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Title: Smith College Monthly
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: Smith College
Subjects: Literary opinion news magazine
Publisher: Smith College
Contributing Library: Smith College Libraries, College Archives
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man. After a week ofhim, the king closed his doors for re-spite and thought. Extending from the royal desk to theroyal wastebasket were some yards ofstatistics, accumulated during the appli-cation of the average man. From themthe king turned his over-developed headin disgust. My dear, said he to the princessat his footstool, if you should marryany one of a thousand of these creatures,or even all of a thousand, you would notget the average man. These representmerely the mediocre of life,—moder-ately bad-looking, moderately stupid,and self-indulgently good, as they are.Surely they cannot be the average man.No indeed! and here he thumped hisroyal knee. No indeed! The trulyaverage man must be both brilliant anddense, both handsome and horrible,both a fiend and a demi-god. Withthat man you might be happy in mar-ried life, but since certainly that mancannot exist, I see you must remain alonely spinster. The princess smiled incredulously. But I know you wont, added theking with a sigh. 88
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A Prayer to the Muse Katharine Phelps O Muse, give me a theme in writing verse So that I may not write mere words, or worse— Not wander mong the sentence-paths-to-be And pluek all flowery adjectives I sec And let me, too, avoid the dressy phrases— Hie veils, the cloaks, the robes,—like common daisies, The far-fetched simile, the gilt edged word— My Pegasus might be but a donkey spurred. And let me know my mortal time is o er— So I wont go on and write a whole lot more! Dramatic Irony C. 0. P. Once upon a time there lived fourenormous people. They all lived to-gether in a very small house. Theypainted the house gray; and theypainted the blinds periwinkle blue; andthey made the front door, with elaboratewhite imps on a periwinkle background,an expression of their souls. Outside,this house was angular, straight, andstupid after the first glance. Inside,this house was a riot of disorder; theliving room was restless with stenciledyellow dragon hangings; the kitchenwas piled high

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