Annie Wright School - Shield Yearbook (Tacoma, WA)

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THE HYAK. 17 Goldie— G o on. What does he look like? Miilie— H e’s light, blue eyes and a blond mustache. Grace — Tall or short? Lucy— A six-footer. I ' ll wager! Millie (reluctantly) — Well, rather below the average, perhaps. Lucy— O h. I detest short men. oh, ah. I mean, oh,— 3 ary (thoughtfully) — Oh — h Yes! That was the name, I do believe — Gustave von— von— Lucy— Von Schrwie, Schrwie! Goldie (triumphantly)— Von Schwielerlind ! Mary— Yes, we heard one of his compositions, when we were in Boston. Robert said it— (Stops confused.) Millie— Said what? Mary— Why, er,— he said it,— it showed marked talent. Millie (bitterly)— Yes, he’s a genius all right. Lucy— Y ou don’t seem to be as proud of him as you ought to be. Grace (tentatively)— Are you sure you are quite happy with him, Millie? Millie— Why, of course, only, only— Grace— Only what? Millie— W ell, you see the artistic temperament is just a little hard to get along with— at times. In moments of inspiration he is occasionally very trying. Of course, you can’t understand anything about that though (looks superior.) Grace— No. I don’t know much about musicians, but everybody says Archie is a perfect genius at unravelling the intricacies of a divorce case. And he never gets cross over it. He generally needs my help. Lucy (aside)— He must be brilliant! 3 ary— And Rob’s a genius, too, even his enemies admit that! Goldie— Yes, I heard the boys talking about it the other day. Frank said President Howard had the greatest talent of any man he ever knew, for graft— (Stops horrified, and a dead silence ensues.) Mary (sweetly sarcastic) — For gratitude were you going to say? I must tell Robert. He will be so pleased. Lucy (aside)— Now that’s what I call easily satisfied.

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16 THE HYAK. Millie— Do you live here all alone, Lucy? Lucy— Y es, all alone. Goldie (horrified)— Just think of it! Grace— Don’t you get terribly lonely? Lucy Why, no, it s lots of fun living alone— maybe you don’t be- lieve it, but it is! Millie (sighing) — Yes, I should think you would be very happy. Goldie— Why that sigh, Millie? Millie (leaning back)— Oh, nothing! Grace (to nobody in particular) — If anybody should want a divorce — Patfield and Patfield are the lawyers to obtain it. Why, girls, (dropping to conversational tone), Archie and I have had twenty-four divorce cases in the last two weeks. (Goldie and Mary make signs of uneasiness and try to stop Grace.) Millie (arising angrily)— What do you mean by talking that way, Grace? Grace— Oh, nothing personal. Nothing personal at all, really Millie, I — I was just wondering how the business is getting along. (Turning to the others for justification.) I’m sure that ' s very natural — Archie says he couldn t get along alone at all. I ' m the life of the partnership, according to him. But I just told him I wouldn’t stay away from class reunion for anything— not even the business. Lucy— T hat ' s just right! Goldie — Good for you, Grace. That ' s just what I told Frank. He wanted me to ride over with him to the San Antonia ranch. He says it al- ways pleases the boys so much to have me come. Lucy — The old class spirit ' s as good as ever, I see. Mary — And just think. I gave up a trip to Yellowstone Park to be here! Robert’s been promising to take me for ever so long. Lucy— Now girls, do tell me about yourselves. I ' m just dying to know ! Mary— You begin, Millie. You know you wouldn’t sit up with us last night, and I haven’t even heard your husband’s first name. Millie— Well, his name is Gustave— Gustave von Schwielerlind (All look horrified) and he’s a musician. Lucy (laughingly)— Oh, Mill!

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18 THE HYAK. Grace— Is your husband a railroad president, Mary? Mary— Y es. Grace— I didn’t know that. Tell me about him, and about your chil- dren. By the way, where are they? We didn’t see them last night. Millie — You surely have some, haven ' t you? Mary (looking at Lucy and laughing) — Well, rather! Lucy— O nly eleven. Grace— Eleven ! Goldie— M y dear! Mary— Y es, eight girls and three boys. They ' re with my mother now. I sent them there because the children next door have Scarlet fever. Millie— That is too bad. I wish I could see them. Mary (proudly) — I wish you could, too. Lucy— Little Mary Lisbeth Junior is just exactly like her mother. It’s too cute for anything to see them together. Goldie— My little Victor ' s, the image of his father. I love to see family likenesses, don ' t you? Millie (doubtfully)— Ye— es„ but I’m glad I haven’t any children. They might take after Gustave, and then — but do tell us about Victor, Goldie, and Frank, I heard he was as handsome as a picture, but that’s rather indefinate. Goldie — Well, think he ' s fine looking. Lucy— Oh, everybody ' s John is the handsomest; the best in the world! Mary— O f course. Goldie You know he is a cow boy, I suppose. Lucy says he looks ex- actly like the Virginian. Lucy — Yes, girls! he looks just like the pictures you see of the Vir- ginian. Black moustache, felt hat, crimson neckerchief, spirited horse and all, you know. Grace — And you live in Texas ? Goldie— Y es. Mary— Oh, Ve been there, it’s a nasty, flat place and— Goldie— What! How dare you, Mary Beth Atkinson Howard? Texas is the finest state in the Union. Grace— Next to Montana.