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Ne Swell. Even u II Huris.

That the adv ice. Watch how others do
and then do likewise" IN not always FOOD
to social aspirants was illustrated the othef'
evening At dinner given by young matron,
in honor OF a guest Of Acknowledged soctal.
stardrs. ca. -
When coffee was served. and with II IT,
Indispensable chocolate hints, the guest vaA|
seen 60 take one OF the sweets and toy with
II gracefully over her coffee cup fnstantiys
every woman at the table did likewise. Evf-,
IDENTIFY nome new wrinkle OF fashion was asotS
70 be exhibited. Every eye was on the rssess
and on the mint drop. Deterbiin alton ta
follow the leader and give no sign TINT. they
were not In the habit Of doing thus new
trick every day was written on every face. 4
The sudden calm caused the guest 10 iook
up. and as she did so she inadvertently
dropped her mint into the tiny cup. To her
surprise n series OF clinks ran around the tahte
as each Of the rural ones followed her rnis-
take.
Approaching the situation. the eueet
hastily gulped down her coffee to hide hfr
niirth
ntcr IN the evening she heard one woman
remark To- another
i don't care If It is swell don't like mint
oh. dear replied the other loftily. ~ u
really delicious never thinh OF takina
my demi-tassc without it -, '.
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own tie. put his own studs In his lnenf
Docs he have to pack his own bag and for
got his own toothbrush. a. 10 the proper
way with bridegroomsf-thsrs Ia ASCERTAIN
largeness Of view about a man who forgets
the trivial at such time.
Does his favorite bulpup chew the shoe
that he has forgotten to put on in his ner-
vous hastef Does he solaoe himself with
a hgh-ball while he keeps the, open book
before him and recites loudly. with all
my goodly words thee endow'i
Or is ne fortunate enough to possess a
valet. one Of those mysterious French
products who come from some unknown
chaos Of like experiences and have about
them on the morning Of the ceremony a
rather sardonic grin, as IL they knew well
where II was all going to end?
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After that two or three times. she limited
gently that her father was home but was
swfufly obtuse. Then she spoke right
out and asked IL l didn't want TO SEQ him.
for anything. One time ] bad an awful
headache and couldn't brace myself up
and the other time i had had Q cocktail
with my dinner and wouldn't insult any
girl by asking her father for her at suoh q
time.
sThen she began to treat me rather oddly,
and saw that something was wrong.
COULD not ir,agine what Il was but after l
had surprised her In tears Q few times.
made her tell me. She told.
Il made q clean breast OF It. was deadly
afraid Of her parent and admitted IT,
would rather have faced a den OF lions
with the door open than 20 down and ask
for Fans future Of her father
1T rather amused her for she had always
bullied her paternal relative a little and
could not believe that any one would be
really afraid Of him. argued with her.
but Il made no difference she was simply
obdurate, unconventional In everything
else, she was conventionality itself In this.
i must ask him: that was the sum and
substance Of II all.
Finally q brilliant idea struck me.
T'u write to him. announced gayly. .
That would be fine she answered
with a gentle irony, particularly as he
knows you are here every day, 1t is 30
romantic, too, TO ask a girls father for her
In q typewriter letter
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ridiculous TO have . young man speak
Of his daughter. with whose shortcomtngs
he has been acquainted for many years,
a. tho Preside angel or. ! should say gas
log angel, tho only comforter, the Joy Of
the home and similarly complimentary
terms.
But 90 long a. It. was incumbent upon
me TO do as Fan wished. had determined
to do II in style. l would make just as
howery a speech as II was possible, one
that would not be ashamed to repeat u
tabulated II In the night watches, but. in
the trip from drawing room TO library.
l went all over 1t again 1t ran as near as
I can remember something like this:
-'Have sowed my wild oats; not an oat
since met your lovely daughter.
Attracted many times; susceptible to
beauty In It's various phe yes, perhaps. sir,
you can understand this, Ia wing been-sh!
Never really loved but once-her.
Bright star OF hope the only girl.
"A dutiful, loving son-to be.
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he shork me by the hand, keeping his
Other In lie place. In the book. - r.
That was ell
Then I went back to Fan. don't
think ever felt smaller. ] determined to
get even with him some time. when We
were better acquainted.
What did he sayT asked Fan.
1t isn't 30 much what he SAID ]
answered gently. my lost composure ha wing
returned, rs what said
Il thought II pity that the speech
conned In the midnight hours should DO
lost, ~ / recited IL to Fan.
That Is what said ended triumph
antly.
-She was awfully overcome. / never
saw her so gentle and sympathetic as she
was the rest Of the evening.
Il have often wondered since then II
Fan ever asked her father what ! really
did say. I don't believe she ever did for
she's awfully proud Of me and she certainly
could not be n she knew 18Th
When 1t comes to the fnanciah part OF the
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POEMS BY THE VASSAR GIRLS.
RHYMES OF THE COW. THE HEN
ANDATYRANTN NAMED DOWNING.

The Fun tho Yeung women Have Also
Described I'm verse-AthletiC Feats
Of the stuaents--lAfe at . Girls Cor
Iees - ~ FsssA n tAs '"vassasssa."
PouoHkBkPsIH, April Is.-The Vassarson
for 1908 is just out. 1t is profusely illus
trated with original sketches by members
OF the graduating class and pictures OF
the various athletic organizations. scenes
from the various Hall p,ays and views Of
the new chapel and the senior parlor. Tho
book Is dedicated 10 Miss Gertrude Buck,
associate professor Of English.
A portrait u given Of each Of the 1852
members Of the graduating class, and to
each q poetical tribute b paid Some Of
these tributes are as follows:
We grant, aitho' she had much vit.
She was very shy OF using h.
And ssin the vsader grew.
That one ANAL head could carry IN shs knew.
Those who are good shsu Be happy.
They shan cit In the golden chair.
AID splash o. ten league CANVAS
With brushes Of comets hair.
A beamms appant'on sent
To tsac the use Of ornament
Too tan and little too nsry.
NJ tongue within my lips rein
For who talks much must talk In vain.
Deep on her front engraven
Deliberation sat. and public care.
Under the heading Of 'Clsss Room
Memories the poetic muse IL wooed
with interesting results. The following
Thoughts on the Visual Range Of the Mod
ern Cow are presented
Now tsks the supplemented cow
Il walks about and knows not how
To sweep she vast horizon DER.
Such ,sck Of sight must be bore.
How dull 70 b. Q quad -ru ped.
And 70 sbevt with hanging head
And nsver the horizon sweep.
Ante ike that would make one weep.
sRsmarks on the Hen are rhyned thus,
How stupid V the famyard Aeni
How bind 70 truth and fsctil
she does not know that chickens Pep
And little ducklings quacksi
And AFTER many vain attsmpta,
To make her chickens swim.
she tyies 70 make the ducklines roost
Upon the hickory nmb.
The following poetic gems adorn rsspso-
lively paSea 1St and IA:
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would IL do II / did try something else'
I'd come back to the river some day, be-
cause / couldn't stay away. and then I'd
be no better on.
NO; the river is bound to take me when
It wants me. IL knows that, and / know II:
But I'm not letting that spoil my good
times.
Il figure it out that we've all got 70 die
In some way or another, and mine VIII be
by going In the va y my father did, and his
fathers father before him.
Ths average Ionxahore man y not re-
garded as a man who would have much
romance In his life. but q certain long.
shoreman in Philadelphia has had varied
adventures all over the world.
By his own admissions he has served In
the British Army. has seen fighting In South
American revolutions, has campaigned
with the French in Africa; and knows
His statements are backed up by his
knowledge Of foreign military matters and
his ability to speak half dozen languages.
And two long scars that dishgure his face.
and hook as II they were made by sworde,
furnish further evidence OF the good faith
OF his words.
Though a longshoreman. with . daily
wage OF something under q, be lives. not
In one of the waterfront boarding houses
that his fellow workers haunt, but In .
second-rate hotel in the central part Of the
his earnings. He has been staying there
for ten years, and Whenever he pays his
bill II is by check.
The first time that b offered . check II
was politely refused.
III you are AFRAID OF r. milsd the man,
lust call up the - Bank and ask them
about me-
The clerk did 80. and this was the reply
he got; A.. N -. H.. .,,d
for many times that sum any day.
But who the man u, or whore he has
made his money. or why he persists in
working as q longshoreman. no ono can
satisfactorily say. Those who know "a
much as this OF his history believe him TO
be an Englishman, With blooded family ties,
But that is only guess work, a. are also
their conjectures about his wealth.
And for his apparent relish for the rough
work OF q longshoreman they have no sx-
plsnation except that which the man him.
Il love the waterfront. and 20 I work
on it,
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seneers over and thought Of the prop
erty I'd managed to get hold OF with my
savings from year TO year.
Il calculated l had several hundlen
thousand dollars In real estate and build
in0s on It, and 40 I said to myself: Pat, l
reckon you've got enough money TO take
YOUR customers across In q decent boat
And !. gave orders for q steam ferryooat
.Sbe Wss a. ine craft as ever ploughed
her way through the Bay-white sides,
eold paint and looking glasses In CABINS
Ard plloS houss with hard wood work and
brass trimmings. Lord, ! was proud OF
her-so stuck up PROUD tns Ky soS bb ner Ec
the trim little lady she was.
sThen. one day didn't feel like work.
ing, and turned her over TO hired plot
and damn me. sir. she burned to the water
edge that same day ..u. rsvsr .ton.
pulling in a squall. ] was In love with the
Mary O'Donnell, and made up my mind I
10 bring her up from the grave, wnicn !
did, though IL cost me another sza'oo
mortgage on my properly. ov.r rho
sSame old story-she burned q second
time. two months later. But her bones
are not back yonder, They peione 10
Mary O'Donnell. the third ana she went
Yes sir, those boats burned up under
NV verv feet in less than five years. and
that's vhv lost my nerve for while ana
then lost what property l had lett aiter
clearing OF the mortgages. IA,
sDoesn't pay TO lose your nerve, docs II,
Well, got mine back after uIne' an.
act about rowing across here a. 10 gone
before / could rub two quarters together;
and here l am, still at It. 1919. IT..
.taei-orny ewes twinkled. Cant say 1
aver did Amt I doing what j did when
/ had the Mary o'Donnells-taking EN-
.Doins something was my best pleasure
then. and doing something gives me my
best times now, Besides, am 60. w, -
memory Of the days when a ! had plenty s MI Ei
Donovan. and not plain Patf
sJust TO think Of those fne times, Then
I'm smoking my pipe OF nights. ahd 10
know that I've tasted OF en- Is enough W
Keen me feeling happy now.
Then there's the bones OF the last Mary
O'Donnell back there. Why, every time
/ row past 'em I laugh at the thougnt OF
myself strutting round in nhnoIm s snd
bawling like mad at the aeck h s sh
nv innorta,ce. Yes, sir.
sWhy should feel gloomyi Amt row.
ing 'em across Just tho sAmer
sOld Ripley was another Staten Island
waterfront man with . history and Tor
tune. He had bsus blood, besides, TOR ne
vas deecanded from one OF the o'o
Husuepot families that ssttled on The island
in the young ysan Of 'Amerioa-A family Oh
noble lineage.
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he said, .love OF the water keeps me from
all other loves But 1t is told on the island
by those who knew odd Ripley that his
love Of the water was inspired by an un-
conquerable desire to be near the place
where the betrothed Of his young manhood
lost her life while attempting TO cross the
Arthur Kin during Q squall.
From that day odd Ripley neglected his
business In New York and took to hanging
around the wharf Of the little suburb where
bis nanoAs bad smbarksd - bes death. hic
after awhile, and then odd Ripley swiftly
sank to the level in which he stayed for
nearly thirty. years.
He did odd jobs to keep body and soul
together. but always near the wster. he
slept, summer and winter, as close to the
water as he could get. And when he was
neither working nor sleeping he could be
found gazing out over the Kill, where the
girl and her brother had drowned.
ever permitted himself he INDUCED In when
ever he was able to scrape up enough money
to hire a boat for an hour Of two, or was
successful in pleading with some OF his
acquaintance for the loan OF one
furiously row up and down until worn out,
when he would leisurely make the land and
sink of to the nearest saloon. his uncut
hair and long bristlina heard haring out
In all olrecJons. -
.Old Ripley's' end was in keeping with
his life. He rolled on the wharf on which
he was sleeping one summers night They
picked up his body several days Ia ter over
on the opposite shore. and the old mans
riverfront acquaintences, who were con-
versant with his rorna nee, vowed that the
body went ashore at the place where his
sweetheart was making for when her boat
capsized.
There Ii a river man In Pttsburg who
has been waiting for half Of mans allotted
span OF years to be drowned i'm the Ohio.
He believes implicitly that he will not, can
not. die any other way. His resson for his
belief he states in matter-of-fact way:
sIhe men Of my "a mily have been river
men ever since they settled here in the
latter part OF the eighteenth century;
THEY'VE all loved the water; they've all
lived by IL, and they've ell died In 1t.
INV rre,t-grandfs Their and one OF his
sons sank with a raft OF CINCINNATI. My
gJa ndfa Their was drowned. along with his
wife and two daughters, In an explosion
on the Mononga hela, as the boat was about
entering the Ohio.
nav my father Knocked seneeless on
q coal barge during a fight. and he never
rose above the 0hio's surface. Three
yean ago. my brother and Z cousin w ere
a. psised during . storm piece down the
WOW. I'm the only one Of my family
left. and the Ohio n waiting for me. II
viii rel me some day just az sure 40 I'm
talking 70 you; and then. maybe. tn b
'0. OWN don't ! leave tn. riv9i ! can't:
It's gOt it, hold on M. And what good
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Al,rliism is Just as all pervading az self
phress II ore only looks for Il In the right
place. II is altru!sm. pure and simple,
which leads one to write OF the spring
bridegroom.
The public is simply overwhelmed with
descriptions of the verual bride. It is
told for example, that Mrs. Reginald Van
derblt had thirty trunks filed with her
trousseau u, and II others of her less fortunate
sisters have not thirty trunks they have
a. le. It. II fashion notes can be believed.
plenty OF boxes, wardrobes. DC. filled
b rppetion with lacy lingerie and charming
frocks.
The public is told what the bride will
vear At the altar and what she will 60 away
b. II is sometimes informed as to her
coming-hack dress. 1t Is kept informed
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st.r,ed Iih Staten Island Ferry-"Oid
Rip,ey's" yigi,-A River Man watt
ins 70 Re Drewued-A LsoGsAere'
man with Money and Adveoturcs.
Pat Donovan's life Is typical Of many
that have been lived along the waterfront
Of many a city.
Pat Donovan may be found seven days
in the week at the end Of q rotten wharf,
mttins out from Staten Island into New
York Bay, near the little railroad station
al New Brighton. He wears sou wester
over his erizzled, age-worn face. and he Ii
aiways ready to ferry all who venture on
the pier across the arm Of the bay TO the
iactory-lined Jersey shore. a good mile
away.
Most OF his passengers are workers In
the factories, who have their homes In
Staten Island beyond the pail OF smoke.
Once In a good while, a stranger picks ms
way along the wharf and lowers himself
into one Of the aged ferryman's boats.
A minute or two later the boat glides
past the half-submerged wreck OF what
apparently was once a fine craft OF some
sort. Then, as the stranger looks with
curiosity at the heavily-rusted machinery,
- remnants OF a gilded cabin, and the
.rumbling pilothouse, Pat Donovan shifts
his tobacco and anticipates his passenger
question.
That he says. with gruf cheerfulness,
is what is left OF my fortune.
Yes. SIR he continues. after letting
the boat drift close up to and past the
wreck and then resuming the oars. there's
the remains of forty years work. and here
| am, a man Of seventy odd. doing the same
thing did when started out getting what 8
sunk back Of you. sir.
Look behind you and see what used
TO own. just about mile Of the water
front near the railroad station. Guess
! Wa worth pretty close TO half million
- one time. all made by working night ana
oay along here from the day landed from
Ireland until fifteen years ago.
Yes, sir, | started out ferrying as a
youngster right here where I'm ferrying
you across now. That was fifty years ago.
B,en ferrying ever since. too, but not IN
rowooat all that time. No, STREE. I've
taken 'em over In as fine a steam craft As
ever carried passengers In New YORK Bay.
And that's why I'm rowing 'em across
to-day
Tell you how IL was. Fifteen years
ago got tired seeing my men rowing pes-
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sENCE.
m TO the latest fad for her presents and
her house decorations. Nothing II allowed
to esoa pc. not even papa's gift or the real
lace from the maiden aunt.
The spring bride Ia put under the micro
scope for the inspection Of the public.
There is nothing left for the INA gination
to feed upon.
Only one necessary feature 10 omitted
srom this mr. ss OF description, and that Ia
The spring bridegroom. Occ sionally. It 70
mentioned or e,n lily that the bride-to-be Is
IN marry Mr. So-and-so and. II there IL
plenty OF spece. 1t may be added that he
beIones to such and such a club.
OF course, 1t is generally conceded that
the bridegroom Ia a rather Insignificant
figure. He Is necessary. like the ring and
t,ook. but from picturesque or adyerttsing
sts ndpoint he is more or less fahure.
The idea OF a bridegroom Is being scared
nj the altar suggests wasteful excess OF
unusual feeling. for no one notices and no
ore cares about him. The attendants at
Tia church or house function are Interested
only In the bride, her appearance. the cost
Of her frock's trimmings, and. incidentally
her emotions. ,.
Who, for instance, u troubling himself
AZ to the manner Of the bridegroom Dress
Ing for the occasion7 And yet there are
few who, even IL they have not been pres
ant ut such q sentimental time. have not
pictured the scene Of the dressing OF the
bride over ami over; the weeping mother
the dsft maid; the presents arriving at the
last moment; the bridesmaids crowdlns
into the apartment. in their frilly frocks;
the bride timorous and doubtful. or care
less and happy1.
But what Of the bridegroom Who
dresses the bridegroom DE. he tie his
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toward the door that led into the library
Then she turned away and buried her head
in the sofa cushions.
Il thought At the time she was little
worried herself Notwithstanding her ap-
parent surety, but believe that she was
in Ats Of laughter; in fact, she confided to
me that she never saw any one with such
woebegone face on as had and her
sense of humor IL wonderfully acute.
1T Is easy TO ina CINE that a man who has
lived through his days Of sentiment and Is
busted with money getting and the rise
and fall OF stocks only must find II little
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he repeated. walking up and down with
his hands In his pockets and looking u
little as a child looks when caught with
bis fingers in the marmalade.
well, do you know he went on. with q
look Of engaged fright which he had worn
ever since the engagement was announced,
do you know. 1 suppose II might be said
that / never--er-really asked her, right
out, I never thought Of it until-well-.
something came up about her fat her. and
exactly treated her right In the matter.
So, then i said:
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! had TO give up, the ietter-writing scheme.
Couldn't i just drop into the Office
casually, hand him a good cigar, and ask
him them?
-She sighed YEARLY.
PA. would just look over his spectacles
at you and growl out: well, young man,
I'm very busy. What can do for your
You'd run. know you Besides he always
has three clerks In the Office with him;
you don't want TO ask before them, do you.
Couldn't l meet him on the corner.-
this was the desperation OF weakness and
! showed il in my voice and manner.
-'He doesn't wait on corners, as a genera
thing, for young men TO come up and ask
for his only daughter
.Then ! meditated little. As long as
II had to come, 1t seemed TO me that per-
haps II might just as well come then.
Il had not slept for two or three nights
worrying over il 80 l said with assumed
courage: Where is hep She pointed
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A HARD PROPOSITION .


Although a 'owly Freshman I'm ss'he'icaiiy In
And S Sss%f su"S room quite spoiled by an ugly
Blu, thought OF Mr.. Downing. that man of great
And said: Il shall demand that Mr.. Downing take
So sought the elevator, and rave the order Down,
Right down TO Nj. Downing. whom I mean to
Said ss Angel Of the Lift. -Bew.rei In all Poush-
I am the only man who dsres take Mr.. Downing
For Downing isn't downy. and I'm no, tina, soft
Now YOU jSsi listen closely while this to you
So long as am Downing. ! will never take II down.
My real name is Downne-'ha' fact do not for
And II were you wouldn't NY to call me down
Blu, though may be Downing sim you'll not be
For downing Nj. Downing isn't easy as can be-
He paused: l led precpsa'e before his awful
Nor stopped TN down upon my downy bed threw
Then wrote down In my memory. as wet the down
That downing Mr.. Downing is . task for future
years
In the students Constitution
That element We, In old V. G..
Which makes for dissolution.
Our motto Is ever Restrain thysef never.
Give voice TO Thine every within,
Pour out thy soul to the world as whole
The outcrmost walls of the college halls
And s he wee g s%" hours attest the powen
Of the creed which VIC obey.
Ksown = ihe CORRIDOR Rep.
r Tlss 6 sSs ana Sf. .,s ss s,4p moor
Pause osce more beside our door.
We Nigh for the fate that Is near
nv 4: u &. 'n q NE I'm ss s
And We orer her food In such generous mood
That she ceases to plead The eause.
is S sSs s1 81 wid applause ,''' ' W
w:sse d.u{s.srs Of Z, mr,s and LAUGHTER
The stream of sound that enveiops ~ Nound
Doth neer for q moment ceese.
We re- e the ia! hal i mr. Ian Rant tan
Al the noise seov: her head. r.s 49,,
A. ~ esper about the room.
We drop DER her head when we 70 20 bed
sound NE shs ss. s.. q 40 Snn,.
Her torture TO resume
From tho .vssser College Blue Book,
Incorporated la the VdsS1'ior, II n learned
that .the college at present consists OF
; .5U aiumn4, % me mbers OF the ia Guilty
for educa tionalt, and Sot studcnts.' II
IL rem rked facstioualy that 'in ls.m ul"
mans cement OF the college was formally
m nded over tn Mr.. william Downing"
Under the head OF Suggestions appear
:To thoss scientifically inclined. rich
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The Kaiser seldom In Plain Clothes.
From tAs London Exprsss.

Few Hermans have. sesn the. Kaiser IN
sa sa, ~: ss:s ~
-. e i: .:ns. % sst : g.: .::s.
vSit. hsnnsi suit. but oet. Of Soors oQysrs
4 With : military ol9ak, When ne 10 b Eng
also the only time that anybody has evel
seen the Kaiser In dinner Jacket ~ black
Formeriy the Kaiser ordered an his plain
clothes. from England, browns cpd lisht
Csys beng his f:y q So'c.S ~ cox
nostiy IN the lstt9 place