Yale University Law School - Yale Law Reporter Yearbook (New Haven, CT)

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90 Tllli YAl.l'1 SIIINGLIC. Our opinions of New Haven girls are most con- tradictory. Graves, whose extensive researches entitle him to the weightiest opinion, pronounces them to be very nice. Among the favorable opinions the following may be given: Too charming for any- thing, Little jewels, Pretty, bright and lovely, Rich,but not gaudy, O, K., Out of sight, etc. Bonsall bursts out in the following: She has learned the rhyme of old, old time-, The doctrine so strange and true, 'l'hat everything goes, where nobody knows, So she paddles her own canoe. Others Qof whom some have the reputation of being misogynistsl give their opinions thus: Would do to flag a freight train, N. G., Bees in their bonnets, and so on with increasing emphasis. One man says that They are mediaeval fragments which would interestian antiquary, but have no charm for ine. Our knowledge of New llaven people has been chiefly confined to landladies and tradesmen, and hence our opinions apply, as a rule only to those two classes. They are said to be born for the purpose of lleeeing students, with the maxiins, Do others or they will do you, and Take in the strangers. One man says the women are undersized, andthe men disagreeable and discontentedf' Too slow to be pall-bearers, ' a band of robbers, leg-pullers every time, unfriendly, a cosmopolitan lot, musty, etc., are the criticisms .passed upon our hosts. One man thinks that- considered generally, New Haven

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'l'Ill'I YAl.l'I SHlNGl.l'I. S9 to become engaged, but says, plaintively, No one would have me. Several men have made marriage contracts, which are peculiar in this respect, viz., that no future conduct can subject them to breach of promise suits or bigamy proceedings. Disbarment is the only species of legal annoyance to which they are liable-they are wedded to the law. Donovan has long been engaged to the Comic Muse. Only two men claim to have good prospects, A I, and bright, and only one thinks his are fair. Wheeler and Graves, who are the greatest fussers in the class, are silent concerning theirs. One man says all his prospects are retrospective, While nil, very thin, far, vague and dim, are the replies of the discouraged. One man answers in an enigma: 'l'hree days of grace. But as this topic is one which encourages dissimulation, it is not safe to wager on the chances of any except the hve Who have already placed jbmcs soles under coverture. Having, as we do, two Promenades, and countless Germans, it is hard to understand why we should go so little into New Haven society. The only explana- tion is that on these occasions our partners are chieliy foreigners. A number declare they know nothing of it, while Bonsall has brushed acquaintance with it 'fonly in a gmzsz' public way. Couse's only experience was a conversation with the Niagra Laun- dry's book-keeper. The Rink is the limit of one man's connection with it, while another has been in it as far as West Chapel Street. Church sociables, and the President's and Dean's receptions are men- tioned. Callahan, with forty year's experience in New Haven society, takes precedence over us all.

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l Tlllfl VALIC SIIINGLIC. 8 01 people resemble others in many particulars. Another says that, landladies excepted, they compare favorably withordinary Americans. A third, evidently indi- genous, declares they are as good as any people I have ever met. All of us go to the theatre. One man goes every free blow, and another never goes org Sun- day. The Hyperion is by far the most popular, although Poli's and the Grand often receive a generous sprinkling from our classr One man goes to all shows at all theatres, while the attendance of many depends on the price. We have little or no objection to the theatre--one man says time, another money, while a third objects to the moral degradation of the stage. Joe Jefferson is our favorite actor, closely followed by Donovan, whose comedies in the back of the reci- tation room draw immense c1'owds. Mansheld, with half of Donovan's vote, comes third, while Booth is! fourth. Sothern, Salvini, Marvin and Peter Jackson are also voted for. Lillian Russell, .lulia Marlowe, Sarah Bernhardt and Ada Rehan are tied for first place as favorite actress. Marie Tempest is second, followed by Ellen Terry, Mrs. Kendall, Modjeska, Fanny Davenport, etc. Our favorite play is Hamlet, The Rivals being second. The Merchant of Venice, Beau Brummelf' Kent Club Melodrama, Macbeth, Americans Abroad etc., receive votes. Around the End, and the Flying Wedge are the favorite plays of two men.