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

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CANDLES IN TALL l-ICDLDERS at 1,1.1 at fsfllflll' Sforv, First .ltetzrzlf her family to call her Yirginia . but such The Crescent was within a whispers length of one of the city's busiest thorough- fares, which imparted to it a peculiar isolation of its own as complete as though miles of wilderness surrounded it. Each house on the Fri-scent was it counterpart of its neighbour. for the breath of a metropolis had long since given each a coating of dirt. dust, smoke and grime. successfully hiding each trace of dif- ference and presenting a dreary sameness to the onlooker. Within the tiny compass of these houses. the Mctlows had spent the better part of their livesfif the comparative can be used in talking of anything so mono- tonously drab as the existence of the Blctlows, There were seven of them. When the in- habitants of the Crescent thought of the llctlows, they unconsciously graded them as Mrs. and Mr. Mctiow, ,linny and the kids . This arrangement is significant. Mrs, McGow had taken on the complexion of the house she dwelt in, her individuality drained dry of any personality, as if each succeeding child had taken a portion of her vitality for its own. After the tirst baby, McGow had called her Ma , and from then on that name placed her in a detinite niche of life as inescapable as death itself. Her name, Yirginia, unable to survive the obscur- ing process that was marriage, had been given to her first-born. But from the day a tired minister had sprinkled that name upon her protesting countenance. that girl had been known as jinny, In her own personal thoughts, however, she was Virginia. Yirginial In a small way that made up for an awkward figure. lifeless hair, poor teeth, and a sallow skin. Jinny had, it is true, tried unsuccessfully to get EASTERN ECHO an effort was beyond their narrow concep- tions. -linny was hlinny , and nothing could alter that, lndeed. Blctlow. with his usual petty maliciousness. had shortened it to Elin. His daughters obvious dislike of the diminu- tion had amused him considerably. She hates .lin worse than a temperance societyu, he once brought out in a sudden burst of wit. This brilliant witticism became a classic in his limited repertoire. to be trotted forth whenever an occasion presented itself- and even more frequently. Blcliow was a weak, vacillating creature. lazy and vinrlictive. who worked off his grudge against the supremely indifferent world by bullying his helpless family, With characteristic stupidity he threw up his job as sweeper in a department store when his independence was threatened by hints from his superors that the quality of his work fell - lf!XXlf' X .1 ff .X - itttttfl my W- I ,X Thirty-one