The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1885-11-27
WHOLE NO. 8BE
F." SWEET SlXTEEN.'
HOW SHE BEHAVES IN THE BOARD
ING SCHOOL.
A "r, Jay Night" Boardsr Tells All About
Lt--Co.ghing Down u Suspect - .-
Guyins the Professor Of
Chemistry - Candy.

residence district will abound in small pla.
toons Of well -:ressed young women. march
ing in couples, more OF los, lynx-eyed
means a bear ling .chool out for constitu.
tiuna!. For II Is chiefly the female sex that
supports the paid schools in New York
Many families can lie found that relegate
the sons TO tho grammar school, but for the
daughter Of the house private school Is OBJ
tanned. AMI ju.t here Il wide field for argu.
ment opens into which, however, it Is not
intended to enter. but rather, excepting
both, discover a little OF the inner life Of
that sacred and difficult-of-access temple
young ladies' boarding school
Girl nature Is the sans under all guises,
and no matter wuat restraint in behavior or
department girls are subjected to, they will
still manage to work off a little OF their
surplus animal spirits in sportive pranks.
But these are not serious Toe brother at
school or college laughs at the sisters tale
Of thrilling sscapadss. Her diversions com
pared to his are
"As moonlight unto sunlight
Or rs water unto wine"
ALL ABOUT rr.
II suspect you young ladies are very jolly
at school among yourselvesP said reporter
insinuatingly to q Sweet l6" in pink, whom
1t Is his god fortune to know.
aOh, that we are," was her ready reply,
ait would be too dreadful to plod all day
without bit Of fun to enliven u.s." and the
overburdened student sighed In way that
was vastly amusing.
"Tell me about it." went on the reporter
with an encouraging smile; "the playful
part OF your school life I msan.'
"To begin WITH" she said, seating herself
comfortably on her lott foot, IL am what Is
called Friday night boarder; that Is, ]
come home every Friday afternoon aftsr
study hours. returning Monday morning.
Tnis position has its advantage, as it places
me on privileged footing with both fac
tions Il tho school, for you mu,t know that
a veritable town and gown feeling exists
between the boarding and day pupils.
Each set seems to consider the other legiti-
mate subjects for amusement Sometimes
a couple Of us--I mean the boarjers--slip
into the wardrobe-room OF the day scholars
and create utter and complete chaos ai.iong
the garments there Hats and cloalss are
mismateI, wraps turnei inside out or. il
left apparently untoucael, the wrists are
pinned stoutly together. It Is a wise girl
who knows her own things even when she
sees them, and when the confusion is at its
height the perpetrators suddenly appear
among the victims proiPering assistance,
which they continue to render as awkwarlly
as possible. all the time tanning the indigna.
ton expressed on every side by frequent
denouncinas OF the trick"
"Bless mer exclaimed the reporter "How
very outrageousi But retaliation comes,
supposer
COUGHING DOWN.
aNot Away" replied his fair informer.
SThe 'dailis'-ws call the outside girls
'iailiss'-can't always trace the scheme to
its source. Tney sometimes attempt to
cough down ono or two suspects at random.
but they seldom strike the right ones"
"'Cough down and Suspects what mys-
tifying language" interrupted the reporter
3Oh, il girl is suspected Of bsing con-
cerned in some such prank, she Is subject to
very embarrassing experience In some
class where she Is particularly proficient
and consequently likes to rscita one gener-
ally conducted by a non-resident teacher.
the moment she stands to recite q neighbor
will be seized with violent fit Of coughing.
for It has to bs judicially graded. you know,
to encourage the scholar to frequent at
tsmpts at recital, only to have her voice
drowned every time by an apparently un-
controllable paroxysm.
1Some more good fun Is to guy these same
visiting professors, who are usually special
lists, and spend the day going from on,
school to another, q recitation or two at
each. They don't know the names Of the
girls half the time, and the life we lead
them Is too dreadful
GUYING THE PROFESSOR.
professor l., our professor Of chem
istry." continued the fair informer, "is a
delicious subject He is funny little fat
bald man with fringe Of black hair just
above his collar. He Is an enthusiast In hi
profession, but he knows as little about girls
as we do about chemicals. an suppose his
hours with us ara sort Of day nightmare.
1t sometimes happen, that the class "a en-
blss not very well prepared in It's lessons;
the two or three who know 1t all will take
head pls -es, AMI the opening questions will
be glibly answered. About the fourth girl
discovers in her question state Hient which
she does not understand, girl from the
other side also announce, complete mystih-
cation In regard To the same subject; the
head girl intended herself to ak the pro-
lessor about 1t; in fact, the entire class,
bristling with ignorance and interest appeal
to the teachsr to elucidats the matter The
professor IL delighted. Putting aside hi.
text book he descant' at length upon
the rules and principles involve l,
II the girls sss that ths mattcr Is becoming
exhausted, . further question or two lsadi
him on, and the bell taps the close Of the hour
with the days lesson unrecited. The pro
fsssor is surprised, somewhat disoomforted
perhaps, but assigns the same lesson again
and ons OF the girls will remove any con.
science pricks he may have by stopping an
instant on her way out to say demurely:
az am 20 glad, professor, to understand
about this-you have made IL all 70 clear
@What MAchiavelian plotsp gaspsd the
reporter.
aBut, he went on. aftsr he had rsgainsd
l. his composure somewhat 1what do you dt
for candy during tho laborious toll Of ths
dayr
aOh, candy, Of course, Is forbidden u
school, and the boarders ara rarely grantee
permission to buy IL but 10 ID had jast tn
sama You 80 we all have satellites.
that Is, some pet among the little girls In
the intermediate who is only too delighted h
execute our candy commissions outside
Ths risk Il slight, and II the young one 4
caught tho upper class girl comes TO her res
| cus--we have to have candy" she finished
dstsrminsdly. and the reporter cordially a.
ssnssd to the justice OF the proposition
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