THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL.
A great boarding-school scandal is exciting attention in Philadelphia, which prides itself on its young lady seminaries. Not long ago nn elderly gentleman drove up to the door of one of the most prim of these institutions, disembarked Ida trunks and introduced his “daughter” to the matron. The daughter was tall and handsome, tastefully dressed, and promised to be quite a popular pupil. So when the father wanted to put her to school she was gladly ascopted. Then the father said good-bye, and after leaving special instructions in regard to the care over the young girl, drove away. Next, a room was selected for her, in company, of course, with the usual number of room-mates; Several days pass’d by, the now comer was growing very popular with the other girls as well as with the teacher. Her wardrobe was extensive, her manners attractive, and there seemed to be a certain charm about her that all recognised, but which none could explain. She herself seemed happy ; her disposition was pleasant, aud she laughed a great deal Sometimes the girls couldn’t understand why she laughed, but a slight explanation satisfied. Well, a month passed away ; the young lady was a great favorite, hardly less so with the girls than with her room mates, and she was becoming quite accomplished. But one day she sent a trunk off for some reason, and pretty soon loft quietly herself. Most of the household were * istonished, and immediately the alarming story spread that she was not a girl at all. The teachers tried to hush it up, hut it wouldn’t bo hushed. The room-mates of the decamped young lady were besieged for information, Theu the story got out of the school, has been verified, and the result has been a perceptible commotion in society circles. A bold and audacious fraud bad been perpetrated on flic managers of the school, a id a smooth-faced youth of about twenty, introduced into the houdoirs fl of a fashionable young ladies’ seminary. Any wonder a sensation should ensue ? The scamp has not been captured, and efforts are being made to hush the affair up.
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Dunstan Times, Issue 688, 25 June 1875, Page 3
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