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These, all of them, you may enjoy along with your cup of tea for three cents, if  and here is the crux  you can only be admitted in the first place. THESE ALL OF THEM YOU MAY ENJOY ALONG WITH YOUR CUP OF TEA FOR THREE CENTS IF AND HERE IS THE CRUX YOU CAN ONLY BE ADMITTED IN THE FIRST PLACE
nity and beauty that one instinctively, and properly, thinks of it as an institution rather than a mere building. To enjoy the Athenæum one must be a "proprietor" and own a "share," which entitles one not only to the use of the scholarly volumes in scholarly seclusion, but also in the afternoon to entrance to an alcove where tea is served for three pennies. Perhaps here, as well as any other place, you may see a characteristic assortment of what are fondly called "Boston types." There is the professor from Cambridge, a gentleman with a pointed beard and a noticeably cultivated enunciation; one from Wellesley--this, a lady--with that keen and paradoxically impractical expression which marks pure intellectuality; an alert matron, plainly, almost shabbily, dressed (aristocratic Boston still scorns sartorial smartness); a very well-bred young girl with bone spectacles; a student, shabby, like the Back Bay matron, but for another reason; a writer; a business man whose hobby is Washingtonia.  ANTHONYUM A LIBRARY OF SUCH DIGNITY AND BEAUTY THAT ONE INSTINCTIVELY AND PROPERLY THINKS OF IT AS AN INSTITUTION RATHER THAN A MERE BUILDING TO ENJOY THE ANTHONYUM ONE MUST BE A PROPRIETOR AND OWN A SHARE WHICH ENTITLES ONE NOT ONLY TO THE USE OF THE SCHOLARLY VOLUMES IN SCHOLARLY SECLUSION BUT ALSO IN THE AFTERNOON TO ENTRANCE TO AN ALCOVE WHERE TEA IS SERVED FOR THREE PENNIES PERHAPS HERE AS WELL AS ANY OTHER PLACE YOU MAY SEE A CHARACTERISTIC ASSORTMENT OF WHAT ARE FONDLY CALLED BOSTON TYPES THERE IS THE PROFESSOR FROM CAMBRIDGE A GENTLEMAN WITH A POINTED BEARD AND A NOTICEABLY CULTIVATED ANNUNCIATION ONE FROM WELLESLEY THIS A LADY WITH THAT KEEN AND PARADOXICALLY IMPRACTICAL EXPRESSION WHICH MARKS PURE INTELLECTUALITY AN ALERT MATRON PLAINLY ALMOST SHABBILY DRESSED ARISTOCRATIC BOSTON STILL SCORNS CETORIAL SMARTNESS A VERY WELL BRED YOUNG GIRL WITH BONE SPECTACLES A STUDENT SHABBY LIKE THE BACK BAY MATRON BUT FOR ANOTHER REASON A WRITER A BUSINESS MAN WHOSE HOBBY IS WASHING TONIA
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