Bridgewater State University - Alpha Yearbook (Bridgewater, MA)

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22 NORMAL OFFERING waiting for a devoted lawn movverg and if my other rather robust sisters seeking the nth degree of birch-treeness could only accom- plish it Without looking excruciatingly barnlike While doing their daily dozen-We Would be a happy family. We are all feeling very Well With the exception of Madeleine, Mary R., Grace and Doris, Who are suffering acutely from attacks of masculine palpitation of the heart. Curiously enough these attacks come only at night, but the doctor has encouraged us a great deal by telling us that as soon as the sun appears they will feel much better. Well, I guess I had better close now because I have many things to do. Being the youngest member of a large family is very trying. Dear Aunt Martha, if you Would be Willing to come and cook for us, We would be delighted to have you visit us. Thirty-five kisses from you loving nieces. ELIZABETH B. SAVAGE. P. S. Do you remember that you taught Joe how to make bread, and corn starch pudding, and hash? Well, she got the recipes twisted the other day, and made fudge. Four of us almost died. U A - A A .... lLe,' I fg x wh gy .0 ,jg X if V Q: , eff? A ggi- 'I ,jilfaewiia

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NoRMAL OFFERING 21 NORMAL HALL. Dear Aunt Martha: My sisters are so busy that I am to have the pleasure of writ- ing to you. Of course you realize that when thirty-five girls have no father or mother, they have many, many, duties that occupy their time. We are living in Normal Hall now, and it is just the finest, most convenient house we have ever lived in. You know we can't all have our chambers on one floor, so seventeen of us live on the second floor and the rest on the third. Now Aunty, I can hear you say, What's on the Hrst floor ? Well, on the first floor we have a big reception room where my sisters entertain their callers. It is a very pretty room containing one piano, one piano stool, many chairs fwe never use themj and three big, red, velvet divans that are very comfort- able to sit upon. But I am afraid we will have to buy some new divans soon because the springs are broken in the ones we- have. You know some of sisters' callers are very heavy and they sit in one posi- tion too long. Have you any idea how much a new divan would cost, Aunt Martha? However, it is only on week-ends that sisters have company, so during the week we are alone, and we do have such good times. 1 Were you ever in a parade, auntyd? Well, it's just heaps of fun. I guess sisters and I could give even Barnum and Bailey a few sug- gestions that would add dignity in their parades. In our proces- sions we have everything from wild cats and crying babies to long haired monkeys. Sometimes I think that when we are on parade we look more natural than ever. You know, Aunt Martha, in a big family like ours we must al- ways have some trouble, and if Sister Vivian's poetic strain did not cause her to get up every morning at five o'clock to see the sun rise, and if Carol did not insist upon giving all night nasal bassoon con- certs, and if Mary T. would allow you to sleep in your own bed when you have invited her to spend the night with you, instead of rolling you off on the soft floor, and if Anna and Gertrude and Rose and Margaret would try and turn their own rooms up-side-down and in- side-out instead of their neighbor'sg and if Tina would not bore us with details concerning the deaths of her five husbands, but yet with her usual inconsistancy insisting that she is merely a grass widow

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