Howell

State Delegate Algie Howell had introduced a bill that would make teenage boys — and hip-hoppers of any age or sex — liable for a $50 fine if their baggy, drooping pants revealed their undergarments.

Howell Hall was a big, old house, almost two hundred years old. It was a kind of house called a Victorian. Old Victorians can be beautiful, with tall windows and detailed woodwork. But not Howell Hall. It looked dark and oppressive, not bright and cheerful like the other houses in the neighborhood.