Evening High School - Owl Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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QQMQWQQMQSNQMQNQQMQNQQMQNQQMQNQQMSNQQMBQSWQ C C 7 W Q53 Kayak?cwewacweiwrwegkacwewacwemacwewacwewaw VOLUME XI NUMBER 4 ROMANCE PERSONIFIED Say, sis, jim Neal needs a girl for the party tonight. Want to go? Plenty of fun. Jane Winslow put down the book she had been reading and looked affectionately at her pretty, younger sister. l'd love to, she said wistfully, but it would be the same old story. VVhat's the use, Mil? VVe tried it before, and you've seen what always happens. I sit and watch the fun instead of being in it. I just don't take, that's all. It's sweet of you to ask me, though. You're always trying to get me in, aren't you? Oh, gee, Jane, you're lots better looking than Terry Hall. You dance better, too., Come on, just this onceg if it don't work, I won't ask you again. You ought to go out more. How do you expect to find the romance you're always looking for? I don't like to neck and smoke either, but if I didn't indulge a little, I'd be left out too. Come on and go. Try it, anyway. Mildred Winslow looked pleadingly at her sister. H Muz don't like me to go unless you or Dot are along. Jane sighed. All right, kid, I'll go, but it won't be any use. As they climbed in bed early the next morning jane turned to her sister. You see, I did try to be like the rest of you, but it isn't my nature. I just can't do it. Be a good kid and let me stay at home the next time. After that Mildred went alone or with their other sister. Jane stayed home or went to the movies with girl friends from the office. Several weeks later jane changed her position and went with a large engineering firm where there were three men in the office and five in the machine shop, she being the only girl. Associating with men from all walks of life-from mechanics to millionaires- did a lot toward givingjane the poise and confidence Thirty-seven in herself she had hitherto lacked. She began accept- ing a few invitations to dinner and shows, and even went back to dancing. She loved it. Two men asked her to marry them. Jane was extremely flattered, for both were wealthy men, and she was sorry that she didn't love either of them enough to marry. She didn't want to get married though: she was having a good time, better than she had ever expected, and although she hadn't yet found Romance fshe was twenty-threej, she was still looking for it. It was late March and a blustery, dismal day when jane found Romance. She had been alone in the office most of the day. The bookkeeper was out collecting accounts: and Mr. Turner and the Engi- neer had taken The Moth, the firm's tiny mono- plane, and Hown. to Philadelphia to an auction sale. The day had seemed terribly long. jane wondered dismally if it would ever end. She had little or nothing to do. VVith Mr. Turner away she had no mail. It was their dull season and her work was light. Therefore, when the front door opened and some- one entered the store, Jane looked up with more than usual interest. Taking a hasty glance at herself in the tiny mirror she went out into the store. The customer was tall and slender and stood with his back to Jane. May I help you? Jane's voice held just the right amount of deference. The man turned and smiled. Jane the business woman disappeared in that instant, and Jane the woman came into her own. Then the stranger spoke. I am looking for a motor for my yacht. I understand you are converting airplane engines for marine installations and having wonderful success. Yes-s, jane stammered. VVe have been. Mr.