A YOUNG LADY ON 'AWFULLY LOVELY' PHILOSOPHY.

Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 2 March 1881, Page 2

A YOUNG LADY ON 'AWFULLY LOVELY ' PHILOSOPHY.

A few days ago a Boston girl, wbo bid been attending tbe School of Philosophy at Concord, arrived in Brooklyn on a tisit to a seminary chum; After can* vassiog thoroughly tbe fan and gum drops that made up their education in the seat of learning at which their earlyscholastic efforts were made, the Brook* lyn girl began to inquire into the nature of the Concord entertainment. 'And so you are taking lessons in philosophy. How do you like it ?' *Oh t it's per* fectly lovely. It's about science you know, and we all just dote on science.' 'It must be nice. What ia it abontr~ awlttiiy nice Wt loythiiig. II there's anything I really enjoy it's molecules* 'Tell me about them, my dear. What are molecules ?' *Oh ! molecules ! They are little weo things, ant it takes ever sr> many of them. They are splendid things I Do yoo know, tbere ain't any* thing but what's got molecules in it. And Mr Cook is just as sweet as he cab be, and Mr Emerson, too. They explain everything so beautifully.' * How I'd like to go there ! said the Brooklyn girl enviously. 'You'd enjoy it ever so much. They teach protoplasm, too, and if tbere is one tbing perfectly heavenly it's protoplasm. I really don't know which I like best protoplasm or mole* cules.' 'Tell me about protoplasm, I know I should adore it. 'Deed you would. It's just too sweet to live. You know it's about how things get started, or something of that kind. Yon ought to bear Mr Emerson tell about it. It would stir your very soul. The first time he explained B bout protoplasm tbere wasn't a dry eye in tbe bouse. We named our hats after him. This is an Emerson hat. You see the ribbon is drawn over the crown and caught with a buckle and a bunch of flowers. Then yon turn up the side with a spray of for« get-me*nots. Ain't that just too sweet f All tbe girls in tbe school have them.' ' How exquisitely lovely ! Tell me some more science.' ' Ob ! I almost forgot about differentiation. I am really and truly positively in love with differentia* tion. It's different from molecules and protoplasm, but it's every bit as nice. And Mr Cook ! You should hear bint go on about it! I really believe he's perfectly bonnd up in it. This scarf is the Cook scarf: All tbe girls wear them, and we named them after him just ot> Account of tbe interest he takes in differ' entiation,' ' What is it, sny way ?' ' This is mull trimmed with Languedofr lacp • « I don't mean that— that other.' 'Oh! differentiation! ain't it sweet P It's got something to do with species. It's the way yon tell one hat from another, so you'll know which is becoming. Acd we learn all about ascidians too. They are the divinesfc things. I'm absolutely enraptured with ascidians. If I only had an ascidian of my own I wouldn't ask anything else in the world.' 'What do they look like, dear? Did you ever see oneP' asked the* Brooklyn girl, deeply interested. ' Ob ! no, nobody ever saw one except \fr Cook and Mr Emerson, but they aro something like an oyster with a reticulo hung on its belt. I think they are just heoTenly. 'Do yoo learn anything eU& besides?' 'Oh yes. We learn about | common philosophy and logic, and tboso common things like metaphysics, bat the* girls don't care anything about those. We are just in ecstasies over differentia* tions and molecules, and Mr Cook and protoplasms, and ascidiaos and Mr Emerson, and I really don't see why they put in ti;ose vulgar branches. It* anybody besides Mr Cook and Mr Emer* son had done it we should have told him to his face that he was too terribly awfully mean/ And tbe Brooklyn girl went, to bed that night in tbe damps, because fortnne had not vouchsafed her. the advantages enjoyed by her friend.**Brooklyn Eacle,