Enfield High School - Echo Yearbook (Enfield, CT)

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THE ENFIELD ECHO 15 Irene, as a social worker cheering the sick and poor with your cheery smile and witty sayings. Irene always was witty but who would have thought she would make such good use of these gifts? Reilly—In this cup, Stroiney, I see you sitting at a table read- ing what you have written. This seems to be another book you have just finished. We remember how your last novel, “I’ll Live for Love or Die” proved to hold the public spell-bound and wish you all the success possible as leading author in America in 1935. Edna—Lane’s Studio, Springfield, Mass. You have evidently tired of farming, Oliver. Here you are teaching soft-shoe dancing. Is it because of your wonderful personality and sprightliness that Lane’s has become so enlarged? It now occupies the entire block. Who is this stately figure, the center of attraction in the midst of Springfield Elite? Esther Bassinger, our old classmate; still it’s not surprising, sort of force of habit, Esther. Chestnut—This is a large ballroom. But where is the music coming from ? Station K Y W, Chicago, where Gannuscio’s famous singing orchestra is broadcasting. Gannuscio plays the saxophone and is the singer. Earl Bertrand plays the drum. Ruth Harris plays the piano, and Oh! how that girl can play! We’re in a theatre on Broadway. Gladys Buck and her part- ner, Milton Cohen, are dancing a tango. Gladys and Milton are very well known and popular along Broadway. Anna—What is this? A dance floor, music, an exhibition dance in modern dancing at the Venetian Gardens by Jean Lebeschevsky. I can see where you were quite a success at the Hippodrome, last week. Lots of success, Jean. What are these posters that I can see posted on a number of billboards? “Come an see the fancy diver,” they read, and this great person mentioned is Leona White who has condescended to give an exhibition at Riverside Park. Don’t miss it! Reilly—It seems to be a hall and you are addressing the crowd. According to the billboard, Edith Woodward is giving an address on prison reform. Her subject is “Teach Our Prisoners to Take the Bones Out of Fish and Cut Down the Death Rate.” This looks like Shibe Park, Philadelphia. The game between the Athletics and Yankees has drawn the usual crowd. Someone is just crossing the plate after knocking a ball over the fence. Can it be you, Pease? Now that you take off your cap to the crowd I see that it is you. Chestnut—What is the cause of this agitation in the House of Representatives of this state? There is cause enough. Frances Leggett has a seat in the house and is giving such fiery speeches that everyone is sitting up and taking notice. Here we are in Hollywood. Fanalise Lamont under the name of Katy Brady is making herself popular and famous. She is star-

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14 THE ENFIELD ECHO comes on stage from R and L. The girls pour and pass the tea.) Edna—Drink your tea, Anna, and I’ll read yours first. (As the cups are drained the dregs are interpreted.) Edna—Anna, your popularity and wonderful dancing must have followed you from your High School days, for I see that you have rejected many brilliant offers in marriage. Evidently you prefer independence. Next, Sylvia Burbank, you have been studying Biology. Here you are teaching in a young man’s college in London but your chief work seems to be cutting up hearts. You always were rather good at that. Reilly—What can this be? It looks like an ivy-colored school building. Who is this dignified young professor? Well, Chestnut, such a change in the last few years. The most mischievous boy in the class now the President of Cum-an-learn University. Anna—Here we are in California. A number of representa- tives of the Paramount Co. have made a great many offers to you, Edna, to take Mary Pickford’s part in “Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall.” We aren’t surprised at this for you always won everyone with your cute ways. Chestnut—Who is this? Well if it isn’t our old friends Reilly and Rosenberger. Reilly is chief contender for the heavy weight title, and has scored 20 consecutive knockouts. Rosenberger is his manager and he picks some hard fights. Edna—Now, Grace Slattery. Why, you have taken up chem- istry. I believe that it is you who have discovered that new gas around the sun that all chemists have been working on since the total eclipse. Fine, Grace, I always knew that you would do some- thing big in Chem. Reilly—This is a domestic science kitchen at the Capitol in Hartford. Celia Parsons, you have risen high in the political world for here you are in charge, keeping the Congressmen well fed. Yours next, Billings. I see a large river crowded with boats of all kinds. The Commissioner of Navigation on the Scantic River —no other than yourself, James—is shaking hands with the pres- ident who seems greatly pleased at the way you have handled this problem of congestion. Chestnut—Here is a cupful of Victrola Records. Each one is a set of exercises for those people who are interested in reducing. O’Brien is advertising his records and giving demonstrations with each one he sells. Anna—Well, Landry, you’re next. Still living up to the old saying, “Be Prepared.” Here you have developed a splendid train- ing camp for young men and it is rumored that you will be a Gen- eral in the next World War. Where can this be? East Side, New York. Here you are,

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16 THE ENFIELD ECHO ring with Richard Dix in a new production named “Jazz and More Jazz.” Anna—Well, Gourlie, I can see you starring in the production; “Romeo and Juliet,” Maura Gorman taking the part of Juliet. Watch him, Esther, for they say he’s breaking hearts right and left. Here we are at Harvard University; Wendell Blood is physical director. The college has never before appreciated a course so well. We wonder if it’s his directing or his winning disposition. Edna—This seems to be a large theater. The curtain is ris- ing and the people are applauding as the leading lady steps on the stage. Of course, Kessy, who else but you? But here—no less is the applause given to Dick Livingston, surely it is he who is enter- taining the audience between acts with his marvelous clogging. And nowr w'hom do I see? A professor of foreign language— can it be—of course, Josephine Galimberti—you are teaching French and Spanish in one of our universities. Reilly—Will wonders ever cease? I see you, Thompson, in the Orient with a scientific research party. I see, Bill, that you have not yet given up your idea, that man has descended from the sum- mit of Mt. Everet. Well, patience is always rewarded. Maybe someone will get to the top some day and for your sake and their own I hope they get dowm again. Who said that the days of miracles are over? I see you, Warga, standing over an automobile which you have built your- self. The lifted hood discloses a plumbing system instead of a reg- ulation engine. It is a great idea and it seems to be perfected. All you have to do now is make the car go. Anna—Here is somebody speaking in the House of Representa- tives. Yes, it’s you, Fowler, and you have surely carried out your high school career. Your eloquence is so great that when you rise to speak your opponents leave the House in despair. Hurray for Ireland! Mary, you visited Ireland and were so attracted by its charming quality that you decided to remain there. While there you became secretary to the United States Ambassador to Ireland. Reilly—It looks like Pearl and Main Streets, Thompsonville, but I can’t see anything of you, Vera. Wait, the traffic woman has turned around and it is you. The buildings are fading away and your record is substituted. By this record, I see that you have ar- rested an average of 2 1 6 persons a day for your first thirty days as cop. Edna—Well, what a commotion! People are scattering in all directions as a powerful motor-car draw's to the curb. A sprightly form has descended from the tonneau and is quickly walking toward a platform, newly erected.