Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-02

voted to hunting and fishing and the wife
and mother is devoted to them, though not
20 their sports. So she contents herself for
the entire summer in a wild and lonesome
camp, where 1t is practically impossible to
entertain the average summer guest The
men FOLK go on long hunting and fishing ex-
peditlons with Indian guides, and the
woman is left a week at a time with her
servants. The Bryn Mawr girl has gone
with her as companion, and will be well
treated as friend rather than an employee.
tier duties Will consist of reading with her
hostess tramping with her through the
woods. and making herself generally
agreeable and companionable. For this
she Is paid not only her expenses but a little
salary. Her outfit of clothing is most sim
pie, consisting of short skirts leggings. big
hats. etc, with none of the summer "trip
peries which look so dainty and come SO
high.
At one of the colleges where the girls 60
In heavily for athletics a couple of stu
dents VIII put in their vacation at the very
practical work of making gymnasium and
basket ball suits in the club coiors The
suits will be made to fit different types of
college girls as these young dressmakers
hssEe learned to know them, and will he
reaNy to turn over to customers after a.
second fit when the college opens.
She Learns How
While these various methods of raising
money during the vacation will not carry a
girl through the entire year. she supple
ments them during the term In various
ways. And be II said to the credit of the
average American college that the SELF
supporting girl is respected for her grit
and though she may not have time to in
duge in the social life which is a feature
at women S colleges she Is always welcome
when the time can be spared.
There are colleges which deduct a hum
dred dollars year from the fees If a girl
VIII help In the homework, either in the
dining room or dormitory Girls who havei
a camera and the real news instinct make
quite a little money by photographing ce-,
| lebrties who visit the colleges That is
how many of the newspapers secure pho-f
tographs of scenes In which such charac-
| tiers President Roosevelt ex-Prcsident
Cleveland Miss Helen Gould and others
| appear 8
Keeping her shoes in order is one OF the
| trials of the college girl. and one young
woman, last year, who felt the need OF
making a little money, contracted to keep
shoes in order for her companions in the
dormitory. This involved polishing them,
sewing buttons on, supplying laces and taxi
! ing them TO the shoemakers when they.
vantageous contract with the shoemaker,
and had little rake-of for the trouble of
ordering the repairs.
Typewriting in the office after hours
Strengthening up the laboratory, replacing
books and tables, and assisting the IL
brarian also ways of making little
money.
A Worker Studies.
"A seli-suppoTIhg slrl IS pretty sure TO
appreciate her educational opportunities,
and to do conscientious lecture work Her
notebooks are reasonably sure to contain
al the information and data of the lectures
attended. On the other hand. there are
girls who, with the best intentions, become
involved in the college social life and negI'
lect the lectures; so when examination time
presses and the hour of examining Is at
hand, those who have money are eager TO
buy the notebooks of those who have been
Industrious From fifty to one hundred
dollars Is offered for good notebook. One
of the oldest methods of raising money was
practiced by girls at college on the banks
of the Hudson, who caught frogs for labo.
ratory experiments.