Hathaway Brown School - Specularia Yearbook (Cleveland, OH)

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could find no better reason or excuse for Sir Roger's hurry to leave them on his last visit, than that he hastened to bestow his gift and deck the lady he admired. Sir Roger reddened and stammered, and then said that he could stay longer with his friends on this visit and thus passed it off. He never again referred to the matter. Whether Sir Roger ever offered his gift, or whether, in offering it, he was taken with one of those attacks which he has mentioned, of silent amazement and admir- ation in the presence of this beautiful and perverse widow,-attacks in which she delighted, -these questions have always been unanswered among his friends. However, it is known that the old knight never parted with his intended gift, but treasured it as tenderly as a woman would, with several other mementoes of his early love. After the old knight had passed away, this brooch was found among his effects, the covering somewhat soiled and the brooch itself somewhat tarnished and dulled, but still packed carefully in the jeweler's box. Strange, some one remarked, that it was not sent with the other jewels as a last gift when the knight was preparing to die. FLORENCE W. SHEHAN, '99. ir No. 637. FRIDAY, DEC. 24, 1714. Having no spare time to write anything of my own, I have thought ht to publish the following letters:- UMR. SPECTATOR: As I have noticed in many numbers of your paper your articles on the petty follies of the times, I thought to advise you of one thus far overlooked. There is a habit which is almost universal among the beaux of the town of going to places of worship, churches generally, for nothing but to stare young ladies out of countenance, and by so doing, to annoy exceedingly those who are not of a coquettish turn of mind. As I am blessed with some little outward appearance of beauty, it has been my mis- fortune to be much annoyed by a Certain young fop who is so very ill-mannered as to- pay no attention to the services, he spends his entire time trying to make me appear as ill-bred as to gaze back at him. Co- quettes might feel highly pleased by this kind of uncalled-for attention, but this epis- tle is from V ' ONE wr-Io IS Nor A COQUETTE. P. SQ It would be a great kindness to many young ladies besides myself, Mr. Spec- tator, 'if you would tell the beauX that we go to church to worship, and not to be the object of their undesirable attentions. V I am, sir,?' etc. UMR. SPECTATOR: ' Iam a young gentlemen of a good fortune and sufficient good looks to be quite a beau among the ladies, but I may say with pride that, instead of being, 'forward and bold, I am, on the contrary, quite bashful. Indeed, I blush on all occasions. Now, certain young belles who desired my fortune, be- cause I would not offer it to them, with my heart and hand included, have taken occa- sion to avenge themselves by coming to the place of worship -which I quite regularly- attend g by their continuous and bold glances, they seek to attract the attention of others to my good looks. .Since I am bash- ful, as I have said before, their constant re- gard confuses me, and I blush painfully, in accordance with their aim, fornimmediately upon seeing me redden, they begin ia most unmannerly giggle, after the fashion of school girls, and not at all according to the usages of good society. Whether it be their object to call attention to my bashfulness or not, certain it is that that is what they accomplish, for other young ladies are fol- lowing their example, and soon the clergy- man will forbid me the church, which wguld be a great loss Therefore, Mr. Spectator, I call your attention to these unmannerly d0iUgS Of 3'OUUg women, with the hope that 6

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Sie verwalteten ihre eignen Geschafte mit einer oder zwei Ausnahmen und alles ging recht gut, bis der Habsburgisch-Ostreich- ische Kaiser, Albrecht, ihr treues Ver- haltnis dem Kaiserreich gegentiber miss- achtend mit der Hiilfe tyrannischer Land- vogte, Gessler und anderer, sie zu unter- jochen und mit den freien Kantonen seine ostreichischen Gtiter zu vermehren suchte. Nach langer Geduld und vergeblichem Bitten verschworen sich die Leute von Uri, Schwyz, und Unterwalden gegen ihre Land- vogte und in olfener Emporung am Neu- jahrstag 1307, zerstorten sie ihre Burgen, toteten viele Unterdrticker und trieben die iibrigen aus dem Lande. Gessler Von Bru- neck fiel von der Hand Tell, eines wiirdi- gen Mannes von Uri. Die Schweizer haben immer ihren Tell geliebt und bis auf den heutigen Tag glauben viele an ihn. Wahrend wir das reinste Urbild der schweizerischen Natur im Tell haben, geben uns die anderen Char- actere ein Bild verschiedener Gesellschafts- klassen. Melchthal, Stauffacher, und Wal- ther Fiirst sind priichtige Vertreter der besten Klassen der Einwohnerg Rudenz und Altinghausen stellen die Jugend und das Alter des schweizerischen Edels vor: Gertrud ist die gute Wirtin, das mutige Weibg Hedwig, die iingstliche Frau und die liebende Mutter: Gessler der Landvogt, der schlimmste Feind schweizerischer F reiheit. Die erste Aufftihrung des ,Dramas Tell fand am 17. Malrz 1804 in Weimar statt. Es machte gleich einen gewaltigen Eindruck und ist bis zum heutigen Tage das wirk- samste aller Schillerischer Stiicke geblieben. Der Grund dafiir liegt nicht nur in dem rein dichterischen und asthetischen Wert des Dramas, sondern auch in seinem patrio- tischen und nationalen Gehalt. Die folg- enden Worte aus der Riitli Scene kiinnen als die deutsche Unabhangigkeitserklarung gelten: , 1 Nein, eine Grenze hat Tyrannenmacht. Wenn der Gedriickte nirgends Recht kann finden, I r - - Wenn unertriiglich wird die Last-greift er Hinauf getrosten Mutes in den Himmel Und holt herunter seine ew gen Rechte, Die droben hangen unverausserlich Und unzerbrechlich wie die Sterne selbstf' EDITH SILVERTHORNE, ,99. H , f'-Rf-'I 1 ID8tI'iHI'Cl3Hl 'wlOmCl1. Studying Homer has certainly made me have strange dreams, for I must have had a dream, although I saw everything so plainly. I certainly was in the palace of Neoptolemus in Epirus, and I was sitting not far from Andromache, who plied her loom in silence. I could see that she was re- spected and admired by the maids about her, although they were Greeks and she was Trojan She sat among them, dignified and calm in her grief, never a word es- caped her lips, but it was plain to see that her task was giving her great pain. In- deed, when I learned afterwards that she was even then designing a picture, the fall of great Hector, on a rich mantle for -her lord, I thoroughly pitied her. - Her maids did not speak, feeling for their mistress in her distress,-and I could not utter a word, but sat silently wondering at all around me. The magnificence of those halls would have pleased even a woman of 'COday. Neoptolemus had furnished them richly, spiendidiy, but this display of Weaith and splendor only aggravated Andromache's grief, for it recalled the happy hours in the palace at Troy with Hector. The scene about me made a great im-