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YOUNG SCIENTIST. 
is a small iiiclosure wltli a couiiter, de- 
voted to the sale of " oranj^es, apples, and 
lemonade." The arrangements behind 
the curtain are primitive and simple ; 
there are four tolerably well-painted 
scenes slung upon rollers, comprising an 
extei ior, an interior, a wood, and a street. 
The brick- work at the back of the stage 
is colored to represent a landscape. 
Wings there are none; but tlie pro- 
scenium — three feet wide on each side — 
being fixed parallel with the seals, offers 
some slight protection to the actors in 
their entrances and exits. The musical 
element was sparsely represented; one 
instrument only — a violin — (an organ 
would have answered just as well) consti- 
tuted the entire orchestra. Gas, of course, 
was unvailable, and candles were too in- 
significant; the boys, therefore, resorted 
to the use of a fearful compound of grease 
and oil, the fumes of which were sufibcat- 
ing. Five pans, in shape like huge gar- 
<len saucers, were filled with this precious 
liquid and placed at intervals along llie 
edge of the platform to do duty ns 
^' floats." Sometimes the business of tlie 
<lL-ama required a night effect; this wn.s 
managed by means of a long slip of boai'd 
fastened to the stage by hinges, but lying 
flat thereon, until the appearance of tlie 
blood-stained spectre or the pallid ghost 
called for darkness, when, by the aid of 
a cord attached to each end, it was raised, 
and the necessary result followed. It 
should be mentioned that there are t hree 
" houses " or performances nightly, each 
of wdiich lasts about an hour. The' reader 
is supposed to be present at the first of 
these, say at 7 o'clock. By this time the 
audience has increased in number, and 
of course, to be like boys, they must 
make a noise that is deafening. " Stop 
it. old scraper " or " Eosin your Bow." 
"Pull up the rag!" "Now", then, look 
alive!" etc. Before the curtain rises, 
however, it may be as well to mention a 
little i^ecvdiarity attaching to the dramas 
enacted here. To-night we are to have 
"The Highland Cateran ;" to-morrow, 
perhaps, " The Outlaw," and the niglit 
following, " The Freebooter." Thus with 
variations — harping on the same old 
string — we at last arrive at"EobKoy" 
which generally ends the series of per- 
formances." 
This department is intended exclusively for " Our Girls," 
( and we hope to make it both interesting and instructive, 
I and to this end we ask our young lady readers to assist by 
contributions, suggestions, or illustrations. There are thous- 
I ands of little things that can be, and have been, made and 
done by young ladies, pertaining to decorative art, needle- 
work, etc., etc., that would be gladly followed but for a 
want of knowledge on the subject, and we know of no more 
p'easing task for a lady than that of teaching her younger 
sisters that which they are anxious to learn, and which 
may prove of real benefit to them in the future, as 
well as being useful and interesting for the present. We 
trust we will have no difficulty in persuading those who 
have something nice to show or speak of, to make use o£ 
this department. Remember, it is open to all, and if you 
have anything worth knowmg suitable for this column, 
send it along, and we will give it our best attention. Do 
' not be afraid to write because you may fancy your com- 
j position is not perfect, or have other scruples of a similar 
I kind. Do the best you can, and leave the rest lo the editor 
I of this department, and we are sure you will be pleased with 
i your work. 
F anything affects your eye, you 
hasten to have it removed ; but 
if your mind is disordered you 
postpone the term of cure for a 
year. — Horace. 
— We cannot tell how much we love by 
how much we feel. The matter of feel- 
ing is purely a matter of a little more or 
a less nerve put into the fibre — a little 
more or a little less sensibility. There is 
no moral quality in the basic element 
which constitutes a test. The strength 
and depth and purity of love is the heroic 
test. How mucli will your bear? How 
much will you suffer ? How much will 
you sacrifice. 
— Comparison, more than reality, 
makes men happy, and can make them 
wretched. — Feltham. 
— To what atrocities cannot that mind 
reach which is impelled by selfish avar- 
ice. — Virgil. 
— Let friendship creep gently to a 
height ; if it rush to it, it may soon run 
itself out of breath.— -F/ /iter. 
— Many are ambitious of saying grand 
things — that is, of being grandiloquent. 
Eloquence is speaking out, a quality few 
esteem and fewer aim at. — Hare. 
— Eeligion gives part of its reward in 
hand, the present comfort of having done 
our duty ; and for the rest, it offers us the 
best security that Heaven can give. — 
Tillotson. 
— The lightsome countenance of a 
friend giveth such an inward decking to 
the house where it lodgeth, as proudest 
palaces have cause to envy the gilding. — 
Sir PJdlip Sidney. 
— There is a thread in our thoughts as 
there is a piilso in our feeiings— he v/lio 
