The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-06-12
GIRLS ~ srrHE1 DEBt7E
Why No One win Ever Know What the
Fair Creatures Talked Aboat.


Tho sylyqnia young ladies determined fow
Gays ago that IN the runise "t human events
Ne times were mel."" r.. a secret orfani;Za.
cluh. aud rows u al. ages were OF course cY-
cludcd. They ~ai d, VAS TO be n girl 9
secret" soce'y and they .solcmnly declared
= all. For a ut an hour tho Young ladies' sat
7a,d cony,rscd. y"f 40 ono had the courage TO
one Of th" on snGt@siS HAT they get to work.
They know ,W.y ought g. have a, President.
~ hey CE gns T ES The 1ne ns
. rqruarNo'c. =. they, selected a young lady
orc. and -he DC Jared which ono Of their num-
her should tr l'c.iiinG officer and thus the
Mhulr assembly, | tickl"d the girls immense.
- to vote. and after they said "lesw or " No.
my wgnId all laugh Tor the SPACE OF about
Whom order was permanently restored tho
for discussion. The words lind hardly mad
lime 10 escape hor iips before sixteen girls
leaned from nr cn2rs md sixteen stimuli
The scene that followed bcggnrs the pen.
Imagine sixteen girls NIL making speech on
don't rarped and r, raprcI on the table and
tried TO bring them t. order. but her voice as
VOL az tho sound Of the, Gaycl was lost in the
prepared for the disrussidn. for az time woro
on thcv warmed ur TO TIM question. and their
rattle. Thu iamr began to sway. the sCriptural
mott"nS that hung on thr wall rcsc and fell
trIl every now and then 81 chair would he sent
iuriuusiy across the RI ptn as an excited speaker
advanced nearer TO tho front,
The bending f sixteen Iairs, OF arms In un;
ccasing ,gcsticuiations confused and dazzled
tho eve Xix" the revolving II rapid machinery.
ana nGGeu but ,!ircr confusion to tho bnscl
posing arms would become cntwin"d as they
n>pircd together 20 tho ceiling. Then there
was an Instant pause IN that locality. and eyes
~ "a mi "a IVA
TIRE ut del ate.
Sometimes fair dehatcr would stop for
breath and see what effect her oratory was
having on the rest: but when she saw that
they all rushed heedlessly ON she plunged
Noico was hrnrd above the roar.
The President. n good ;alkor herself, had Mt
md sank back in:o her scat wrapped IN silence
and despair the scer,tary buried her face in
richiy irsishtSd orator s foacd Sallantly on
over the stormy waves Of debate. But as time
wore by natures exhausted ., forces began to
and the whole sixteen in tho same instant
dropped rantin from the ranks.
After fearful silence Of about minute ono
OF the girls got w to remark that she thought
it was perfectly discussing, for all The
started to stcnk. to which there followed an
excited chorus of voices which said plainly, al
that each one was under the same impression
BY u powerful use OF the gavcl. aided by her
foot. the President was able to quell tho NUT
terings of this second storm and declare peace
in Warsaw again. The armistce. however.
for the decision Of the Chair. Each one was
sure she had made the best points. and felt
her brow warming TO the laurel
stated that she could not decide the question
from the fact that she had not been able to dis
tinguish single word that was said.
That was enough. The last syllable was
still lingering on her lips when pandemonum
broke loose again. Cries of Treason" rent
tn" air. and in great throng they made for
that President and brought her down from the
chair with force Of arms. The scene was in
dcscri bable. The widest excitement pre-
vailed. and amid the confusion. while battle
cries and shouts filed the room. the reporter
made good his escape. and once more In the
nair faltered, thanks TO heaven. for life.
And this is the story OF how the Girls Sc
cret' society rose. flourished. and decayed in
a single night.