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G
OUCHER COLLEGE studwts may
espouse all kinds or radical
Ideas, but the cause of the bol-
hevlst will be forever as dead to a
certain group of them as Is the cause
of that gentleman who once 'upon a
time and many times had presiden
tial aspirations.
It Is not even a debatable matter
with the girls this aversion to rad
ical Ideas. They will never, never
permit themselves to be called "red'.'
Every year, by myatlo process as se
cret as the source of the stenogra
pher's fur coat, about a dozen stu
dents become Infused with a violent
aversion to one word and all Its snyo-
n vm a and that word la "red
At present 45 girls. Including Mies
Ruth Wallace, daughter of the secre
tary of agriculture, are members of
a society, and Uxe mere jnention of
red or even cerise, ruby, auburn,
crimson or garnet In their presence
la casus belli.
For the fiery 45 have banded them-
elves Into an organization recog
nized by the college officials as the
Titian Tints.
Fat people and red-haired girls are
always in danger of having their nat
ural good humor ruined by constant
reminders of characteristics which In
tlm become unpleasant. So 17 year
ago five Goucher girls decided that
since all their lives they had sub
mitted with some sort of grace to
such names "Red." "Carrots' or "Scar
let Top," It was time fo the worm
to turn. With their own sad experi
ence In mind these five girls formed
fraternity the Titian Tints, a so
ciety that only grows more Indiseolu-
bla as time goes on. The "open se-
same" is unchanging and unchanged
to be a Titian Tint one must have
hs.tr of a natural reddish hue. Miss
Wallaoe has hair of the required
shade. Billis Burke, Titian extraor
dinary, has accepted an Invitation to
b honorary vice-president of ths so
doty. The objects of ths fraternity are to
discourage the use of "red," particu
larly In ths usual disparaging pet
mes" for people with locks of that
shade. An amendment To their con
stitution, which so far has not been
adopted, provides ths.t the members
of the fraternity shall marry only
red-headed men. However, the Con
stitution and by-laws are, in the main,
secret.
Many are ths societies at Goucher
literary, dramatic religious but
the Titian Tints' Is ths most exclu
sive yet democratla of them all. The
midnight lamp can be burned quite
out. the beauty specialist may grow
wealthy and retire because of the
visits of aspirants to this glowing
society, yet all these things avail not
It ths ambitious ons has sot been
GIRLS JEST AT RED HAIR, BUT YOU BETTER NOT
At Goucher College Is a Sisterhood of Flame -Crowned Lassies Who Are Known as the
Titian Tints and Sometimes as the Fiery Forty-five Because xf Their Gleaming Crowns
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blessed with Titian hair by nature.
- aungeon imprisonment or JO aays
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ural shacf of hair would be a posi
tive necessity If a mere man had to
decide which beautiful college maids
were qualified for entrance Into this
fraternity, but one of the proudest
assertions of the Titian la, that since
their organization in 1905 they btv
never failed to affiliate a girl whose
hair was of any reddish hue. from
a pate pinkish yellow to the dark
bronze of a turkey's wing. Ye never
In its history has. Its sacred consti
tution been laid bare to a girl whose
hair time revealed to be of such a
lovely drug store shade of henna
that It could deceive one of nature's
cnosen uauguiers a. r. iiuan.
One of the requirements for admis
sion to ths society is familiarity with
the life of Titian. Even the latest re
cruit Into their ranks will tell you
that Titian was an Idealist of the
Italian school of Venice, and was
born In 1477. They will enthusiasti
cally teu you or bow be viewed the
splendor of the world In a big,
healthful, ample way, and represent
ed It with the glowing brush of a su
preme colorlst. The world to him
was a pageant. Without employing
any violent contrast of light and
shade or of one color to another he
worked out a peculiar golden mel
low background, which by Itself ex
ercises a great charm. The red gold
ha'r of his portraits has never been
equaled.
"The red-haired woman geta them,
while the others sniff or go after the
henna." Dr. Joseph Oldfleld told) the
Society of Philology In London ths
other day.
"The woman, to attract a man,
must be a title different from the
crowd." Dr. Oldfleld said. "She must
be wicked, distinctly talented or must
strike some color note.
"Red hair Is the best color note. Of
all colors the shade of copper and red
are the most beautifully uncommon.
"Other women, recognizing the ad
vantage of the red-haired woman in
the matrimonial market, either envl-
ously disparage by calling 'carrots'
or copy her by using a henna dye.
Serene In this knowledge, the Titian
Tints go calmly on their shining way
at college, squelching all tactless con
versationalists and shunning all
hitigs red.
The Titiana' activities are purely
ocial and. as they are usually band
ed together wherever they go, they
live up to the reputation of ths artist
whose name they honor, and give a
red-rold background to even the
dullest corner. On the streetcar. In
the restaurant, the advent of 45
Titian-haired girls causes the most
sleepy eyes to open wide. Democratic
in every respect, the Titian Tints
TITE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND,
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fame and motto have alrendy spread
so far that even when the bright
haired 45 enter certain restaurants
for a social little "feed," red onions,
red cabbages, carrots, tomatoes and
cherries disappear instantly from
view.
Every spring after-the last "step-
-sinking" a rea -ramDier rose is piant-
, in front of on, of tne tall columns
of Goucher hall to' perpetuate the
memory of those red-hairei girls who
are graduating. The rose bush Is care
fully cultivated and cherished, the
deeds of those it commemorates are
tenderly spoken of. but the bush is
always alluded to as the "rambler
rose," never as the "red" rose bush.
College statistics seem to show that
red-haired girls shun mathematical
courses and the majority choose such
subjects as history and social science.
The) seem to be . too vital, too
dynamic for abstract pursuits. Many
of the girls are among the most
popular ln the college one has al
ready gained fame aa an artist, an
other as a poetess. Several of the
Tlti&ns make very eloquent politi
cians, and members of the fraternity
are particularly active in athletics.
They are all-around good sports.
Only two members of the faculty
are eligible for membership in this
oolety and both happen to be men.
One, Dr. Hans Froehlicher, art pro
fessor, has been at Goucher so long
that even the terrible initiation of the
Tltians eould not disturb his equilib
rium. The other. Dr. R. E. Cleland,
professor of botany, is yonng and in
teresting. His Initiation into the
Titian Tints Is of such recent date
that at the Thanksgiving banquet of
the college his advent Into the society
was celebrated thus by song:
"Where, oh where. Is Dr. Cleland T
Where, oh where. Is Dr. Cieland?
Where, oh where. Is Dr. Cleland 7
He's rone up to the faculty.
He went up on Titian blushes
He went up on Titian blushes
He went up on Titian blushes
Safe now In the faculty."
Overcome by embarrassment. Dr.
Cleland was seen to make - frantic
dives in all directions, only to sink
back with despair In his chair.
Membership in the Titian Tints' does
not prevent a student from Joining a
national fraternity. Nearly all of the
Tltians are members of other frater-
nitles. but the Titiana' pin Is never
moved from its usual place over the
owner's heart for a more elaborate
Yin of a fraternity. To Impress upon
its .members how greatly favored by
nature they are, the attainments of
red-haired people are often discussed
when -the red symbol of the Titian
Tints Is pasted on a door and the
shining lights of the college are la
secret session within.
With pride Maria Bchleisner. ths
utile bobbed-hair "chlefess" of ths
clan, points out many Interesting
facts about her red-haired fellow
men. past and present. "Most gen
iuses hare hair of that glorious color
or tints of It," she said. "All the
famous vampires have been either
very wicked, very talented or red
headed. It Is asserted that Cleopatra,
the .vamplest vamplra who - ever
vamped her way into history, bad
beautiful red gold locks. Many of-the
beacon lights of history have had
Titian-tinted hair. Caesar, Robert
Bruce, Queen Elisabeth, Mary, Queen
of Scots many people whose names
will live forever have had the bright-
est of all color notes In their hair,
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Many celebrated actresses of today
have been tinted by nature, not to
mention those who have resorted to
chemicals to gain that effect."
There are so many things for the
Tltians to be proud of that if it were
not for one period of mortification
they might forget entirely that they
were just ordinary human beings.
This one dark spot In their history,
which they usually have to endure
for a period of two weeks, is whSn
haz'rg Is In full swing.
Then It 4s that those girl fortunate
enough to 'be Tltians, but unfortunate when my husband was getting tipsy Constantinople and had taken a job The dance halls where she dances are
enough to be freshmen, are compelled o arak and rose leaves, and cry for as serving maid to an old Turkish run in connection with low movies
by the sophomores to wear red sweat- tny sister beneath the orange trees, widow. And she had saved me from and lower theaters. The degradation
ers s.nd bright red ribbons. Besides "Then my husband removed to
my husband! ' these girls undergo is painful,
being- of the color which they wish Constantinople. He was a fool to do u0 not go back to America with- These girls represent every nation
ostracized, they realize fully how un- ehat. For after we had been there out telling - the American women ality of the east and of the Levant,
becoming red Is when it matches one's fow weeks the English officers there are harems!" Gamlla's eyes though Greek girls seem to predom
halr, even college girls In pursuit of cams searching all houses for war" flashed at the end as they had flashed inate. Hither also drift many girls
higher education are not' indifferent prisoners. The armistice had been 4t tno beginning of her story. who were victims of war-harem ex-
to such thin or a aa annearannea. Aftar
this embarrassing time is at an end,
the Tit I ana hua-ln tholr nnoitorin
custom of making a bright spot in the
college chapel every morning.
Red-haired people all over the
world have accepted the challenge
sent out by the Titian tints at
Goucher, and are organizing in clubs
whtMi. while TAinMnp tha mantlnn it
red, are proud of their Titian locks.
Some call their hair goiden, some
Titian and some proudly flaunt it as
plain red. Their motto, written
in
red Ink, Is usually
Dull hair, little wit.
Red hair, nerva and srit.
A group of flaming-haired girla has
sent a list of questions such as only
girls eould think of all the way from servant girl who had let me be res- But vice Is paraded in Constantino
ple headquarters of a club they are cued. Had it net been for her, I pie as in other cities of the world,
forming In Paris,, and are eagerly would never have known I was free The "district" of Constantinople is
awaiting details of the Tltians' fra-
terolty. Others have sent greetings
to the Goucher girls, and many are
the dark rumors of bow Titian
blushes matched Titian hair and
squelching was forgotten when the
picture of 12 handsome red-haired
youths of Spokane, Wash., was re
ceived, addressed to Ruth Wallace of
FEBRUARY 5, 1923
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the 'Xitians.
Underneath were written
the words
"Greetings, sisters. W have formed
the Clemmer Red-Headed club."
Red-headed boys at Johns Hopkins
THE LAST STRONGHOLD
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Did I
make me tell where she was.
know?
"I would sit in the garden at night
signed and, by law, I should as
l'ar Prisoner be made free. He was
frightened and tried to hide me un-
der some rugs but the officers kept
looking until they found me. They
kept telling him that a servant girl
next door had told them she was sure For these women realize the degra
some poor girl was living witTa a dation in which they live. How much
Turkish husband in a harem, and mora wretched for them than if thev
that she should be rescued.
"My husband would have shot the
TCnerliah soldiers but he-did not dare-
Instead he talked polite French to
them and said he did not know happy
wives were taken from husband's
arms. They asked me did I wish to
leave his arms ana l criea out rer
vently, Tea.'
"So. without packing any clothes,
I left the house. As I reached the
street I asked if I might thank the
by law, for my husband never let me
read the papers, talk to any one, or
go out except at hla side. They rang
st bell and called her from the house
next door.
"She came hobbling to the door in
cheap slippers, and with a yellow
shawl on her head. I screamed. It
was Refika! She had run away from
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university are looked on with envy
by the less fortunate students, for did
not one of them melt the ley glances
of 43 lovely Tltians out on a hike ne
day? A group of Hopkins students
were looking with dazzled eyes at the
beautiful maidens and were rece lving
inxjr uuiu Biarear iu rciuiu. ouuuciuy
cries of "Let's show tnem Kelly!"
were. heard, and a struggling young
man was lifteir high on husky shoul
ders. A, stylish tweed ha was f orcf
bly removed, revealing a head of
tieht and fiery curls.
.. As if by magic the faces of those
high and mighty Tltians were
wreathed with smiles and murmurs
of "Isn't he cute?" and "What mar-
velous hair!" passed through that
All Kemal Pasha at night and hidden
on cattle trains bound for the sea-
coast. There, after terrible adven-
tures, she had got a boat bound for
The Modern and the Old.
These are. tales of the modern slave
market.
More sordid than tales of the old.
knew no better than to consider
themselves "creatures, a soul." and
inferior to tha lowest man. This has
been what priests and men have
taught them to think for generations.
Therefore the last of the harems
are the unhapplest. They bold women
who know that they have souls.
iiarems nowadays are niaaen. iney
always have been.
in Galata, at tha foot of a, hill and
next the dirty
water front. Here
10,000 licensed.
15,000 unlicensed
women ply their vleious trade. They
must be Iff years old to have a license.
Here poor girls combine work as
waitresses with the vile oriental
practices of dance that prevail in the
east. A girl to get a good job as
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group of admiring girls. ' In spite of
so much obvious admiration, the cen
ter of attraction only increased his
efforts to release himself from his
'ofty position and, as his opinion of
his captors was expressed more and
m "r vehementlTi tna roerrier grew
his comrades.
Then it was .that those Titian Tints
of Goucher realized that It would be
a kindness to "Kelly' to curb their
admiration and continue their hike.
With only frozen glances for the col-
or-blinded boys aHd the warmest
smiles for "Kelly," they passed serene-
ly on, making a wonderful golden
background for less etriKing looKing
Individuals.
OF SLAVERY
waitress has to dance well enough.
when in a resort afjer waltressing
hours, to attract her clientele to the
cafe for dinner, or she loses her Job,
oeriences. Mohammed the Prophet
lef gooi Iaws t0 protect the financial
standing of the Moslem women. Their
r, us Dan aa coma not toucn, tneir
money after marriage and if they
were divorced, the money they
brought from their father's ' bouse
went back home with them.
But the modern harem wife has no
such protection because too often, she
is not a Moslem and Moslem law does
not aid her. If her husband throws
her out, she goes on the streets and
drifts to the Galata district.
Iq her article next Sunday Miss fiymons
will tell of tha new attitude of Turkish
women, brought about by travel and read
ing, which la making the reactionary re
turn to old conditions a fallur and caus
ing women gradually to be regarded as
Tnan'a eo.ua!.
. Nearer to Danger Is Shown. ,
Excnange.
Leslie had always, been very much
afratd of dogs.
One day, after a struggle to get
him to pass a large dog on the corner,
his mother scolded him for the un
necessary fear.
"Well," was his reply, "you'd be
afraid of dogs if you were aa low
down as I am,"