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Show TO THE GIRL GRADUATE. (Kate Masterson in the New York Sun.) Hello! 1 Girl Graduate, You swft thing, you! With vour head brimful of dictionary talk And ..uisms" and "ologies" and things, A n. your cap and gown, ' You are the latest, greatest, up-to-datest Of allJthe garden with girls rosebudded! The. brook and river ebb About vour shy, reluctant tootsies. Hut vour boots are wide and waterproof. And Vour skirt plaid and reversible Just ankle length; , For you've learned a store of knowledge "not in books. Just good, old common sence. You m?etthe world Clear-eyed and strung and sweet Above all. womanly; Not the wasp-waisted, lackadaisical, lap dorf petting girl Of tir.ies gone by; But just a girl ' I Gl jUsoine and happy souled, " ,. Seeking no voice or vote in puddled politics poli-tics , , Nor bilurcated rights in rostrum s glare I No, in the century's new dawn you stand, j rose crowned, . A golf stick for a scepter and your throne A rock, three canopied Your page a caddie, and your king Ah. well. You've got to choose. Let him be manful, brave . . or And tender of the flower your girl s heart is To keep it safe; A star to light a home. Through the summertime You'll frivol much And get engaged no doubt. One or two times , , To summer boys by sea and shore, , And they will tell you fairy tales About your being the only gvl they e-er loved, ' And things like that. Rut heed them not. rTiese gay-hat-banded ones, Keep the Ideal man ! In sight, For that's as near As you will ever get to him Despite, the fact mat he runs ev cry thing. ! jfflet' him keep on thinking that we think so, 1 It nleases him I And doesn't injure us! But well you know. Girl Grad, Your tears and smiles are powers more potent lar Than empty crownship. i In vour little palm You hold the magic lamp tifii That makes this old world beautiful! AH at vour feet. Girl Grad, Goddess of rarest June! a), Be Good! Let tnose who will be great. Look up! Lea1 on and smile. The world is your-'i! |