MISS MATFIELD WONDERS 21J

in all Europe. The rules were not too strict There
were no compulsory religious services. Male visitors
could not be entertained in bedrooms but could be
brought to dinner and were allowed in the lounge,
where they occasionally might be seen, sitting in abject
misery. Intoxicants were not supplied by the Club, but
could be introduced, in reasonable quantities, into the
dining-room when guests were present. Smoking was
permitted, except in the dining- and drawing-rooms.
There were a good many regulations about beds arid
baths and washing and so forth, but they were not
oppressive, In the evenings, throughout the winter
months, fires, tjuite large cheerful fires, brightened all
the public rooms. The lighting was good. The beds and
chairs were fairly comfortable. Dramatic entertainments
and dances were given two or three times a year. All
this for less than it would cost to live in some dingy
and dismal boarding-house or the pokiest of pokey
flats.

What more could a girl want? Parents and friend?
of the family who visited the Burpenfield found them -
selves compelled to ask this question. The answer was
that there was only one thing that most girls at the
Burpenfield did want, and that was to get away. It was
very odd. You were congratulated on getting into the
Burpenfield when you first went there, and you were
congratulated even more heartily when you finally left
it. During the time you were there, you grumbled,
having completely lost sight of the solid advantages of
the place. The girls who stayed there year after year
until at last they were girls no longer but women
growing grey, did stop grumbling and even pointed
out to another these solid advantages, but their