The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-11-16


claimed: .Of course you know . real nice
name for it, Mr.. Russell Z"
Before the young man could reply-even
snppcsing that he could have replied at
ALL Miss Hill picked up one of the books
which Alice bad been trying to read
"Ob, its history" said She Alice. for
goodness sake. don't let's study history.
don't know anything shout it; it isn't
the least use trying to learn now. I'm too
old"
.'If Cato learned Greek at So" said Rus
sell, ''you might begin history at 49,
Yes, you might have begun It ct Is,
said one Of the girls. THAT Was when
you were 1t Mr.. Lawson's school Poor
old mani He's been dead ever 90 long"
oh, think history would be nice. said
Alice. ''oniy don't let's take any horrld part
of it where there's nothing happening but
politics and every event occurs on some
particular date that nobody can ever re-
member"
Conversation ct this point became AMI
mated and general. This is about the way
il RAM
Lets study the life of great man"
"On, no; . woman"
"A man would be ever 80 much more in
teresting."
And wsmen in history are something
awful"
I'VE might take poet"
''Or Herbs RI Spencer"
"Don't let's take him; he hasn't been
dead long enough"
why, ne isn't dead ct all.
Then they alliaughed, except the girl who
had slain Mr.. Spencer Russell ventured
TO suggest literature. but il appeared that
every body knew Shakespeare TOO well. and
NOBODY knew anything else well enough.
At this point one of the girls suggested that
the society had not been organized. Rus
sell was thereupon unanimously elected
president, after which the girls successfully
Declined the Office Of secretary. In this
emergency Russell was deposed from the
presidency and chosen secretary. While
he was trying to escape from that RESPONSE
bile p-st il was discovered that
the society had no motto. Five
different languages were instantly
proposed as the proper vehicle for the So
c,ety's watchwori, but it was discovered
that nobody had sufficient command OF any
of them TO be sure OF the accuracy OF
quotation. From this point discussion
drilled naturally TO the study of the
languages, and the comparative usefulness
of French and German was warmly de-
bated.
But we can't study either without Q
teacher" said Alice, land teacher would
be horrid."
.Doesn't Mr.. Russell know French2"
asked Miss Hill.
Il can read bill of fare, if the French
steward does not try to write i, in English"
SAID Russell, ''but nay knowledge of the
langu re does not 20 much further. Sap
pose We study Engnsh?"
.sOh. it isn't the least use to anybody"
said several girls in chorus. You can't
possibly know enough about II to MAKE any
body see that You do"
I'VE ought 10 have some committees"
said one Of the girls: land We need critic,
TOO. When we decide what we're going to
read. veil have somebody appointed to
tue matter with IT,
I'VE mus. change the critic every week.
said Miss Hill.
Russell Was strongly Of the opinion that
such an arrangement would be necessary TO
the happiness and safety of the critic. but
he did not venture to say 20. He Was pian-
ming 10 o6 tne idst critlc on Tue isl, IN Tue
hope that the society would die . natural
death before his turn came. But the subject
of critics was dropped for the moment,
while the society went into executive ses-
sion and wrestled with the question of
names and uses for the committees. Rus
sell was chairman. aud the girls either
talked to him oil 1t once or didn't talk to
him at ell. When he detected any thing
like motion, he requested = vote which
was generally . unanimous affirmative be-
cause, by the time he could cali for the
nays, the girls had begun 10 talk about
something else and didn't hear what he
said.
1t was decided to give reception TO the
friends of the society. and . committee to
decide what sort Of . reception il should be
vas appointed BY the chair. assissed BY oil
the members simultaneously. In fact. that
was 90 much assistance that after the COM
mittss had bean appointed nobody could
remember who Was on il. By this time
The course u dsbsts had changed, and this