New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-04-17
THE GIRLS 1T GIRTON.
Prom The Oueen

Prom Ihf pnffn.
The long irregular plIr ui tIrton (nirg" was
lrI.Itrfl, illuminated ON "Wednesday III" lith. at
D.. u. ai.d tlu three utics "i mad between Gam
10. and t,iriuu crowded with vehicles AMI pcdcS-
trtt- " II will hri very brilliant. SlId tr friend
..., Sa- kindly taking me; every body g"'S. ~
..rgth wr drew up before the small squat' hall.
Afh IT, branching corridors and sion" staircase.
\ red fire Wa hurning IN on" rntnrf, WIN tigcr-
.>in spread lu front OF II, and ~ IN" end oi long
.urlanr Wr SAW "a vista Of brilliantly aitirrd ladies'
arI men IiI conventional evening costume passing
~, and niit If ih, hail. Having diNrstcd our~clyrs
q me. Nuluuinuus Wrapping~ winch the cold Mirch
evening had rendered necessary, wr MAJ" "uI way
down the inug corridor. The hall. large ana lofty
r,oru 90 >o,W hai irregular shape. was 80 crowded
t- c,ut,t, Il that Il wa~ almost impossible 10 ma
,tAudIug ro"in aud ! Was not sorry when our
u.ts-- the mistress If Glruu, introduced grutir-
.I1u af.d a-h,l HIM 20 take me 10 the kitchen.
90 "a h,r,fau. tine kltchcnf inquired of my escort
~ have uo drl' De- replied; perhaps II l. on" ot
f,. hons IloNrNrr Ne very soon solved The am
.I.It. i.r uu r,4cnur thu Kitchen. which closely
I...,- tl,. hail. wc found that u had been CON
,,ft,d into a &c., and coffee room Tor ih" "''asl"n
Aui q very charming rH"W II made WIN rs long
tr,>-r- shining rupp' rpdi-. and innum'Idlr row s
Il blue ciuua dl-hr-. II vas rouoldtfdhly .N"
r.,,,,.,.i than the ball. too and had no difficulty
,,, r,co.1llug th, Iighth NIanglcT Of $50 drink
iur coffee. and tnnNtIriuE mrtull WIN 4 grave
hing gentleman. tor all the world Hh" any
...t.f.r, Aourg lady Who would Ice frightened oht
ui lrr wits b., the m'n mention "t AualNtl'a
Tonnes. ! ana told size - N'rN amusing. ana not M
,I., least blur. Indeed. my experience 81 "ht"h
r q. .,r- to piuE. that they ai' extremely sluplr
.t ,f.,tt,.t.,i and mot It l r-- feminine tor the
,,f,,A aud ti.tr.N and hsh,r math' mates Nh'h
fl, MANY people utitiuc must nave OdIi'lui 'H'.'
ulou tnr female u.ud.
'In,rr i,rururd 90 the hall. stood Tor u moment
ur t,o watching tlr. guy -'oiord crowd. ana U.s.
f.,.uc tn fhr .,.r.,d h!m of voices. I,ihmn'l
...t...i- 'lli thc u'u W'r' riinr idiiA l'l9"' ana
,.r.,...-.,r- Drl, small >Uuuhllug of uudrrErll-
t ~ IfNr Won hrru 90 >,r the SAXON anti
'''' , ~, How interesting"
o.. t.r. v.,rl ufuf.hip" " Clnrrlrlr~. | SUPPOSE,
. I,,.fIy" were the u-maTk, heard on all sides Of
me-. aud began to wonder "h"r" ihr~' ahiilnit"N
,,ro 20 hc seen. And liicnd coming up al that
i.um.ut. | IutfuUd oi Lim Whtlr 'Ih$ M'Ic !" ~
a..ifI Haven't Nuu ,rtn them sad he; " they
ltr ui-t been taken ont OF the "Nc1t pii' ia front
ol the college. This J. the NAY. amd hr Ir3 me
tnrotph tine httlr reading rlou, whrr" the placid
lt,.. Of Mrs Sourr>I lie lp"h~ down. surrounded 10y
h,r books upon the female SCIENTISTS oi the fHtuI",
ina. a set smaller ruuIn here time rounded earth
rnwarc pots were arranged upon tame one Nrrf
small and two larger ones. They wrr" iuIl al tlfth
and cal,Iucd bOncs-"N identity Ph'raTl ,uih7
clearly of saxon nhnuihfturr, ana on 81 'n'I"
ESPECIALLY bcautiful IN shape and rngIaN'h olltH-
.u,rut 4 very graceful grl i altrrWald hiId >h'
On. ths resident lecturer on chemistry was standing
b, the table talking about the excavations. On
.r- she was saying; IN the field just m 'front.' oi
the college We GO down there every day II II
nun,t exciting Two skeletons were dug up inns
afternoon This" said ,hc, touching small ciiIi,r
of green and blue beads, looking Ike an aHui't
su-pcnde by an invisible elastic h,io" inc Sit
trring circle of Jewels fouhu ucl H'CN' ""' '"'''
. suppose We come to look at some Of the rooms,
suggested my friend "yon kno" they ar 81, on
tonight. 30 we NtUutu bhi 10y ~
staircase and down the long corridor looking INTO
very room as passed All were lghted up some
r,, nnr. a cheerful fire was burning on the
Hearth ofcach Deghfaly co%foFi a o oM GHI tns
snggrsrI the idea Of the cosest httlo
raTtics over the fire in the cleaning Froude's
"reminiscences of Carlyle" looked tempting ia one
room; IN another my friend exclaimed with much
the same delight that he might have recognized
roro plant he is u great botanist lllllo! Hero
nrc some noyelsw But they proved on eXamlna-
lion 90 be only an especially gay edition Of Ten
nyson's Idylls of the King Tenny7on, brown,
ryery room. Portraits Of Carlyle too, were not
uncommon; engray,ngs after pGrer' Mare Antonio,
Giotto,s paintings and in one or two rooms cN-
Guisite old china. Elegant little feminine knick-
nacks in the way OF the quaintest animals and ex-
travagance in china were Oh every mantelpicce IN
many rooms beautiful flowers were growing. i
Was exceedingly amused upon lifting up tiny
newspaper lying npon table, beside
books OF the sobcrest description TO find that Il was
copy Of The Sporting a.d Dramatic Aers' feaeo0A