The sun., 1895-02-17
good quahty. value SOC. yd, at tho
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THE WY SOMEGERLS ARE rAUGHr.
Discoveries ON Suburban Train About
the Pursuit OF Learning.

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the Pursuit OF Learning.
They were two schoolgirls in the early wears OF
young wumanhood. and they sat together in .
suburban train, their heads bent over an open
book. One explaining as best she could.
with a somewhat unwtcdy piece OF candy in
her mouth, a seemingly difficult subject. and tho
ether repeated. from timo 10 time. with many
inaccuracies. what her companion said. So ab-
s0rhed was The nteI prefer in her work that she
unconscinusy spoke lond enough tosbe heard by
h"r fellow travellers Immediately behind and IN
front. The man scat fnrword. who looked
as ii ne might have been twenty years so ont
OF college, prcked NJ his ears when he heard
the integprctcrsay:
80 M;erenas, descended from Kings my
sweet sweet wei! | don't know jus. what that
mears' .gh -,.. D..
Here the lesson rs,sed IL moment, while the
interpreter tishcd from her pocket piece OF
candy and gave it to her companion. Then the
two each with one Lulging cheek. again bent
over the book.
=" Some like the Olympic DUST" said the in
terpretcr thickly, shift ny her candy. and The
chariot is driven round the conrse with fervid
wheels No. it's the chariot avoiding the post
That's what she said. think" the girl added,
having evidently received light on the subject
tr IN some other quarter.
The man in froat had been smiling, but he
the mex fifteen lines. and he actually started
VIXEN the interpreter said:
"'Onr there is who spurns not the gohIets Of
old MaSsic nor 10 take apart the solid day"
What does that mcan?" asked tho interpre-
tcr's companion incredulously. Z" | don't see any
sense In that
Neither do L. said the Interpreter; but
that's the way she translated it,
There was some discussion of grammatical
hen I hn int
lessly onward rendering words now according
tn her recollection of the dictionary, now in
dim carica;urc Of the ready-made translation
received from her teacher The puzzled COM
panion repeated the lesson with further depart-
ures from the truth in letter and spirit thus
dealing new wounds 20 she already murdered
Horace. until ~ length the half-amazed. hair-
panied man in front, tarning, said:
'W!!! You let me your boog? Horace is
an old friend of mine"
The book was handel over, and two bulgine
cheeks were leaned toward the stranger.
You seem to have no very clear understand.
ing OF this" lie said, iylancing at the text.
The candy was shifted and 1--WE don't under-
stand II at ALL cam in rather !ndistinct chorus
You must know" SAID the stranger. that
Horace a dressed this ode to his patron, Mp.
cenas. The ode tou h 3 p0ctically the ambi-
tion Of various men, and finally names that Of
Ho ace. himself One man, saws Horace,
LIKES Ia racc horses another goes in for
POLITICS, others ov' to farm on mall scale or Q
large n u nothing will tempt tho farmer IN sea,
while the merchant, though he praise the COM
voyages that he may cnr ch himself By
commerce. some love the wars. and
s%d ch"nk PS SaP of N ths s'@Ssf @orins ens aay tos
pleasure instead OF seeking amusement in the
wife and disrcGards the cold in pursuit. OF the
sag Gor lhS honr but Horace. snatched away from
the crowd in the enjoyment OF literature will
hc content II he shalt be thought genuine lyric
Then the man. having thus set forth the argu.
ment, which seemed "a revelation 10 his hearers,
thuuEh Il was briefly given in the notes to their
unAI oooks gave lltera! translation OF the ode,
WIN RUNNING comment and minute explana-
ti"ns. lie had an attentive audience and when
, ne was lhrnngh he two students expressed sur
prise TINT no one had ever before explained 10
60, lrS dreadinlly hard G,reIug it out for your
snlt' AMI you lose all itS beauties in finding the
words in the Dictionary" said, one.
pf course you do said the man. You
the spirit of the thing. but above all you ought
meyer to have begun Horace until yon had read
yon read SlA booksY
only two" they said in chorus.
honlt never learn Latin without more read
ing. said the man.
But, nut in one Of the girls, Its as much as
we can DC 10 dig out what We have along with
all our other lessons"
".ii9w mueh tin,edo Ecg have for English =,
- nave none at all" said one. lit takes
" But ynu study English litcrature?"
oh' yes; We have Two lectures "a week"
And no reading Z"
None"
Then the man looked tired and vcxed, ard
,tSlneu ready 10 say something severe, hut he
lldht, iils chance acluhintances were young
"umeh IN The graduating class Of New York
pnbllc sch9ol that undertakes 10 give them such
lschhlGal oducattOn as shall Ill them to earn a
lSiGE with their heads. and they were not dull
'r idle pupils, either.
\ NOmsnatlns speech.