Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-03-15
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I could get school now, which is I'M
likely; and my tuition paid through
the frst half, toop'
I" NO tuition will be refunded after
student has actually entered col
lege,' " said Gertrude Miller gloomily,
quoting from the catalogue. Each
student will provide herself with four
sheets, two pairs of pillow-cases, six
towels, one napkin-ring, etc 1 hope
year things will be refunded to you,
Elsie"
''she isn't gone yet, said Kitty,
. hopefully. $50 on, Elsie. Real la
dies will notinterrupt. All others re-
quested not to-"
''Well, girls, you can imagine I was
perfectly crushed when the letter
came" continued Elsie, obediently,
"and I had no idea of doing anything
but packing my trunk and going
home"
"And leave us!" 'tAnd leave the
class of '35" go Elsie!" chorused
the various sopranos, regardless OF
Kitty's threatening eye.
''But Kitty said, couldn't L stay If
I could pay my own expenses. and
I said I supposed I could, if
I could write a book OF marry q
lord, which would be better. But she
thought those were both impracticable,
and if I can only stay and graduate I
know I can teach next year. So that's
what Kitty called you in for.''
"What?" came the soprano chorus.
ssWhy, to see how she could pay
her own expenses, of course" ex-
planned Kitty, briskly.
81 read once OF a girl that went
through yassar by mending and sew.
ing for other girls, suggested Mabel
Ransom, hesitatingly.
Then Elsie joined the general laugh
and said, 'That's very helpful to poor
incompetent who can barely sew on q
shoe button and who quails in abject
despair before three-cornered tear.
Try again, somebody"
"Well, is there anything you can
do, Elsie?" persisted Mabel, undaunted'
ly. because"
saThat isn't the way to begin" ex-
claimed Kitty, with sudden inspira-
tion. 'sLet's take all the occupations
we can possibly think of in alphabet
cal order and see which one she fits.
Of course there is something she eau
do, Mabel. Don't be so discouragihg.
A stands for architect-at least it did
on my blocks. Elsie, can you build?
"I did decide to be carpenter
once when 1 was little GIRL" said
Elsie, rather forlornly, "and I made a
chicken coop, but it wouldn't hold
chickens, and I gave it up. Try B. u
"My mind won't work alphabetical
ly," said Edith Caldwell. 81 haven't
thought of anything but singing and
sweeping and tinkering and painting
and tutoring and weaving and fruit
raising and other things at the tail END
of the alphabet. L move we proceed
to miscellaneous suggestions.
"What geese we all are," broke ir
Mary Maynard, eagerly. doesn't E
StaQu lOF uoAiiuS auu piO"iAS ohN
baking, aud G for cooking and candy
and catering and cake and cookies and
chocolate, and don't we all know tha
Elsie is born genius in all that kint
of thing? Aren't her spreads always
more magnificent than anybody:
else, and doesn't she always make
everything herself, and does anything
eatable or drinkable ever dare to fai
under her magic touch? And isn't she
an authority on NIL such? Hear how the
subject inspires me, girls! Elsie, bt
the college caterer, do! I'm sure
there are plenty of spreads all through
the year that the girls would be glae
to relieved of if the city caterers
weren't so expensive.