Four Radcliffe Seniors, with tight lacing about their chests, last night violated the long-standing has against women at Eliot House plays as they donned men's clothes and attended undetected the Elephants' Christmas production, "Every Man in His Humer."

The four, who declared they had planned the escapade since they were freshmen, requested that their names not be printed because they "feared the strict publicity rules." at the 'Cliffe.

To conceal further their feminine shapes the girls were "very tight Corselettes." Corselettes, they explained, are "very tight corsets."

Two of them wore gray flannel suits, one wore gray flannel pants and a sport coat, and one wore gray flannel pants and a raincoat. They chose these garments, they said, so they would look as though they belonged in Eliot House. Three of the four smoked pipes.

They entered the play three minutes late and took places at the back of the room. They were careful not to let anyone hear their voices.

"We were afraid we'd be noticed if we didn't cheer," they reported, "but the Eliot House men didn't cheer either. We just clapped when the rest did."

When the play was over, they filed out unnoticed with the crowd.

The girls said they do not plan to use the same technique to buck the controversial parietal rules at the House, but they admit it would be "pretty easy" to do