Judge — June 18, 1910 — page 6: what you’re looking at

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JUDGE AN ESSAY ON BEING FRES by HENRY JAMES ~~ VASSAR girls object to To be fresh in the direction indicated is to be cheeky, 7 appearing photograph- bumptious, impertinent, presuming—nothing even suggestive lly ona certain confection of the Vassar girl. With numerous callow youth it is a state where an enterprising manufac- of mind, Other people acquire it along with money. Thus, turer has caused their composite when one is said to be ‘ too fresh,"’ the inspiration of the aver- W* features to beam over the label, ment is clear. To be this way makes for unpopularity. “ Always fresh."* If Vassar girls are held up to view as fresh, this is far They have an idea that this from any allegation that they are too fresh. Why their ready characterization might be applied and sinister interpretation of a term manifestly intended to by the ribald not to the contents of convey a compliment? the package, but to the picture The rose new from the garden is fresh. So the grape with a‘lorning the exterior. its purple untarnished. So the acceptable egg. ‘The misunderstansing is due to Freshness is a quality much to be desired by a jaded world. an inherent faultiness of the lan- To say that a girl possesses it is to conjure up a vision of flow- guage, and emphasized by distaste , of dew-gemmed leaves, of smiling landscapes, rain-washed ; for the condition known as ‘*too everything that is lovely fresh." Take it from us, a girl is beautiful. If a Vassar girl, she TPADITIONS. is conscious of the BELLIS 0, JUNES delicious appeal she HE GREAT makes tothe senses. : She is beautiful by the Garden of Eden AMO, , : reason of the was the lack of tra- ae Lae " charming freshness ditions, There was AGENCY y Lye. bespeaking inno- no history to serve 1 cence, hope, good asa guide to legal, digestion. moral, or social ree- Yet at the in- titud There was ) timation of the pur- * veyor of sweets that she has the drawback to neither Baedeker nor Ridpath, nei- ther Macaulay nor <A * potency to allure, Gibbon, neither k ex to captivate, and te hypnotize, she gets mad! Homer nor Vergil. Adam and Eve could not go to the library, haul down a book, and see how somebody once did something or cther. man would consider There were no : himself lucky if he Daughters of any- had thirteen, while - ; WHICH? if he had fourteen (Extract from letter from home\ “* Can't support you any longer Ee wouldn't. ITH twelve dollars in his pocket most any thing to set the standards of social eminence. There were no old fanfilies. There were no descendants of anybody to talk big, look wise, and draw pensions. There were no forefathers who had laid down inviolable laws, contracted debts, given away franchises, and estab- lished constitutions for posterity, aye, even unto the third and fourth genera- tion. There were no historic statesmen who had handed down orations for Adam and Eve to learn and recite at high-school commencements and church soci: There were no dates for them to learn and remember. There was absolutely no past for them to revere; nothing that had stood the test of time. If they wanted history or tradition, they had to go ahead and make it themselves, TO THE BRIDE! By LAURA L. KIRKIVOOD. Ww he tells you that you can't cook as mother used to do, Put another savory onion in his Irish stew! When he tells you that your darning is simply a fright, Tell him that most darning is certainly out of sight! When he tells you that he’s longing for his bachelor days, Sing him some snatchy, catchy, trilly, frilly lays! Now, if he does not tell you anything like this, Then, my dear, believe me, you've a corner on real bliss! Knicker—* Savings banks are reducing the rate of interest.” Bocker ‘Fine! The more we make the less we get." AN AD-DRESS FOR THE CAUSE. comicbooks.com