The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-02-20
Philosophy al School,


went TO Rochester on visit to chum.
After canvassing thoroughly the fun
and gum-drops that made up their
education Mt which their scholastic eff
forts were made, the Buffalo girl began
to inquire into the nature Of the Central
entertainment.
"And so you are taking lessons in
philosophy. "How do you like it,"
"Oh, it's perfectly lovely. It's about
science, you know, and we all just dote
on science
ut must be nice What is II aboutp'
ats about molecules as much as any
thing else, and molecules are Just too
awfully nice for anything. If there's
anything l really enjoy it's molecules"
"Tell me about them, my dear What
are molecues?'
"0h' molecules! They are little wee
things, and il 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.,
Pitt is Just as sweet as he can be, and
Mr., Linden, too. They explain every
thing so beautifully"
"How I'd like to go there" said the
Rochester girl, enviously.
You'd enjoy it ever so much. They
teach protoplasm. too; and if there is
one thing perfectly heavenly, it's pro-
toplasm | really don't know which l
like best, protoplasm or molecules. !"
Tell me about protoplasm. ! know
l 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 Mr. Pitt tell
about it. It would stir your very soul.
The first time he explained about pro-
toplasm there wasn't a dry eye in the
house. We named our hats after him,
This is Pitt hat, You see the ribbon
is drawn over the crown and caught
with buckle and bunch Of flowers.
Then YOU turn up the side with spray
of forget-me-nots. Amt it just too
sweet? All the girls in the school have
them
How oxqqisitely lovely Tell me
some more science
'Ohl | almost forgot about ditferen.
tiation. | am really and true positive
" in love with differentiation. Its diff.
ferent from molecules and protoplasms,
but it's every bit as nice. And Mr..
Linden You should hear him go on
about it! really believe he's perfectly
bound up in it, This scarf is the Lin
den scarf. All the girls wear them, and
we named them after him just on ac-
- . tpfn hn FOL w.
entiation.
What Is it. anyway
This is null, trimmed with Langue-
doc lace
Il don't mean that, the other
ooh. differentiation, amt 1t sweet9
It's rot something to do with species.
It's the way you tell one hat from an
other, so you II know which Is becom-
ing And wo learn all about ascidians,
too. They are the divinest thing I'm
actually enraptured with ascidians, II
/ only had an ascidian of my own"
what do they look like, dear? Did
YOU ever see one?n asked the Rochester
girl, deeply interested.
"Oh. no; nobody ever saw one except
Mr.. Pitt and Mr.. Linden, but they are
something like an oyster with reticule
hang on its belt. think they are just
heavenly"
'Do You learn anything else besides
all thesc?"
"Oh! YES We learn about common
philosophy and logic, and those common
things like metaphysics, but the girls
don't care anything about those. We
are Just in ccstasies over diilerentiations
and molecules, and Mr., Linden and
protoplasms, and ascidians and Mr.. Pitt,
and | really don't see why they put IL
those vulgar branches.
And the Rochester girl went to bed
that night in the dumps, because for
tune had not vouchsafed her the advant
ages enjoyed by her friend, while the
Buffalo girl dreamed OF seeing an ascid
ian chasing molecule over differ.
entiatcd back fence with club, for tell
ing pro,oY IN that his youngest sis
tee had so many freckles on her nose
that they made her squirt eyed. Jour
.3nI of Ed,yc1iior