Philadelphia High School for Girls - Milestone Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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ZR She stoops to teach. murmured Mr. Superhus. And the punster still pursues her, I replied with pungent scorn 3 'f f. ' but I am afraid that he failed to hear it, for just then some small boys y who were at their recess began to shout, We love to go to school, X because we love our teachers. Lx L, Who are the happy women? we asked the corridor aid. Mar- 1 X jory Nelson and Florence Stewart, their quiet sweetness wins all hearts. , X X In another room we came upon Mabel Axe who was holding forth X ,b Yin ,f with her usual explosive violence. Although it was a warm day, yet the NX QQ children were mufiied up to their eyes in furs. Our guide hastened to ,QI X explain, Mahel's rapid speaking creates such a draught that the . A '- W ly f children are in danger of catching pneumonia W 2- I l,V V i . . , ' . . .,,,4 fff fy I it XVe were so indignant at this that we left hastily without waiting A' ax - 1,1 X Q to see how Henrietta Collins and Gertrude Stone led their thirsty fc 55 ,7 If , W - young iuteilects to the Pieriau Springs. t ,A A 23 X R ' - ' ' . x . ,Q k -5 . l 'wt F , I ,I X . Zi N! bs P Y A - X I , . ft ,fc as It tp ,- Q . A .s , ., My X +I rx X , H Q1 ,veg I 23- i t q, W 0 2 . f l, wifi is ' to s . ff , 74 , ' ' X I KW f f I, he .SEOOYSTO 1. I Q7 fa It YJ,-Z x . qi! ,f 5x ,b Jl i -V Ewa! X 1 ' On, on we walked fthe cab drivers and N .s 'Ji r ' ,l j . .-,? 'i X -f trollev emploves were on a strike--another bf ff '. ' . jk' .1 Q :I X .X conclusive proof of the advanced civilization ' ' '- -2 ,fi , I in the Moon . In assin over a lonelv g +g aff! 7 I V . P g , :lg 24 5' 'Q waste, we heard, above the roar of the sea, '53 if , strange, gnttural sounds that emanated from If If it a group of figures at the water's edge. That 4 Il X, 2 is the ' Choral Societv' under the direction 4 I 1 L - , AL A ? '-' l' X if of Edith Twiggj' Mr. Regulus explained. .fflffff-fl fL'J gf ' gl- Its members are Bess Smith, Anna Merrill, XJX Kathryn Clarke, Tessie 0'Donnell. Ethel Moore and Anna 1NIcQnairle. Thev helieve

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37 I feel a trifle air-sick, said lless turning white. It'll be all up with me in a minute if this boat doesn't stop rocking, groaned lilizabeth with the tortured expression of an early Christian martyr. If I only had some of Clara Ne-ild's chocolate cake or Harriet Homer's fudge to give you two 5 I exclaimed anxiously. But just at this critical moment when all hope seemed lost Alice Bauer stepped forward and supplied the energy to waft us on our moonward wav. lVe were agreeably surprised to find that life in the Moon possessed all the ear-marks of civilization as we knew it. The hurdy-gurdies played Bedelia and the young girls adorned their back hair with flaring bows the size of llert She-arer's. For a while we wan lered lonely as a cloud,' '-people, people. everywhere-but not a one we knew. To be sure we did pass a shingle on which we read the name of Revilla l5arr's husband 3 but when we rang the bell and inquired for Billy, we found that she had just gone down to the earth to do s une shopping. But suddenly our maidenly hearts began to thump violently, for coming directly toward us, and with the evident intention of addressing us, were three Gibsonian specimens of the stronger sex. XYe are approaching what Socrates would call the psychological moment, I murmured. Nettie Craven could tackle it better than we, responded Bess. Simultaneously the visions tipped their hats and thus they spake, Most beautiful maiden I standards must be reversed up here, quoth Elizabeth in a stage whisper. Bess aml I looked hurt!-naturallyxj Diana, Queen of the Moon, has been radimatically apprised of your presence here and begs the honor of avisitf' We feel sure that the Faculty would have felt a bursting pride could they have witnessed the perfect dignity with which we examined the credentials, and accepted the escort of the Messrs. Marcus. Regulus and Superbus. As we nloved forward two hy two the Moon seemed much brighter. Pourquoi? Mr. Marcus set the bull of conversation rolling by remarking genially, I hear that a friend of yours, the inarlrle-hearted Florence Reid, has been literally swept off her feet by a certain Adonis. He must be a Hercules as well, said Bess, for Florence is no paper-weight. just then Maud Rosenheim passed by with such a beaming face that I felt constrained to ask her whether she had married a millionaire. U no, she gushed, but james K, Hackett has just given me his autograph. lsn't he a darling? .Xt the time that Maud uttered this frivolous speech we were actually standing on the pavement of the Model School of the Moon Y I saw Mr. Regulus' face assume a look of disapproval which deepened when he heard Elizabeth exclaim, A Model School Y Good gracious girls, let's run Y Never Y said I nobly, It shall not be said that we lack the proper professional spirit. XVe will enter -and we did. A thrill of sympathy shot through us when we saw the neat corridct r aid with her decent little black bag and her chaste white shirtwaist. sans beads, sans ribbons, sans fripperies of any kind. In one of the rooms we observed our junoseque Ivy Hooper teaching some Lilliputian dots of children.

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29 that we learn to sing by singing. but the Law and Urder Society doesn't agree with themg so thev had to leave the city. Ilut look, said I, even the waves are getting angry. 'l'hey'l1 chase those girls in a minute. Any reasonable jury would exonerate them for so doing, replied Bess as we fled out of hearing. XX'e now came to a well populated section where the busy housewives, tl1e romping children, the quarrelsoinc dogs and a stray goat or two, made up an ideal scene uf domestic happiness. This used to be the famous bachelor quarter of the moon, said Mr. Marcus, but the missionaries sent here by the Antiallachelor Society of New York certainly worked wonders. Who were the missionaries? we queried with a dim suspicion of the 4 e s cs A answer. xg f Florence Mctiuik, Nettie Miller and May Fulton, he replied. ,L YY But whv did thev go so far afield inquired lless, surely there is a i crvinfr need for just such work in our own city of llrotherly Love. ' 'C1'oo, too brotherly,-that's just the trouble, sighed Iihzabeth. Uh Y the home interests are well protected by Iilizalitth Owens and Margaret 1 ,Q e Harvey, he answered slyly. ' How much farther is it to the Palace, Mr. Marcus? I asked wearily, J , for I was more tired than if I had been playing games all day. I Here it is, said he chem rfnlly as he pointed to a sinister pile of gray- ' ' stone, - and yonde-r's the sentryf' he added. indicating a rigid figure which on closer inspection proved to be Iimily Hartley. It pays her to have a military carriage, murmured Elizabeth to the EY , ff I I world at large. ll XVe were ushered into a small room which opened on the Throne Room, 9' for we had begged the privilege of resting for a few moments before making our obeisance to the Queen. From this vantage ground we could see, with- out being seen, and we made the most of tl1e oI,portunity. The scene was truly gorgeous. In a magnificent chair studded with Montana diamonds sat the queen in whose beautiful face we reccgnized Adele Stoll. Un each side were grouped her ladies in waiting, Florence XVa1ker, Percy Heap. May llitting and Katherine Korb. Their exquisite gowns of cloth of cheese cou- trasted well with their 'liitian locks. XVith langiiid grace they wielded large -e elephant's ears as they watched the ladies of the court go through the intri- p 4. A 71, nl WMMMMTP ii- catt-,steps of the Qlaaurka. A A -we-if' fhe rose of Izmily Reeve's cheek. the wlnte of Iilorence IJash's teeth, L' the blue of Mary I,awly's eye, the depth of Ruby Crawfords fliruple, and finally the insidious grace of Grace Miller's pose, all combined to mike a charming picture, the beauty of which was enhanced by the mellow light from Cora 1Iurphy's kindly eyes. XVhat a pity that Stella Nathan isn't here to enthuse over it. said Hess regretfully.