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

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f Mary hobbles off, her tight slippers creaking nn- cereinonionsly, and retnrns with bell boy, Corneila Leidy, by the ear. Cornelia ineekly sets to work at M olly's feetj ' BAILY: Cornelia, you're to wait on the door tonight. That's all I need say, as you know your business pretty well. 1'Baily looks ont windowj There go Marjorie Taylor and Eleanore Bispham. I suppose they're trying to sell those automobiles they invented. Paw says they're no good, and so I wouldn't be paid to buy one. Thank goodness they're going by. It's some job to get rid of those traveling agents once they get in, although I do feel sorry for them. Thank you Cornelia. They are quite conspicuous now. f Enter Christine Rehn, Rebecca Lycett, Lanra H eisler, Harriet Leaf and Eugenia Ketterlinnsj BAILY: Welcome all! KETTERLINUS: Is tea ready? BAILY: In a minute. H1-:1sLER: I prefer coffee. Have you any? BAILY: We have coffee cake, coffee candy, and coffee ice cream, but never plain coffee after ten o'clock in the morning. f Enter Emma Dorr in the very latest style go'wn.j . REHN: Why Emma! How do you do? DORR: Feeling fine, thank you. Isn't it a perfect day? How comes it you are here? REHN: I'm traveling for my health, with Rebecca as a companion. DORR: Who are those people talking to Moll-y? LYCETT: Eugenia Ketterlinus, Harriet Leaf, and Laura Heisler, the politicians. DORR: Why so they are! LYCETT: They're discussing the election. Eugenia. Ket- terlinus is a candidate for governor. K Enter Rodgers amd Marshall. j RODGERS: Hist! There is the desperate character. Be care- ful how you approach the mighty Sampson. You had better hurry up or she'll get away. MARSHALL: ftirnidlyj Emma Ashton Dorr! fEmma jnrnpsj I arrest thee, in the suit of Ratchellio Fitler for which you have not paid, but which is very becoming never- theless. DORR: K looking for fire escape j You do mistake. RODGERS: No sir, I know you well. You have not paid your bill. Therefore come.

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Marks: fwho thinks she can drawj Tush! BEAN! ftactfully changing subjectj Did you know that Huberta Potter is giving dancing lessons? She is so very graceful and attractive that everyone goes to her. Katharine Ogden assists. They have the most perfect dancing parlors, done in magenta and crimson. I took a lesson in the latest dance today, and am wild about it. Marks: K to Tyson who has just picked up the last enormous chocolate cake on the tablej Frances, do give me a little bite. I Tyson holds it out, and M eirs swallows the whole at one gulp. Tyson gazes blankly at her empty fingers.j JAYNE: I just received a letter from Anna Binney Brinton, who is down in the Kentucky Mountains, teaching school with Miss de Long. Her only pay is that they call her Binney, and she is so pleased that she swears she will never leave them. ' MARTIN! Who's Miss de Long? JAYNE: The lady who lectured to us once at school. MARTIN: Oh yes! just as they say Frances Randall does to all who come near her. Her everlasting theme is Conscience She keeps a school for it, and in the summer indulges in Mr. King's favorite pastime of hunting it up in the dictionary to write about in spare moments. fTumult, band music, and other disorders float through window. Mad rush to look out.j TvsoN: I grabbing catj There goes a parade. Let's follow. fEa-it Jayne, Bean, Tyson, and Meirs through window. Martin goes to sleep in corner. Enter Bailyj BAILY: Thank goodness they're gone. I thought those gossiping old hens would never leave in time for me to get ready for that meeting. Get busy, Helene. Where is Mary Laird? Call them all in. fE.rit Martin. Baily steps on cat s saucer and uses appropriate language. Enter Martin, housemaid, Marry Laird, meeklyj and cook, Sarah Morton, defiantlyj BAILY: Mary, dust the room carefully, and be sure to brush all the dirt under the sofas. Sarah, water the milk, as there's a big crowd comin', and put plenty of strong sauce in that crab left over from last week. Onion's a good thing. MoRToN: Sure, don't you think I know my business? I've learned your tricks by now. fExit Morton.j BAILY: Helene, wash those salad plates we used a while back. You'll need them tonight. Be sure to clean them well, as our guests are mighty particular. Mary, go get the bell boy to clean my shoes.

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DORR: I must obey. LEAF: Hold oh' a little while, a short half hour, until tea is over. Think what she will miss. Dona: Oh heavens themselves! And pay day comes to- morrow ! REHN: Do let her go. I know she won't do it again. DORR: Hold sir, I'1l write Rachellio a promissory note! fDorr dashes for door. j Romans: You'll not get oh' as easy as all that. I'll stay by you until the note's written. fExit Rodgers, Marshall, and Dorr.j REHN: I'd hate to see poor Emma in jail. ENGLISH! I'm just in time to tell you that Huberta's com- ing. I'm wild to learn that new dance. You know it's perfectly lovely to see you all. My life as a physician doesn't allow me much time to meet my friends. It's a wonder I could come today, but I wanted to know which were the best of the new dances to recommend to my fat patients, and so here I am. I Enter Huberta Potter and Edith Ellison. j POTTER: I'm very, very sorry to be so late, but the Prince of Wales was having a lesson, and I just couldn't leave him. Come Edith. Is the piano ready? Give us a minuet. fEllis0n. flicks dust from instrument with an old toothbrush amd playsj POTTER: fchantingj Come along and take a step, In the good old minuet. ' BAILY! fimipaztientlyj Wlhy doesn't that dancing master Bow and ourtsy, bob and duck, come? I made the engagement over an hour ago. And now goodbye and good luck! I Enter Elizabeth Englishj I C urtain 1