Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-01-06

seats piled high with dainty sbfa-cushions.
Indeed, one man In Harvard has no iess
than thirty. some made of the costliept
silks, delicately worked: others covered with
ioVers Knots and initials, and still Others
meant to use In pillow fights. A few stu
oents are devotees OF the foot lights ana
nave souvenirs of all kinds. One youth has
tne whole side of his room literally covered
with the framed pictures and autographs
OF every prominent actress who has been in
Boston Tor the past three winters. Another
mas ms oed room covered. not only the four
walls, but the ceiling, with theater pro-
grams. There are only a few men who ar
tract general attention from their collec-
lions OF girls souvenirs. One man has what
ne caIis MY Gallery of Beauties" series
OF photographs extending around the room
all collected from his home in CHICAGO.
A Favorfte Fad. tt
The chief trophies Of a student in the way
OF knick-knacks are not so much those OF
FEMININE as OF strictly masculine kind
Every room has something in the way OF
portwhether print OF an English steeple-
chase or pair of Indian dumb bells. The
owners tastes are responsible for these
decorations, their absence or presence. A
favorite modern fad is the collection OF
signs. Many is the chase that i'coppers.
have given some bold freshman whom he
saw amblfng along with a nice big sign
tucked away under his arm. The blue
coated ofhcers Of the law in a university
town grow very suspicious, and sometimes
get leit IN their officious attempts to entrap
STUDENT IL Is favorite story at har-
ward how all the Boston police were made
crazy with anger by three of de Har-
wards. These youths bought and got a
receipt for a brand new BARRIERS pole gaily
colored with the striped red. white and
blue They then demurely walked down
fremont street carrying the pole The
first policeman who saw them spotted them
for stealing signs. They declared the sign
was theirs, they could show a receipt. But
the copper knew a thing or two" You
couldn't fool him, so up he marched them.
amid large crowd Of small boys. to the
station house. There. on examination, the
followers of John Harvard produced their
receipt for the sign and were DISCHARGED
Again they marched along. this time down
bled them up; again they marched, amid
cheers and groans, to the station house
and again they were discharged So they
We're free to march on, and this time IL
was down Washington street but they
had hardly gone block when a son az
Erin. wearing the Tapping blue skirts gave
yell, and he seized them with a sure
and run II is that ye'ze be caught" again
house. But this time the station was filled
with terrible racket and cures in all
known languages. Finally the order went
forth all over Boston by telephone, IF
three young men, carrying a BARRIERS pole
are seen, for our sake leave them alone"
AND so the Harvard men went in peace
to their quarters in the university city.
After all. though, a students room "A
his home; his den, which he enjoys Just as
he pleases He need not have pianos or
boon companions, or sporting prints. He
may. as Tom Brown says, sport his oak.
and keep out all corners. He may ''grfnd.
till the wee sma' hours. He may surround
himself with books. He may sit in moth
Ing but straight-backed chairs. Students,
though. are young men, IL must be renem-
bered, and do much as other young men
with a good deal more OF seriousness
thrown in. Their four years of college
life is a privilege enjoyed by only a few
and one on which, in after life they will
always look back proudly. So let them
enjoy their life In peace and surround
themselves In their rooms with whatever
may be thought helpful for their pleasure
ana comfort ARTHUR +. COSBY.