Sorosis . pity to gethome on for she said she hadnt a shilling with her. To evenlose ones hard earned cash, and twenty-five pounds and ahundred pounds! The fat innkeeper shook with laughter. His eye fell onthe mantle piece over the fire place—the brass candle stickwas gone. Well, well, dear me, dear me! he exclaimed, quieting hislaughter a little and then chuckled to himself, Its worth it,its worth it! —Giulietta Plympton. 18 THE SOROSIS THE SOROSIS Pennsylvania College for Women THE STAFF Marjory Boggs, 14 Editor-in-Chief Pauline Burt, 14 Business Manager Lorna Burleigh, 15 Literary Editor Ru
Sorosis . pity to gethome on for she said she hadnt a shilling with her. To evenlose ones hard earned cash, and twenty-five pounds and ahundred pounds! The fat innkeeper shook with laughter. His eye fell onthe mantle piece over the fire place—the brass candle stickwas gone. Well, well, dear me, dear me! he exclaimed, quieting hislaughter a little and then chuckled to himself, Its worth it,its worth it! —Giulietta Plympton. 18 THE SOROSIS THE SOROSIS Pennsylvania College for Women THE STAFF Marjory Boggs, 14 Editor-in-Chief Pauline Burt, 14 Business Manager Lorna Burleigh, 15 Literary Editor Ruth Miller, 16 College Notes Elizabeth McClelland, 17 Exchanges Virginia Morris, 15 Assistant Business Manager REPORTERSMargery Stewart Edna Gaw Miriam MessnerJanet Campbell Dorcas Beer The Sorosis is published monthly by the students of thePennsylvania College for Women. Subscription to the Sorosis, $ per year; single copies,15 cents. Entered in postoffice at Pittsburgh, Pa., as America has lost one of her foremost writers in the recentdeath of Dr. S. Weir Mitchel, the author of Hugh Wynne,Characteristics, Dr. North and His Friends, and manyother delightful volumes. Dr. Mitchel was renowned in theworld of medicine, but it is as the writer that we know andlove him best. One feels the personality of the man behind hisworks, human and lovable, clever and versatile, a wide observ-er of mankind, yet ever the cultured gentleman. In one of hispoems he says: THE SOROSIS 19 We call them great who have the magic artTo summon tears and stir the human heart. And so we would call him great, for as we turn the pagesof his books we sometimes smile, sometimes laugh, but oftenhave our heart stirred by a swift glimpse into the sufferingdepths of humanity. We feel in a kindlier mood toward theworld when we lay aside our volume. Dr. Mitchel is primarily a story teller but he has writtensome poems of rare beauty and power. Here is a bit entitledA Graveyard in Rome: As b
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