Twenty-two girl students of Alma College, at Elmira, N, Y., are shivering In their shoes for fear their names will be known, and they will have to explain the part they took in a football game in the college dining room the other night, in which a large number of panes  of window glass were shattered and the chandelier demolished. One of the girls said she thought it was a cruel shame the girls could not play football the same as the boys. Some of her friends decided to have the game, and for that purpose “filched” the ball belonging to the boys. When lights were out, they cleared the big dining room, and from the wreck seen, it is evident they must have had a very fast game, as the place, according to the janitor, was strewn with pieces of dress goods and the like. Three of the girls whose faces bore marks of the struggle have been called upon by the woman principal to explain.

National Police Gazette, December 15, 1894.

They are infatuated with two minstrel men, but their mothers interfere, Winchester, Ind. [more]

A scene was enacted at Winchester, Ind., by the reckless escapade indulged in by two young ladies of Greenville, O., who became infatuated with two members of Cleveland’s Minstrel Company and followed them from Greenville to that place. Friends of the girls suspected their intentions, and had in turn followed them. The girls registered at a hotel, and were just on the point of retiring, having engaged separate rooms, when they were surprised, not to say paralyzed, by the sudden and alarming appearance of their mothers. The old ladies “had blood in their eyes,” and a dramatic scene was only averted by the quick surrender of the girls and their departure for home. The entertainment hadn’t closed when the ladies left, and the two disappointed showmen afforded spectators considerable amusement by their efforts to locate their friends before they learned of the old ladies’ visit and the announced change of programme. The showmen are married men.

Reprinted from the National Police Gazette, December 8, 1894