The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-06-02
Eicher Elncati9n

"My dear girl, said one young lady
to another on Fulton street, "wi,l you
90 with me tonight and hear Professor
Stone Lecturer
who's he, and what will he lecture
aboutP'
"Oh, he is lovely, q Boston man and
is going to lecture on the Higher Edu-
cation of Women Ma says it will be
very instructive andpa says it's only
for lot of old shriekerS,, and when pa
and ma tall, like that know its some
thing worth hearing,
is it about that awful Yewksbury?'
"Oh! my, no, it's about Columbia
College, and ma says
"How nice" interrupted the other.
wonder if he'll sing any class songs'
Cousin Ned is Columbia boy, and last
vacation he sang more funny songs.
Did YOU ever hear this:
! wish | were ahp-po-pota.mus;
would swim the broad EuPGratcs AND eat
grass
It's too cute for anything; and then
there was one beginning
mo, no, dear said the intellectual
young lady; its about admitting young
ladies into this college. Ma says
.Whv, goodness me, Mamie, Cousin
Ned told me all about the entertain
ments, and how they danced and iiired,
all this Mt the college, and this Mr.,
Stone pretends that no women have cyei
been admitted"
but, Nellie dear, he means the adj.
hitting of women into the college rs
students.
ooh, that. well. thank my stars.
I've graduated, and don't want to ever
hear of books again Itmakes my head
ache now-cram, cram, cram; but my
dress was lovely. Did | ever show you
our badge? It's too sweet-black en-
amel crescent and 4 gold star below
MA saws that we women should vote,
and only by higher education can wom-
en- gain strength to throw off the yoke. "
What yoke?" queried Nellie, inno-
Gently.
! "Oh! | don't know; they are always
having it out over some such question.
and pa says if ma had her way men
would be home tying knots in Irvine
I (macrema. YOU knowO, then MA says
that would be as lofty as guzzling beer
till midnight and then pa turns up his
nose and ma cries, and don't hear any
more about Morgan Dix or higher edu-
cation that night. y
/ Speaking of yokcs, Mamie, reminds
me of that lovely Mother Hubbard gown,
The yoke was Irish point and trimmed
ooh, Nellie, please don't mention
dresses now. Ma says that we are on
the eve of mighty upheaval; thatwom-
en- are TO demand redress
ooh, Mamie, YOU giddy thing, telling
me not to talk about dress and here you
go-and that makes me think. I'm 20
inc to dye that old cray cashmere terra
Gotta and make il with long polon-
aise-'
And if we 90 to night Wen heal
about O'Donovan Rosa. He's another
hero, as ma calls all these women's
rights men
'Is he from Boston too?"
"Oh, no. He's the man that brought
over the Bartholdi statue and Cleopa-
tra's needle.
"Where on earth do You pick up Sc
much information. Mamie?' said Nellie,
bending an admiring glance on hcl
friend new hat
well, one can t help listening, said
Mamie. with 4 superior smile, ''and ma
is always talking and pa can hold his
own, so get the benefit of all THEN
conversations. get all the religious
and higher education from ma and pol
itics and dynamite talk from pa
But you used to be always talking
about art and culture and tone; now
"Oh, that's old. Ma SAYS that was
first Il passing fancy, but this higher ed.
ucation is the thing now. VIII YOU go
to-night?o
Would love to, but am going to the
opera with Cousin Ned. Good by, dear:
tell your ma I'm coming to see her
SOON and the young ladies separated,
each impressed with the idea she had
spent a very profitable half hour
BrOohlyN EdJle.