The Washington herald., 1921-07-08
70 THE SWEET GIRL GRADUATE.

diploma you nedNe a sign TO Nhihh
that the late Mr.. Solomon is no
more. You feel that your intellec-
tuaI attainments fit you to be his
seven hUndreth wife, and his real
affinity and soul mate, and you
could weep with pity for him to
think what he missed in dying
few thousand years before you
came along.
1t is a great and glorious feeling
while it lasts. little girl. Make the
most of the feeting hour, for it is
only in the few months following
graduation, while the school plaudits
till ring in our ears, that We are
r,rfectIy certain that We know Ill
rrrra is to know. and that wisdom
yra.. perish off of the earth with US
r.. Tty soon experience VIII begin
-Haktrg your confidence in your
-esg YOU will find yourself max
.ua- rr-atakes. and blunders. and act
NJ Hhr a fool. until the time will
come v zen you will have such an
-urrtfe opinion of yourself that you
sgfE 7--1der how they. come to let
ra. ra ar large without a keeper.
% . r.r. s-hen we are young and
---r ..- wen we are in the two
....-s.-,... .f life-that we enjoy
-s-.-.. s.. .E->a tisfactiOn in our own
..,- .- ucatiOn Of which you
a-. -- -...-., proud has cost you
70 -..r. Years of hard work. |
10 f.. ...-.. -. your father a good
rrI~r thousands Of hard dollars.
-urr... sow sit Town and check
.- .-. ... how figures out in
.g4. rt,.t -.v.-
r.-. F.., ..r Eaz fitted you for
-.s rag-.E .-G u..yle fight of life:
g. .r.ss.. r.. e thrown out on
-r. world ....-r. 70 sink or swim,
would -.. -,t- - long distance en-
a4-sr... r.,f-' OF go to the bot
Lrr rrH. ='.Aec
THIrA 10 over
Won have graduated in chemis-
r-y. Cen you make loaf Of bread
rr=r rrald not be first aid 10 the
urE~-ta ,rr?
SO. COX honors in higher mathe-
mats can you tell what sixteen
"4r-s II muslin at thirty-nine and
three f0urths cents a yard plus the
,-4- tax and with a one per cent
.s--count for self-deliyery, come to
without figuring all over sheet
Of paper. and getting different re-
suit each time?
You were the star pupil in the
trigonometry CIask. Can you work
out a perforated paper pattern for
a kimonasleeved one-piece suit at
sight
You spent years studying diet
etics and you can discourse glibly
about calories. and carbohydrates
and proteins. Can you translate
.hem into meat, and potatoes. and
oie. in a way that would keep a man
in fighting trim, without super
auous nerves. or fat, or thinness.
and with the calm mond of one who
: properly nourished without know
inC how?
You studied hygiene. Would you
know how TO feed a baby and keep
its bottle sterilized so it wouldn't
have the collie?
You studied English for years.
Can you spell correctly. or are you
one Of those millions of girls and
boys who go through school with
rut being introduced to the mys-
-er:es of the dictionary? Can you
work simple. well-express~ d.
Courteous business letter, or are you
one of those to whom every word
of the simplest communication
must be dictated. even to the very
punctuation
Can you write an interesting gos-
sipy letter. and an elegant, grace
fuI note? Or are you one of those
who never send a little line of SYM
pathy. or conGratulation. or write
the letter that makes and keeps
friends because they are so awk
ward with the pen that they take
It in hand as seldom as possible
You have studied psychology.
Have YOU gotten working dope
from that that will turn the trick
when YOU come to avoiding the
angles Of a nervous cantakerOus
husbands disposition. or soothing
down the ruffled feelings of
mother-in-law?
Can you do any one thing in the
world well enough to make people
willing to pay you for doing it?
If you can not answer these
questions in the Affirmative. dear
little. sweet little girl graduate,
don't you think you haC best get
busy putting a few annexes. and
towers, and cupolas and things on
the education that you now con-
slider such a perfect House of Life?
For when you come face to face
with the realities OF every day eX-.
perience you will find that all that
schools and colleges can teach you
is just kindergarten stuff. II helps
when you matriculate into the big
University of Life. but it doesn't
carry you all the way as you
thought it would.
So lock up your diploma and be-
gin your real education. and COM
mence it in the kitchen with mother
as intructOr. Whatever else
woman needs to know in the world.
there are two things that she may
be certain she will require to be
mistress Of, and they are the fine
arts Of cooking and sewing. NO
matter what fate has in store for
her. a woman will always require
to be fed and clothed. and whether
she fares well or i'll. and dresses
beautifully or sloppily depends upon
what she knoms about cooking and
sewing
No girl is well educated unless
she is a good free-hand cook. and
cas turn out hat and dress that
even her dearest enemy does not
know is home made.
Then. sweet little girl graduate.
study some way by which you can
make an honest living. This goes
no matter how rich papa is. Money
has wings. and many a millionaire's
daugher has died in the poorhouse
Don't risk this fate. Make learning
a trade as much part of your edu-
cation as learning to read and write
well.
When you CT cook and sew and
support yourelf you will be entitled
II consider that 1-ou are n fairI,