The Newtown bee., 1880-12-08
John T. Psa1ce, Publisher.
.Awfesly Lovely Philosophy.

a few days SEQ Boston girl, who h had -oaea attending the School of Philosophy at Concord, arrived In Brooklyn on visit to & seminary chum. After canvassing thoroughly the fun and gusi drops that made up their education In the seat of learning at which their carly scholastic efforts were made. the Brooklyn girl be- gan to Inquire Shs nature of the Concord entertainment.
 And so you are taking lessons ip phil csophy. How do you liie 1t 2"
 ."oh! It's perfectly lovely It's about on science"
 at must be nice. What is 1t about ?" Its about molecules as mueh ss any thing slse, and molecules are just too swfully nice for anything. If there's anything really enjoy it's molecules"
 "Tell me abo9t them. nay dear. What are molecules ?"
 things, and 1t takes ever 50 usny of them. They are splesdjd things. Do you know, there aint anything but what's got molecules in it. And Mir. Cook is just as sweet as he can be, and MT. En- erson too. They explain everything so beautifully"
 How I'd like to go there" said the Brooklyn girl, Nnviously.
 You'd enjoy it ever SO much. They teach protoplssm. too, and if there Is one thIu1 pnrFnctlv bnarnnIy it'e nrrtoploor, Ireally don't knew which like best, pro- topasm or molerules."
 "Toll me about protoplasm. know should adore it."
 "Deed you would. It's just too sweet to live. You know it's about how things get started, or something of that kind. You ought to hear Mir. Emerson tell about it. It would stir your very soul. The first time he explained about proto- plasm there wasn't dry eye In the house. We named our hats after him. This Is an Emerson hat. You sec the rib bon is drawn over the crown and caught with a buckle and Q bunch of flowers Then you turn up the side with a spray of forget-me .nots. Ain't 1t just toe sweet All the girls Tn the school have thom."
 "How exquisitely lovely Tell me some more science"
 "0h I almost forgot about dirferentia- tion. I am really and truly positively in love with differentiation. It's different from molecules and protoplasm, but it's every bit us 0ice. And Mir. Cook! You should hear him go on about 1t. I really believe hos perfectly bound up ia it. This scarf Is the Cook scarf. Ali the girls wear them, and we named them af- ter him just on acooppt of the interest he takes in differentiation.
 "What is it. anyway ?"
 "This is null trimmed with Languedoc lace"
 1T daq't mean that--that other"
 "Oh! Differentiation Amt it sweet It's got something to do with species. It's the way you tell one hat from anoth- CT, so you'll know which Is bsnoming And we learn all about aseidians. If only hEd an asoidiHn of my own! wouldn't ask for anything else in the world"
 ''Whst do they look like. dear? Di, you ever see one p asked the Brooklyn girl, deeply interested.
 "Oh, no! nobody ever say one excep Mr. Cook and Mir. Emerson; hut they ar' something like an oyster with reticult hung on its belt. I think they are jus heavenly"
 "Do you learn anything else, be sides ?"
 "Oh yes. We learn about common philosophy and logic, and those common things like metaphysics, but the girl don't care anything about those. We ar just in ecstacies over differentiations ant molecules. and Mr. Cook and Jroto plasms. and ascidians and Mir. Emerson and don't really see why they put il Shose vulgar branches. If anybody be sides Nr. Cook and MT. Emerson ha done 1t. we should have told him to hi face that he was too terribly awful mean"
 And the Brooklyn girl went to bed tha night In the dumps. because fortune h. not vouchsafed her the advantages CT joyed by her friend.