sweet peas. The shop WIN
few badges or other devices for sale Here
and there store has been filled up gor-
seously with the two colors. In this case
one show window is usually devoted to the
crimson and one to the blue. In one shoe
store all the womeTs shoes are on top OF
the blue bunting. and all the mems on top
or the crimson. One millinery store had its
window decorated in brilliant blue, and in
the center waxen bust dressed in the
prettiest pink. The prettiest simple deco:u-
ton consisted of tiny oars tied together
with blue or crimson ribbons.
Later In the forenoon the styles were
added to very materially. Peddlers with
all sorts Of devices arrived in swarms ard
with them came some new ideas in en-
blems, some Of the prettiest consisting of
imitation blue birds and robins. A book
like program Of the races, handsomely
bound in crimson and blue. with a miniature
oak bound along its back, also met
ready sale.