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Show Hints to Young Authors. John Augustus . Scribble wearily opened the envelope that brought back from Its twentieth journey his "Ode on a Crush t Caterpillar." There dropped upon the floor this letter from the regretful editor-: "Hint 1 Borrow half a dollar's worth of stamps. . , "Hint 2 Don't begin to write till you feel you must. Such an attack Is heralded by dizziness, llstlessness and pnlns In the back. "Hint 3 Then write down just enough words to relieve your pent-up emotions. "Hint 4 Erase every second word. "Hint 5 Carefully erase all the remaining re-maining words. - "Hint 6 Sell the stamps." Pittsburgh Pitts-burgh Sun. |