The Indianapolis journal., 1903-03-22

of a row of seats which inclined somewhat
abruptly to the demonstration platform.
and, in the ioleness of her mind, she fell
TO observing the thirty or forty coiffures in
| front OF her. The arrangement of the hair
was generally becoming and scrupulously
neat; but what struck the spectator most
was its abundance; yellow hair. brown
hair, black hair, head or two of that
I, Titan red with which every budding novel;
ist of the present day fatters his heroine
hair in heaps and shining masses of color.
Subsequent and like observation of a more
general nature induced the writer to the be-
lief that the habit OF discardng hats on the
campus, habit prevalent among vassar
| girls, may have something to do with this
abundance of hair. 1t is a pretty sight,
that of these girls going about with heads
| uncovered. A hat is an abnormal effect of
| civilization anyway
My hostess, knowing my desire to see
every phase OF life at Vassar, had a fudge
party for my entertainment. The recipe
for Vassar fudge is not an outcast, uncol-
lected recipe 1t resides in cookbooks of
repute, and is, as recipes go, famous. The
fudge is as good as its name. The only
objection one may find to it is the state in
which it is served. As soon as it is done it
is placed near an open window-not to cool,
but SIMPLY to take off the fierce edge of the
heat. When the hostess considers that 1t
| has reached temperature where nothing
but surface burns will result from its con-
sumption she offers it to her guests. 1t is
placed i'm paper plates of home manufacture
and passed rapidly from hand to hand, each
| guest taking a piece till the quantity is ex-
hausted.
| fudge party has other features, how
| ever, than the mere consumption of fudge.
| The girl who can do 'stunt" of any kind
| Is in requisition at these parties. I was
fortunate enough to witness some delight
fully droll impersonations of individuals
| high In authority. The girls made charm
ing picture in pink, blue, red, yellow, brown
and cream-colored kimonos as they sat on
couch, chairs. and cushions thrown on the
| floor
The college table is good though not
| luxurious table. In addition to the three
meals a day any girl who chooses may take
| to her room from the dinner table glass
| of milk, two slices of bread and a pat of
butter. Girls sometimes combine and
| ''swfpe" quantity of milk and butter for
| fudge 1t is an unwritten rule of the col
| lege that no girl dimes in a short skirt.
Apropos Of the dining room, 1t is in order to
mention two bequests left to the college,
one by man and the other by woman
of understanding. The feminine bequest is
for ice cream twice week, the masculine
! for cold roast beef to be served when hash
| is on the bill of fare, to any girl who pre-
| fers her meat straight. 1t struck the
writer's sense of humor that the masculine
| philanthropist should express himself by
| way of roast beef, the feminine by way Of
| ice cream.
The bulletin boards are a source of in
| terest to the curious visitor. Each dormi-
tory has one or more, and they are plas-
tered with various notices which announce
| lectures, musicales. edicts of the faculty
| and of the Students Association, the sale
| of old books, dinner cards, candy, cake,
| embroidered collars, the loss or discovery
of personal valuables, the demands for the
return of borrowed articles. The following
notice speaks for itself:
March 1.-Will the person who borrowed
a brass tea kettle and stand from my room
just before or after Christmas vacation,
and also the person who borrowed my
skates seven weeks ago, please return them
| at once.-X. Y. T.
BUSINESSLIKE GIRLS.
The girls who make their own pin money
| find the bulletin boards useful adjunct
They advertise their wares and abilities by
its means. noticed a picturesque poster
| advertising that devils cake could be
| bought at a certain room in Main. A young
woman beside me said 1.-The author of that
advertisement makes 30 cents a day on
cake. She buys three day from the inn
and these are delivered at her room in the
morning. She places the cakes on table
with a knife and an account book beside
them. Any girl who wishes slice goes to
| the room and cuts the cake for herself. If
she has with her the requisite nickel for
| slice she leaves it on the table; if not, she
writes her name on the account book
| The senior parlor is an attractive place In
| which to spend a half hour. This room is
| in Main hall, where the seniors live, and is
| entirely furnished by the senior class, the
members Of which at the end of the year
| take away the articles they have lent for
| it's decoration. Handsome rugs. pictures.
bronzes, lamps, divans and chairs go to
make up a beautiful room. On the night
| when, by the courtesy of a senior, the
| writer visited this room 1t was filled with
| laughing. gossiping girls-a trio at the
piano singing popular songs. A member of
the class entered with a young man, to
| whom she was showing off the beauties of
the room. The young woman at the piano
| dropped softly into the chords of when
| We Are Married and her two companions
| lightly hummed the air with an expression
| of seraphic innocence. The unhappy two
| sought the seclusion of a corner.
Much of the work in college is done by
| consultation of books in the library and
reading room. Each dormitory has small
reading room, where one finds four or five
OF the best weeklies and monthles. Main
building has a charming large. well-lighted
room where are to be discovered great
variety of German. French and English
periodicals, covering religion, economies
science art and belles-lettres. The tempta-
| ton is great to browse around this attract
| i've mental pasturage.
Vassar girls attend chapel with regular
| ity. This is largely but not altogether due
| to the college law which admits but five
cuts a semester. One hears a deal of
grumbling about the bore of going to
chapel once in every twenty-four hours but
| believe most of the girls, il forced to the
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