, 1891-08-07
A Bright Girl Told What She Knew About

cloud has Its silver lining"
OF course each one soon learned what
subjects had been chosen by the other
members of the class, and loud were the
complaints when it was known what Mi
randa McGillicuddy proposed to write
about. 1t was agreed that the class
would go down into history forever dis
graced.
but you see," said Miranda, 81 don't
know anything at all about these high
toned subjects that the rest Of you have.
l couldn't say one word about them that
would be worth hearing, but l think /
do know how to make bread, and I'm
sure that many in the audience will b.
interested to know some of the quirks
and the twists that turn out a handsome
loaf"
"Well," said another, II envy you the
abundance of things you can say about
it, but it's so awfully commonplace;
why, its-it's as commonplace as-eat-
ingl"
AN INTERESTING ESSAY.
Graduating day at last arrived, with
its flutter of excitement, its flowers, its
proud fathers and mothers and sympa-
thizing friends and its somewhat envious
lower classes.
First came the salutatory, which was
listened to with marked attention, as
would be the case even with a thought
full paper on the Identity of Identity
and Nonidentity"-if it came first on
the programme.
Then came an GRAFTON on "Greece,"
by n boy, followed by an essay on phi
losophy."
By this time there were signs of rest
l~essness, and some quiet whispering go-,
ing ON among such as were not carefully
polite. Fortunately music came in at
this point, after which the audience
was invited to listen to some Twilight
Thoughts" hen appeared the CLOUD"
that was supposed to have a "Silver
Lining" but which certainly cast no
CLEAN over the audience.
This condition, strange to say, seemed
to be intensified when Hope" appeared.
At this point the presiding officer an
ounce an essay on RAISED Bread" by
Miss Miranda McGillicuddy.
The eager interest that came into ev-
cry face in the audience was quite hui
initiating to those who had already ap-
peared OIL the stage, and still more hui
initiating was the close attention that
was suddenly paid to every word thai
was said.
The essay discussed the importance of
good bread in n hygienic point of view
the effect which a fiat" biscuit fire.
quently has upon the disposition of the
eater, ms well a upon his stomach; the
nutritious and nonnutritious qualities
of various kinds of flour, and the whole
method of procedure, from the making
of yeast, through the successive stages of
mixing, working, raising, reworking,
molding and baking till that consum-
mate flower of good housekeeping ap-
peared-a light, nutritious and delicious
loaf of bread.
THE JUDGES REMARKS.
Not n word was lost by the audience
from beginning to end The ladies were
chiefly interested, perhaps, but men lis
tened very attentively too. When the
reading was finished the essay was given
the heartiest applause of the evening.
After the programme had been finished
and the audience was preparing to de-
part, Judge Gildersleeve, chairman of
the school committee and the most i'm
portant citizen of the town, rose to make
a few remarks, and this was what he
said:
Before the audience diperses, l have
a suggestion to make, chiefly for the
benefit of those who may belong to the
graduating classes of the future. If you
wish, in preparing a graduating essay or
Grafton, to interest your audience-and
it is needless to say that you do-let
your remarks apply to a period not later
at least than a hundred years ago, and
better still if they apply to a time not
later than a hundred days ago. And let
them be on n subject in which you are
interested, and in which your audience
is interested, however homely it may ap-
pear.
at is not necessary that it should be
on the proper way to bake bread, like
the very interesting, practical and well
written paper to which we have Just lis
tened, or on the right way to make a
bed, which would be another good sub
ject; but it would far better be on these
subjects, if you know what you are
writing about, than upon Time, Genius
or The Ideal, even though you treat
them thoughtfully.
we are a practical people, and we
like to be approached upon the plane of
our everyday life. We are greatly inter.
ested in our schools and scholars, but we
want TO see you with your feet-both of
them-on the ground, which precludes
the possibility of your heads being among
the clouds,"-Webb Donnell in Youths
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