DIRECTIONS FOR WRITING
Your object is to write, in a critical vein, about some modern custom, and to write without bitterness. Embody your criticism in mild humor. Find something good even in the midst of what is bad. Above all, draw definite examples from literature and history, in order to make your thought have weight.
FOOTNOTES:
[152] Lord Frederic Hamilton (1856—). An English diplomat and editor. He has travelled in many lands. Among his works are: The Holiday Adventures of Mr. P. J. Davenant; Lady Eleanor; The Vanished Pomps of Yesterday.
[153] Empress Eugenia (1826-1920). A Spanish Countess who in 1853 became the wife of Napoleon III of France and the natural leader of French society.
[154] Blanchisseuse de fin. A laundress.
[155] Tierra del Fuegian. An inhabitant of the archipelago at the extreme southern end of South America.
[156] John Evelyn (1620-1706). The author of a diary kept from 1624-1706 in which he gives a wealth of information concerning life in his period.
[157] Charles I (1600-1649). King of England from 1625 to 1649. He was overthrown and beheaded by the adherents of the parliamentary, or Puritan, forces.
[158] Robert Herrick (1591-1674). An English poet, author of many charming poems, one of which is Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May.
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