, 1891-09-01
ONE GRADUATING DAY.
A HomELY SUBJECT THAT AT
TRAcTED MOST ATTENTION.


Alright Girl Told what She Knew About
RAISED Bread. and the Applause That
Greeted the Reading of Her Essay
Eclipsed That Given to All Others
"Well, 1 don't care If them other girls
are going to write about Thought and
The Marble STAINS Waitin'.' n Genius,
and all them other things. Mebbe my
MHrandy can't say much that's edifyin'
on them subjects, tho it's my opinion
she could If she tried But she can make
beautiful riz bread, and she's goin' +
tell them how to do it"
With this expression Of faith In
"M'randy's" powers, Mrs. McGillicuddy
gave an emphatic twist to the garment
she was wringing out Of the suds
The subject first under discussion was
of no small importance in the village,
for it related to the graduating exercises
at the village high school
With but one exception, the boys and
girls in the class sought topics that would
sound well" and make a good show in
the daintily printed programmes.
One of the young ladies began to write
on Twilight Thoughts" another chose
as her subject Destiny" another wrote
AT the DeAu Oh inc DIbL pdko every
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, II don't
know anything at all about these high
toned subjects that the rest of you ave.
1 couldn't say one word about them that
would be worth hearing, bat | think |
do know how to make bread, and I'm
sure that many in the audience will be
Interested to know some of the quirks
and the twists that turn out a handsome
loaf"
Well" said another, Il envy You the
abundance of things you can say about
1t, but it's so awfully commonplace;
why, lists as commonplace as-eat
ingI"
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 a boy, followed by an essay on 'Phi-
losophy."
BY this time there were signs OF rest
lessness, 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
wa invited to listen to some Twilight
Thoughts" Then 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 m
nounced 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 APP
peared on the stage, and still more hu-
initiating was the close attention that
was suddenly paid to every word that
was said.
The essay discussed the Importance of
good bread in a h~ygienic point of view
the effect which a fiat" biscuit fire.
quently has upon the disposition of the
eater, as well as 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.
II JUDGES A
Not one word was lost by the audience
from beginning to end. The ladies were
chiefly interested, perhaps, but men lis