Rensselaer Republican, Volume 15, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 April 1883 — How Girls Study. [ARTICLE]

How Girls Study.

Chi' I **® Tribune, Did you ever see two girls get together to study of an evening? I have, and it generally goes like this: “In 1673 Marquette discovered the Mississippi, in 1673 Marquette dis—. What did you say, Ide? You had ever so much ra her see the hair coiled than braided? -Yes, so had X Itsno much more stylish, and then it looks ffldssical, too; but how

do you like—O, dear! I never will learn this lesson! . ' In 1868 Lafayette discovered the Wisconsin, in 1868 Lafayette discovered the—well! what’s the matter with me,anyhow! In sixteen seventy-three Marquette discovered the Mississippi. I don't care if he did. I suppose the Mississippi would have got along just as well if Marquette had new looked at it. Now see here, Ide, is there anything about my looks that would give you to unders and that I know when Columbus founded Jatnestown, and how George Washington won the battle of Shiloh? Of course there isn’t. History’s a horrid study, anyhow. No use, either. Now, French is ever so much nicer. I can introduce French phrases very often, and one must know I have studied the language. What is the lesson to-morrow? 0, yes; conjugation of parler. Let’s see. How does it commence? Fe parle, tu parle, il par—il pa —il—well, il, then! "Conjugations don’t amount to anything. I know some phrases that are appropriate here and there, and in moat every locality; and how’s anybody going to know but what I have the subjugations all by heart? “Have I got my geometry? No, I am just going to study it. Thirty-ninth, is it not? "Letthetri-angleAßO, tri-angle AB —say, Ide, have you read about the Jersey Lily and Freddie? I think it is just too utterly nt, and Freddie is simply gorgeous. I’m completely crushed on him—“Oh, this theorem! "Let the triangle A BO be right-angled at B. On the side B 0 erect the square B D. On the side AB, the square AI. On the side—did I tell you Bister Oarraociola gave me a new piece to-day, a sonata? It :s really intense. The tones fairly stir my soul. lam never going to take anything >ut sonatas after this. I got another piece too. Its name is Etudee. Isn’t it funny? I asked Tom this noon what it means,and he says it is Greek for nothing. It is quite apropos, for there is really nothing to it—>the same thing over and oVer. “Where was I? O, yes, the side A 0, the square A E. Draw the line—come on, let’s go at our astronomy. Its on. ‘Are the planets inhabited?’ "Now, Ide, I think they are, and I have thought about it a great deal. I banged my hair again last night I wanted a Langtry bang just too bad for any use, but pa raved, and I had to give in. Yeo, I think they are inhabited. I should like to visit some of them, but you would not catch me living on Venus. Eight seasons! Just think how often we would have to have new outfits to keep up with the styles! “What! you are not going? lam so sorry, but I suppose you are tired. I am. It almost make me most i ick to study a whole evening like this. I think sister ought to give us a picture.” And they go to school the next morning and tell the other girls how awfully hard they have studied.