Evening High School - Owl Yearbook (Reading, PA)

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106 THE OWL David Cgentlyl : But Claire- Claire: There is someone else? David: Yes, there is. Claire: It's so strange. The night is beautiful. The stars are live coals. The moon is -!she breaksj David fkindly, firmlylz Claire, you mustn't let yourself go, like this. Claire Qlifelesslyjz I know. It seems as though I've always known-but somehow one keeps on dreaming-hop ing. Hearts are such funny things. CPauseJ Wolild you like to hear the poem? David Cglad of anything to break the strainl: Yes. Claire: I-Ie has dreams that shut him in a world Away from me. Well I have my dreams too, And he's not all of them-only the part That's given them joy, I'd weep, but tears we save For little things. I cannot weep for all The countless days that stolidly stare at me From fifty years without him. Count the days Cher voice breaks but she recovers herself! I might Be frantic and that might be relief. But now I-Ie's Watching anxiously so I must say- My World without him won't completely break U Qbreaks againj And after awhile of unimportant things A I-Ie rose not knowing what he ought to say. Or knowing how to say it. So he stood, Then the door closed and he was gone. Ithe last word is barely more than a breathl. David ftrying to speak lightlyiz I suppose that's my cue. Claire fslowlyl : I suppose it is. CPausel David, I - thank you for the only beauty I've ever known. David Ipityl: Claire, Claire. I'm so sorry. So terribly sorry. Claire Lbravelyl: Don't be. I'm not. David will you -

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THE OWL 105 Claire Cfrom distancelz Larry? Larry: Coming. Poor Claire. SCENE III. Announcer: The living room of Claire's apartment. As the curtain rises We discover Claire lounging in an easy chair, staring dreamily into the open fireplace Where flickering iialnes dance merrily. David is leaning against the fireplace, abstractedly tamping his pipe as he gazes at Claire. David speaks. David: Your eyes are full of dreams. Claire Cvery simplybz Dreams have been my life. David fstartledbz Isn't that a rather dangerous thing to do, to build one's life of dreams, Claire fslowly, thoughtfullylz I suppose it is. 'lhough sometimes it is necessary if one is to ind enough cour- age to 'go on. One needs either dreams or memories. I should I-Iave known more quietness to Work if I Had found a Way to tell myself the truth- That dreams when once they've laid their spell Upon our hearts, follow after dawn. KPause- from the distance can be heard, the strains of Liebestraume. J David: Did you Write that? Claire Cparryingl: VVhat makes you think I Write poetry ? David: The poetry you Cpauses as realization suddenly strikes himj sent me. Claire: Oh! I didn't expect you to remember that. David Cquietlyi: I'm sorry, I didn't mean to mention that. Claire: It doesn't matter. lPausel It doesn't matter. There hasn't been a day that I haven't thought of you. There hasn't been an hour that I havenit loved you and I've never been anything but glad that I did. Even when there seemed very little hope that you would ever love me. There is no hope?

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THE OWL 107 kiss me, -just once - for remembrance. lThey kiss.l CThere is the sound of a door opening, then closing! fClaire sobs.J .David lwhisperingk How still the night. fPause1 So still Qin agonyl I can't stand this quiet as though there were no living thing. Noise ! Why doesnit something make a sound ? QThe strains of We Can Make Believe float into the room, growing louder then fading aWay.J Oh God, I cannot dream enough. I cannot dream enough. MADAME TUSSAUD'S I-Iave you ever experienced the feeling that you had seen and stood face to face With some of the vvorld's greatest figures of history? That was my feeling after a visit to Madame Tussaud's exhibition in London. Upon arriving in London, I Was very much interested and very anxious to visit some of the places I had read about includ- ing the British Museum, Tower of London, National Gal- lery, Houses of Parliament, Westminster Abbey, and many other minor places of interest. Each time I asked direc- tion to one of these places, I was asked Whether I intend- ed to visit Madame Tussaud's. I Was told to be sure not to leave London Without a visit there as it would interest me as much as anything to be seen in England. Madame Tussaud's was the name of the World's greatest and most famous wax museum. It contained the Wax figures of practically all of the notable persons of' history as Well as many figures of famous living people. Madame Tussaud,,the ,foundress of the Exhibition, was born at Strasburg, the French Capital of Alsace-Lorraine, in 1760. Being left an orphan at an early age, she was sent to Paris and placed under the care of her uncle, M. Curtius, a noted artist of the period, from whom she learned the art of modeling in Wax. Madame Elizabeth, sister of the King, engaged her to instruct her in modeling. and she resided with Elizabeth at Versailles until 1789.