DoNNYBROOK FAIR 1921 - Goucher College

~£&elutiotts-illont.Never ask the age of a lady-that's not courteous.\ Vel! , if you must kno·w, she was three m onths older t han h er firsttooth, because her first tooth came when she was three month sold.7. What do you think of yourself?That I am w hat I am for if I were not what I am I would be w hatI am not, but being what I am I cannot be w hat I am not , for w hatI am not is not what I am.Modesty forbids.I can't bear to.More than others do.This space is too small ior m e to tell you. If you will kindly grantme an interview, I shall be g lad· to introduce this worthysubject.8. What apology have you to make for your existence?I did not ask for it.A thing of beauty is its own reason for existing.I can whistle and make grape sh erbet.None. According to philosophy I sometimes do not exist.Good intentions.I added sixteen dollars to the Goucher Endowment F und."The time is ont of joint-0 cursed spite,T hat ever I was born to set it right."9. What is your philosophical viewpoint?That of a cat in the sun.I refuse to be interviewed.I agree perfectly w ith Descartes, Berkeley, and all the rest.I fail to see any point in philosoph y, much less a viewpoint.10. Psychologically, what are you?Sensible; but there's something \\Tong som ewh ere, with psychologyor me.I don't know. Better ask :VIiss Bowman.A Parkway-loving neurone.A n idea born wrong.SECTION III1. How many and what different things can you do with a hairpin?Scatter them on the floor. fix m y buttons, m ake som e crochet, andsometim es fix my hair.Borrow it and lose it.One scientific thing-framework for test-tube cleaner.Two practical things-clean fountai n pen, use for key nng.One artistic thing-decorate my hair.One altruistic thing- drop it for other people to use.* See references:'U. S. :M. C. Qu;.~rtermaster Department Bull etin No. 1492. "TheOrigin, Gro\\·th and Uses of the Hair-pin."One Hundred and Nineteen