The interior journal., 1877-03-23
TaE arm FOOL.


it would have been called boarding
school for girls but We are long way
past such simple language now. No
debu,dnte can he brough out, in thus
enlightened age, who has not gradua-
ted in an Academy, or Institute, or
other high sounding establishment
And Of such establishments. Madame
D,O,,remon,,s wo. co,fe.s,Jlv one Of
A.. uo., g, ,h;o,.bIc. 4, fac, n xa,
l,own no,,b aud :. nth east and
west a, the very mink Of pcrfcc,;ou
jyit. wav
,Eve,x .ss.or Madame had three or
four evening receptions. at which her
older nun;l. anne.red in order tba,
thew MIGHT learn. betjmes. how To en-.
tor n room how 10 curtsev. how to
tall IN ,eu,lemen .,l hov IN Air, n
fan Al these receptions there vas
r,us;c .omo ,;mas chorades oepsrallv
dancing The male ous.t. consisted
,lmo., e,,;rslv Of relatives Of the
ho.,e., or those or the pu,;l. A few
m;ddle,i.,gcd beaux. in addition. were
oIloved 20 anpear. these we're in the
habit of flirting with Madame. and
w.,. cons;doreJ ,heres,re "enlirclv
safe"
1t was the last reception Of the win
ter term, and the most brilliant. Eas-
ter was close at hand, when the school
would break up for holiday; and
Easter fell, this year, very early-in
faet, in the last week IN March. Many
Of the girls we're to leave permanent
ly, and on their account the festivities
had been made very gay. The dan
cling had been kept up to very late
hour, and the whole affair had been
proved a great success.
In one OF the sleeping-rooms, late
that night. four girls were assembled;
and as they were too excited to sleep,
they naturally fell to discussing the
reception.
r'Did you notice." said one. show
that old beau, Bentley, hung about
Kitty Stevens! He's Madames prime
favorite, and hn detection made her
furious; she looked as II she could
have eaten him, and KITTY, too, Tor
that mattei.
"What an absurd fnssil 1t Is! laugh
ed another. 81 do believe he wears
stays. He dyes his hair and wbiskers
for certain; has false teeth, and uses
plnmpers. He's fifty, IT he's a day"
"Well, 1t shows good taste, at any
rate" snid third. 1--WE must all
admit that kittys the beauty of the
school. Dear me, most OF us would
have no chance if it wasn't that she's
quite out Of the market; tor she's to
marty her second cousin soon after
she graduates. They've been engaged
for two years or more."
"Yet l believe old Bentley" said
another, "thinks he has made an i'm
preston on her. Did you notice his
seifcomplacent air, when she allowed
him 70 take her out to supper! He
plainly thought she was struck with
his appearance aud manner, when the
fact was, suspect, that, as her cousin
was absent, she preferred him just be-
cause he was old. She isn't bit OF
hirt, ~ some OF US are, gIrls; and she
didnt wan' people To talk. St'ii, as
she is so good-hearted' she couldn't
help making herself agreeable; and
the Oh goose fancied, If his simpering
didn't belle him, that she was IN love
with him.
"Oh! he could not be such Ounce,
answered the one who had first spo-
ken. Fancy a man OF his age,
thinking girl of nineteen, and such
one, in love with him.
"But Mndame makes such fuss
with him. And OF all fools, an old
FOOLS the worst. Really, he's as vain
as peacock.
81 tell you what, girls; lets have
some fun out of him. A bright idea
has just struck me-"
"what is IN What is it?' cried
the other voices, in chorus.