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DEAR HERALD : I have heard so much lately about that much-abused institution, sneeringly called the modern girl, that I just want to say a few things about her myself. I don't know whether it is "all put on" or not, but do you know that the very ones who talk the most slightingly about that "flimsy creachaw, you know," are the ones who are constantly trying to catch the "wegulah buttah-fly," and who usually get nothing for their labors but - left...
...have heard numerous complaints to the effect that the chimneys in some of the dormitories are in such a condition that the rooms are constantly filled with smoke. It isn't very comfortable, to say the least...
Lampy's cartoon on lacrosse might well be supplemented by one showing the tribulations of tennis players in the vicinity of the cricket crease. In several cases men have been struck by stray balls, while a constant fear is felt every time that a sharp "clip" is heard. In the midst of this danger and with vociferous calls of "thank you" from the cricketeers, the tennis man's life in that vicinity is not always happy...
When the Pope heard of the assassination in Dublin he sent instructions to the Irish bishops to request the clergy to express from their pulpits execration of the crime, and exhort the faithful to respect the law of the land...
...nothing of women. He knew none of the secrets of flowers, fans, gloves, smiles and the like which I believe come under the head of "Feminine Fancies." I say I believe, because I myself am rather an unromantic chap, and only know about these things from what I have heard on occasions like the one described above, when a last glass had caused the friend on my right to discover to me the intricacies of a prolonged flirtation of half an hour with Miss L. the evening before, and I wondered then, as I always do, that it takes three...