Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-07-19
LOVE AND LEARNING
.ropv WITH a MORAL CONCEAL
I'D ON THE PREMISES.
EPISODE /.
HF loves HER.

I'LL into which the sorrows OF great
w rirkpd world seldom penetrated.
Nv S,,, ,ras river in the centre of this
lalo and hills on either side. one might
. 'a .evn.cted to find much beauty in the
$3.50 Noasts and surroundings, but one
.''r5 haye been sadly mistaken. Beauty
no, parmitted To exist there. The
,oa, was built not only upon IA rock, but
oop strictly unitarian principles. The
as,sr ran between artificial banks, con-
a,,nctai wholly with a view to so cOntrOll-
3,its waters as TO make them useful in
."sso,ny The sawmills and wooden factO-
..o. There were trees in Noesis, but
aag were there simply for the purpose of
f nrorilipg the town with lungs. They
E,ol in straight rows up and down the
( .trsots each tree Whitewashed to a height
Il oC.v feet from the ground, and each pre-
c.aly the same shape and size as its fell
& SVs There were three kinds of houses
n Noesls-the large house, the small
s srse. and the medium house. All were
& tpcisely similar in style, and were pro-
NJ potioned with geometrical eXactuess. In
Fl hr the influence of geometry was
& sbtoad in the town. TrigonOmetTy found
a warm spot in the soul of every NOesian.
and ouaternions and determinants were
ntbem things Of beauty and joys forever;
E N Noesis wasithe home OF reason, the
domain Of pure science, the kingdom of
q uiliananlsm. Nothing ornamental was
pemitted TO exist in the town; only the
useful found an abiding place there. The
spuous. WillOWy Windlngs of the river
had been delusiOn and a snare. The
a dreams OF architects who saw in their
minds ewes great mulliOned windows and
81 Handicapped towers had been rudely dis
s PEELED. There was no place in the town
8 Of NOesis for them. Science and mathe-
E mates relgned supreme, and whatever
81 was was rightaugled.
The day had gone by, said the Noesians,
when the minds of men could be fed on
3 such dainty. unsubstantial food as Pope,
& Addison, Milton, Shakespeare, Byron, or
lennysJH. Not even Homer, in the Origi-
& nal tongue, or Virgil in his own stately
g hexameters, was considered good Cor hu-
man brains. The NOesians reveled in the
81 exercise Of inductiye processes, leading,
Is their chief professor expressed it, to
hose general conceptions of the universe
shich have been forced upon us all by
PHYSICAL science" The only musical in
siIlments used in the town were the mon
QGlQd and the steam whistle. The flow
eTS Of the field were interesting according
as they We're monOcOtyledOnous or poly
9 cotyied0nous.
10 this town dwelt Hypatia Green. A
N'eler creature the air never breathed
alon Her hair was OF that marvellous
que mat turns to gold under the magic
Nlcl Of the sun. Her eyes were a deep,
usF oroWn' so rich and expressive that
ohy tue inhabitants of Noesis could look
ile t0em unmOyed. Her smooth round
saes@ were tinted to a delicate pink with
I9 warm rich blood that flowed beneath
lel' ana her TWO full lips always looked
Itsay 10 pout, had they not been restrain
4 w neT strong will. Hypatia Green
ss' daughter Of culture. She was Pro
gsso. o' Rational Torrefaction" in the
SoesS nlgh school. In palmer speech,
sue lauSnt scientific cooking. She had
glqlgnI cooking TO a pOintlof mathemati-
e s e1actness. Every piece of beef that
sac IOasted was done Just as well as
w! 9tner piece, and not a whit more or
80 Ivy; her omelets were always of pre-
a ergyT we same size, color and cOnsisten-
Il I .ner coffee was never clouded with
4 prias' ana was never too weak nor too
suons' Her bread was never heavy, her
r. was never damp. Nothing which
f+'a cooked ever failed to come out
a.! as her recipe sad il would. Is il
rnol wondered at that Hypatia had been
wo N.Y. SOUGHT after by the eligible Young
MY NY ~ Noeslsy In such a town cooking
Nv. NJ " course, rank high as a science.
MI s,.t.NN' us capacity OF man, indeed
ss,S Sa,.Ie usefulness, depends upon the
tio, 49, VI MS stomach, and for perfec-
~ mis- ne must look to his cook. That
5o ssas va was as beautiful as a college
srr '9s uream OF love never occurred
. one. Beauty had no mart nor
NIX w. tLe Town OF Noesia. But men
Mr 9patls Tor her cooking, a gilt that
he AK inner and grow stale with
pm.,slJ " Years. Hypatia, however,
pd nr nancy free. She was wrap
link, ~ uer omelete, and che cared
Am ~ much about the heart of a
ua, ID aae did about the heart of an
geat rar,. Noesis was on the line OF a
rOt AZ" a! 20 rational town could
" tabs ~. existed elsewhere. A dozen
ION eyor, uttered by its rectangular sta
rie.s w. ua!' Eight Of them were ex-
narv Nh, MS mat did not stop, and ordi-
qtlbd ans who sometimes sauntered
e0Ha 'aPPed M meditation like other
le det,L"N pause and gaze with scien-
htd.,,sn' upon the swift movements Of
VIM N'iNes, Those who are familiar
Nii Inc 10, gucg ni subtraction will infer
A0tss nv, lour trains did stop at
reniB, ~ 'AhJ one arrived there In the
te mo6tb .t w one particular evening in
iggle Cof,i' may " brought Alfred Swim
M. v Oue might imapina from, hts ,..
w Quo. uI''n was poet. He looked
Y iiern W.. "0s more than handsome.
nv idpal hln his face something of
on wro,t,t.' which Hellenic ec1ln.
.oiae lv.iH T.. mo the faces Of their gods.
liiouta.5 i ~ topia, a town that was
wv sDparn.., an atmosphere OF dreams
~ sleDt bi. 'ufal loneliness. There he
lns VERSE guih In fashioning melo-
Gature. d, - y sleeping his soul in the
Slew not fleece, Rome, and England /.
lhhg H. !. OF science and cared
lied 'h4fl,. ~ may therefore be- in
ehatar,,-""ees unacquainted with the
tNn h. !, WNuesis. ifhe had known
llb ba, "Y9'u undoubtedly. 10 mn n
.alre M M .AsWed IL. He went thirher
W. 70 W. ~ ~ Wv KNOW the place. and no
W before places where he had never
Ashtdaa...,..
ats .ttE.uded from the train M tho
-,,.hins df ,.' 4t saled about him with
Wells W mud surprise man WIN
y, suOd ~ s.,oakht, this may be- n
w Ia ~. So lor vacation hnt -
punei moro like "A gonJ 800 ~
eollg i6 however, I'm bori "a
va" ANU out what there is IN tho