The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-03-31
THE VISSdR GIRLS.
College spreads-Hslloween and Library
Parties


Happy is the Vassar girl who hAGs
written on the block at her door the
words. Come down to my room about B.
Box from home" for that means spread
and Of all the delights of old Nassar none
appeals more to the heart of the maiden
than a spread" She goes, you may De
sure, and finds a flock OF girls alre@hy s.
sembled. and q table Gas 1t seems to be
the proper caper to say literally loaded
with good things"
These the hostess is literally dispensing
and great IS the merriment that prevails
as the turkey and cake are passed from
the girls on the divan TO the girls in the
window seat, and then, 70 the most num-
elCus Of all, the girls on cushions on me
floor! The olive bottle circulates, ana
what fun IL is to try the traditional Feat
Of fishing out your olive with hat PIN,
ana men to apply the same useful article
to toasung your marshmalloW over the
droplight!
This, of course. is the spread par excel
lcuce. but nowadays "spreaf means
good deal more besides. OF course this
old standby viii be popular as long az
home people continue to send ooXes OF
good things, and young men acquaint-
ances help 10 sWeetel the students Ire
Of tell By boxes of confectionery Then.
too. nothing could be 50 distinctly Vas
sarion as being invited in TO make "fud-
yes" and taking turns i'm mounting on
cnal to stir that delicious and sticky
compound to say nothing Of eating IT
when 81 is done
All girls everywhere enjoy dressing up
and acting a part sometimes, and Ndssar
girls are 10 exception. SO, recently,
spread was given which was mimic
swell dinner party The girls in TWO adj
joining parlors had united TO give this
entertainment; 80 quite suite Of rooms
was at their disposal, and wonderful to
contemplate was the transformation OF
college studies and bed rooms into dining
room. drawing room, buffers pantry and
dressing rooms
The costumes, too, were very well got
ton up. The guests came in character,
and all the typical dinner goers Wee re,
presented, the charming widow, the elder
j. beau, the debutante, the English lord,
"doncher know the married flirt and
everybody quite correct down TO Dawson,
the butler. / suppose / should say up TO
Dawson. 80 superb was he in the cor
rectness of his gait. and the solemn
haughtlness of his micn.
OF the same general nature are the lib
rary parties, which are quite well known
i'm toe world at large. At these all the
guests dress to represent special books,
such as "The Woman in White" which
is particular favorite. being so easy;
Sweet Bells out Of Tune" and the Ike.
1t is rather queer that "Trilby" parties
have not struck Nassar
Halloween parties are among the great
est favOrites of all. orc ghost party last
year was particularly effective The
guests, who were all robed I'm sheets and
pillow cases. were ushered into a large
apartment draped entirely I'm black and
white and lighted dimly by two tiny al
colol lamps i'm the middle Of the floor and
one weird skull lamb on top Of a black
funeral pyrc i'm one corner The guests
grouped themselves in a circle on the floor
around the lamps ana then toasted ghost
~ maIshmallows in the blaze. with sol
emn silence. or iut)ned bloOd-curdling tai
es i'm a thrilling manner.
Another Halloween affair had some
gypsy fortune-tellers in fascinating little
booths. while at still another the room
was lghted by MISCELLANEOUS hung
alcft. Fore. too, the spread proper con
sisted of pumpkin pie dcughnuts and
kindred daintios.
70 make a very bad parody on we'll
known quotation:
TO live without music ana study she
breads.
But the girl that's at Nassar can't live
without spreads.