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<h2>A LETTER FROM HOME[4]</h2> <h3>From the Princess Boo-Lally, at Gumbo Goo, South Sea Islands, to Her Brother, Prince Umbobo, a Sophomore at Yale.</h3> <h3>BY WALLACE IRWIN</h3> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> "It is spring, my dear Umbobo, On the isle of Gumbo Goo, And your father, King Korobo, And your mother long for you. </div> <div class="stanza"> "We had missionaries Monday, Much the finest of the year— Our old cook came back last Sunday, And the stews she makes are dear. </div> <div class="stanza"> "I've the loveliest string of knuckles Which dear Father gave to me, And a pair of shin-bone buckles Which I so wish you could see. </div> <div class="stanza"> "You remember Mr. Booloo? He is coming over soon With some friends from Unatulu— We all hope they'll call at noon. </div> <div class="stanza"> "Mr. Booloo's rather slender, But we'll fix him up with sage, And I think he'll be quite tender For a fellow of his age. </div> <div class="stanza"> "Genevieve O-loola's marriage Was arranged so very queer— Have you read 'The Bishop's Carriage'? Don't you think it's just too dear? </div> <div class="stanza"> "I am hoping next vacation I may visit you a while. In this out-of-way location It's so hard to know the style. </div> <div class="stanza"> "Will you try and match the sample I enclose—be sure it's green. Get three yards—that will be ample. Velvet, mind, not velveteen. </div> <div class="stanza"> "Gentle mother worries badly, And she thinks it is a shame That a man like Dr. Hadley Lets you play that football game. </div> <div class="stanza"> "For the way they hurt each other Seems so barbarously rude— No, you've not been raised, dear brother, To do anything so crude. </div> <div class="stanza"> "And those horrid meals at college— Not what you're accustomed to. It is hard, this quest for knowledge, But be brave. "Your sister, Boo." </div> <div class="stanza"> "P.S.— "If it's not too great a bother And a mental overtax, Would you send your poor old father, C.O.D., a battle-axe?" </div> </div> <hr style="width: 65%;" /> <div style="break-after:column;"></div>

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