Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-12-31
lawfully Lovely" Philosophy.
Brooklyn Eagle

n lew uSyS aSO DOStOu glTt, WHO
had been attending the school of
philosophy at Concord, arrived in
Brooklyn on visit to a seminary
chum. After cAnvsssiDg thoroughly
the fun and gum-drops that made up
their education in the seat of learning
e5 which their early scholastic efforts
were made, the Brooklyn girl began
to inquire into The nature of the Con-
cord entertainment.
"And SO you are taking lessons in
philosophy. How do you like it?"
ooh, it's perfectly lovely. It's
about science, you know, and We all
just dote on science"
cit must be nice. What is it
about?"
''It's about molecules as much as
anything else, and molecules are just
too awfully nice for anything. If
there is anythingI really enjoy it's
molecules"
"Tell me about them, my dear.
What are molecules?"
ooh molecules They are little
wee things, and it takes ever so many
of them. They are splendid things
Do you know there amt anything
but what's got molecules in it. And
Mr.. Cook Is just as sweet as he can
be, and Mr.. Emerson, too. They ex-
plain everything so beautifully"
GLOW I'd like to GO there!" said
the Brooklyn girl, enviously.
"You'd enjoy it ever so much.
They teach protoplasm, too, and if
there is one thing perfectly heavenly
it's protoplasm. 1 reslly don't know
which I like best-protoplasm or
moleculus."
"rell me about protoplasm. ]
know I should adore it. z'~
"'Deed you would. It's just loo
sweet TO live. You know it's about
how things get started, or something
Of that kind. You ought to hear Mr..
Emerson tell about it. II wound stir
our very soul The first tine be
explained about protoplasm there
wasn't dry eye in the house. We
name our ats after bin, This is an
Emerson hat. You see the ribbon is
drown over the crown and caught
with a buckle and bunch of flowers.
rhen you turn up the side with a
spray of furget-me-nots. Amt 1t
j st 100 sweet? All the girls in the
school havs them?" T.
Glow exquisite lovelyP Tell me
some more science.
Con! / almost forgot about diff
cremation. I am really aud truly
positively in love with differentiation.
It's ferent from molecules and pro-
toplasm, but it's every bit as nice.
And Mr.. CookP You should hear
him go on about it. I really believe
he's perfectly bound up in it. This
scarf is the Cook scarf All the girls
wear them, and we named them after
him just on account of the interest he
takes in differentiation"
"What isit, anyway
"This is the null trimmed with
Languedoc lace
II don't mean that-that other"
"On! differentiation Amt it
sweet? It's got something to do with
species. It's the way you tell one
hat from another, so you'll know
which is becoming. And we learn
all about ascidlans, too. They are
the devinest things! I'm absolutely
enraptured with ascidians. Ii [ only
had an ascidian of my ownl I
wouldn't ask anything else in the
world"
"What do they look like dear? Did
you ever see one?" asked the Brook
Ign eirl, deeply interested.
''Oh, no! Nobody ever saw one
except Mr.. Cook and Mr.. Emerson.
but they are something like an oys-
ter with reticule hung on its belt.
7 think they arejust heavenly"
"Do you learn anything else be-
sides?"
"Oh, yes. We learn about COM
mon philosophy and logic, and those
common things like metaphysics, but
the girls don't care anything about
these. We are just in ecstasies ove1
the differentiations and molecules
and Mr.. Cook and protoplasms, anc
ascidlans, and Mr.. Emerson, ane
I really don't see why they put il
those vulgar branches. If anybod.
besides Mr.. Cook and Mr.. Emerson
had done if we should have told hin
to his face that he was too terribl.
awfully mean" And the Brooklyn
girl went to bed that night in tn
dumps, because fortune had no
vouchsafed her the advantage en-
l1Oyed bv her friend.