The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-01-28

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Nowly and sadly We marched him adown
From the top to the lowermost story;
And we have never heard from nor seen tho poor
man '--... IL ... ."z-
Whom we left alone in his glory. <..
Two Pictures.
Miss Blanche Murray is very proper
young lady. Last week she caught her
little brother smoking.
"You terrible thing" she Kissed, II
am going to tell father on you'll"
"This is only corn-silk," murmured
the boy, penitently.
II don't care what it is. I am going
to tell on you, and see that you doat
get into that beastly, horrid, degrading
habit. I wouldn't have anything to do
with smokers"
It is evening. Miss Murray is sitting
on this front stoop with Algernon. 1t
is moonlight, and the redolent spirits
of the honeysuckle and syringa are
waiting bliss to their already intoxicated
souls.
"Would little bird object to my smok-
ing cigarette?"
Not at all" replied Miss Murray. II
like cigarettes, they are SO fragrant and
romantic. I think they are just too de-
icious for anything"
aThen I'll light one."
"Do, and blow some of the smoke in
my face; it is SO soothing and dreamily
paradise"
Then he lights cigarette, and they
talk about the weather for two hours
and half.
Hungry for . Square Meal.
Nervously working his latch-key from
the door the business man hurried into
the house for his dinner. "Hello, say,
Jane, where are your"
"Here I am, dear. I have just got
one more feather to paint on this crane
and then it will be finished. Isn't it
going to be just Lowell
Il know, yes, yes. Where's Jennie p
"She's gone out to get few more
autumn leaves: one or two bare spaces
are left on the wall in her room,
and"
well, we'll, of course; but where's
Bridget?" o..
ooh, she has gone to carry the basket
for Jennie, you know, isn't strong.'
10 be sure, to be sure; but where's
the dinner?"
Nov; John, how can you be so
cruel? You know that
3Yes, I should think + did. I know
that the next time I'm such an internal
| fool as to bring a copy of Household
art into the house I'll be balder than I
am now. It may be jofred pretty; I'm
hungry for a square meal. Painted
storks amt fricasseed chicken nor an.
turn leaves celery" and he went out OF
tho house in a decided manner, leaving
James tear. drops rapidly falling on he1
red and blue heron, washing all the
| pretty feathers out of it's tail.
. Stumbling Women.
OF course, the age has gone by in
which man can find the satisfaction he
used to take in the mere brute sense OF
| physical superiority to women. But
has he got rid of the aboriginal desire
to play the lord? Holding fast in his
hands the bulk of the desirable posi-.
tons in life, does he look with satisfac.
ton on the idea of women stepping in
and claiming modest percentage of
them? The man is neither fool or a
sentimental hypocrite who would assert
that the masculine majority does. Poll
the colleges of the land, and take the
vote of the chivalric students whether
the young women of the country should
enjoy the same advantages of educa-
ton with themselves. Nine to ten.
they would black-bal the idea. OF
course, they think they do this in the
best interest of the girls, who are too
sweet and dear to be reserved for any
purpose but balls and drives and lawn.
tennis. And it must be admitted that
whole bevies of them are wonderfully
attractive for these purposes. But
suppose a certain proportion OF them
DO desire e broader education, and are
unhappily endowed with an amount of
brain and enthusiasm that makes them
restless and miserable under conditions
that content the average. Do the
ranks OF man spontaneously divide for
their passage through; do the hats
come off in respect, while the voices
raise the "Salve Regina?" No. from
the start the superior girl has to take
an amount of snubbing from hes
brothers at home, society at large, and
the established orders in the medical
or other profession she aspires to, that
would bluff off and dishearten half the
boys and young men of the land.
There are, no doubt, notable exceptions
to such disposition among men, and
their number is increasing. Still the
true knight-errantry of the age is, as
yet, confined to the limited few, who,
having conquered the seductive luxury
OF indulging in certain intellectual
contempt for women, are chivalrously
addressing themselves to the rescue of
distressed maidens set upon by mob
ners. Marriage, again, is surrounded,
as among civilized people. by laws of
forbidden degrees" which are very
curious, very little understood, and
which in many ways resemble, while in
others they seem to differ from, the
laws OF other undeveloped peoples.
Wives are chiefly obtained by exchange.
The dominant male of group father,
eldest brother or uncle has the GUS