Cleveland High School - Beacon Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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'L Q5 ELI DIDN T SHF 3 1 Q RESSY FORSON wasn t much on looks and Tressy wasnt much on tfftvnii bralns but Tressy had a wardrobe and a lme whlch put her over ini stron wlth the Dunkirk set Now the aforesald set fixed the pace ln the metropolis of Dunklrk populatlon ten thousand a pace so fast that the eyes of the older eneratlon kept rollm to watch them Oo by On mally Dullklfk had been but a stretch of marshy Hat lands covered wlth the crude huts of laborers but when old Carby the saloonkeeper accx dentally struck o1l a few mlles out of town and let hls cronxes ln on a ood thxn well Dunklrk boomed Even Tressy s father consldered a no count party frocks ln place of the former one school and one party best dress she started the Dunkirk set Well lVlr and lVlrs Forson put Tressy 1n rwht the former had a cellar and a thrrst lnherlted from the ldle days and the latter had all the soclal aspxratlons of a fond mamma It was finally mamma who declded that Tressy needed flmshln and East she must Go So Tressy went prepared to conquer and brln the easterners to thexr knees lt even made Tressy smile to thlnk of them they wouldnt be very dlfferent from her set A few clothes a lrttle style and they were at your feet So she shook her bobbed hair and started ln money flowed like water and the crowd had a Good tlme Of course Tressy dld have to admlt that there were a few dumbbells as she called them she couldnt overcome but Goodness they had no style so why worry3 And she dldn t Funny though 'how Tressy drd miss out on those terrlbly ellte affairs which she read about ln the Tattle Tales and on soclal paves Strange she never was mvlted but then none of the bunch ever came there so why worry3 And she dldn t' Not tlll nearly the end of the year dld Tressy really et 1I1VltCd out t was a une festlval and the whole class was to 00 Nobody seemed to know just exactly who was UIVIHU It and lf the crowd didn t know well why should Tressy worry'-' And she dldn tl It was a wonderful mght and Tressy was all dolled up Guess she wouldn t feel like a dub ever any more truth to tell Tressy never had felt that way but once that was at a party whlch her mother had Given for the laborer s children to whlch Tressy dld not belong any longer All the wlse childish eyes had seemingly plerced her dlsvulse and she had felt rll at easel But tom ht wouldnt be like that why she was Tressy Forson and her dad was rlchl The frock that Orl Well Forson s daughter wore was a little blt blzarre and a trifle rlsque even Tressy reallzed this but well the crowd all wore em that way so why worry3 And she didn t' As the cars rolled up toward the brlllrantly llffhted house on the hull Tressy drew a deep breath My Goodness Dunklrk never had anythm llke this m the world why thls this must be society' Poor Tressy dldnt Page N lllf 7 u W U - sq r-S' X X x . S gi X , ' X V- ox ' f - e Lis T to 'X be . 4.--Fin l 1 -' 1 Y, Q . . .zfgw -N ' . . . . ,ff W g - Q . I O' 'B 3 :3 ' .g. , V . . . . . g loafer, had made his pile and when Tressy got ten school dresses and four Y U . . .D - , . . 0 D 3 ' ' . g . l . . 1. ' G V , . . . 3 . U . . ' . . 5 1 , . . . Q '17 ' 5 , . - . . g . . g i .l ' . - . 5 . D . 1 , I To ti- . D. . V D ' D . .g . . 3 , . l 1 I Y . . .D . ' ' 5 T g

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x X s-1235 'lx xs R j have much breath left to draw as she descended the stairs to the brwhtly lighted rooms where a Galaxy of splendorous females placldly wanted to receive her But worse than surprlses Greater than grlef next to the tall woman at the head stood one of the dumbbells What an xdlotl fcrles Tressys heart She d never dreamed that they could belonfr to thlsl An uneasy feeling accompanied Tressy as she was handed down the lme she felt that she was out of place Heavens wlth a Jerk she pulled herself up xt wasn t anythrng worth worrymv about the crowd was there and she d be at home at home wlth her own set In the midst of thms splendor' The evenlng passed rapidly rn a rlot of danclng nothlnv more' There was a Good Jazz orchestra and Tressy danced around wlth a lot of pep untll about eleven thirty then excuslng herself to her bewlldered partner she sllpped mto the hall and down to the alcove under the stalrway A mlrror hunff there properly arranved as to llghtlng effect and wlthout a Flaw unlike the mirror Tressy remembered rn her first home a mlrror ln whxch her nose had balanced precarxously between her eyes and moved up and down as she arranved her halr Not lonf ago she had been unpleasantly remanded of that mlrror whlle Cfomff throuvh the lauvhlnv gallery at a clrcus But why dld she waste her tlme here when musxc llke that was simply wallmg at her3 What could possibly be the matter3 Her haxr looked Great her nose was powdered and her dress fitted almost too perfectly a close scrutlny could furnish no clue to the mysterlous de trop feelmg whlch she was experxencmff Well why worry3 She wasn t gonna to' She turned sharply and would have left but at thls juncture two voxces close at hand rose sllvhtly ID tone But my dear we should have furnlshecl a little real entertamment don t you th1nk3 Decldedly not Why my word look at the kmd of crowd they are just xffnoramuses from the Get rlch qUlCkSl A poundlnf IH Tressy s ears oblxterated further hearmv where was lt that the same words found echo ID her memory5 Now she remembered lt was at the chlldren s party ln Dunklrk and her mother had saxd when asked why they looked at Tressy so Why my dear they are just lvnoramuses from the nelofhbormff flat lands Well Tressy went back to Dunklrk not to return Repeatedly she asked herself why should she care5 Repeatedly she relterated she wouldn t But She d,dv GERTRLDE HORTOX june 74 I N If ll I I l I I N nm I I 1 1 I 1 ll Ifrfr ., S X xxifgzfl Y I ses: is .N mfr: 5 5 . . K . ' . .3 . D Tlllu' I .ll'rYTl','ll f'.ll'Tl,Iz' .1 1-frxllf num ,vlfmfl nn ll lfllfflf mfmnlrlln pnllf, -lnfl lmlwrlnyf fr,-mlm! ll lln fflyjlfs -ff ll .vl11 fl.',- ll'l il: frllllln, rll ll lllllr. llff yflffmlx llflrl ll ff Isl Nj' Al' l fwlfiwlf 1-ffffxfklffl of n-flfl lzfrrlx lnrl ln llxls-. '7'u-Ulllfl fur lll will: llff mfrlfrl frlm lllfrf mfrflf lfls- frryf. flu' llff ffllrfxlx ll'lllll1l :lf I' Ill' llllll lil.-4 lI'1Alrl lflflls nf ,Nw Ulf, -t--l'fffllf1 Iflfnllnlu. .lllflf , '77, ' lv T111