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

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MADGE fLaughmg gleefully and throwmg her THE STEPPIN By MARIE J CAVANAUGH 38 S T 0 N E CHARACTERS Madge a tall slender tawny haxred gurl wnh a guft for attractmg attentaon She rs rather awkward but wrth a personalzty that tums even her awkward ness mto grace Her egotnsm rs quzte unmtentwnal Laura a small clark gurl wzth large eyes Her manner as eager but reserved TIME 'Twxlnght of a brush November day SCENE A typzcal small room an a cheap boardmg house The room as poorly lzghted and strewn with papers magazmes and books whzch Laura rs makmg an effort to tzdy An outer door as heard bangmg and Madge comes breathlessly m wnh her arms loaded wath bundles IVIADGB Laura Laura come see what Ive got' narrow warped small town wlth xts goss1p and httle LAURA Why Madge' What on earth MSS' LAURA I cant explam It Madge but belxeve me hat mto the mrj Oh Im so happy' It happened so suddenly Ive a part mn that new play Rxchards IS producmg and 1ts bound to be a hxt because Leonard and Allen wrote xt and LAURA And you ve spent all the money you were savmg to celebrate someth1ng that Isnt even certam I guess that just about sums up everythmg MADGE Oh Laura dont scold me' I just had to celebrate Don t you know thms IS our ann1versary7 We ve been m New York just one year today' LAURA fturnmg away qumetlyj Yes I know MADGE Why Laura whats the matter? LAURA Well remember that we saxd we d glve ourselves a year to get accustomed to New York? And remember too what we said wed do lf we failed? MADGE Yes we sand wed go home But LAURA Im goxng home Madge MADGE Qstares at her stunned for a momentl Laura' Oh but you can t' Why? LAURA Oh Madge cant you see? I don t want excltement I want peace and contentment New York doesn t thnll me It s just one more dxrty noxsy c1ty that had to be put up w1th because of a promxse I made' MADGE QBatterlyj So thats xt You only stayed because of that promise you made me And all the txme you were wxshmg you were back m that stuprd SILVER SANDS when I say that I made a promrse to myself as well as to you I wanted to know for sure whether or not that talent I powessed for sketchmg would blossom out here m New York But I know now that more than talent IS needed for success You must have that mdescnbable someth1ng that makes you push ahead overcome all obstacles endure anythlng to reach your goal You have that someth1ng Madge I havent tmg along so well at your new pos1t1on It could eas1ly have led to someth1ng better' LAURA For you perhaps but not for me It was uncertam and I hate uncerta1nty I hated the comxng home at mght txred and hungry to cl1mb those staxrs to thxs dmgy httle room We never had enough money to pay our brlls We were always dodgmg someone MADGE But thats all past now' Wxth this new part I have fgoes mto a revene for a momentj Oh Laura doesnt lt stop your breath to look out of your wmdow at nxght and see the glamour the ghtter the glory that rs New York to know that It has glven fame and careers to so many and to feel yourself a part of xt? Doesn t that make up for all the rest? LAURA I wzsh I could feel that way Madge but I can t In New York I feel as though Im bemg sub merged trampled down and Im slowly suffocatxng 21 I ' I : I I I 1 I . I I I ' 9 9 ' Q ' ' : , . - - ' ' Q Y Q 4 1 ' . , . , , . . 9 , . l ' , 9 9 l . ' ' ' s . , , . , ' ' ' . MADGE: How can you be sure? You were get' : ' ' , . - l , , o ' 0 . 1 ' a . , . , , . . , . . , . . . . . Q , I U . ' I l I I , u -T I ' D . I ' . , . , -w . . . , . . s , . 0 ' Q 1 ' 1 I ' 1 . I ' 0 . 9 9 g . g . . . ' 2 ' ' ' I ' ' ' Q ' 9 . 0 ' H 0 n I . . . , , I Q Q '

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MADGB Do you doubt It? Now what IS the mat If only I were home and could take those long tramps through the country wrth Bob as I used to do MADGB So Its Bob agarn IS It? I suppose hes been advertlsmg the wonders of marrred hfe as usual LAURA Must you get cymcal every txme you mentron Bob? I mrght as well tell you now Ive de crded to marry hmm MADGE Laura' How can you poss1b1y give up a career In New York for a dull smug self satlsfied husband that wrll never get anywhere? You ll be stuck In that h1ck town for the rest of your lxfe' LAURA Lrsten to me please and try to under stand I want to be stuck as you call IC In that luck town for the rest of my hfe Bemg a good wlfe IS the only career Ill ever want I dont care If I ever see New York agaxn' MADGE QAghastj Not see New York agaxn' motwes Forgwe me If Ive made you unhappy ID tI'I1S last year I m sorry really I am LAURA You havent made me unhappy Madge ever It was my problem and I had to solve lt alone MADGB If I only thought you understood my reasons Thrs room the stalrs the d1rt they ve just been steppmg stones a budge I had to cross to get to that sought after shore I have to reach that shore' I must' Its as essentIal to me as your dream house 15 to you LAURA Our Ideas of success may not be the same but In thrs year we have dlscovered the 1ll11S1V6 embryo of happlness It was the most Important year of our lxves because It was the year In Wl'I1Ch we found our selves I understand that much at least You wxll come to see me often wont you Madge? ter wxth us anyway? Here we are gettmg senumen tal and exchangmg theorxes whxle the irst good dm ner we ve had In months awalts us It may be our anmversary celebratxon but we ll make It our fare well dmner too Well drmk a toast to Laura the successful wlfe' LAURA Oh I d1dnt mean that Ill come every trme you re In a new play and I hope I know they ll all be the seasons best MADGE fStrangely movedj I guess I have been rather selfish Im so wrapt up In my own career that I never took tIme to study anyone else or her LAURA And to Madge the successful actress' P6cu1C6 You are water touched to my laps In a burnmg desert of sand 'You are sweet sleep m the mght To soothe my fevered brow 'You are a lake crystal blue In far of land And an my solztary lonelmess you Come to me now 'You come to eager hopeful youth As calm upon a sea 'You come as moonbeams on Water m a. sslvery path of lnght 'You come to blossom In my heart After love s ecstasy 'You come as dawn In radzant glory From dark and shadowy mght. CATHERINE T WILSON, '38. 1 - u 1 ' ' 1 1 . , , . . g I a ' - 9 ' , ' ' 9 9 I ' D , . 1 1 , : ' - 5 5 . s ' 3 2 . . . . . n ' ' 1 Q - . , . , ' W ' 9 U ' 0 ' ' 9 I . Q , , 4 Q , 1 . , 9 9 9 , 5 ' 4 I 0 S ' D 1 - ' : , . I I I I , I I I the I I I I 22 SILVER SANDS