The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1870-07-27
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MADAME CHEvRoN.

Madame Chevron was the fun
niest little French woman that CIV
er danced a polka. Her figure
was 30 diminutive and her features
so wizened, and her whole appear
ance so comical, that you felt an
involuntary impulse to take her
between your thumb and fore-fin.
ger, and blow her into the air, like
a dandelion. She would have
made an admirable model for a
witch upon n broomstick. Yet
nevertheless and notwithstanding,
Madame Chevron was a power in
the land. She had mind and a
will, and an energy of the Napo.
leonic order. Within the high
and imposing stone walls of her
Young Ladies' School, were gath
cred three hundred pupils, the
children of the best and noblest in
the land. Her corps of teachers
were famed for their. accomplish.
rnents and learning. "The whole
art of government consists in
knowing how to choose your
agents" !" said the great Napoleon /;
and Madame Chevron believed
that the whole art of education
consisted in knowing how to
choose her teachers. Her income
was very large, but she spentit all
in paying her teachers, for she
loved not money, but success
But it was not this alone which
gave her school its great, populari.
ty: Mothers usually choose the
school for their children, and it
was whispered amongst these arx
ious and watchfnl mothers, that
Madame Chevron understood the
arts of 6easttJyimg beyond all liv.
ing women. She must have had
some magic and potent spells a; for
she made plain girls pretty-pret-
ty ones beautiful--and beautiful
ones more superlatively beautiful.
Awkward girls became graceful
grave girls became gay, and sour.
tempered girls became as sweet as
a May morning, under her en-.
cbantments. Therefore we young
law students, who were domiciled
not three miles from the Chevron
school, thought We had good rea
sons for pronouncing Madame a
sorceress. For We did not like
her--not a bit did we-for the
simple reason that she did not like
us. No admission did we ever get
within the Paradisical walls which
held the three hundred beauties ;
and therefore in revenge we hung
around the grounds, threw notes
over the enclosure, merely, as we
said, to spite the cold dragon -
but really because was in love
with Annie NJ, Wilton with Fan
ny d., and Carroll with Kate b.
For, truth to tell, no one could
stay long in the vicinity of the
Chevron school without losing his
heart.
Auguste Chevron was the broth.
er of Madame, and very different
from her in personal appearance,
as far as size and good looks went,
but he had the same peculiar grey
eye, and the same smile. He was
the organist at the 49, church,
and general favorite with ALL
One Sunday morning, he and l
were seated on the steps of the
church, waiting for the old, bells
to chime the hour for service, when
] asked him
8 Auguste, how in tho world
does your sister manage to make
all her pupils so pretty9"
/" Oh,D said he, = my sister is an
drtiste-she understands de arts of
dress."
|" But,p I said, "tbey all wear a
uniform-surely one style of dress
does not become every style Of
,"Ab," he replied, "I cannot
make You undetstand--it is a uni.
form, and yet il Is not a uniform
you see de color of de dress is one
tint which suit everybody, and
den de trimmings are de color
which suit do particular pairson |;
and den my sister give so much
attention TO de complexion and de
hair. Almost every one is pretty
who have fine heir and complex
ion. And she makes dem all han.
py, acd dat makes dem smile ana
look sweet
Here the chimes rang out upon
the still morning air, and I became
restless and began to pace the
greensward and watch for the OK.
pected approach Of the Cheyrop
school. Here they come--a long
moving line of earths sweetest