The Lake Charles echo., 1893-11-10
NO 37.
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ny Pluck and reraiatenps tna AiDericsH
Weman Gained fIsa raint
An American wonan who has 1aile
many trips abroad and studied "A fsf-
eas European capatala wan 1eiatissg ha
experiences
IT was u Paris, she said chat
made the holdest experiment I ever at.
tempted and had The most aignalaucpesa.
] had been spending the SUMMER ii 81
zerland, studying certain branches Of
philosophy IA which | was interested.
and had come up TO Paris with giew
to pressing my work still further.
had, even beyond the Alps, been regard
iag with q jealoua eye the Serbonne and
bad tried to lay ray plans To gain eli.
trance I'd the famous lectures which wera
given IN lis old halls There was q be
one course q philosophy which doye
tailed perfectly with my needs, aud j
made up my mind taat if persistence ow
diplomacy, 81 both. could gain me ads
mittance to those lectures nothing short
Of Rn Interpolation oe ProVidonae could
keep me away,
"Of eourse I knew that women were
not admitted, knew, too. that French
galiahtry Is d trait much cireumscribed
TIA it'd exercise, Ths ealy thing haa Id
help me in the carrying out of my plan
was letter frem my professor d
Switzerland addressed to q certain nfsa
Of letters ia Paris lost no Time utter
my arrival in going to present this iet.
ter, but the man Of learning was out of
the city, would not return soon, and ia
the meantime the lectures were going
ON. 1 turned tho matter over IN fny
mind that night. and as the result Of my
meditations took my way to the SoF-
bonnie the following day al the hour afb.
pointed for tho lecture,
''By inquiry outside found the sta.
dents entrance, and as was a tribe lata
made my way in without exciting any
attention, The lecture room was am-
phitheaterlike, tho benches (tAey had no
haeks) rising IN tiera from the speakers
platform, entered at the back of these
tiers aud locked about me, Mot ala aisla
was there in the hall, The way tho froiit
seats were reached was by stepping dowIi
from ono tier Of beaches to another. 1
was out of range of good hearing, Sd
there was nathing for INC u do hut pick
my way over thqse benches to- aaeatnear
the.frontp
The narrator paused and drew q deep
breath, Aha was sO iow voiced that hss
listeners had drawn close 10 her AZ ordeg
to hear her, and ahe was as sweet and
womanly and gentle in an things else AZ
ahe was M voice,
"Well, she laughed little and twist
si her handkerchief az IL even the reeol.
lection was triHa embarrassing, II sat
down and took out my notebook and
pencil and began taking notes. but Iwaa
conscious that several hundred pairs of
curious eyes, all masculine, were axed
upon me. | didn't hear the lecturer
very distinctly because there was such
ringing In my ears, but / made q good
pretense Of taking notes and Thought the
shock would wear off directly, But sud-
denly l became conscious Of sonlething
red and brown and big beside me. /
looked around and there stood the beadle.
the very angriest beadle you ever saw.
His face was redder than the faeings on
his gorgeous coat, and the hapd that
held his tall stick fairly shook with ra
pressed excitement.
!" You must leave here, nlademoiscllef
he said III French.
~ tried to look calm and asked why
must go. The beadle got shade reddal
and tremblel i little more violently.
Z Ladies' are not allowed here ha
whispered. Such loud whisper tool
e But I said, i wish very much I'd
hear these lectures ! win disturb na
one
't'You cannot stayl You cannot stayl
said the headle, Ladies' never como
here, tell you. NayerF
'Well, of course, 1 had to ca,
climbed up the benches, with the gnr
geous beadle beside mo and the eyes Of
every man Ia the hall on me, aud tooll
my departure, Bat 1 was not yet de.
feated That night wrote To the min.
lister OF public Instruction, stated the
case and told him what ! desired. The
next day o letter came giving me per-
mission 10 attend the lecture, and tha
second day from my humiliating election
from the students benches | was seated
on the professora' platform, and there
had my placa throughout the course.
The beadlp2 Oh, you never saw SO much
disapproyal expressed Ia human ooun.
tenance "a appeared in the beadle's
whenever he looked al me, But gained
an entrance to the Horhonns when no
other woman had, SO could afford to
smile even when the beadle froWnea. ~
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