Radcliffe College - Yearbook (Cambridge, MA)

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Class Prophecy E9 GE on a dais on the stage, dressed in a crimson velvet gym suit trimmed with gold, and lift heavy weights, for ten minutes at each performancef' VVell, well, well, I am completely llabbergastedf' I gasped. Lets sit down and talk it over. Any other girls I know around here? Oh, yes, lots of them, she answered, leading me to a shaded seat in a sort of little park effect. There's Alice VVilde. She tool: Annette Kellerman's place as the perfect woman swimmer and diver. Made her fame by swimming twice without stopping from Cape Horn to Cape Cod. You ought to .ree'her dive. She starts from a tiny platform suspended just below the ceiling and dives into a tank on the centre of the stage, turning tive somer- saults, two handsprings, and a cartwheel before landing in the water. It is marvelous! 'Then there's the Gaffey, Daniel, and Blaisdell Trio of Alcrobatic Astonishments. Avis holds one in either hand and juggles them all over the stage like little japanese balls. Flora Hale takes all the heavy tragedy parts in the one-act playlettes. But thepmost popular number on the programme, and the one that draws the greatest crowds is Louie Hodges it is called, La femme, la plus parfaite de la.mondef', You know she gained the reputation of. being a regular Venus in college years ago, Victoria Howarth and Frances..Barnes,are in a one-act tragedy called Ghosts.' Fanny Phillips -.is ou17,,f.light, comedian and never fails to draw shouts of laughter fromthe pit. She's a regular Bessie Macoy, she's so funny. I forgot to tell you that Corinne Huling manages all our numbers ,41, and, has invented some perfectly marvelous effects of scenery and lights. ,Ig I How perfectly splendid, I said, ffbut where, under the sun do you an Hve?f' ' ' A ,,, , ., Oh, said Frances. V W'e have a- magnificent Apartment Hotel all to ourselves. Miriam, 1-1ills!is our little,mother', and takes care of us all, keeps us goutvof misqhilef,Lbesidesdrunning the whole business. Roxie Odiorne,',helps her with tlie,.,dietCtiC,DaYt, and Gee! what salads she givesius. 'YOL1-kllONV,l'gES pgoqr girlgservexd 26

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Class Prophecy saw as U a -..faaaa ,aa Q Aha! he said, very simple, very simple. I will not fell you, but I will show you. So saying he poured some of the fluid out of his bottle on a sponge and held it under my nose. In a twinkling I found myself walking along the streets of Paris. It was a very beautiful day and throngs of gaily dressed people were passing by me. Suddenly I caughtthe sound of a gay rippling laughter close at my side and glanced up just in time to see a handsome victoria, drawn by a prancing pair of bays, dash by me. I was thunder-struck to recognize in one of the occupants, Mar- jorie Smith. Such a handsome equippage and such a bewildering costume I had never before seen. I was standing spellbound star- ing after the receding carriage, wondering if I dared pursue it, when somebody, evidently also looking in the same direction, bumped into me with an awful tliud. I was prepared to swear in French when I looked up and changed my mind. Frances Perry, I fairly yelled, you dear old prune, where did you drop from? Did you sec that? answered Frances, after her surprise at seeing me was calmed. And did you fallow who it was?'l VVhy, it's old Smithy, isn't it? Smithy nothing. C'est la Belle Marjorie! You know when La Divine Sara Bernhardt retired on full pay she left all her success as a little remembrance to Marjorie. Poor old Sara is completely forgotten and everybody is wild with enthusiasm over Marjorie, La Belle, as they call her, and her interpretations of Sara's repertoire. I certainly was not entirely surprised at the news, but still it was quite a shock to receive all at once. 'fWell, tell me, France, what are you doing mzcscorted in Paris? I asked. Frances laughed. Mc escorted. W'hy, there's not a man in Europe would not run if I said ' scat' to him. You don't seem to know that I am considered the strongest woman in the world. I have a permanent position in a first-class variety show here in Paris and simply shovel the money in. All I have to do is stand 25 -

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FAY HOUSE HALL