The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-11-03
A HaIIowe or Masquerade.

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For we at our college out West boast a
hard-working constituency; but our strong
point is certainly not overfull purses.
Notwithstanding this limitation, We girls
were bent on judicious mixture of mis-
sionary work with our fun this year. Our
college Is established on the coeducation
basis, and the boys certainly did cut up
last Halloween disgracefully, making il
uncomfortable for professors and students
for long time afterward. So this year,
you see, we girls made up our minds TO
do something TO entertain them and keep
them from INDUCING in their mischievous
| proclivites. OF course, we can't under
stand where the fun comes in Of the stu
| p.d things boy students do on Halloween.
| but We do want to stop 1t If we can, ard
that was the reason why we made up
our minds to celebrate with masquerade
| this year.
| The boys were in raptures at the idea,
| and set about hiring costumes for the great
! event. Some of the richer girls did the
same. but as for us-well. We had no money
| and at first sight it simply meant Being
! shut out from the whole thing.
Of course, as misery loves company. we
| ali met disconsolate in Leotas room. If any
one would console US 1t would be Leota.
|
anything of the sort. She and Addie, the
| bright Kansas girl. looked as gay as a rib
| bon, and What are you going to be?' be-
| came a mutual interchange.
| We sat round the room, Leota smiling on
| us from her perch on the window ledge.
| The twins-big young women OF H-cast
| hopeful glances in her direction. AS they
| said, at was worse for them than the
rest, for they were two, not one, but they
| had only one purse between them, the con-
| tents of said purse when raked fore and
| aft producing only 81
How could two masquerade dresses be
bought for 81
Kitty Pringle, however, was worse of
still, for she laughingly produced five cents
as her all for immediate current coin.
"One can hardly go far astray on five
cents" was her somewhat rueful remark.
Kitty, Ike the rest of US, was working
her way through college, so when this
is considered it will be readily understood
that the time to spare for getting up a ball
costume on odds and ends was scant
enough. / can tell you. we girls who work
our way through college want education!
But to go back to Loeta's room. Addie,
our inspiration, was not the least put out
at the empty purses displayed before her.
"Of course, we shall all go TO the ball,
and Of course we shall get up dresses
somehow" said she cheerily. "You," to the
twins, Maggie and Bessie. ARE the only
ones with money to spend. I consider a
dollar riches. The rest of us must manage
by borrowing one thing and another We've
all got something we can lend one another.
Leota here must be a nun. That won't
cost anything. just long cloak, shirt
front, and veil. That's easy enough. But
now for the rest of U.S."
Her quick eyes, travelling around the
room, lighted upon Loeta's curtains, drawn
over her bookshelf a dark, rich red.
Just the thing for draping," she ex-
claimed, land how well the colors suit
Kitty
In a moment the curtains were in serv-
ice, and Kitty's dark head rose from
mass Of graceful folds.
What are you going to be, Adder cho-
rus.
20, I'll go as Ceres. I've done 1t before
All i want for that is a white gown, some
grasses, and a sickle. 1 shall do well
enough-if can borrow a sickle. The thing
is, what are the rest of us to do?'
Her eyes were on the twins, who in turn
wore an agonized expression. One dollar
and two big girls to dress on it. No Won
der they groaned.
The college bell changed. Was It the re-
membrance of the Greek class awaiting
the students that gave Addie the brilliant
idea?
Greek ladies'" she cried. Lets so and
ask the professor how they dressed"
They caught the professor on the wing
OF course he was busy; that goes without
saying; but equally, of course. he was not
beyond recall, mentally speaking. In an
swer to the inquiries he walked TO his book
shelf and took down several books from
his classical library. In some of these were |
figures exquisitely draped.
Greek ladies it shall be,' cried Addie, |
as she rushed off to her seat. Girls, you |
can have lovely costumes out of your dol |
lar
The week went by, and we girls were |
more busy than ever. How we arranged |
our dresses and got our sewing done, seems |
something of a miracle. now IL is all over |
and we look back upon it, Never mind |
we were all ready on Halloween, and met |
in Loetas room for a general oyerhauling |
by cur artistic, Addie.
Loeta, the nun, passed first under the |
critical eye. Next came Joan of Arc, in |
a vest spangled with bits of tin; quite |
a fine appearance she made, too, on moth
ing but ingenuity. Adde herself, as Ceres,
was perfectly lovely, and could not be mis-
taken for any one else, as Ceres" was |
carefully sewn on her belt in grasses.
Loeta's curtains turned our pretty Kitty |
into a charming Portia. and here were the
twins transformed into graceful Greek la
dies.
Dear me, what may be done with 81
n "a
Addie in triumph, turning the Greek maid
ems about. Let me see-eighteen yards OF
cream cheese cloth at cents per yard
80 cents; two masks at cents apiece, 10
cents; sum total. 81. No one would believe
il who did not have realizing that ne
cessity is the mother of invention"
In point of fact the Greek dresses were
considered the most beautiful costumes OF
the evening. The twins had good figures
as well as brains, ard had skillfully copied !
the classical designs. The long folds hung
to a nicely. The scarfs were gracefully
thrown over the shoulders, and they had
brought all their miscellaneous stores OF
brooches and studs into requisition 20 fas-
ten the folds over the arm ana on the
shoulder. For belts they had borrowed
some gilt curtain links from a kindly
neighbor, which made very joyful ei
feet" and the tout ensemble was uni
cerssny voted perfect.
Ceres had borrowed a sickle from the
same kind neighbor. so that the party iesv-
ing Loets's room for the gymnasium hall
Of the college felt themselves 20 be very
well caparisoned indeed
Il is not necessary to follow them far
her. into the company OF Hamleis and
others OF fame AMI history. and Shak-
speare. II is enough II their little difficult