. Smith College Monthly . to leap from your pedestal andscream ? With the passing years you wouldcollect dust, grow shabby, and finallybe snatched up by a caretaker who wouldcarry you by the head and put you ona shelf out of the way. There you wouldremain for a long age, useless, exceptthat you might serve as a hat rack forsome unkind frequenter of the length, knocked down by a carelesshand, you would go to a rubbish heap. Such an end should discourage great-ness. For him who would persist, how-ever, the following precautions: First,let him be good looking. It is embar-rassing, when
. Smith College Monthly . to leap from your pedestal andscream ? With the passing years you wouldcollect dust, grow shabby, and finallybe snatched up by a caretaker who wouldcarry you by the head and put you ona shelf out of the way. There you wouldremain for a long age, useless, exceptthat you might serve as a hat rack forsome unkind frequenter of the length, knocked down by a carelesshand, you would go to a rubbish heap. Such an end should discourage great-ness. For him who would persist, how-ever, the following precautions: First,let him be good looking. It is embar-rassing, when ones statue is beingdrawn by an art student, to hear an in- structor remark, Thats fair; but dontyou think another chin would completethe likeness? Secondly, let him bedistinctive. It is disconcerting to be mis-taken for a faun if one is a and lastly, let him choose a liv-ing posture. It is hard to have to expirefor over nineteen centuries. If this isnot believed, inquiry can be made of thedying -^ervc *-s ^ K** ^fcfck- THE WAY OF THINGS Jane Walden Her mother adored her, her father i to understand her, but everyoneelse said she was queer. Auntie Maudtried to compromise by explaining thaiAngelica was young for her age, but even Auntie Maud had her doubts. Shestill remembered, vividly, the time shehad called and found Mr. and crouched before the tea-table,while Angelica fed them from a lettucesandwich clenched tightly between herteeth. She was a Kingfisher, Angelicaexplained, with Mother and Daddy forher babies; the sandwich was a deadsnapper and she was feeding them theirsupper. Auntie Maud had come just intime to be the scavenger bird thatgobbled up the re-mains. Lettuce sandwiches had never againhad the same appeal for Auntie Maud. That, however, was when Angelicawas extremely young, and even her Aunthad to admit that she had improved, agreat deal, since then. Her queer little freckled face hadbroadened till its sharp lines were soft-en
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