Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1882-07-27
How 70 Write a Graduating Essay.


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II au4li uAr in >rr al editor" sand A
lady % rather prrpo,,e.s.nI appearance a,
she opened the Iolr oi tho editorial room
Yesterday afternoon and glanced t4rt,el,
INFO u, apartment
"lt.at !, mot 4 particularly Acrguleiu tA.A
Miss. ,a.Atn horse reporter - Hru the fact
that within The precinct, af thu, room there
arr no .r,s thAn four gifted yui,lryu 81
gcu!u~ who llh. the requirement, cm-
bodied 10 your request b-cumr, known.
Ihe Tribune Ia, now on draugh, a.nu,,
an, brand Of ,li,1rla. thought TIA, ruu can
call for, ami The aIhrrrat Of lruquo..
smiled -.lo - smile. ~nl-h seemed u
rrassIrc the Young lady alnaLIngN
"Of course she continued, II don't I'LL
actly Anos ~hich editor sanl to see. b,-
cause
"Oh, that, Al. night" said the advocate
o! THE Saratoga scale of weight, fur twu-
year a.I'. We don't expect people uho
come around here 70 know ANYTHING The,
are pretty mach all IN a state Of vague un
cer'A.nl, a, To ho~ they get here let alone
Auaaia- What they wan'. Or nov they are
going NJ lind II uut and asa.n the quarter
stretch smile belned fortA ia all 1t, ,plru.
dor
well said the Young lady, "l'm going
to graduate next week. and mamma SAID
that perAap, II | read my essay to some
editor ne would point out any iirtie defect.
ID 1t and show ho~ they could be- remedlel :"
Mamma told YOU that, did she 3'
"Nr> ,ir"
"lour maternal ancestor said the horse
reporter, as evidently person of greA,
mental fertility. She could not by any pos
,.bi..ty have given you more correct point
er Wha, i the title Of your e,,a, -
Life Possibilities vas the reply
That Is certainly a comprehensive sub
jet" remarked the compiler Of The 2:3O
list, land ia the case of lovely woman may
include ANYTHING, from being ml,tre>, Of the
White House 10 hanging out old red flannel
shirts on the West Side You have a pretty
good nerve To tackle subject Of so sweep
Ing a nature"
Would YOU like to hear nv ESSAY, sir ?"
We'll, replied the Young man, Il cannot
allow lie to pass my ruby lips, and am,
therefore. constrained 70 say that | am not
wholly infatuated with the scheme YOU men
ton, but still YOU can read this essay
am young but tough"
The coming graduate seated herself
alongside the horse-reporter's desk Shall
begin al the beginning - she asked
Il think YOU might better was the re-
ply.
"ScheoImates,' began the girl I'VE
stand upon the verge Of shoreess sea
the"
Hold on" said he horse reporter.
Gone back and get the word ag4,n'
tsWhV What ha ruattar =" a-L..l II.
young lady.
"lnat's all wrong" was the reply.
Glow can any one stand on the verge Of
a shureIess sea 4? II a seas got a verge it
isn't shoreless by quite considerable You
must r'g mat sentence up differently"
do you think so? ?"
Certainly do. You might a. well say
you we're sitting in the arm chair Of chair
les parlor. suppose you have been
there p
The Young lady blushed and said she
really didn't know.
II reckoned you'd grasp the simile," said
st. Julian's friend. Chicago girls may not
be beautiful, but they are superbly hy. Now
we'll change that line TO I'VE stand upon
the shore Of a sea that stretches awav as far
as the eve can follow, until its shmmerlng
surface Is kissed By the purple rim of hori-
zon that bends to meet its laughing waves
as the mother bends over her baby boy-all
tenderness and loye-now that's a daisy
sentence"
"Do you think so ?" asked the girl
"You bet do"
perhaps, then, you would be kind enough
to suggest the outline of an ESSAY for me-
| hardly think the one have written would
suit YOU"
"Well," said the horse reporter, "you
want to say something that will catch the
old men that have nice young sons some
thing that will carry the old toughs back
into the misty past with its food of tender |
recolleetions and make 'em feel as if they
ought to have died early. The Ship of Life |
racket is good one"