The Washington herald., 1916-05-16
SEEN AND HEARD
BY GEORGE MINER
Special CorresPOndent of The wssh-
inEton Herald.
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New York, May l5-In addition 10 he
ing known as the place where all trains
on the New York Central forrre-ly stop
ped ten minutes for refreshments PouFb-
keepsie is famed as the scat OF VssFar
College
II is at vasssr College that young
women acquire the higher education and
50 forth. II now develops that soD,s 7f
them acquire more Of the and SO forth.
than higher education. AZ result. Miss
Mary Swain Wagner rises 20 inquire II
college education educstcs
Miss Wagner is the prcprietress OF IN.
Nassar Inn, the resort Of faculty. grad
uates and the undergraduates Of VsFFa-
College. She herself il vassa- alumni
enc an enthusiastic sUfrroEist
sh" was moved TO ask the question As
10 higher education after the sudden de-
pa; tuie Of a prominent alqnna Of Vas
sar who, after stopping at the Inn for
week. neglected 70 pay her bills before
going.
she Ia in Dead Earnest.
Miss Wagner is in earnest shou, ,b.
question because she SAYS ther. is MAJ
ter Of principle involved a. well a.
number Of dollars, and she expects an
answer 70 come from either the faculty
or the alumnae OF the college.
Would any one else but a college rr.s-
uate' asks Miss Wagner, take the bett
room IN the Inn. order meals served IN
stairs keep the lonE-distance teIephore
ousy' entertain the faculty sumptuouFlv,
I borrow dollar 70 tip the waiter and Ten
dollars cash 70 be put on her bin sr5
then-Wslk out giving the bookkeeper 4
smile and charge IL please"
" all the people who come TO the Inn
the college women alone think the obrI-
cation is all on one side Is the troUbrs
, lhslae the college or are We people who
90 business with the college girI lacking
IN moral courage? Are we the ones who
education?
But what is the function Of the COL
.ege: II II does not teach the yo11Ds -
respect those who are doinF The ,I-,%,5..
WORK IN way that is not devoid ~
IDEALS. then what is the use oF CoIr,-.
education after all2 1 am waiting TO-
some sort Of an answer"
II Miss Wagner has had much ey-
PeHence in hotel keeping she sbo,,T5
know that she will have a long vsit y,
iore she gets an answer from her forDe~
cues. It's sad, but it's 50, that there
are about as many hotel beats in pettl-
coats as in pants.
Can't Keep Her Down.
Miss Josie Collins was being paid g s00
( week for acting before the carnsra bgr
FOR all that she abandoned her Min
aspirations and went back 10 ToBdor
MneFt she at once rose 10 the top and
no" mas the leading part In the new
show at the Gaiety. The Shubsrts v-s~e
| paving her 500 a week here rsst v-ir,.-
when she sung that leading role in Alone
/ At Last" Then they suggested -utrfr-
/ her salary e hundred or so and she We.
10 the movies a. q so a week without a
moments delay. II made her ~,,t,s
sausfied with herself and she told me
/ she had shaken the stage The moves
Tor her. But you can never tell Josie
always raises. She must have a lot Or
( yeast in her.
Her former singing partner Maurice
FaTkoa, who died suddenly a coupIe o.
months ago. was not only one Of the
most artistic singers Of ballads that ever
some remarkable sartoriAl developments
he accomplished.
He il was who. in conjunction with
his original colleague and school fellow.
Harold Fisher, introduced on the stage
/ black silk knee breeches for evening
wear. II was simply the adapting OF
part OF the court dress costume and be-
came fairly popular with the Young
o.oods and extremists in London society
King Edward Copied Them.
/ Il was their inspiration which con-
firmed King Edward in his personal
I prediction for this grab and inclined
him TO make II etiquette for his private
parties Messrs Fisher and Farkoa also
I wore red evening tail coats and King
Edward actually had one made. but did
not care for it. The color was not suit
able for man OF his short but robust.
/ proportions
! OF course. red evening clothes had been
worn in England at hunt balls long be-
fore FaTkoa was born. but II was the
singers ambition to break up the
montonv OF the sad and universal black
/ for evening dress. He made heroic en-
/ deavors to that end. and sppeare IN
purple and gray and white and plum
color. but all TO no purpose
/ Black stfll reiEns