Central Commercial High School - Hour Glass Yearbook (New York, NY)

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The crowds slowly disappeared, till by six, the guard had turned off the harsh lights, leaving only the glow of the moon to shine a little path of light from Caesar's shield to Cleopatra's mirror. The electric clock ticked on, finally striking twelve. If someone had been there, hiding in the shadows, he might have detected the faint rustle of silk, the scuffle of two pairs of sandals, till the sounds met in the middle of the room near the sphinx. From this part of the room, a delicate odor of musk might have reached him, and the following whispered sentiments heard if he strained to hear: Oh, Caesar! So this is the last time we are to meetl , And you will go, and forget your conquestg just, after all, another foolish young child who threw herself at the Roman conqueror-, dazzled by his powerf, Nonsense, my dear. You'll meet a younger man, who has much more to offer than I. I'll send him to you, Cleopatra, just the one you would like. Oh, will you, Caesar? I'd prefer to think that you would not, because of envy. But itls true, you know, she said, teasing him, you are old. But she turned from him with tears glistening in her eyes. just the same, I'll kill myself because of loneliness! And the sound of scuilling sandals could be heard, and a mournful sob, dying out just as the clock. struck five, and the sun was just beginning to rise in the east wing of the museum. W e Both Agree My heart and I, we love you much, We thrill to your kiss, your every touch, And no matter how the time goes by, Our love for you will never die. My heart and I, we thi-nk of you. We like your ways, the things you do, And both my heart and I agree, That you're the only man for me. Pauline Miclclleman Mildred Heller Love Shy I love you truly I love you sweet But I'm too shy And too discreet To let you know I feel this way So I only call you Twice a day. Sylvia Bujosa Atom izea' We smashed the atom Of that we dreamt But soon it will Return the compliment. Sylvia Bujosa 15

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Cleopatra's Mirror Maude looked in the glass case which revealed an ebony black box set with mother-of-pearl, an assortment of beautiful jars, wigs with hundreds of black, metal-tipped curls, a shiny disk mounted on a handle to serve as a mirror. As these were tools for making-up, she found herself a little more interested than she had been in the other part of the museum with its ancient exhibits of Caesar's chariot, shield, and other paraphernalia for his wars. What had she to learn from them, the relics ofla Past long gone, of people, whom space and time and progress had long rendered uninfluential, absurd with their ideals and pitifully harmless tools of warP' She sighed with boredom and looked away, and then she saw what she had come to see-her lover standing tall and handsome in his uniform. And why shouldn't he stand tall? He was a'major. She was always proud to be seen with a man of his rank, even though he had grey hair and was many years older than she. So she turned from the case, and went to her major . . . to her major, standing in their usual meeting place by the miniature sphinx. Thus she had no time to reflect, to wonder about the fablesitold of the beauty and fatal glamour of the queen, no time to wonder of the passing expressions of the beauty who had used the mirror centuries ago, or who or what purpose had moved her to blacken and shape her brows, to paint her lips and cheeks coral, or rub a perfumed ointment into her skin. Oh, Edward! So this is the last time we are to meet! And you will go, and forget your conquestg just, after all, another foolish young child who threw herself at the major, dazzled by his rank. Nonsense, my dear. You'll meet a younger man, who has much more to offer than I. I'1l send him to you, just the one you would like. Ch, will you, Edward? I'd prefer to think that you would not, because of envy. But it's true, you know, she said, teasing him, you are old. But she turned from him with tears glistening in her eyes. just the same, I'll kill myself because of loneliness! And she ran from the room with all eyes on her. She sobbed and disappeared just as the clock struck five, and the sun was just beginning to set in the west wing of the museum. 14

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