IN THE PARK 99 



by what mysterious consensus has the college boy 

 arrived at his uniform universal, unvaried by 

 parallels or meridians, the same from California to 

 Maine? You know it. Item, one hat fantasti- 

 cally raked, with a rah-rah band. Item, one 

 preposterous shirt and one noisy tie. Item, one 

 coat padded at the shoulders, slashed at the 

 sleeves, and much slanted as to pockets. Item, 

 one pair of trousers, rolled at the bottom and 

 flared at the hips, supported at the waist by a 

 belt drawn to the last notch so as to give that 

 broken appearance about the waist line, as though 

 he were some new species of hymenoptera. No 

 self-respecting boy would wear galluses; it would 

 be a disgrace to admit that he couldn't keep his 

 trousers up with a belt. Well, we had two of 

 them, and their adventures on the trip, mostly of 

 an amatory nature, would fill a book. 



There are several ways of doing the Park. You 

 may take a seat in one of the big comfortable 

 stages that make the round trip in five days. 

 You may do as we did : take your own surrey and 

 driver and jog along easily, stopping where you 



