| I. | Alma Mater | [1] |
| II. | Home | [15] |
| III. | The Theory of Philosophy | [40] |
| IV. | The Practice | [56] |
| V. | The “Idgit” | [81] |
| VI. | The Duchess | [106] |
| VII. | “The Falling out of Faithful Friends” | [128] |
| VIII. | Applied Philanthropy | [142] |
| IX. | “Without” | [170] |
| X. | The Vegetable Man’s Daughter | [193] |
| XI. | Real Trouble | [222] |
| XII. | The End of the Interregnum | [249] |
Illustrations
| Hel-lo, little girl | (page 16) [Frontispiece] |
| Cantyloops! What’s them? | [68] |
| Why are you eating in here? | [72] |
| In the middle of the floor sat the Idgit | [104] |
| I’m Mrs. ’Arris, an’ I’ve come to ’elp you hout | [108] |
| Such a sadly changed Gassy | [182] |
| Barbara sank down wearily | [190] |
When She Came Home
From College
CHAPTER I
ALMA MATER
“WELL, this is cheerful!” cried the Infant, as she stepped briskly into the room where the rest of the “Set” were dejectedly assembled. “What if this is the last night of college! What if our diplomas are all concealed in the tops of our top trays! Can’t this crowd be original enough to smile a little on our last evening, instead of looking like a country prayer-meeting?”