The morning call., 1894-10-09
OH, FOR A RAIN!
Girls in Short Skirts and
Leggins.
No Fears of Jeer or Jibe Will Deter
Them From Downing the
New Costume.

No such fervent prayers for rain were
ever sent up from Mohammedan mosque
as have been uttered by the youth of the
University of California for the past week
The young ladies wish it in order that
they may make com bined trial OF their
new "raiDy day" costume. The young
men have had no such praiseworthy pur-
pose. In fact they wish for rain that they
may "guy" the fair young crusaders.
There are tbirty-twO of them who have
signed their names to the promise 10 stick
to short skirts and long leggins during the
winter. They have kept their names sed-
ulously concealed until now. They have
concluded that il is best to break it gently
to the other sex and THE CALL has had
peep at the list. Here they are. the dear
sweet creatures:
Miss n. Mott, Miss Lynch, Miss Sander
son. Miss c. Sanderson. Miss NJ. Feusler,
Miss Parker. Miss Delaney, Miss NJ. AL
len, Miss Mott. Mrs. Van Dreyne. Miss
Sullivan. Miss Labanaque, Miss Hanil-
,9n: MISS Nis keey l5' Ms MISS
Miss Godfrey, Miss McCleave. Miss
Oliver, Miss pobbins, Miss Hausch, Mis-
Read, Miss Barden, Miss Curtis, Miss
Glass, Miss Wilson. Miss Stevenson, Miss
Briggs, Miss Shorkley. Miss Robb.
The skirts are the cunningest, Dattiest,
trimmest things Imaginable; the leggins,
the neatest and latest and prettiest that
could be procured. And they have all
been tried on before dazzling mirrors and
the young ladies may be seen Cd any of
these days while waiting for the browning
rain, their faces beaming the satisfaction
dwelling in their minds. If this isn't a
sign that the new rainy weather costume
is becoming, there is no faith 10 be put in
signs.
There is only one thing disturbing the
minds of the devoted young women
They care not for the writings of the long
haired young men who play football, and
they are resigned to the dilatoriDess of
sloppy weather, but they have an all
consuming horror of being taken forGress-
reformers. They insist and insist loudly
that they are nothing of the sort. They
claim to be just level headed enough TO
have recognized the disadvantages of
dragging, wet skirts and TO have decided
upon a neat. unObtrusive, common-sense
costume dCring the reign OF mud on the
college grounds. They are to dress In
sensible. healthful manner and they are
certain that their appearance Will disarm
criticism.
Four days after THE CALL had exclu-
sively published the young ladies' plans
morning contemporary rehashed the story.
1t also printed what purported TO be an in
terview with Miss Maybelle Feusier con-
corning the reasons for adopting the cos
tune. No such interview was ever had,
the identity of Miss Feusler having been
confused with that Of another Young lady.
AS stated in The CALL. Miss Feusier was
not the original " of the idea, but was only
one Of the thirty-twO who had made the
Promise. Her name became prominent
through a mistake, as she was no more ar
dent in her advocacy of the new costume
than any of the others.
They have again and again since the
first publication of their plans renewed
their promises, and are now but awaiting
the first rain TO prove their devotion t. the
cause.
Short skirts and leggins forever! Please.
good Mr.. Weather Prophet. forecast
rain.