StNicholas [serial] . to St, Nicholas. A NEW FEATURE I SHOULD LIKE TO SEEIN THE ST. NICHOLAS —AND WHY BY FRANK H. STUERM (AGE 14) {Silver Badge) There s just one little thing more that I d like to see inthe St. Nicholas, and that is a few short anecdotes. f aM - W ? uj ~£KK. -l* 1 ?>>M-i\»?xfr? J& , «9^&t i ? -TW Hl^^-v :? . **~ *> A SPRINGTIME SCENE. BY FRANCES B. FENTON, AGE II. (SILVER BADGE.) A good anecdote cannot be too well appreciated. It is said that Abraham Lincoln very frequently won dis-cussions simply by the clever use of anecdotes. The Bible itself uses anecdotes. In the
StNicholas [serial] . to St, Nicholas. A NEW FEATURE I SHOULD LIKE TO SEEIN THE ST. NICHOLAS —AND WHY BY FRANK H. STUERM (AGE 14) {Silver Badge) There s just one little thing more that I d like to see inthe St. Nicholas, and that is a few short anecdotes. f aM - W ? uj ~£KK. -l* 1 ?>>M-i\»?xfr? J& , «9^&t i ? -TW Hl^^-v :? . **~ *> A SPRINGTIME SCENE. BY FRANCES B. FENTON, AGE II. (SILVER BADGE.) A good anecdote cannot be too well appreciated. It is said that Abraham Lincoln very frequently won dis-cussions simply by the clever use of anecdotes. The Bible itself uses anecdotes. In the Bible we callthem parables, and they always clearly bring out the pointof the discussion. An anecdote forms a simple and entertaining way ofbringing the point of the matter in hand very clearly intothe mind of the listener. In many cases facts would beforgotten were it not that they were linked with interestinganecdotes in the persons mind. Indeed, anecdotes may be considered in the same relation. A SPRINGTIME (SILVER BADGE.) to hard, bare facts and brain-cells as glue to two bodieswhich are to be united by its use: they both serve to uniteforeign things to one another. 1046 ST. NICHOLAS LEAGUE fSEPT. CHEERFULNESS BY KATHARINE WARDROPE (AGE 17) (Honor Member) Oh, Sister Lu is cheerful when the world is going right,When she has all the pretty clothes she wants, When there re operas and dances going on most everynight,When she can go on voyages and jaunts.
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