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

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We arrtxed at the PWFIV xx here xxe xx ere expected I tntrodttced htm to exerxbodx took our coats off and then s1t doxxn After 1 xx htle somebodx turned on the phonograph and the bovs ln1tttrtllxl asked the qtrls to dance As xou must haxe guessed bv noxx I xx as left to dance xxtth mxself Out of sheer exasperatton I xx ent ox er to htm and asked htm to dance As xxe xxere danctng I cattttouslv approached the sttbtect of xx hx he hadnt asked me He replted much to my horror that tf a qtrl re tllv xx tshed to d ance she must ask htm As I sat there all ex entng I trted to hgure htm out He lust sat there txxtddltnq hts toothptck xx htle I sat txxtddlxng mx thumbs As the ex entng xx ore on I asked htm to take me home ftgttrtng that gotng to sleep xxould be pref erable to lust sttttng and stattng tnto sp ace I left htm at mv door 1nd xx ent tnstde I fell asleep not long after and had a terrtble ntghtm1re of betnq stabbed by d1nctng toothptcks When I axxoke the next d1x tt took me qutte some ttme before I returned to santtv I then sxx ore nex er to stccept another bltnd d tte Noxx th1t yott haxe heard mv story of 1 bltnd date xx ottld vott dare to go on one? IGHT Nltght falls oxer tts ltlxe a blanket brtnqtng xxtth tt enough darkness to cox er all the ltes and decett th1t 1re concealed from the ltght of day The scene ts a cabaret xx here there ts danctng and gatetv but seated tn 1 corner are txxo men htdden from the xxatchful eve of the laxx Near them a battered old ptano statned xxtth ctqarette burns and vears of abuse plaxs loudly enough to droxxn out thetr plotttnq xotces Ntght c1n hear of the planntnq of someone s death but ts helpless to prex ent tt For though ntqht can hear tt cannot spealx It mttst keep all tts secrets tn the sxx ollen ptt of tts empttness The scene changes In mother part of the cttx an ambulctnce speeds through the blackened streets Ntght looks on xxtth a puzzled expresston I thts to be the begtnntng of 1 rtexx ltfe or the end of an old one7 Its questton ts soon ansxx ered bv the loud xx atltng of a nexx born baby For noxx ntght has xxttnessed tts h tppx endtng and ts readv to step astde 1nd make xx 1x for a nexx av Dorothx Berlstnt and ean Qster 23 r ' v c v v v . I. ' A ' , . ,' . 2 J . . L , ' N. , ' . t I . 2 1' K 5 . . . 2 ' a . ' : t , Q 1 5. L .I f ' ' A 2 . . . c ' . , A' I I K x r C K o I .' c I. I 4 . I I I . . I I c ' 2 . I C I , 1 C ' I , -Leatrtce Denoxvttz K v - , v4 A L- , I 7 c c . . . . t , ' k 5 I I 1 5 , . , .' C , . , . , ' B. ,' A. ' ' S C I . - 1 V v I 4 vi y I ' , a if K . Q A ' , J . ' 'C 1' ' - V C I

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ature Hath Made Hlm, Therefore Let Hlm Pass as a Man How many of us have had the experlence of a blmd date? Well lf you havent yust l1sten to mme Nlght after mght I d l1e awake and plcture hmm 1n all dlfferent forms and faces Id p1cture h1m as short fat tall skxnny blond brunette red or brown halred But lnstead of h1s turnlng out to be a dream he proved to be a mghtmare My blmd date could have been Ilterally blmd for all the attentlon I recelved I remember when Saturday fmally came My heart was thumpmg l1ke a voodoo drum and lt seemed as though I were step plng on my stomach I was b1t1ng my newly pohshed finger naxls and swallow mg them as I b1t them He arrlved exactly at the t1me he had sald he would only half an hour later w1th an extra tooth danglmg from hls mouth Upon closer observat1on I notlced that lt was lust a toothp1ck I 1ntroduced h1m to my parents and show ed h1m to a chalr We were to attend a party QIVEH by some frxends We sat for about flfteen m1nutes untll I started gett1ng restless I trled to catch h1s eye but It seemed as though he were avo1d1ng me Flnally I felt that the only solutlon would be to call the san1tat1on department to send a derrxck to l1ft h1m off the couch Of course I couldnt do that so I tactfully started droppmg h1nts He finally reallzed that I wouldnt let h1m s1t IH peace so he put hns toothplck back ln his mouth put on h1s hat and we left We went down the steps 1n sllence and we walked ln sllence and when fmally after I couldnt stand the noxse we were both makmg by breathmg I dec1ded to take a chance and try to start a conversation w1th h1m My openlng questxon was What do you do wxth yourself7 Do you work or do you go to college? After releasxng h1s toothpxck from hls two slde teeth he sa1cl Quote Who works7 I plav pool' Unquote That of course answered my questlon I accepted that fact and dec1ded to plunge deeper I contmued speak1ng on several subjects I recelved m reply grunts specxfymg ves or no or a mere shrug of the shoulders I declded then and there that he w as a hopeless case and 1f two men ln whlte jackets dndnt come soon I d personally escort hxm there 0 . - V V . . . . . V . . . . , . . V . , . - V V V - V V y . . . . V V - V V ' ' - V . V . . . . . Y- V 1' ' ' , . . . 7 . . . . 7 I . . - V f V . r , I . . .1 7 V V . V V - ' r r ' ' 1 ' V V . 7 V . . V . . , . . . U . ' . I . VV . . v V , I , cc I V . . Y . i . . ' . . . I . I V . K . . V . V . 7 . .V . . - V V .

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