Arlington High School - Indian Yearbook (Arlington, MA)

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ARLINGTON HIGH SCHOOL CLARION. .S LITERARY DEPARTMENT I “COMING THROUGH THE RYE.” The western sky, all aglow with the setting snn, was fain tly reflected in the small pond by the roadside. A path ran from the road by one side of the pond in among the trees, just beginning to turn into red and gold. On the other side of the ])ath a great field of rye sloped to- wards a white farmhouse. At the stile stood a man with a frank, open counten- ance, somewhat browned by the sun. ( )ne foot was resting on the lower bar, his elbows on the top bar: his hat was pushed far back on his head, and he was looking expectantly along the path to- wards the woods. Presently his eye grew brighter, and his face lit up with a happy and affectionate smile. She had just emerged from the woods. - t first she did not look up ; she broke off the head of some gay autumn flower, then looked up for a moment with just a little smile of welcome in her brown eyes, and an expression which plainly told that she knew he would be there, lie had not failed her a single afternoon all summer, and then, perha])S, she had heard him whistling faintly a few minutes before. She diu not hurry at all, and even stopped now and then to look into the clear, quiet water. He waited and never moved, onl ' the smile broadened on his face. ■ t last she reached the stile ; then he slowly took his foot down, removed both the bars for her to pass through, put them back again, and stopped a moment to look at the great red sun just sinking over the distant hillside. Then he turned where she was. patiently waiting for his usual caress, with, perhaps, a little look of . dis])leasure at his evident admiration of the sunset ; he threw his arm around her, and lovingly they walked off down the lane, (juite happy together, farmer John and his brown heifer Bess. M.VKG. RET CflAMPNEY, ’ol . A SUMMER BOARDER. At the end of a winding lane shaded by young birds ' trees, and flecked with ])atches of sunlight, in a peaceful little country village among the hills, is the dearest little house ever secluded from the inquiring gaze of the public. its weather-beaten gray shingles are covered with a thick green vine, whose tendrils curl around the old-fashioned brick chimney which extends to the ground. Hollyhocks of the richest shades grow luxuriantly in a mass of glowing color around the moss-covered stone door- siep. and add the necessary touch of color to the landscape. A canary in a wooden cage at the window continually ])Ours forth his most beautiful melodies in appreciation of the surroundings. Ev- erything is spotless, from the much- scrubbed kitchen floor, to the glass-cov- ered wax dowers on the parlor mantel- ];iece. ( )n the door-stei), the old dog, who goes by the rare and. unusual ap- pelation of I’rince, slumbers peacefully, only waking now and then to give a dis- turbed grunt at the naughty kitten, who delights in i)laying with his tail. In this delightful place live two maiden ladies. Miss Priscilla and Miss Maria, who are in straigthened circumstances, and are obliged to resort to various means to better their lot. They were dis- cussing the ])roblem of existence one morning, while washing dishes. “We are ladies. Maria, said Miss l ris-

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4 ARUXGl ' ON llKill SCHOOL CLARION. there is a certain masculine appearance in tlie Hermes which the .Apollo lacks. It seems remarkable that a sculptor, in his statue, can e.xp ress all the strength and manliness of a youth, and at the same time depict liis suliject, holding a little child as tenderly as a woman. Praxiteles has done all this. The original Hermes of Pra.xiteles is still at Olympia in a small museum made especially for it. ■ d ' he ’enus of Alelos is at the hack of room “i” between ' the windows. The original was found on the island of Alelos by a peasant of that place. It was bought by the Marquis de Riviere in 1820, carried to Paris in 1821, and pre- sented by de Riviere to Louis X ' HI, who placed it in the Louvre, where it still remains. It is larger than life size, and this is very e.xceptional in Greek statuary. It is the most famous and most beautiful female statue in e.xistence. The chief beauty lies in the simplicity and e.xquisite refinement. Tlie beautiful head, with the hair coiled loosely at the back, is tipped slightly to the left. A’enus has nothing of coquetry about lier, but a ma- jestic purity and sweetness perfectly adapted to the “Goddess of Love and Beauty.” Do we wonder that Paris gave her the golden apple? The weight of her body is resting on her right foot and the left foot, which was missing when the statue was found; was originally placed a little in advance of the right. This po- FRANK R. DANIELS ' 606 Mass. Avenue. AGENT FOK A. G. SPAULDING ' S Sporting Goods. League Base Balls, Bats, Etc. Examine the ROCHESTER BICYCLES, $30 and $40. NOT MADE BY THE TRUST. Without doubt one of the best wheels in the market. sition raises the right hip a little above the left and gives a grace and ease to the curves of the body which is unexcelled in art. The arms, which are both miss- ing, have never been satisfactorily re- stored, and there has been a great deal of controversy about their position. One sup])osition is that they held a bright shield which the goddess was using as a mirror ; another, that she w ' as resting her hands on the shoulders of her lover, .Mars ; and still a third, that this ’s the statue of a madonna and that originally she held a child in her arms. .Although none of these theories can be satisfac- to’ ily proved, there is one restoration that seems more probable than the rest. When the statue w ' as found at Alelos, a left hand holding an ajtple was found, not far from it. It seems reasonable that enus should l)e holding an apple, and as the hand is made of the same material as the statue it is very likely that they Itelong together. These are the new works of sculpture which adorn our school-building. It is very interesting to notice the difference in .stvle between the Greek and the Italian. While the Greek sculpture w ' as composite and aimed at perfection, the Italian showed more emotion and was more true to nature. But the repose of a Greek statue ever fills the beholder with awe and admiration ThEKESK X(tKTON, 02. C. W . GROSSMITH, M. L. H? LEAVITT. Registered Pharmacist. Cor. Mystic Street and Mass. Ave., ARLINGTON. Prescriptions put up at lowest prices. I. i :. R( Hi rsc)x ct (X)., .. Dry Goods and Small Cdares .. ( E’E ' u I-; ni. ic. AIass.

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6 ARLlNr.TON HIGH SCHOOL CLARION. cilia, holdin up her head proudly. Do not forget that.” “So we are, suaijpcd Miss Maria, but ladies have to live. Miss Priscilla sighed gently. Sudden- Iv a bright thought entered her mind, and she said timidly, “W ' e might take sum- mer hoarders.” “Summer boarders,” screamed Miss Maria. Summer boarders! My dear Priscilla, are you daft ? Summer board- ers who are always wanting you supply enough cookies in the middle of the fore- noon to feed a regiment, and small boys who would want to tease our darlii ' .g Prince, and swing the kitten around by the tail.” After much discussion, however, they at length agreed to try it, and after wait- ing a long time finally made arrange- ments with a well known club-woman from a large city, who wished to come there with her little daughter. At last the eventful day arrived. Aliss Priscilla had pictured to herself a tall, graceful woman in black velvet, with cordial and gracious manners. The old carryall drew up to the door with creak- ings and groans which sounded decided- ly dangerous, and there alighted a stout woman with short, iron-gray hair, and a ery short skirt, carrying over her arm a huge black bag. and wearing a golf cap tied down with a green veil. She was dragging along by the hand a little girl with tightly-braided little pig-tails of hair standing out from her head. Her freckled face was shaded by an immense broad-brimmed hat, and she was busily engaged in sucking a large health crack- er. Prince, whose disposition was at times rather sensitive, jumped at her with a growl, but subsided on being pre- sented with a dog biscuit of the most hygienic kind. Miss Priscilla timidly tried to make advances to the child, but Elizabeth Anna being of a shy dispo- sition, retreated in alarm behind her mother’s skirts, and was seized with such jianic at supper, that she retreated under tl ' ie table until only the tips of her pig- tails were visible. That week was indeed a reign of terror. The clnb-woman stared in amazement at the supjier-table, and pityingly at Miss Priscilla, who. Ijeing of an apologetic dis- position, usually received the scoldings, said patronizingly, My good woman, is it possible that you allow on your table hot doughnuts, griddle-cakes and cream-of-tartar bis- cuits. in defiance of all scientific rules? I have here some hygienic bread, health crackers and wheat biscuits which you should never be without.” Elizabeth Anna, tired of health crack- ers, was munching a huge doughnut, but meeting her mother ' s astonished gaze, she dro])ped it and slid under the table. The industrious club-woman, who was said to have great executive ability, turned the house upside down. They breakfasted on oatmeal, shredded-wheat biscuits, and health coffee ; dined on shredded-wheat salad, and supped on hy- gienic bread. She cleared out most o f the furniture in the parlor because, so she said, it collected germs, and with .sacrilegeous hands deposited in the woodshed the chair on which the minister always sat when he came to call. She even obliged Miss Priscilla to listen to the last paper which she had written for the club, on Housekeeping of the h ' uture, and discoursed with Elizabeth, Anna on The Advantage of Cultivating the Philanthropic Instinct in Children,” and The Advantage of Hygienic Liv- ing. After a week of skirmishes IMiss Maria ‘ and Miss Priscilla rose in revolt, and the enterprising club-w ' oman was politel reejuested to depart. Her comments on departing are better left untold. As the door closed on her portly figure. Miss Maria, raising her hands, said. Don ' t ever speak to me again of sum-