The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1898-02-02
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morning WaS postponed until tonight,
so that we could have the real stars,
you know. I'm sorry, but of course it
ism t my fault | know you don't want
to wander around town tonight SO |
have asked my roommate to come down
and talk to You.
She went up into the hall and called
her roommate, who was short and glob
ular and wanted to discuss Kant i'll re
latiGn to the future Of woman. she
wanted to know also what that dear
Professor James of Harvard was like
and whether | had ever heard him eX-
plain what he meant hy certain passages
in his blamed old textbook. She went
to her room and brought down the text
book to show exactly what She meant.
After an hour and half fled to the
cafe of the Norwood
"NcNt morning | went Ia chapel
again, as had Leen ordained by the
eyanescent young woman before she
trotttd away to look ut the stars Then
she went away To the basket ball match
game She said that if wanted to walk
down by the gymnasium | could have
lots of fun hearing them cheer. | thank.
ed her She told me to como around at
about 1 clock and we would 20 for il
trolley ride to Florence | didn't go
down to the gymnasium to hear the
girls yell, but my dropping spirits re-
ViVed. | found that Florence WASH t
much of II town, only settlement real
ly, and was five or six miles out III the
country.
81 was ut the cottage promptly at 3
o'clock, also at o'clock. She came
down very pentent at 4l5; said she
was awfully put out, hut the board of
editors of some blamed magazine or
other had had II meeting, and she didn {
dare To stay away minute for fear
they would vote TO print an article by Il
girl she just simply hated They had
been trying to get it printed against her
will for two months, and she didn in
tend that they should take advantage of
the fact she had man in town to slip
it ill., SO there
We got on the car So did IS girls
who seemed most Interested in us The
ear swung its rafting way out into the
country. We talked about scenery.
saw lots of groves and shady lanes along
the way. | spoke about them once or
twice
Its ever So much prettier near
Florence, she said
We ran oil on II siding, and tho Is
girls climbed out and began seeking as
ters and things beside the track.
Goodness snid the girl. They arc
getting their botany specimens | had
forgotten all about mine Wen t you
get some for me: That nice boy
81 did. The car started and sailed
away while | WAS picking he lovely
things | chased "a quarter Of u mile.
Tho Is young ladies hacl, rear the sid
ing wcro amused,
'Leok ut your watch, please, said
the girl, did 50. She saw it and was
much rerturbed. I'm goiuS to L. late
for dinner, she said. and it will DO the
third time this year.
Why. said /, aren't we geirS 10
get OFF,
Goodness. mol We are going bac,,
on this car as fast as il can So
- But | haven't seen Elorencc,
walled
silly goose, sho sid, this is
Florcnce!'
We only stopped once en- the way
back. That once was at the siding, and
all the is girls piled ON again They
remembered me, | saw.
Phi Kappa meets tonight, said tho
girl as we hurried into the campus.
and of course | have to 20. Chapel to-
morrow -
She said lot more, but confess |
didn't hear her. She was very much
surprised when told her couldn't
possibly stay over
Anyhow, perhaps il 5 Just as we'll. >
She said, because you couldn { come to
the house en- Sunday.
YES, | took her t. the game be.
lievo she had Il good time | have seen
her once or twice since. But don t
think rs much Of the higher education
Of women as did Now York sun.