Catholic High School For Girls - Silver Sands Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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Honey Ah was awandenn on de face ob de earth lak de prodlgal son what s 1n de B1ble and Ahs come home lalr dat smner but Ah don glt no gran welcome lak dat wanderer Rebecca you IS go1n to brxng punlshmen down on yo fambly :fn you don take me back you husban Ah ll go now but spec ulate on what Ah warns you If de Lawd w1lls rt you km stay But rf Ah evah catches you gxbm one look at a clucken Ah 15 gwlne take you by bof ob yo ears an Ah IS gw1ne drag you through dat door an you 1S nevah gwlne to come back Why Honey you IS so sweet How bese de 111 ch1lluns7 Lor bless us what hab you done wlf Abe an Moe? O mah poor darkxes mah 111 lost honey covers and began to laugh gleefully The heaped covers began to move and presently two small darkles therr eyes saucer lxke wxth fnght emerged from theu lndmg place S1ster Rebecca 1II1II18Cl13C6lY took them under her wmg and presently confuslon settled mto peace When all had returned to thexr respectxve homes S1ster Rebecca proved to the hungry Joslah that she really was glad to see hun by settmg before h1m such food as only darkles know how to prepare properly JOS13.h d1d Justlce to her culmary arts but he brought another of her tlrades upon hlmself when he asked A1n t we gwme hab no ch1cken7 After servxces on the followxng Sunday a very proud and dlgnlfied Dav1d had the honor of escortmg M1ss Nancy Lee to the Lee resldence They made a handsome couple walkmg down the tree shaded lane clules A frantlc search followed but It led to no success Jos1ah med to comfort Sxster Rebecca but she seemed to hold hlm respons1ble for the loss of her treasures together as most of the congregatlon remarked but Nancy and Dav1d were too engrossed talkmg over thexr plans for the com1ng cotton festlval fand other plansj to notlce the lnterest they created among the1r Suddenly Josy ran to the bed peeked under the fellow panshwners 'YOUTH C-Aman args Boldly patterned summer s :es Dazzle and bewnch all eyes But each star that deeply glows Vamshes be ore the storm that blows L1 e fickle 'Youth that quzc ly ees Before hfes battle o realmes Wznter s :es are clear and bnght Wlth stars that shme w1th a. steady zght Cezlmg of blue above suspended To mght a peace has landed Which Age w1th calm serenity Wall gave to men for all etermty. MARY Knzscmcx, '3 8. gg Y ' Q 1 I ' . 1 - - 1 - 9 1 I , i I u . 1 1 ' U U I a D l 7 9 1 1 1 , 9 ' 1 ' 15 ' ' ' 1 51, . . . . ' ' , . . . q . . . ' ' ' i g Q . - ' 3 . , 1 N ' ' 1 3 L5 ' 1 ' ' 11 GS a ni . 7 ' . . a 'QQ , Y ss 1 . g ' U I ' ' - is ' , , . 3 , . ' ' ss 'n . ' . . . 0 I f . li . li fl . , , f .. . . . I. l I I 18 SILVER SANDS

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O no Father may I go wlth you7 I ll glve josy my red parasol rf she promlses not to be afra1d to come along If some un holds mah han Ahll come josy answered cautxously Thus the four went back to the dark1es cabms 1n search of a ghost As they drew near to the black outlme of S1ster Rebeccas cabm they could hear a nolse that sounded l1ke shuflllng feet 1ns1de the shack Josy began to whlmper softly and even Nancy was affected 1nwardly though she tr1ed bravely not to show her fear Wlule Colonel Lee trled to qulet thelr fears Davxd moved softly toward the cab1n As he entered the doorway Nancy ran softly to the dark entrance Davxd please don t go 1n there I know somethmg terr1ble w1ll happen to you 1f you do she whlspered O I wlsh we had a light Now Nancy calm yourself don t you see someone must capture the 1ntruder7 We ll have to be very stlll or we ll be heard We won t need a llght now because It whatever lf 1s--would see us but when I call you come 1n and llght a candle so that we can see what Ive caught All nght Davxd Ill Walt here ln the entry for your volce O but what w1l1 I do lf you don t call that IS I mean 1f you can t call? Nancy dont you have any falth IH me? O mdecd I do But Well then lf I don t call you m five mmutes tell your father He IS staymg back w1th josy trylng to comfort her Don t worry about me Ill be careful Davld pressed Nancys hand quxckly and then crept srlently mto the dark room The noxse had abated a httle but he could st1ll dlscern a soft rustle When hrs eyes became accustomed to the darkness he could drstmgulsh a shadow thrown m relref agamst a wmdow on the farther wall of the cab1n It was the tall figure of a man bent over a small table H was rummagmg through some papers as lf he were lookmg for somethmg Davxd dld not hesxtate one moment He lunged at the legs of the figure 1n a tackle that would have done justxce to Pop Warners reputatlon Both bod1es crashed down upon the Hoot but as the figures went down one head h1t the end of the table One lay stxll Davld rose slowly to his feet and called Nancy who SILVER SANDS qulckly stepped mto the room and l1t a candle Upon the floor lay the unconsclous form of an elderly negro Hrs clothes were tattered and torn hrs face haggard and yet there was a carefree appearance about hls features that seemed to belle h1s gullt as a robber As Nancy and Dav1d stood xn the center of the room uncerta1n what to do next Colonel Lee Josy and several colored folk mcludmg S1ster Rebecca who had returned from the ch1cken fry entered the room Evldently Colonel Lee had mformed S1ster Rebecca of as much of the happemngs of the mght as he knew We came as soon as we saw the hght in the cab1n Colonel Lee spoke hastxly I see that you can take good care of yourself as well as xntruders young man After he shook Davxds hand vigorously everyone began to exam1ne the prostrate 6g'l1I'6 Sister Rebecca gazed at the old man and then sprang back Pralse de Lawd' Its Joslah' Mah man werent sp1r1ted away' S1ster Rebecca advanced threaten mgly upon the colored man who strrred shghtly and began to rouse hunself joslah you get up fum dat fl Ebery tlme Ah sees you yous down on yo back restm What does you mean by comm back to yo lawful wzfe whenever at pleases you an skeenn 1s7 Rustle your bones out of heah dls mlnute If you thmk Ah s gwme to hab anythm to do wxf you yous nughty nustaken Gxt up now an gmt' JOSlElll looked pleadmgly at S1ster Rebecca who stared menac1ngly at hlm Why Honey IS dat any km ob a way to treat yo husban 7 Ah comes back to you an mstead ob a blg welcome Ah glts tol to go back where Ah comed fum Ahs gwme to hab nuflin to do wrf a ch1cken stealer If you wants to su v1ve you bettah g1t a gom Das all Ah got to say Honey lamb Ah swears by St Peters keys to de door ob Heab n I d m steal dem chrckens It were de debl rn me what grasped dem chxckens by de necks Ah nevah stole nufhn An Ah s pose lt were de debl who ate dem clnck ens too Now you leave mah cabm a fo Ah loses mah temper Aw Honey you know Ah cam t hve wxfout you You lived fo three months wzfout me sol spects you km stay away a few mo M , , , . . . I 3 ' as ' ' 1 I 9 U s v an ' 5 I , , . . ' ' . Y D Q . 1 1 ' . I . , U Y , . . . . I , , . 3 Q ' if ' I , . . .. . .. 1 Q ' - ' l ss - 'I - , ' 'R 1 D s ' 1 ,, . . ,, , . , . . IL , 1 Q 1 Q it ' U ' 5 , , . , . 9 I . . . .. . 5 ' I 1 1, 1 ' 1 Y , 0. , ss - - s - - ' I. ' ' 1 1 , ' . . . , , . . . , , ' 7 . . - - 1 1- de pepuls out ob der skins? What do you thmk we sn 1 - - H - 1 , ' I 5 1 1 5 1 ts 1 11 , , , . . . 1 - - - - 11 . , . Sb ' 5 ' ' , , . . . 1 s 1 0 7 , , . . 1 . 1 M ' ' 9 ' ss - - 1 1 9 i 1 1 U ' , . , . ' ' ' I U1 3 ' . , .. . . . . , . . , . , 1 1 ' 1 ' . . .. ' e as 9 , . . , . . .- . - . . , , ' y 1 . . . . q N 55 I U Q I . . , . 1 ' Q ' l ' 11 , a , . H5 ' 1 ' ' 'Y , n 1 - ' ' Gi ' U ' 1 1 ' ' ' 151 , .

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SPECIAL DELIVER Y Atlantrc C1ty Dear Mane August 4 1937 It certamly IS a shame that you had to leave so soon We all IIIISS you no end but I suppose lt can t be helped Debuts do take weeks of preparatxon My srster was all a flutter for months before hers Our meetmg two days before you left was fortunate rn a way although at first It appeared to be a great ll11Sf0ft'L1l'18 I suggested the other day that I go up to the c1ty and stay w1th Father I m1ght as well have suggested gomg to Mars for Mother wouldnt hear of xt She Sald that I would be a fnghtful bother to you I suppose I must stay here and be mrserable for another month Your letters w1ll be a help though so Im look1ng forward to them Slncerely yours JOSEPH T KAND Ph1ladelph1a Dm Joseph August 8 1937 Your letter provxded a pleasant 1nterval ln all these pre debut actxvltres I am pos1t1vely swamped w1th lnvltatlons to go here there and the next place I m ternbly sorry I had to leave I would have enjoyed staymg longer but I srmply had to come home Mother lrked you very much when she saw you on the beach She made me promrse to 1nv1te you to some of my entertamments but I told her that you couldnt leave your falnlly 1n Atlantxc C1ty wlthout a man s1nce your father IS rn the c1ty Ill tell you all about the partles 1f youll promrse to answer my letters S1ncerely MAME Snvms Atl8.l'1UC C1ty Darn e August 10 1937 You don t know how glad I was to IECCIVC your letter I had a pecuhar feel1ng that you mxght have forgotten me You socrety g1rls meet so many people you know We poor men never know whether our lady faxr w1ll remember us or not If only I could get up to Phxllyl I have been look mg m all the papers for news of your act1v1t1es but SILVER SANDS By GENEVI EVE WRIGLEY 38 I suppose your famxly 15 hke mme They hate pub l1ClfY of any k1nd Ill be able to see you though next week end Im dnvmg up on Fnday mght Saturday afternoon I would hke to take you ndmg 1f you would enjoy It Let me know lf you would Yours Jos1zPH Phxladelphla Dm Joe August 12 1937 You would prck next week end' We re motormg to our place at Bar Harbor on Thursday to stay untrl Tuesday You could come up but we ll be sort of crowded Im hav1ng a week end party so you see you would have to sleep on a cot 1f you came Perhaps I w1ll be able to run down for a few days next week If I do Ill telegraph you so that you can meet me at the tram Yours Mzuun WESTERN UNION MR JOSEPH T KAND 791 BOARDWALK ATLANTIC CITY COMING DOWN FROM PHILADELPHIA STOP MEET ME AT STATION TEN FORTY FIVE STOP WHY DIDN T YOU WRITE MARIE Ph11adelph1a Dear Joe August 19 1937 How s trlcks? Keep the home ires burnmg because Im golng to land 1n on you tomorrow A fnend of mme 15 comlng down too I know a couple of g1rls who are commg so we can have a line old time One of them IS Mane Sxmms I thmk she s Just about your type a cute l1ttle waxtress She has a few days off to do nothrng but become better acquamted wxth Atlantrc C1ty and you too for that matter Ask the boss for a few hours leave from the hot dog counter so that you can meet us at the ten forty five tram Your fnend IM 19 I I ' ' ' ' - ' ' n PHILADELPHIA, PENN., AUG. 20, 1937 . . . .. ' J I