Eastern High School of Commerce - Eastern Echo Yearbook (Toronto, Ontario Canada)

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to the front of the stage. With hesitant steps they dance around the garden. The music swells to a fuller tone, the lights become brighter and the dancers burst forth in a new glory. They are no longer the shy, budding bloom, but the full-grown rose in all the colour and beauty of a summer day. With the quickening tempo of the music the dancers whirl around in a fantasy of colour and grace. The tempo soars to a thrilling climaxfand breaks off abruptly. The dancers pause in bewiilderment. The orchestra strikes up again, but in a sadder. softer vein. The light begins to fade, The dancers slowly sink to the ground. The silken curtain is lowered and the audience breaks forth in loud and prolonged applause at the conclusion of The Ballet of the Roses . Books dS Magic Carpets ' ' by E1.s1r: Axnrzizsox, 4G Let us rub our magic ring or lamp as Alad- din and jump backwards to the time when we were seven or eight years olcl. How won- derful it was to step upon the magic carpet of Hans Anderson or Grimm and be immedi- ately whisked to the Land of Make Believe. There we had a glorious time with Snow White. Rose Red, Hansel and Gretchel, Beau- ty and the Beast, and the great Giants. To- day we do not believe in such childish fancies but want to visit other lands where the people are real and just as interesting. There seems to be one difficulty to overcome before we can travel and that is the financial problem, but why worry about that when we can visit many lands by walking to the library or bor- rowing books from our friends? Let us step upon the magic carpet of Rud- yard Kipling. and, through the pages of Kim, we see India. The first stopping place is La- hore. After wandering around we arrive at the old Ajaib-Gher, and there, seated upon the old Zam-Zammah is Kim. He takes us through the wonder house and other curious sections of the city, After resting the night in Lahore we travel on to Umballa with Kim still as our guide. From l'mballa we go to Benares. What strange characters we have met! How strange their customs are to ours. Now our curiosity is so aroused that we want to see more of India. Kim can take tts no farther. but between the covers of other books are characters almost as interesting. From India let tts travel to the frozen north. No country appeals to my imagination more than our own northlands. There, is the ro- mance of bygone daysAthe fur trade, half- breeds. Indians, and, most of all, the red- Twenty-six coated Mounties. I have travelled through this country with James Hendryx. travelled by sled and dog-team, on foot and by canoe. and even had the thrilling experience of pan- ning gold. We must step upon our carpet again and the stopping place is the fishing grounds of the deep-sea Nova Scotia fishermen. ln Cap- tains Courageous the whole process of fish- ing is clearly described. lt shows the perils and hardships the fishermen are forced to face so that we may have varieties of fish on our table. We step upon our magic carpet once more. and this time we are almost home, but let us stop for a moment with Mazo de la Roche at the home of the Whiteoaks. What more could one ask for in a book? The ups and downs of a family, the troubles, the family fights and arguments are all summed up in the word real . We are home once more, back to the wor- ries of school, examinations, and homework. Our magic carpet must be put away until we can find a few moments to travel again. EASTERN ECHO

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need of cheering up. and to satisfy the soul starved for beauty. In all these. they work their magic, bearing tired souls leagues away from their petty small sorrows and tempo- rarily, at least, banishing greater pains. Now please, if you are weary, or if you desire adventure without knowing just where to obtain it, or if you are tired of your own narrow life, mount your magic carpet and live. Drowning The ii'flIIIi New m11'111 .Vind fried fn lmld me zciflz tl flIOIl5tlIId t'1f11gf11g lzands, T116 t'lll'f1I fallrrz' auf! ElZfl'CdfflZ,g7 111f zuitlz QHISS' and f1'cf'x, and 5a1zd5,' I left fllClH all l1el1f11d .Ind f11ft'rffI in flu' sea. If flnserz' llflllllllli my Iltlkfd flesh, .-11111, ar I Sllllk, litl'l'6'XXCYi Ulf' with 4111 iffy t11J1rl1,' .-l fllillfffflf nf! of 5641-Iwfrl 71167511 Held 111r in fir 5Ii111.v flzffflzz .llv .rt1't1i11i1zg hodv I't'tlt'1It'd for air .-hid only Viriund the sea. Thi' g1'f'c11 dark 15100111 E11za1'aps 1116, 1111 ray 0111 pif'1'1'e its dc11Sfty,' ii'f'i1'fl d1'11i:f1z,r 1155111116 .l 'il'flfl'd!'l' air, and ,rlare at mt' with cold i1ztt'11sity: lily l1111'sfi1zg Iznzgr .9l'02i' weak .-Ind c'11111111t fight flzf sfo-- -li-i'I2 BGHZT of iIll2 Qoses ' Backstage is a scene of wild confusion: dancing girls in one corner receiving last minute instructions from the dancing master, an irate property man. in another corner, bel- lowing out unintelligent orders to nobody in particular, and in yet a third corner stands a distracted costume designer. the object of abuse from wardrobe mistresses, stage-man- ager, dancers, anybody that happens to see him. Out in the lobby of the theatre, away from the noise and shouting that certainly would not heighten the glamour of the stage, stand groups of fashionably dressed people. Beau- tiful women in beautiful gowns: handsome gentlemen in immaculate evening attire. Gra- dually, they begin to drift towards their seats. The members of the orchestra take their EASTERN ECHO ALEX. G11.I.ri:s, 351. by RUTH IQRAISMAN, 351 places. The distinguished conductor comes forward from the wings of the stage, stands for a moment, bowing, in the glare of the spotlight, takes his place on the conductors stand, raises his baton, and slowly, the curtain rises on 'tThe Ballet Roses . The scene on the stage is that of a garden. The greenness of the leaves and the general atmosphere of the surroundings instinctively bring to mind thoughts of spring. The or- chestra begins to play, and, as the soft notes reach the stage, the make-believe earth be- gins to break and from the openings slowly rise the dancing girls, clothed in pink-petalled material, symbolizing a rosebud. Stepping gingerly and swaying unsteadily in all the un- certainty of early youth, they come forward slowly, of the Twenty-five

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