Agnes Irwin School - Last Strand Yearbook (Rosemont, PA)

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I make the children learn those by heart. And the next week she tells how to be beautifulfiip until aftern the a e of nineteen. It's most interestin . g 8' MEIRS: Did you hear about Hansell Earle? She has been suing Leokowards Zacharewcz, the Polish actress, for daring to call herself the most beautiful woman on earth. I read all about it in the paper. Hansell always was a beauty. I hope she wins her suit. I Enter Frances Tyson with a cat in her arms and Kate Jayne in a brown gollatea costume of the Eliza- bethan period. They are arguing so violently that they seat themselves at a table without seeing Bean and M eirs, who listen attentively to the discussionj TYsoN: But Kate, do listen to reason. JAYNE: Reason? I never listen to reason! 'I'YsoN: I brushing catj You can't build that new theater at Manayunk, and an amphitheatre at Brown's-Mills-in- the-Pines, and start a new circus company all at once without mining yourself, your health, Anne Meirs, and me. JAYNE! fpeevishlyj Frances, please let me be. Am I not the most successful theatrical manager in the world? You might think from the way you talk to me, that I have no more common sense than a baby. TYsoN: fdrylyj At times, I believe you haven't. k vw- -1- , , JAYNE! Very well, if you're going to say nasty things I won't talk to you. I Martin brings in tea. Tyson and lane drink, each reading a paper in stony silence.j Mamas: fta Beanj They're at it again. Kate has another wonderful idea, but just watch her come down to earth. I had a talk with her on this very subject last night, and she thinks it's all practicable. BEAN! How does it happen you two are in it? MEIRS: We own a share in her business, and ever since she went in for theatrical work she has come around to our store for advice. BEAN: Your store? Mains: Yes, Tyson and I keep a store for fresh fruit, vegetables, and flowers, which we grow ourselves. She has horses and cats, and I have dogs and cockroaches for sale. It's great fun. Come see it some day. JAYNE : Frances. TvsoN: Yes. JAYNE: Don't let's fight. TYsoN: We're not Fighting. It's merely a debate. Ques- tion, can Kate Jayne do or not do what she wants? fHolding up cat.j Angel here shall decide.

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I M eirs, not knowing French, spntters, and sticking h-er head under the table replaces false teeth. Bean tactfully pats Tenney on the head, and tactfully sends her out with the children. M eirs reap1Q?r.rTdnd they comfmence tea. j BEAN: I saw Anna Walthour and Elizabeth Yardley at Rachellio's yesterday. They certainly do make stun- ning models, and Miss Fitler has a wonderful dress- making establishment. They have excellent taste. I bought this top-hat there. Isn't it a dream? MEIRS z I aside j Nightmare! BEAN: Anna and Elizabeth are the most attractive models in town, and my dear, such figures! MEIRS: I looking at her own shapeless forinj Bah! BEAN: They told me they had seen Hilda Tunis in a comic opera, Dream, Dreamy, Dreamier, Dreamiest Smilesf' They say the part suits her to perfection. It's all the craze. In the great scene she wanders about the stage, smiling serenely, with six cats at her heels. It's won- derful the magnetism she has for cats. But then she adores them. MEIRS: You don't say so! She's not the only famous one. Yesterday I bought the latest book written by Mar- jorie Paul Morris. Have you read it? It's called, How Lizzie lost her Soul. The authoress is said to suffer from melancholia. BEAN: Too bad. ME1Rs: And it's dedicated to our friend, Mary Scull. What's become of her, by the way? BEAN: Oh she has taken to making inventions. Her latest is how. to make cream turn sour. But I've had a quarrel with her, and so don't remind me of the horrid cat. I M eirs looks interestedj We know another authoress, Julia Hamp. She dashes madly from Denver to Philadelphia on the limited, and when she's not smoking, she writes articles on how to right the wrongs of the world. MEIRS: Who would believe it? I'll have to read some of them. To what magazine does she contribute? BEAN: The Pink Cauliflower, and, by the way, it is edited by Charlotte Fahnestock, who has made a great success of it. Before she became editor nobody read it, but her idea of giving a gold watch away with each copy has made the Cauliflower very popular. I heard that they aren't making it profitable because the watches are very expensive, and the paper is sold at only five cents a copy. But of course that doesn't make any dif- ference to Charlotte, and it has an enormous circulation. I do hope the company won't fail as I am reading a. most interesting series of articles they publish. Isabel Page writes them. One week it's on good manners.

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JAYNEZ Don't be foolish. TYsoN: I to catj Darling, precious snooky, did he love his mother? fPoking him at Jaynej Kiss your da-da. JAYNE: Frances, do behave properly. TYsoN: Very well. But really you can't do those things, all at once. JAYNE: fpleadingj But I want to. TYSON: There are many things I want too, but I can't have them. JAYNE: Well then if you must have your own way. TYsoN: freeing Bean amd M eirs j Why hello there! Where did you come from? BEAN: Hello Frances and Kate, how are you? JAYNE: Fine, come sit with us. I Clock strikesj TYwN: Goodness gracious, it's time for Angel's teal Garcory Du cream! I Enter Martin. She takes cat to corner and pro- ceeds to give it its suppenj JAYNE: Whom do you think we met? TYSO-NZ I cutting inj Edith Gillingham and Hope Mc- Michael! They were having a fine fight over a bone of one of Nap0leon's dogs. It was very funny. You know they are writing a book about the great hero. MEIRS: fsarcasticallyj Great jellyfish! TYSON : Hope does the illustrating. They are on the forty- third volume. You should have seen them. Their heads were masses of green veils and goggles, to pre- vent sunburn, and they had a big van of notes following. JAYNE: Oh I must tell you! Emma Dorr has learned to draw the most wonderful caricatures. She has a regular job on a paper to make funnies. I often help her. She's on the highroad to becoming an artist, MARTIN: fwith catj Well, if you speak of artists, I can beat any of your tales. Maria de Kosenko has been struggling along in the Latin Quarter for years. MEIRS.: fsarcastically to Tysonj Living on roaches, I suppose. TYsoN: fsentimentallyj Oh to have art! Anything for art! MARTIN: She has at last had one of her pictures admitted to the Salon. It is most beautiful, a dirty piece of glass with some soap smeared on the corner, and she calls it Clean-up Week. It is inspiring!