Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-18

Mere Man Admits Failure at Running Beauty
Par1or-Gente Sex Say Letter IS" In
lures Throat Formation-Female Sur
geon Does Ambulance Duty.

at Mrs. Cartwright's home yesterday at
meeting of the committee. One device
which seemed to please every body, and
Mrs. Belle de Rivera In particular. after
she tried it on. was a disk affair with a
slot into which the point of the hat pin
goes but does not push through This
was suggestion from Brooklyn man
who has devoted considerable thought
counters with hat pins in the subway
crush.
Corks. silver and gold shields and all
sorts of solutions of the question were
offered. and Mrs. Cartwright suggested
one which seemed to meet with favor
Instead Of using hat pin she suggested
having loops of tape or braid sewed inside
the hat so that they extend a trif1e below
the crown and can be pinned to the Golf
fure with very long wire hair pins.
Wanted Their Moneys Worth.
LEXINGTON, Ky. January ls.-Stand-
ing on the principle that taxation without
representation is tyranny. all the man
students OF Pennsylvania University here,
with the exception of a few grinds
who through thick and thin love their
stormed the university gvmna SUM YES.
terday to see the girl students play basket
ball
The, men declared that inasmuch as
the! nave TO pay half the costs Of the
girls boomers 1t is unfair TO prevent
them from seeing how they look on the
nenenciartes of their generosity. The
dean of the women holds other views,
She also held the doors against the men
YESTERDAY and prevented them from getting
close enough to her charges to note with
any degree of satisfaction the cut or
texture OF the gymnasium suits
strange as 1t may seem, 1t is neverthe-
less !rue tnat while the men clamored for
admission the girls. who according to all
tTadltlon should have been. inexpressibly
shocked at the intrusion, cheered Justify
Tor the boys. They wanted the men to
get into the gymnasium and were disap-
poln.ed when the dean succeeded in keep
ing them outside.
Although most OF the girls wanted the
boys admitted there were a couple Of the
players who said 1t was q shame the
boys should want to come in. These
critics OF the boys inclinations are among
ine pest players on the basket ball teams.
put they were selected for their skill as
PLAYERS and not because of their ire.
astible beauty.
Women Battle With Snakes.
LURAY. Va. January 1s.-Mrs. Lester
Runner, wife of former motorman on
street car in Washington, who moved
to this county about two months ago. en-
countered rattlesnake near her home
IN the Massanutton mountain, FIVE miles
north OF Luray. few days ago
Though almost dormant and dazed bv
being interrupted while taking its sun
bath. the RATHER. coiling itself gave a
couple of it's danger signals, then at
tempted to glide beneath rock, when
the plucky woman. with unerring aim.
soon put an end to it with a stone
In the town OF Elkton. Rockingham
county, a big snake crossed the path of
young woman who was walking along
the road. The woman rushed up to q
man who happened to be passing,
snatched his cane from his hand and
began to beat. the snake on the head,
killing 1t after q half dozen blows,
Near Bridgewater. on the other side Of
the county, II. T. Biby, farmer, killed
a big copperhead snake. The appearance
of so many snakes at this season OF the
year is unprecedented.