Burnet High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Burnet, TX)

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12 THE COMET POET’S CORNER By JftargareC Fisher A PICTURE As I sit beside my window. With tomorrows lesson done, 1 gaze upon Post Mountain, Bright with disappearing sun. Each Liny peak seems golden, Each depression violet blue; While the glorified horixoa Is a matchless crimson hue. Ho perfect 1» the blending, Ho in harmony eaih nook. That I know' the scene kS but a pa„e From God h big painting book, —Margaret. Fisher. E. S. Q, BURNET HIGH SCHOOL tn There is a place known as Burnet High School, Where the teacner looks us in the fice and tries to teach the Golden Rule.u I III it's n large stone building in the center of our town, A boy heats a gong while we march up and down. [HI] To the Seniors, dignlied and tall. It will be a memory cherished by all, uvi School takes up fifteen to nine. We leave our play and come to line. IVI Recoud bell rings, five minutes after. We bear each chime ami stop uor laughter. IVI | rinr first lesson, by Mr. Sallee Is heard While he is talking we dare not say a woidL [VIII The English lesson is beard by Mr. Fry We can't learn English Literature no matter how hard we try. t V1111 Mall» is taught by Mr. LeFcvre and we all appear so dull. Tic triei? very much, but all in vain to make knowledge soak through our skull. [IX] We v» now reaches rh • n 1 of the lad- der: the last of ti e stqie to climb. In all, v e may see gladder” bur higher learning we may find. SPRINT- IN BURNET m Of all the a’ons of the year. Spring is the one 1 like best. There you need only tr tu n your ear And mil tire will do the re t. mi It Is the lime every one likes to tramp through the woods. Ann listen to the birds : Wnen flowers put on their new fo da Oh. its too f»enuttfnl for words! mu There's never a flay, there isn't some- thing new, In this new world of time. Aiul though it Is only a very few To see them would be fine. IIV] This beautiful scenery is In Burnet, our city. Please try to see It for to miss would he a pity. There Hre creeks with wild flower and grass. To nod a welcome to all who pass. [V] We even have it city park For travelers, tired and weary. Electric lights prevent the dark And it could not lie dreary. [VI] Well soon have the grand highway That we've all looked forward to. Now let me tell you what to say, Thai Is. If 1 were you. [vni Pack up your hammer in your old Wit hug and boost, boost, boost! For you know as well as I, that Burnet rales the roost. “NONSENSE [I] It was a nice October morning In Septemlier Iasi July. The sun was shining brightly and the moon was in the sky. The flowers were singing sweetly ; art the birds we'e In full bloom. While I went into the cellar to swee » an attic room; The tinip was Tuesday morning at half cast Saturday night 1 saw a h mse a million miles away: bur t was out oT fight. Tie Iwek projected in ■ a d. wile the I»ack whs In the front: It stood alone with fifty others and It was whitewashed black. [IT] The .Uliana IJph were tightly sealed as he yelled with all his might, Kill me. If you wish! but spare mm life, he cried. The hero shot him with his knife and killed him till he died. It was in id nigh t on the ocean; not ft street car was in sight. But our hero took a submarine and disappeared that night. Recipes By Fannie Cumminqs CANDIES Karo Fudge 2 square chocolate. Vi cup cold sweet milk, 2 cups sugar, 1 tea spoonful vanilla. % cup karo, 2 tablespoonaful bolter, Mix all of the ingrediants together, except the vanilla and cook until It forms a soft ball when dropped into ' Id water. Then remove from the fln . add vanilla and »«at until .t be giu.s to granulate. Pour at once Into a buttered pan and mark deeply when nearly cool. Coffee Fudge 1 cup thick cream 1 square chocolate, M cup strong coffee. 1 teanpoonful vanilla. 1 mo marsh mallows Bell all together for three minutes, then remove from the fire, add van- illa and beat until It commences to thicken. Then add the marshmallows v hlch has N en cut In squares. Broun Caramel In one vessel put 2 cups sugar h large lump of butter and 1 cup of sweet milk. In another vessel put one cup of sugar and place both vessels on ih fire nt the same time, stirring the dry snear constantly to prevent sco’ching. When the milk, sugar and butte hi e corre to a Invii and the dry sugar has melted to a Mown syrup, mix them to get her and bell for 8 or 10 mlu-t s. Before removing from Hre add a pin h of and a. Then take off and beat un- til creamy. CAKES—lemon Cookies. 2 eggs, 8 cups sugar, 1 cup lard. 1 cup sweet milk, 2 lablet poonafv.I lemon extract, 2 tableapoonsfui baking powder» Flour to make a stiff dough. Ho, ig hnuts 1 cupful sugar. 5 tahlespoonfnls crjaco, 3 eggs. 4 teaspoonsful baking powder, Ml tea«|MHjrifnl salt. 1 cupful sweet milk, 1 teflsunonftti rated ut’ 'or. rrom 4 X to 5 rupgfu) flour silted u fort measuring. Cream lard, add sugar gradually and also eggs which have been beaten. Slit ury ingredients together and and alternately to the egg mixture. Boll out a soft as can be handled and fry In hot erisco. Marshmallow Peaches Take good rii»e peaches and remove the seeds, then In place of th»1 seeds place marshmallows. Put on ice and when cold serve with whipped cream Angel Food Cake 11 eggs, whites. 1 cup White Crest flour. 2 tea spoonsful cream tartar, 1 T,4 cups sugar, M teaaimotiful lemon juice. 1 teaspoonful vanilla extract, % teaspoonfnl salt Beat whites of eggs until foaming, odd cream of tartar and lemon juice, bent until stiff and dry. add sugar gradually, beating all the time. Fold In flour lightly. Sift flour and surar five times. Add flavoring. Turn qnl'dclv nto ut greased nan and bake in moderate oven 45 minutes. Biscuits 4 cups flour. 4 level tea T»oon«cfu1 baking ”0’vder. 4 level te°«no©nafui lard or butter, 1 2, mice milk. 1 level ten spoonful salt. Sift flour once, then measure, add

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11 THE COMET Alyne took the bracelet off and handed it iu Jean. He examined it clovely. As lie jellied tin catch out, a piece of (taper fell out. Jean banded It to Alyne who unfolded It. It was the map they had la » looking for. Alyne put the map in a box in the safe after Jean had (tone. The foreman and Tom Jones went to the hunk house and tied Jean to the bed. Then they went to the house to get the map. Alyne asked them what they wanted. “The map to the mine ’ they said. “I haven t the map ' Alyne answered. Oh. yes you have. I run search you if that is what you want. said Tom. They over turned chairs and laid s. hill did not hru'l the map. Hobble, who hud go e to lie i, heard the noise'and came running In. The men pushed him hark Into his room. He broke a window pane and ran to the hunk house, There he found Jean tied t» the bed. He united him and they ran back to Ihe house. At the house .lean and the foreman had a fight. WhPe Jean and the foreman were fighting, Tom took Alvne and put her in the ear and drove off. When Jean had “knocked the foreman nut. he turned to pee that Alyne and the mail had gone. He ran ontsiih an! CHRIS. DORBANDT Bp Will Allen Faris The subject for this sketch is f hri«. Dorbnmlt. He wa burn cast of Bertram on the San (hiViol River in about eighteen hundred fifty four. He is one of the oldest oftlz'tis of Burnet County, He lived on the San Gar hr i el until grown. He then entered polities and moved to Burnet. He w, s elected several terms as a peace officer. First he was elet ted as Marshal] and later was elected Sheriff of Hu: net noun tv. He served two terms ns sheriff, lie was us good a pen»e officer ns Burnet has eve» had. He later moved to n Tanch alamt thineen miles Wi t of Burnet on the Colorado Hirer where he now resides. From ihe time he was Sheriff until now he has been one of the most influential citizens of Burnet minify and has probably done as much or more for the county as any other man, . Just Ever Dag Life Bg Jack Fro A iVw years ago Henry Ford and I second a large eon- tract to grub and clear laud. The amount of land according to the survey being about two acres. Henry and I had teen ( ais for many years and had pro- mot'd many schemes. We had always found it very profitable in d inspiring to take plenty ■ f physical exercise while our bruin was undergoing sueli strenuous work. Our scheme at that time was a proposed method of making g’ass out of waler. Said method being very simple indeed, ,:.k all one had to do was to select a nice smooth i omi of wa'er and sil by calmly waiting until the cold of winter caused it to freeze solidly. then pour a thin application of the litjUid that Henry and I Lad compounded for that purpose Bobbie told lilm which way the »iir had gone. He ran to the corral for Ids horse with Bobble at bis heels. Jean got bis horse and rode after the car as fast as he could. Bohlde mounted his pony and followed. As Jean was about to overtake the car the man looked around and ran Into a rock and broke the steering rod in the car. The car ran over a bluff. Just as it went over Jean roped Alyne. She fell over the bluff and was Caught on some grass. Jean pulled on the rope and it slipped off over her head. He did not know bow he was going to get Alyne bag t«. the top. He tied one end of the ror«? to the saddle uorn and the other around his waist There was not a second to be lost for Alyne might slip from the grass any time. F mill' h reached her just as the grass gave way. He then whistled to Ids horse who pulled them to the top. Bobble rode op just as they were getting back on top. Jean told him how they got to the top. He said. “You alt go back down, so I can pull you up with n good horse» 4 They saved the map lo tile mine hut Jean told Alyne, “All lhe gold I waul is just enough to put around your finger. over the ice arnl presto you had thousands of square feet (if gllthS, Vow we were getting along nicely until one day without ever writing us a line, here comes Jno. D. Rockefeller, Jim t Morgan. Kd Harrlinftn and another bird whom 1 believe they railed Jim Bigger. Jim Bigger the one that cheated Joe Jinks out of n fortune, Joe’s the one that got rirn tv Imying G. Rubber siock and then letting old Shrivel sell ft Tor him. They explained that they had gotten I Iron ..f ;he bus rush of the city and had decided to come down and se nd n few days in camp, so all the oli gain: could ix together. Well, of coniae we were more than glad to see them even though It interterred with our important work. This Jim digger looked kinder crocked to me. I just couldn’ make nr self like him and I told Henry so. hut Henry said. Oh, Tu . Tot! Its just that splendid imagination at work again. IPs alright. said. Just you wait and see if be doesn't cause tis trouble. And sure enough I noticed Jim Bigger getting up late at night and sneaking out. I sent an eagle eye on him and finally one night I caught him rod-handed, Tie had gone into our laboratory and had stolen our formulae for making glass. Try as we might we could not recover the formulae nnd as Henry and 1 had always l een careless about our important business we did not remember just want this fluid contained. Now this form nine has been slightly changed and Is well known in the f’nftprt States of Ameilea as Alcomb. After that. Henry and me were two ruined and disheartened men. We decided to drift with the world. So we separated and Henry went to building Fords, hut I am still grubbing ns T don’t rare to waste my time the way he does. I often wonder how my old friend Henry feels when he hears of my success anti he. poor fellow, has to come In at night, after building Fords all day and attend to the kids while his wife cooks supper. Oh well! We can't all be fortunate. —

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13 fHE COMET «is. 4 eggs, i gratted potato, i2 cup sweet milk, salt and pepi r to taste. Mix thoroughly, mould and place in I UK mg pun with Vi cup ol‘ water and utrtiM of haeou to scagou. .mre. After loaf has been removed from the oven, place it on the stovy, told 2 table pootistul butter, 1 grated onion. 1 heaping tables) » »onfnl ot Hour. Let Tills mixture brown then add one cup fuii of catilted tomatoes, 1 cup water, suit upd red I topper to taste. salt and baking powder and sift three times», rub shortening in with fork, add link and mix lightly. Beef loaf 4 pounds beef steak (without fan chopped very fine, add one cup full bread crumbs or finely crushed crack- Burnet By Margaret Fisher Nestled in the bosom of the beautiful I In ml] ton valley, Burnet as it is viewed from the elevation of almost every road tout cuius its limits presents a lovely and romantic scene. Nil.Tito units I by rugged and piluresquc hills with I'oat Monnhm stunning on Lie West as a -cnliml. the view a worldly of lhe brush of u gnat ] hi i tiler. If is a historic town, and scattered remains of the old lorls and a soldiers' cemetery uiay still be seen. Buruet Is on the Stale oesignated Highway from Austin to Llano, and the Air Line Highway from Sun Antonio, via Burnet, to Fort Worth, lu this conuectiun it is well to state that Buruet has a splendui imirisi park, well lighted. w»Ui flood well of water, lice Wood and about lot) shade trees tor the couiion uii, ueeommoduiitm of tourists When one travels for pleasure, one Is looking out for scenery that is unusual and out of the ordinary. WiUiiu an hours drive of Burnet, many attractive places may be wsited that will take hours to explore. Sherrards Cave, twelve miles West of Burnet would pro e interesting to Hie most experienced globe-trotter. A few miles further West is Fall Creek, where the water has a sheer fall of title hundred and eight feet, and is surrounded by other bcuutiutl scenery that is almost beyond uescrlpii o in its holiness and granduer. In another place in rhe cotjij- 13 a person can stand on a lofty ) ak ami view the blue mountains of four adjoining counties. Come to Buruet for pleasure ami If you do, we will do our best to make your stay a happy one. Little Things Indicate Good Breeding, or Lack of It. By Flora Hill We must always keep in uilud our friends that we are with. First, do I he tilings that they enjoy, then do your liest to help them enjoy themseius. hi this way we should look our best ur all (lines, always appear happy and have a smile tor every one. it Is not so much what we any, but the way we say it. that Impresses the one we arc talking to. Table maimers are often neglected, but they should be watched closely, as they often rc eai scute bad traits. A little girl once said of a gentleman that she sat by at a banijuet table, nh! I know he is a gentleman because I did not notice him aii all when he was eating. He locked ns if he were jiist talking and having a good lime, but he must have eaten sonic For there was not much left on his plure when it was taken away.'- No hotter description could be given of good table no oners. There are some things that we must never do when the table; break up bread in soup; blow' on soup or coffee to cool it; play with silverware; lift a goblet by the bowl it, stead of by the stem; hold a cup in both hands while sipping from it; putting a used napkin back on the table twfore all have finished. Two of the worst crimes of eating are greediness and haste. A ton hearty appetite must I e res trained a little, and the harrier must hold down his «peed .. la to have a chane NVe should lie careful ul-ont our carriage We should not swing our arms when we walk as h looks as if we might lie taking our “daily dogeti’1 before the public. One looks i., i .. i ciit r h the hands an hanging by the side. Wo shointl never slump down In h chair for we show lack of interest and often look idiotic. We should take our re-t in t ir private loom, an Hint we euu npptdi interested in the conversation of § ur f.'tends. When sitting one should never play with jcwtlry, nor move their position, as it is very annoying to the ones that are near. It is easy lo overtime this nervous habit by relaxing the nody evei,v lime there is a chance. Be careful of your stand- ing posture as it is very uiiUaoming lo stand with chest diopped, stomach forward and both hands in some awkward position. However, a pciwn who stands erect Is attractive, liecftnae of their graceful lines. When two people are engaged in a conversation, do not interrupt, but wait untjl there is a break In tne conversation, ilic!i you inn apeak to either person without iicing impolite. When a geo Nr man is walking with hi, Ik», whether oac or more, he should always walk next to the curb. When doing something for a friend, whether It Is a gift or some favor, always lemembtr tuHr likes and dislikes and u to do something that will please them. No matter how small me deed is, if it is done whole Imflrtedly it will be appreciated by the one that receive W What the Well Dressed Wom- an will Wear By Thelma Ella son Some women always look well dressed no matter what they wear. Pot there are some who do not, and ttese women must lie careful in selecting thtir wardrobe. The woman who Is sturHng out on the serious business of selecting her wardro'oe lor tin spring and summer must tie v ty careful for this is Hie season of changing modes. On every hand, one will see the bewildering array of new fashions. The girl whose ward mine must In limited, and that, alas, is Hie case of most of us, must avoid the many snares and pitfalls uf the season styles, ami must take the lasting qual- ity us web tis the favorite styles under consideration. Word has reached us from Paris that tbi» Is to be a bill nnnt color season, ami the meat favorite colors will tk- riipb’d from the flowers, among these will he found the larks- pur blue, biitiercup yellow, wild rose pink, the blue lavender. • be Bluets II shade, and other good colors will be red. black, white and grey. The mute thus for dresses this season are varied, but among the most popular are flat crepes, georgette, chiffon and taf- feta. Metal cloths and la t are very fashionable for evening w'o,ir. Tin must important part of the dress Is the skirt; the o will lie thmm-es, gathers, tiers and the full circular skirt. The new spring footwear will also he varied. Kid will lie wo] n v er nftuh. Parchment kid with dark kid underlay is very popular. Pa lent leather and satin are also good. Colored heels to match the underlays, the hose, or gown iw rhe most popular shoe of the season. We owe to rhe well remembered nionarchs of old England the beautiful little cuff variety of glove that the smartl