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Wayhe, ” Post “ 7

THE FEMININE VICE

There i§.a superstition that the
modern girl is becoming masculine,
that she has cast ‘off most of her
typically girlish: foibles. However
well-founded this may be in gen-
eral, in one respect it is most de-
cidedly false. There is one femi-
nine vice that seems permanent;
traditional throughout the ages, it
seems in no danger of disappearing ;
yet it is a vice that the modern girl
canis very well do without. That
is the instinct to gossip.

Slander, scandal, rumor—a love
for these is still a a feminine char-
acteristic. Mere “Cattiness” pre-
dominates in most of our conversa-
tions.: Often it is quite harmless, as
well as quite useless, but when it
extends to an active damaging of
reputations it becomes pernicious.
“Slander,” said Fielding, “is a more
eruel weapon than the sword, -as
the wounds which the former gives
are always incurable.”

More vicious still is rumor; usu-
ally founded on little or nothing, a
story will grow by accumulation un-
til it assumes gigantic proportions.
A rumor that has some foundation
is bad enough, but one that is made
up out of whole cloth is far worse.

o create a little excitement” is





‘The Galway Piper

money. College, will be a, brighter
place with’ all this new stream of
gaieties. “Souired faces will again
become happy _and, blithe; sifieme
Brva/ will be heat! in the tubs; depres-
sion will utterly vanish. Yes, we
strongly advocate Paid-Up Parties

| as a.vital part of owr economic and
+ social structure. 4

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This issue of the ConLEse, ‘News |"
* was edited by Mary Fi ‘ite Randolph

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Communications
(The Editors of the Coiteck News
are not responsible for opinions expressed
in this column.)

To the Editors of the Cor.eceE News:

It has been said that a gentleman may
do or say. almost anything he wishes
without incurring the danger of losing
caste. It is only the man whose posi-
tion is not perfectly sure that needs to
concern himself with conventions, with
what is being said. Of course the point
may be raised that a gentleman would not
wish to do anything dubious; neverthe-
less, it must be granted that he has
greater liberty than, the ordinary man.
We think that Bryn Mawr holds sueh a
position in the world—not only of col-
leges, but of affairs. Surély she can af-
ford to be somewhat indifferent to the
remarks of the general public. Consid-
ering her position, she is too sensitive.

At her very best, Mrs. Grundy is a
tiresome old female, to be tolerated with
amusement; when she interferes ‘with our
rights—whether cdnstitutional or other-
wise—she should be ignored.

FE



Glee Club. Program
The program will be as follows:
Sir Eglamore Balfour Gardiner
ee ONO isad (ices Hid Elgar
Song of the Pedlar .... Lee Williams
Rolling Down to Rio .... E. German
Christmas: Song Holst:
On: Christmas Day,
Vaughan-Williams
Russiag Carol .:.. Rimsky-Korsakoff
Virgin by the Manger .. Cesar Franck
Tenebrae
Adoramus te

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Palestrina
Pees ieee bie cews wes Bach
‘Traditional

Chorale

the reason giyen for inventions of | Madrigals, ; {
this sort. Not in itself a very wort By Morley, Wilbye and ‘Purcell
motive, . the use of it immediat y Pastoral ee Foe Holst

condemns the authors as sensation-
seeking busy-bodies. Idle tongues,
it seems, as well as idle hands, can-
not be kept out of mischief.

PAID-UP PARTIES

Will the High Potentate of Chi-
cago turn purple and froth at the
mouth if we advocate the importa-
tion of another English fad? We
really are not particularly Anglo-
maniacal but these new “paid-up
parties,” originated in London, seem
to us a very admirable idea worthy
of adoption into our midst. A guest
at one of these parties described it
as “just a little friendly gathering to
celebrate the fact that all ‘install-
ments have been ‘paid on the furni-
ture and piano.” If. this scheme
were adopted here we should not
feel obliged to confine ourselves to
installments-paid parties. nel the
payment of all bills of any \kind
seems to us a worthy cause for cele-
bration. We feel particularly strong-
ly on the subject just now, as we
contemplate our growing pile of un-
settled accounts. We know that
paying these bills will be a long-
drawn-out and painful process.
Others about us are doubtless in the
same disagreeable boat as ourselves
and will be precisely as jubilant
when the last cheque is signed and
,on its way. Then why not cele-
brations? We need more excuses
for parties. Birthdays and



are comparatively rare
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The Lipkin String Quartet (mem-
bers of Philadelphia Orchestra) will
play Dvorak’s Quartet in F major,
Op. 96 (Negro Quartet), Andante
Cantabile (Tschaikowsky), and Can-
zonetta (Mendelssohn).



Orchestra Program

The Philadelphia Orchestra will play
the following program on Friday after-
noon, December 16th, and on Saturday
evening, December 17th:
Bach,

Suite in B minor, for Flute and Strings
Mozart, :

(a) Aria, “Voi che sapete” from “Le
Nozze de Figaro.”
‘.-(b) Aria, “Non so .piu” from “Le

‘ Nozze de Figaro.”
Ravel..Pavane pour une Infante Defunte

a “T’Apprenti Sorcier”
Weber,
Aria, “Ozean du Ungeheuer” from

“Oberon.”
Schumann . .. Symphony No. 1, in B flat

Fritz Reiner will conduct these con-
certs, and Dusolina Giannini, soprano,
will be the soloist.

“Dusolina Giannini was born in Phila-
delphia and received her early musical
education from her parents, both of
whom are musicians, her father a tenor
who in mény’ performatices of opera, Her
later training was received from Mme..
‘Sembrich in’New York. Therefore ‘her
name can be added to the constantly
growing vist of native born artists whose
schooling Yas. ee snned entirely in

America. Miss Giannini Jeaped into



fame over night, when on March 14, 1923, |.
hours’ notice, she took the place

atonal ce hag rack rad

Inever the College Heroine:

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The sd a Mgaled,
we, thought, a little ,investigation. It
took“only a very slight amount eee:
to discover one’ wert deplora ghing
about them. They. ate. all about men’s
colleges—it is always the College ‘Hero,
An ardent
feminist, we are incenséd—something
should be done about it. We might, for
instance, write a scenario featurjng Cissy
Centipede (Cissy, we find, is a great
favorite with thé alumnae). ;

Cissy would be a: poor, shy, insignifi-
cant little Freshman, a book-werm, a
social outcast, and all the ‘rest. Cynthia,
the, Most Attractive Senior, once spoke

‘kindly to her, and has won Cissy’s un-’

dying admiration. Subtitle: “If I could

‘anly make her my friend !”

After a few introductory scenes, show-
ing how hopeless Cissy. is, and how she
manages to get in bad with everyone, the
night of the Prom arrives. Cissy has in-
vited her brother, and is shown asking
all the most distinguished seniors to dance
with him. Close-up of dance card, quite
blank. Close-up of tears in Cissy’s eyes.

Scene of Prom: May be borrowed
from any college picture, regardless of
sex. Enter . Cyril Centipede, clearly the
best-looking man in the room. Little
groups: of’ Seniors get together and
whisper. Subtitle: “Who is he?” Scene
shifts to Cissy, in cloak-room, crying.
‘Enter Cynthia, who says magnanimously
“T’ll dance with him.” From then on,
everyone is happy. Next day Cissy is
sought out by everyone. - Close-up of
mirror lined with invitations. Close-up
of report card, showing gradual decline
in marks. ©
* Then;*to everyone’s joy, Cissy. makes
the Varsity Bridge team. Scene of match
against great rival. Cissy at the table,
playing with all her strength. The Col-
lege in the gandstands cheering. Sub-

title: “Cover that honor!!! Finesse that
king!!!” Close-up of score pad, show-
ing a rubber for each side, and both a

game in; in points, the rivals are a little
ahead. They are playing the hand, but
get set. Subtitle: “One hand to play!
Cissy deals, nervously, but does not
fumble; she picks up her cards, and
nearly drops an ace. -Close-up .of op-
ponent’s hand showing 12- diamonds to
the king and a little club; partner’s hand
has nothing above a six; other opponent
has 12 hearts to the king and a little
spade. Cissy is forced to bid. seven no
trump \(as you see, she has all the aces
and two good suits). It is doubled and
redoubled, and, of course, she makes it.
At the end she faints gracefully on the
cruel professor who was going tg flunk
her, but doesn’t, because*of her having
saved the honor of the dear old college.

”

the shoulders of Cynthia and the rest of
the distinguished Seniors, and instantly
elected May-queen, an. honor she» has
longed for silently from the start.

* * *



One M n to Another.
We were’ lucky enough to overhear

this conversation, believe it or not: .
First M—n: “What is a moron?” ”
Second M—n: “I always though it was

someone with a lot of wives.”

* * *®

One of our best spelling mistakes got
by the censor, type-setter and proof-
reader, In the following ingenuous poem
(you see, we do know how to spell it)
the italics indicate the blanks: °

An “Ingenous Poem.” _
Whenever a dog comes to me
Saying something to which I agree -

I capture its tail,
But if it turns*pale,
e I instantly climb up a tree.



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|tography combined with good acting and

When she revives, she is carried out on | °

quently uses.

In. Philadelphia®

we * The’ Theatre.

Roda: * Richard: Bennett -in.a very well |

liked “comedy-drama of tent show ci
T arker, Y ® ‘
etropolitan Opera House:

December 16th.

Erlanger: A Ziegicidian Rae nek of
Edna Ferber’s delightful Show Boat.

“Adelphi: Jeanne Eagels#in~ “a fast-
moving’ French “farce, Her~ Cardbodkd
Lover.

Walnut :* The Silver. Cord, “Sidney
Howard’s powerful drama of mother
love run amok.”

Lyric: The last week of Broadway.

Garrick; The” astonishing Thurston
with some new and entertaining acts.

Shubert: DeWolf Hopper in The Stu-
dent Prince.

Chestnut: A return hinioment of that
papular operetta, Rose Marie. .

‘The Movies.
Stanley: Marion Davies is typically

collegiate in The College Hero.
Stanton: Underworld, “with a vivid
presentation of criminal activities ”
Aldine: Wings; wonderful aerial pho-

a tragic plot.

Fox: We still place Seventh ‘enews
vefy near the top of our list.

Fox-Locust: Al Jolson in another “i
sad tale, The Jazz Singer.

. Coming.

Stanley? Richard Die in The Gay De-
fender; opens December 19th;

Stanton: Alice Terry in The Garden
of Allah; opens December 19th,

' MISS LAWRENCE

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skill in rendering ‘the solidity and form
ot the human body. As in all his work
the nude is not idealized. He chooses an
ungraceful, but realistic, pose, but always
one which stimulates most strongly our
tactile sense.

Mary Cassatt, like our other most
prominent ‘painter, *Whistterisea? Eueo=
pean by adoption. Her work was largely
done in France and her training was
almost entirely there, although she started
her career at the Academy of Fine Arts
in Philadelphia, a fact for which one of
her French biographers finds it necessary |
to apologize: “Elle fait ses premiere
etudes a la Academie de Philadelphie
parce qu'il faut bien le plus souvent
commence d’apprendre ou I’on a com-
mence de vivre. Mais la veritable Acad-
emie ou elle c’est. formee c’est toute l’Eu-
rope.” Her first recognition came in
Paris where she exhibited some sixteen
years before'her first important exhibi-
tion in New York. Her biography is
almost entirely French and even today
her fame is greater in »Paris than at home.

Although recognized for many years for |

her oil paintings, her etchings were not
widely known until blindness prevented
her from continuing her art. It is these
that we have primarily at Wyndham and
they .are excellent examples of her both
as an etcher and an_artist..

Her technique of flat color and line
reminds us instantly of the Japanese, and
from them she probably got the sugge
tions for the figured patterns she fre-
Her ‘work is not imitative
of them, however, and the quality of her
line is quite different as it is in the more
sensitive and variable “bitten” line of the
etching instead of the broader and more
regular line of the block print. Her
treatment of hair is also quite her own.
In it alone she suggests the play of light,
loying especially the silky plows of very
dark hair.

Her types, of course, are French and]:
drawn solely from the women and chil-
dren around her. In each case the sub-
ject is completely occupied in her own
action, and charmingly oblivious of any
possible. spectator. Miss Cassatt’ is sel-
dom interested in the individual and often
sacrifices characterization to effects of
abrupt foreshortening. ..

The woman, sealing a letter.is;a.delight-
‘ful example of her “simplicity. and direct-
ness and her power to communicate her
mood. The two impressions of a woman
bathing show the ‘sweep and delicacy of
her line, but one: might cite many ex-
»| amples of this. Finally in the many
"| studies. of mothers with their babies one
sees Miss Cassatt in her most familiar
aspect and one in which he excels above

. rn painters. As Degas divorced

from the nude so Mary

Margaret :
‘Anglin in one pérformance of Electra, |.








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Stories ofBarbizon —
NuMBER Two

ILLET, probably best known of ‘“The
Barbizon Painters,’’ was always in finan-

dial difficulties. His friend Jacque discovered
him one morning about to light the studio fire

with a bundle of sketches. Jacque saved thesé -.

from destruction by purchasing them for a few:
francs. After Millet’s death, many who had’
befriended’ him realized handsome profits on

sketches and etchings given as collateral, or in

lieu of payment. Proofs that had been offered
‘by Millet early in his career, sold for six, seven
hundred... even a thousand francs. His Angelus,
for which no ‘purchaser could be found, when
ptinted in 1859, brought about $40,000. After
many changes of ownership its present possessor
obtained it for $160,000.

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Through the courtesy of The Arts
Council of the City of New York, which
will: ces on the
mezzanine floor of The Barbizon, the
services of its Directors will be available
to residents of the ** Three Arts Wing. vin

The Arts Council, residents
of the ‘*Three Arts Wing” may be kept

' thoroughly posted on current art exhibi-
tions, musical and dramatic presentations.

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