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Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3488, 28 February 1880, Page 1

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"BOIL IT DOWN." A TEIENDW BINT. - Whatever you have to say, my friend, Whether witty, or grave, or gay, * Condense as much as ever you can, And say in the readiest way; whether you write of rural affairs, ' Or particular things in town, Just take a word of friendly advice— - > Boil it down. Tor if you go spluttering over a page When a couple of lines would do, Your butter is spread so thin, you see, That the bread looks plainly through, So when you have a story to tell, And would like a little renown, To make quite sure of your wish, my friend, Boil it down. When_y»iting an article for the Frew. Whether prose or verse, juWOy~~^ •— To utter your thoughts in the fewest words, And let them be crisp and dry; And when it is finished, and you suppose It's done exactly brown, , Just look over it again, and then •■"■■ ' „ Boil ifcdotTOf - For editors do not like to point '. ' An article lazily :long, . . "itftS^Jftgeneralreader does not care For a cbuple*oPyiffJs'6f BBHg, " "~~"<c So gather your wits in the smallest sp^ceT'v>> '> l If you'd win the author's crown; - -'" And every time you -writ© icy friondj -" ; '-. ' it down.