Natick High School - Sassamon Yearbook (Natick, MA)

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20 THE SASSAMON her to obtain her chewing-gum with which to keep time to the clicking of her typewriter, now-and I know that she would be lost without it. I feel sure that she has chosen her vocation wisely, because she was particularly brilliant in this line at Natick High. Why, what is this advertisement down here, with such a familiar- looking person demonstrating the goods? Oh, I see, it is an adver- tisement of a patent medicine, guaranteed to give a sylph-like figure. The name of it is Marvel Reducing Tonic, and it is demonstrated by none other than Ellen Dillon! Ellen's one ambition was to be thin, and I guess now that she has found such a position, her desire will be gratified. Here is a very attractive-looking ad that says Come in and dine at the BLUE CUP AND SAUCER. Proprietress, Elizabeth Hurd. I knew that Elizabeth would follow up this profession, because she was always interested in it. When she went to school, she used to spend every summer at Haniptcn Beach, where she got most of her experience. She is very tasty, and her tea-room, although I have not seen it, is sure to be the latest word as far as tea-rooms are concerned. It gives a short editorial here about the Sanders divorce case, and it gives as a defensive lawyer-Anna McKenney! Anna's vocal powers are certainly not at all weak, and she will never lose a case, because she has lost her voice, I am sure. Her inventing powers are very keen, and I do not suppose that she left any room for imagination. Marion Reagan, the famous economist, will write an article, which will appear in the Boston Sunday Herald, on the 14th of June, 1946, is the next thing that greets my sight. I am greatly surprised at this, because Marion never had any great love for Economics. She and I used to be in the same class, and if I remember correctly, she did not like to prepare her lessons. She has probably overcome this ten- dency, and has taken up the subject in full, so as to gain more knowl- edge. Be sure and come to the entertainment, given for the benefit of the Children's Home, next Friday evening, at Concert Hall! Mlle. Evelynne VVarnne will dance several solos for the benefit of the or- phans, and besides this, there will be other attractions. Admission 75c. This surprised me more than anything else that I have heard, for I never thought that Evelyn would take up that profession. She always seemed to me to care more for a secretarial career. She took a trip abroad, after leaving college, and, of course, this must have changed her mind. Why, what's this? Here is another advertisement for the same kind of reducing medicine that Ellen Dillon is selling! Why, it is Eleanor Sprowle, and look how fat she is! Why, I declare, it is the same kind-- Marvel Reducing Tonic, only it is guaranteed to fatten! What queer things have happened since I went to school, twenty years ago! There were all sorts of inventions to make people thin, but I

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YEAR BooK, 1926 19 head is a very capable one, as all her marks showed, so I think that she will be able to carry on her work without any trouble whatsoever. Why, here is an ad that looks as though I might know the owners of the advertised store! BUY MGRRIS DRESSES! YOU WILL FIND THAT THEY ARE MORE THAN SATISFACTORY IN QUALITY AND PRICE. Why, I believe that must be Nellie Morris. I never knew Nellie very well, because she was very quiet and exclusive. It says here that each dress is modeled and that a perfect fit is guaranteed. The model, Miss Mullen, also does any alteration work that may be desired. Why, the model must be Anna Mullen-at least she went around with Nellie, and I don't think that it could possibly be Louise. Why, surely enough, because down here it says that Miss Anna Mullen has taken a course in dress designing and is capable of making the most difficult alterations. Down here in the left-hand corner is an advertisement for girls to work in the Rafferty Candy Shop, There was a girl in my class by the name of Marguerite, and I wonder if it might not be the same one. As I remember, Marguerite had quite a sweet tooth, and she could always be depended upon to make candy for any of the school affairs. I hope that such a close contact with sweets Won't spoil her girlish figger, because I distinctly remember that she wasn't so terribly thin! It says here that Helen Richardson has taken in her thirty-fifth orphan! The Children's Home, of which she is the matron, seems to be doing a thriving business. Helen was always loving and kind, and I remem- ber that she used to push baby-carriages all around North Natick, in the afternoons, after school, so it is not at all surprising that she has taken this up for her life work. In the Town Talk column it says to be sure to listen over the radio, Tuesday evening, to the talk given by Myrtle Douglas, on How to Keep Your Hair Waved Perfectly. Myrtle's hair certainly was her crowning glory-and she always kept it waved. It says here that she has studied hair-dressing for eighteen years and that she has become a renowned specialist. Perhaps if I go to her she can tell me how to keep from getting bald. On the same night, the nurse, Myrtle Bolser, will give a lecture on The Feeding and Caring of Babies. Myrtle's secret desire for years was to become a nurse, and I see that she has achieved it. Here it says that Genevieve Brady has come home on a two-weeks' vacation. She is an assistant astronomer at Harvard Col- lege, and the hard work has caused her to have a nervous breakdown. Of course, we all realize that star-gazing has its difficulties and that she probably find its quite an object trying to teach the students the different constellations. I know that she should be adept at this, how- ever, because she used to do a great deal of it when she went to school! In another section of the paper it says that Marguerite Dawborn has been promoted from stenographer to the private secretary to Wil- liam Wrigley, the famous gum manufacturer. It will not be hard for

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YEAR BOOK, 1926 21 I i ' ' ' never saw one that would make one fat or thin, just as one desired! Eleanor used to be the envy of we fat people, but I guess now that she has attained her one ambition, we will have to find some other thin person to envy. ADVICE TO THE LOVE-LORN, By Muriel Mann, is the head- ing of a large column, in which Muriel gives expert advice to people whose love affairs have gone wrong. Who would have thought that Muriel would have taken this up for a vocation! She had been pre- paring for a Normal School course, but, of course, something caused her to change her mind. Do you suppose the same thing happened to both she and Irene? Whatever the cause, I hope that she won't give any poor, love-sick person wrong advice and get herself into trouble! UBEATRICE BARRATT GIVEN IMPRISONMENT FOR SIX MONTHS FOR FRAUDULENT SALE OF LAND! These are the headlines of the next paper that I pick up. Upon reading it, I find that she bought some land in Florida and started a real estate business. She sold some land that was nothing but a swamp and guaranteed it to be the best farming land obtainable. She was warned by the police not to sell any more, but she did not heed, so she has been put under arrest. Beatrice has always been a great schemer, and many of her former teachers will be sorry to hear that she has met such a fate. FORMER RESIDENT OF NATICK OBTAINS GREAT HONORS! AWARDED FIRST PRIZE FOR PICTURE IN ART MUSEUM! ! This is the next thing that I see. Margaret Blanchard has been awarded the first prize for her wonderful picture, 'Dawningj at the Art Museum, in Paris. Three rrnowned judges awarded her picture the prize at the contest, held two days ago. I am very much pleased to see that Peg has won such great honors. She has always been clever in all lines, but I supposed that she would follow a secretarial career, because she was always so smart in stenography and typewriting. It says that she has been studying art for nineteen years, so she must have begun her traveling directly after leaving High School. I suppose now that she has become so famous, and has so much to do, she won't ever have time to think of her old school friends, 'way back in Natick! It says here that a number of missionaries have just returned from the Fiji Islands and among them is Lillian Gorey!! Lillian has always been very quiet and this occupation suits her perfectly. I wonder how she finds it down there! I should not think that it would be an easy matter trying to teach the natives anything, but Lillian is Patience personified, so I guess she won't find it hard! In the Foreign News Column. right alongside of that piece about the missionaries, it says that Jane Pettis has established a large cocoa- nut grove, down in Honolulu, and that she is doing a fine business. Jane used to take care of children when we went to school, but appar- ently she found that uninteresting as compared with taking care of cocoanut trees! If cocoanuts are as hard to raise as children, I know