Battle Creek Central High School - Paean Yearbook (Battle Creek, MI)

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ociiiui L iu]jiJic» y Ruby Hart It was towards evening in a prominent cluib room in New York. The furnishings were barely discernible in the gathering shadows and the only light came from the shaded read- ing lamps on the tables. In one corner, four well known men of the world sat reading. Great j.umping crickets ! exploded one, hidden behind the New York Times. Listen to this, ' A noted sheriff, Harold Fonda, of Michigan, who became prominent through his daring arrest of two desperate robbers, has been appointed Chief of Police in New York. ' Never thought ' Jess ' could put it over. Wonder how he stands on that fourteenth amend- ment? The speaker was the famed and versatile person known as Bindy Bramble, although he had been christened Merrill. The most familiar thing about the man sitting at Bindy ' s right, knovvTi as Mr. Rob- binson — spelled with two b ' s — is his auburn hair. In the olden days he was known as Louey Robinson but since he had been cited by the King as the most brilliant advertising man in Europe, he had acquired a slight Eastern drawl and very foreign manners. How extroaw ' dinary, he murmured as he glanced at a page in the Notes of Stage- land. Said page read: Shades of Caesar. As the leading man, he has a remarkable opportunity to display his talents as actor and orator. Miss Hazel Kirkland will be the leading lady with a supporting cast which will include Lyndon Fogelsong, Norman Clark and Gwin Goodwin. June Knisley the famous emotional actress who discovered unknown talents in a High School Senior play, will also appear on Broadway soon. The next page stated that the Boston Brevities, including Eleanor Harmon, Velma Maxon, Leona Billington, Rhea Sullivan, Florence Schell and Dema McCormack with their manager, Stuart Macomber, were also taking their vacation at Miami. Those clevah boys, murmured Mr. L. Robbinson, and then added, Deucedly lucky. Deucedly boring, I would say, answered the man sitting at the right and known as Richard Honeychurch. He was tall, fashionably dressed and wore a small mustache on his upper lip. Being the foreign representative of Kuppenheimer ' s, he had just returned from Paris, and was finding New York rather dull. By the way, Dick, what is the news from Paris? asked the others. Well, there ' s quite a lot. Catherine Baker has married a wonderful chap over there, although it is rumored he does have some sort of title. Having that natural poise and art of entertaining she is rapidly becoming the leading figure in society. Claude Burton, Earl Cartwright, Fred Nickels, Leo Powers, Robert Simpson and Ernest Richmond, are all learning to be chefs in the School of Synthetic Home Cooking. But before you give any of them a position I advise you to make a little business call on LaVerne Wright, the best life insurance man in the United States. Guila French has become a great soprano and made her debut to the public just before I left. Personally I think she will marry one of her many attentive admirers as her jolly, fun-loving disposition seems ill-suited to the temperamental life of a professional singer. Frances Gorsline has surprised Paris with some of her art exhibitions. Percy Fruin, Reuben Alexander, Robert Elliott, Cecile Green and Ray Hamilton, agri- cultural experts, have been sent over by the government to organize farming societies in the devastated part of France. | And now ' Bindy ' , I want to ask about a few things that have happened over here. J Where is my old friend, David Rathbun? A I guess ' Dave ' is dovvTi in Hawaii now. You see the Broadway season doesn ' t open | till next month and he doesn ' t come back till it gets in full swing. I suppose Dame Rumor 4 will have the same strenuous life while he is here, trying to keep track of his reported - engagements with advertising companies. J And that reminds me, Dorothy Graham has promised to close her Fashionable Dress Shop on Fifth Ave., if ' Shorty ' Stureman will give up athletics. He ' s manager of one of the big leagues at present and is seldom home. Here ' s to a happy life if they come to that agreement. •• Here Louey interrupted with, Bah Jove, can it be that Prof. Brigham has fallen asleep? The person mentioned was Edward Brigham, a noted scientist who had made many researches into spiritual phenomena. Say, old fellow, won ' t you be so kind as to give us a -er-a manifestation — you know something interesting? Anything in particular? No? Well how would you fellows like a glimpse cf your home town? All right? Please watch that wall. They had no more than looked at it when it disappeared and in its place opened up a 16 «x «

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scene in a large town half strange, half familiar. It was like looking at a movie screen only the people spoke and the buildings were real. An elevated roared down Main Street and stopped with a crash of brakes. A man got off and hurried down the street towards a large newspaper building. He was no other than Walter Moore, called Baldy by his friends, editor-in-chief of two of the widest cir- culating newspapers in Michigan. Possibly some of his success is due to the efforts of his able corps of workers, Marjorie Hooper, Janet Hollinger, Lucy Kingsley and Sarah Kings- ley, editors and Pavil Van Armen, Frank z.inn and icQ Lazur i reporters The old Post Tavern had been enlarged under the management of Floyd Sumrill and Howard Riley until it now occupied the whole block. The most obvious result of Floyd ' s being in the partnership was the installation of the largest cabaret in the city. The scene now shifted to that brilliantly lighted room and the four men stared at fairy-like figures that drifted over the polished floor. There my friends, said Prof. Brigham, breaking the spell, are a few of your old school friends. Probably I had better name them as you seem a trifle puzzled. The two in the center are LoDema Broceus and Louise Carson, noted dancers from New York and the other graceful girls dancing around them are Frances Thurlow, Nellie Taylor, Ona Sallows, Hilda Merrel, lada Kain, Helen Harmon and Hilda Hughes. Katie Robertson performs the newest Scottish dances each evening. They have Keene Wolfe in the Dance of the Jelly Roll with ' Charlie ' Beardsley playing the accompaniment on his magic flute. Whenever the management has extracted sufficient money from its patrons to afford it, they send for Kelley ' s ' Syncopated Six. ' Don spent five years in Memphis mastering dis- cords with Oakley Herrick at the piano. Good Heavens! man, sighed Bindy, When does the next train leave for that city? Across the street music of an entirely different nature reigned in a magnificient opera house. It was celebrated for its contracts with such musicians as Maxine Lucas, opera singer, Janette Johnson, violinist and Wilma Leal pianist. All of these noted artists are well known to the public as they make records exclusively for the Victor people. I mustn ' t forget to mention Odds and Ends, a jnagazine edited once a month and very popular in this city. Elizabeth Morgan is responsible for all the numerous laughs and jokes as she has special talent in that line. Madge Burnham and Helen Cavanagh submit the common sense articles and editorials and Lenore Weeks writes the Discussions on Modern Acting. Gertrude Dutton makes a very capable secretary and treasurer with Ruth Glasure, business manager. In the large ' Hotel D ' Eats ' ne.xt door, Mildred Shouldice, head of the Women ' s Athletic Association with June Tucker, Florence Lazarus and Evelyn Covert on the Executive Board are celebrating their victory over Kalamazoo in their recent Athletic Meet by giving a banquet to the members. A few of the members are : Edna Bigelow, Fern Gardner, Myra Bellman, Doris Campbell, Mildred Hej ' ser, Helen Houghtaling, Thelma Grames, Ella Longman, Marian Ramsey, Rachael Peterson, Merle Miles and Norma Willies. Farther down the street Allen Edmunds with a staff of barbers consisting of Harold Devereaux, Laurence Cowles, and Ernest Farley are running the most popular barber shop in town. All prospective customers are met with this sign, ' All Who Enter, Guaranteed a Close Shave. ' Immediately below you see Hobart ' s sign of business, Chipman ' s Lender- taking Parlors on Main Street. Holt Hollinger, Glenn Winger and Francis O ' Donnell were running a chain of very successful manicure stores with the help of Leda Cross, Marie Frederick, Ruth George, Gertrude Lippencott, Alta Lewis, Margaret Lorenzen, Eva Millar, Zilpha Hamlin, Charlotte Hoyt and Martha Gregory. Not to be outdone Phillip Lampke, Frederic Stevens, Kenneth Scudder and Leon Oshurn organized the ' Fashion Plate Shop, Inc., ' employing Harry Lam for his Oriental inspirations and Christine Markham, Ida McCauley, Sadie Rosenberg, Katherine Abbey, Mamie Anna- belle and Rosalie Anway as designers. And then to show their creations to the best ad- vantage they have Donna Rogers, Marian Preston, Dorothy Ashley, Alta Batdorff, Wini- fred Harris, Emerita Griffiths, Louise Jennings and Elizabeth Holmberg as models. A few others decided to prove their independence by organizing Women ' s Independence League. Some of their staunchest supporters are Beatrice Matteson, Leah Stiles, Vera Pulver, Mvrtle Mooers, Ethel McCauley, Nina Moran, Marian Rodgers, Dorothy ' atson, Wilfred Twitchell, Helen Travis, Ruth Thatcher and Arline Whitney. Not agreeing with some of their principles, Mulford Shaw, Richard Clark and LeRoy Hart tried to argue with them. Later they joined forces with some of their fellow sympa- thizers and decided it wo.uld be to their advantage to build a hospital. Martha Goold is one of the highest salaried French teachers in the state and Glenora Wakeham has accepted a position at Ann Arbor as a teacher of mathematics. (Continued on page 52) m 17