Branksome Hall - Slogan Yearbook (Toronto, Ontario Canada)

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20 The Branksome Slogan Joan Romeyn, Margaret Graham, Mary Brown, Donalda Macleod, Mary McLean, Helen Richardson, Mary McFarland. Aurora (By Guido Reni.) A beautiful ancient Greek legend. Portrays how the sun in the heavens Appears in the east then descends to the west As the dawn gives way and the day sinks to rest. With the goddess Aurora preceding. And the dark of the black night reced- ing, In the silvery glow though a star lingers on, The sun-god rides into the heavens at dawn. The rosy-hued hours are dancing, His pair of fast horses are prancing, The gold-tinted clouds which he brings in his train Are wiping away the mists and the rain In his chariot, Phoebus draws nigh. To the west, as the hours flit by; With bright raiment of gold, very rhyth- mic they roll To return when the long night is o ' er. In the glow of the late waning sun. When the course of Apollo is run, And his band of spent hours is sinking to rest He ' s tinting the bright evening sky ia the west. WILMA BATE, IV. A.

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The Branksome Slogan 19

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The Branksome Slogan 21 Gaining Self -Confidence It was just as I was wiping off Pond ' s soothing cold cream and was applying Pond ' s vanishing cream, that perfect base for smooth dusting with Yardley ' s Old English Lavender face-powder, that I heard Ambrose calling to me from the hall below. Oh! Constance! h€ shouted; Ambrose has such self-assurance since he gave me those radiant ceros pearls. I coo ' eed back, and told him to make sure he had some Neilson ' s Jersey Milk Chocolate in his pocket, while I slipped a spare package of double-mint into my purse. By the warm glow of my Coleman Radient heater, I pulled on my Hole- proof hosiery, and brushing with my luxuriant Kolor Bak dyed hair with a Mason Pearson hair-brush, I set a Princess Pat hair-net on it to be sure of avoiding those stray hairs which do so lessen one ' s appearance and ruffle one ' s non- chalance. Then looking at our neat little Westclox , I realized it was time to leave. Just a last touch of Guirlant ' s rouge and Kiss-proof lipstick, and after a final spray of Crossmint ' s Oriental Perfumfe , I found myself running downstairs, clasp- ing my Brand Chatillion diamond bracelet as I went. Then, O horrors! I thought surely the party was off; for what should I hear but our Glako baby beginning to whimper! I ran quickly into the Crane bathroom, found a handy bottle of Fletchers ' Castoria and hurried across to baby ' s room; almost immediately he set- tled down comfortably and went quietly off to sleep. As I reached the foot of the stairs I found Ambrose tapping his foot impatiently on the Johnston Electrically Polished floor as he scrutinized his Tavanna watch. [ noticed the latter appeared quite as correct with his Tip-Top tailor-made dinner jacket as it had in the morning with his Wetzel , distinguished, yet not distinctive looking riding habit. He was carelessly chewing Planters ' Salted Peanuts as I came down the stairs. When he looked up to smile at me I noticed how white Ipana Toothpaste and Listerine mouth- wash had made his strong, even teeth. He looked on admiringly as I wrapped my Brodey-Draimin furs around my slim figure, yet kept youthful by my regular evening drinks of Bovril . I felt perfectly groomed as I stepped into our Pontiac 6 and sank back on the luxuriant Oriental plush lining. I thought Ambrose felt the same way about me. As we drew up in front of the Swaggerton ' s Canadian home, we heard the melodious strains of an Atwater-Kent radio. Soon we stood on the Congoleum rug under the soft Laco Mazda lamp, trying to suppress smiles invoked by the sight of some 1902 luggage we noticed in the hall; of course we did not say anything — that would have been rude; but we realized how out of place it was in 1929, as we thought of our smart Hartmann trunks at home, and I could not help put- ting my shinning Cutex polished finger-tips to my lips. Sipping my Canada Dry over Colonial Bridge playing cards, later in the evening, I had the superior feeling of that perfect self-confidence so sought after and admired.