The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-06-29

L say lOhly SslIu JIM lshS7IAs'
what do you say TO visit to ;hc
G. A. c. W.
whats the G. A. c. w"
1.-The College For the Ameliorat!oa
Of the Condition Of Women
What kind of college do you cai
that?"
"The intention is to educate yOCn
women on such lines that they ma
take the places of men in the highc
departments of life-that is, Legislators
judges, governors and. possibly, pres
dent of the United States"
You excite my curiosity. would
like to see what kind of material thel
are molding for the purpose
"Oh, that isn't what | wish to -
there for. | want to see "A girl | an
sweet on. She has turned me dowl,
since she got the feminine craze, AMI
there's nothing for me to do except
to beard the lioness in her den
But do they allow men visitors at
the collegeY'
"Oh, | understand that the college
doors haven't any more objection to
men than to women; but, of course,
no college for women permits the un-
dergraduates to receive young men
whenever they like. We had better
60 as inspectors Of the institution with
Q view to writing 1t up, thus advertis
Ing 1t and inducing others to found
on1lanao FOR ci,p ilor v,urnnca I will
palm myself off as magazine writer
You might tell them that you are prin.
cipal Of young ladies' seminary and
desire to educate your pupils to I'll the
most exalted positions"
That's all very well. But do you
suppose they're going to be fooied into
thinking that a man Of my age would
be trusted with the education of young
girlsl"
"You can make up for any age you
like. Forty will do. Your premature
badness will help, and you can paint a
few crows feet at the corners Of youl
eyes,"
Wont they spot the paint?"
"Not II 1t is carefully done, and
propose to make the visit after dark"
A few days later William Har
grave Spencer. the magazine writer
received In reply to a note he had writ
ten to the president Of the G. A. C. w
an invitation to visit that institution
and to bring with him Bryant Wother
spoon for an inspection Of the institu
| tion.
On a certain evening the two gentle
men, apparently between forty and fifty
years Of age, appeared at the house O
the president Of the college and wer'
received by her with consideration sh'
being greatly interested In getting fret
advertising for the institution. The!
had prepared number Of questions
which they asked, and made notes O
the replies. After exhausting the sub
| Ject Tom said:
"As principal Of young ladies' sem
mary l have found 1t possible to pu
my school in favorable light to visi
| tors. On one occasion turned visi
I tor over to committee Of the girls
/ and the visitor afterward told me 0
| certain irregularities that needed to b
| corrected Since then | have alway
turned visitors over to others. May
suggest. without my motive being mis-
| construed. that Mr.. Spencer and l b.
| permitted to be shown over your insti
tuition by one or two of your under
| graduates?
| The president acquiesced, though no
with good grace in this, and tw
| young ladies were assigned to the duty
! One Of them assumed the lead, ACTIN
as spokesman and giving a lecture a
she passed along with the inspectors
She was not beauty, but was admira
bly, fitted for what she was doing. TIL
other girl had evidently been selecte,
at haphazard. Jim was busy concOctin
questions that she could not answer
nor could any one else for that matte
with view to getting rid Of hel
This put her In bad humor, when Ton
said to her:
Have you an undergraduate of tn
| lhule u DcItHd NIiSWulu III SouI illSt
tution?"
I'VE have"
"She is a graduate Of my seminary.
would you like to see herY
Il would
"The young lady went away to ca
Miss Griswold, and while she was gon
there was an animated and hurrie
dialogue between Tom and the remain
ing girl. He explained the situation t
her and told her that Miss GriswOl
and Jim had been spoons. Miss Whal
ton, the girl to whom Tom confessed
declared that she would not be part
to the deception, and the boys wer
fearful that they were on the eve 9
exposure, but when the girl who ha
left them returned with Miss Griswol
Miss Wharton held her tongue. Mis-
Griswold recognized Jim the momer
she saw him, but there was no dispos
tion on her part to give him away.
Laura" said the girl who ha
brought her, II will turn these gentl,
men over to you to be informed Of an!
thing they desire to know"
"I'll do what l can for them," wa
the demure reply.
Tho four crho remained moved on ff