The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-05-22

motto, which shall never be written
When this is done the candidates ban
dages shall be removed. and the entire
sorority shall acclaim in unison: Well
done, candidate, Welcome sister"
The ritual gives as addenda: The pre-
limlnary trial Of the candidate shall In
clude the following tests Of physical cour-
age, 10 be known as kitchen stunts,
Placing candidate upon her back and
dropping raw oysters down her throat:
feeding her macaroni boiled In soap and
slimed with white OF egg represented as
angle worms; cocktail made OF molasses,
sugar. salt. pepper. and vinegar. raw
eggs. two or more; nursing-bottle treat
ment sucking the contents OF nursing
bottle made Of warm milk, white Of eggs
and sugar. other similar articles 10 be
devised by the stunts committee from
time 10 time"
The members Of the Alpha Alpha So
rority express surprise that Lorraine
should have complained about this-what
they term cunning Initiation into their
midst. State Representative Clark, who
is Loraines father. did not look at the
treatment his daughter had to go through
in that way and requested the board OF
education Of Bridgeport to investigate.
which they are doing.
Wellesley has a word on secret socie-
ties. II is the opinion Of this institution
that the adjustment OF secret societies
at Wellesley would act as an irreparable
injustice to the college. Il is agreed.
however. that reform is needed. The in
surgents, at a meeting held recently at
the house Of President Caroline Hazard,
made a hard light for the complete aboI-
ishing OF the "frats," contending they
were ''un-American. snobbish. and used
10 cloak social ambitions under the guise
Of literary pursuits However. senti-
ment proved too strong against the abol-
ishment Of the societies. The selection
of members by application rather than
invitation was proposed.
Another startling bit OF news from
Wellesley IS that the bloomer trust has
busted. Heretofore no girl could appear
before the Wellesley footlights in full
male attire She could don a clawham-
mer coat and billed shirt. but below her
trim two-button waistcoat she had 10
wear boomers. She didn't like IT. even
If she could wear silk hose and high
heeled slippers. For six years Wellesley
had been fermenting over the dramatic
regulation. Before that time they were
allowed real men" Since that time !
there have been difficulties. The class Of |
1906 dramatized Lady Roses Daughter" |
laying the scene in colonial times 10 OBJ |
viate bloomer difficulty. Knickerbockers !
are a species Of bloomer. The hero and /
all his male companions appeared in au-
tomobile toys In another play. From act /
one 10 the final curtain the scene was the /
open road, because they couldn't get /
away without going into boomers. Co. !
lonial plays have been a staple diet.
But boomers are still in use on the /
athletic field OF Wellesley. Hereafter
practice by the athletes Of this institu-
ton will bo witnessed only by members !
Of the Wellesley police force. All other
male spectators will be barred. The cause
Is "bloomers." The faculty has issued an
edict that the crowds Of men and boys
from Wellesley and nearby towns, which
have hitherto stood on the side lines and
admired the bloomer-clad runners, hook
ey players, and hurdlers. must be kept
az least a quarter OF mile distant. The
athletes themselves, it is said, objected
to the admiring gallery" that followed
their practice, and the faculty has estab-
ished a dead line on each OF the open
sides OF the athletic field. /
1t is not only the demure New England
maiden, however. that furnishes interest
ng accounts OF herself: the show me"
girls from Missouri. as well as their sis
ers from the nations Capital are &C
quitting themselves nobly in the line OF
making things lively around the house.
Fly paper and President Taft's inaugural
speech are closely linked in the minds
u the students at Liberty Ladies Col
eye, down in Missouri. The Presidents
speech is to be memorized. The fly pa
per is 10 be forgotten. The girls planned
/ barnyard serenade one night recently.
and promptly at midnight seventy-five
feminine voices shattered the stiffness