The sun., 1909-02-28

! iho' baIets bVlhc Nltn pressure q surprise
Smott with her Heavenly Charms her abject slav,
| lost the Liberty my father rave
AND to the vlrtuous blooming lovely fair
That she had smote my Heart did declare
causes the editor OF the Weekly Intelligence,
TO shift all responsibility by prefaoing the
account OF Damon's passion with a surety
Tor the authors entire respectabiity
Edhorially he announces:
The following verses were composed some
time by Gentleman OF Distinguished Charac
ter In the school.
Mole the disarmng nature OF the words
some time, thus urging that Damon 4
| Della was outlawed and not a recent
offence against schoolboy prejudices.
| A suggestion -hs rdly more than a hint
| OF feminine charm 10 found in a note roughly
pencilled upon the cover OF the Students
0osetfe. IL is no part Of the ma gszine, but
rather the random jottnss which show
where turned the fancies OF certain
Joseph Norris. He writes:
Patty Jones
| Becky Jones
Betsey Wlster
Sally Wister junr.
| -Four uinlmatch'd I4adys ccrtalnly---
| IN their own opinions at least.
Beneath a series OF famboyant Efforts at
lnsoribing the initials OF the girls names are
further comments tpres,Imablv ralated In
the mind OF the writer though the connsc.
| tion la not easily understood today An
unfinished PATTY" bears the curious legend
-Barbaric gold" while RE evidentiy.
an intention to write Betsey, eliminates in
the meiodramatic comment Black melan-
| choly. The page ends in the following
aspirations Of q bliRhted affection:
Nov Nv me Nv M. ,.r a. ro,. ,rou, ,,o,.
rise Alps between n, and wboi. oceans ro,,
This oono,,a,,. ,..,-. =.
bssr,fs,t thsn ,s ses may oe more
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sdi,, ,hst 81. r,sii.n mus Euaru-
pbi,ad.Inbis w.ra =, tir,.. =, o'o,i.,onary %
disnosi,ion o.,o,I.s.. s,Iehuous
J..ira ~. .ins - IS,.,s ,n .no ooys
a..no, nv ~ W '''ue 'he'h from well
=. p'o'
,, ~ ~ IopoI.ea ,ua' we are threatened with an
.,,,s IL In ,n, Hs"s ., ne'tnooring
ties OF our men.
aDicl Dann.rwit ,,a nan =,
n, ,ha 49,, onn,rih,,, . pen VI one
s,sdnn ~. hn ses ireuuent
, Vi ",s "snhei'ht siter FEMININE
,ecoshI''on He II reported IN the edi-
,or'ai oouncli as regretting that IL is not
the policy OF the Sfudenfs Ga<eHs TO write
opinion that witty subjects were very en-
tertaining to the Mind but for Ihisl Part
Ihel was Of Opinion that Mr. SDectator the
name now assumed by the editorl did NOT
say enough in nraisa NJ be,uty 4 ,ho tai
Se1" This sugaestion rnee,a ,r,,h No ~
proy,i Th. chronioI. -, ,s. ,.,.s.i. "o ~
az VI ."o hee''nk says
~ oo,no;,, liz. ,n'nI e ooye sa,nereo
20 ~, no.e iono"eu ueep Slience
',n Hir' niaoAstono WIN the AR ana Au-
,nority OF senator began the following
DISCOURSE, l hope Mr.. Spectator will not
trouble himself In endeavoring to excite
the Laughter Of his Readers or with fiat
tering Communications OF female Beauty
-" recommending instead a more ardent
study OF the Constitution. This deha,s
had a wider audience than was exnected nv
thsss vo,,n > solons nd ,hs .uco.nd,n. So,
har ~ IN. ~, ,,,,,. dat.d a.n,a,sL ~.
.ho,,. ~, s,sL. h'1,
- 1870. o ssh'eu sex
mas ''''o''e" W 'pe"A ior he'Ssti'
You may perhaps be surprised to receive a
Letter from . female Hand. ! must therefore
m..,h, =, -. en-, asuhsuisned
,.,oh.. unr. III az. y nro'ner
ca,,ffs that come ont 7, 4. ,.,,s '.as'
ucuI,y pleasure neru. m. ,o,rv .n,..,.,n,n pa,
fssays contained therein and 7 am douhIu A.
lighted with your Iubricstlons. but OR an,
really OF Opinion that you do not say enough on
the female Sex and that dear enchanting Part
OF your Species which your morose Pendants
out OF pure Envy distinguish by the Name OF
Fops' II you approve OF my Correspondence
may furnish you With several materials OF this
kihu iot discourse WIN winch perhaps you may
DC WtAny uhsreuain'eu' AS ior instance can
.ei you "nss ue. LSay mas 'he eiea,est Number OF
nu.' sn.,n ,.s, ,se e . mn.s, .o,ce,who the
c,n ,ntorr, you ~ho c,n r,.rs ,h. S sh,n, !
Raw who hs, In. wb,,sst H.nd. or Te.'s rsoes' whN
wears. the most fssbIonsble Cioth,. VIII VIZ
other gentle like Qualifications, On the o,h.r
hand I can furnish you VIII all the enterta,nins
scandal that prevails at the Tea Tables OF the bes,
bred young Ladies. can acqualnt how Chloe
is deep In Love with Tom Tulip not worth groat
How Miss Nancy has crooked Legs and Sally
false Teeth. esn tell you what Lady puts the
most Paint on her cneeAs and what young Gentle.
man ,he nuu OF n's acaus'ntance' In short
,an iu,nsn 30. ~, WIN ma, an sne p.Iueulers you may
.n uesme ,r W. a .n a. som, Ipons S",n snd In the
n''"" ''"' 'e""'' '''' "''A',U s,n,,n Mum"eI. &
IL Is an even chance that this letter was
written by one OF the boys to satirize the
party in the school which desired TO feminine
the paper. There are. however, In the