ADVICE TO WRITERS.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, 28 May 1898, Page 2

ADVICE TO WRITERS.

Intending contributors are requested to ■gpaste the following in their hats :—: — If you've got a thought that's happy, Boil ix down ; Make it short and crisp and snappy, Boil it down ; When*your.brain its com has minted, Down the page your pen has sprinted, If you want jour elfoit printed, J3oil it down. Take out'every surplus letter, Boil it down ; Fewer syllables the better, Uoil it down ; Make jour rneanmg plain — express it SSo we'll know, not ineiely guess it ; Then, my friend, 'ere you addiess it, Boil it down. Boilout aUthe'extra trimmings, Boil it down ; ekim jtwell, then skim the skimmings— Boil it down ; When you're sure 'twould be a sin to Out another sentence m two, bendit on and we'll begin to Boil it down.

A oycle guide, -giving.a list of requisites for s& tour, completes it with — "A comb, tooth i>rush, a nignt shirt,.and any thing else which 3aay suggest itself." The latter is a delicate lint not to forget the lemon and the sugar, j*ntLthe spoon and a billy for the hot water.