The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-20
BELTS, BANDS AND STICKS.
The Craze Among Young Girls for
Mems College Pins and Trophies.

The Craze Among Young Girls for
Mems College Pins and Trophies.
New York, April 1S.-Young girls,
and especially young American girls
are seldom without admirers, chums
or even brothers who are taking their
turns at the various colleges. The boys,
no doubt push through better and have
an added confidence in their own
strength with the merry thought OF
these girls comradeship. And in re-
turn for all their propelling good
wishes, is it too much that the girls
should expect to wear their class pins
and other manly decorations?
In these days of emancipated wom-
ankind, however, it seems strange that
girls should choose display such
loaned marks of favoritism in much
more conspicuous way than did those
women who had no thoughts of indie
pendence in their heads. Up-to-date
girls now wear the pins they have ca
jolled from their admirers on tiny
black velvet band or, rather, narrow
piece of velvet ribbon, which fits sung
ly about the right sleeve just below the
shoulder. Sometimes two, three or
even four pins are placed in line on
the little band. In fact, the more that
can be shown, the prouder is the in
dividual whom they decorate. One
popular girl was even heard to boast
that she would soon have enough such
pins to fashion herself a belt, instead
of an arm band. But American girls
are strong in their patriotism. They
generally choose a certain college LOT
their allegiance and then remain true
to it: that is to say, they do not mix
up in their collection the pins of varl-
Gus colleges. The several that they
wear might represent many man ana
different years, but would generally
be of the same college.
1t is only about the sleeves OF their
house gowns that girls wear the velvet
band supporting these decorations,
When they go out of doors and coat
is necessary, they fasten one, or per-
haps two, of the pins on the outside OF
their cuffsA The fad then becomes
case of he who walks may read as
from such a place they CLEAN out most
conspicuously.
Another little wrinkle that the girls
are now INDUCING in is begging away
the mems canes to use as parasol
sticks. Once such a trophy is secured,
they indeed lose no time in having IL
made up with light, attractive stun 10
match some summer gown. Of course,
! it is all the better if the cane has MS
toric value; if it has come out the VIC
tor in a rush." or done some other
gritty deed. Wise men, it is said, keep
sharp eye on especially beloved
sticks, or even if they are crafty hide
them away.
But the time when the girls are most
alert is at the end of their friend
college life-when farewell is said to
| the alma mater. Flags, trophies, even
the furniture of rooms, is then freely
given away. 1t is the time to secure
truly substantial souvenir. A man $
| desk and his easy chair are usually
spoken for long in advance; and II ne
has an open-hearted soul he will clear
out" as he calls it, all else but MS
| brierwood pipe. One mistake he must
be careful to avoid, that of offering
sofa cushions, embroidered flags OF
wooden sweaters back to the same talr
| damsel whose deft fingers may nave
made them. Another mistake, even
| greater, which is not unknown, is 10
bestow sucn things on the damsei
| rival.