Firland Sanatorium School of Nursing - Fir Log Yearbook (Seattle, WA)

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E it We 9 Q X30 I Z 132 T-. Y llll' f'l I V ri- 'aa - . i . i. - , 1717 rain, snow or shine finds the hardy daughters of the Northwest battleing the Waves of Puget Sound and for many years other schools have despaired of capturing the swimming cup. Thelma Lorenzen's motherly instinct got the best of her better judgment in her choice of a husband. Although she is very happily married in other respects she is forced to use her own ingenuity to earn the living for the family. She has built up a great reputation in Portland, Where by her tactful management and excellent cooking she has created an entirely different picture of the traditional landlady of the comic strips. ln Cannes, France, we attended the tennis matches for the world champion- ship and found Margaret King renpresenting America. vVVCI'C we proud! For of course we remembered that her skill had been cradled in the tennis court at Firland where she had first tried the original racket holds that were to make her famous. Needless to say the other players Were liadly beaten and all were agreed that never had such fleetness and grace been displayed on any court. Mabel Loney is also in charge of a hospital, but her patients are all dogs- dogs of every description and disposition, dogs with wealthy masters and stray dogs-it matters nothing to Mabel for she loves them all and gives them such excellent treatment that a case is seldom lost. Mabel says she finds ample reward in a grateful look or thump of a tail. Alice Currier is someone's sweet Alice now, and asks for nothing more. VVe found her in a little cottage in Edmonds with roses round the door and babies on the Hoorf' To think, said Alice, 'tthat in Firland days I thought that I could only find happiness married to a millionaire. Beth Caley has supplanted her teaching with dress-making for which she has always had a natural gift. From a little shop in Bellingham her 'lpersonality fashions Qseparate styles created to express each individualityj have become so OFFICE IOSEF HOUSE L -49-

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places of interest to visit, including some of the most exclusive houses of enter- tainment. One which was highly recommended was the Viennese Gardensl'-a combination of beer garden and cabaret. One evening we chanced to visit this and soon discovered the cause of its popularity when we found our former col- league-Edna Brandt and Delanto Ludington officiating at the bar. The delightful and gracious manner in which they served the guests seemed to permeate the place with an old-world charm. However, we decided that this place had almost more than its share of Firland talent when we found the star entertainer to be none other than Myrtle Lystad. She gave several solo dances and led a chorus of beauties through some very intricate steps. At the Vlforldls Fair of 1942, held in Rome, we saw s Miss Universe and for once agreed with the judges in their choice-not only for her physical and mental perfections, but Mrs. Sylvia Larson Montague Hearst Cortez McDougall Barbe- rini O'Halloran Trotsky seems to have been practically universal in her matri- monial ventures. The next time we hear a young lady vowing never to marry we shall know just what to expect. . Lorene King is happy in a little candy store in Portland, Qregon, where she sells candy to children who are as enthralled with her own sweetness as with that of the candy. For lovers who come for sweets for their sweethearts-she composes notes to enclose in the box which are of such delicate lineness as to transform the candy into a perfect elixir of love, for the clinching of the most backward of romances. In the evenings Lorene plays on her piano in her apartment in back of her store, and once a week a Seth Parker Club meets there with the same happy result in neighborly philosophy and love of music as there was fostered in the original club. Elva -lersild is swimming instructor at the University of Wfashington and believes in keeping her class in perfect condition all through the year-every day, OFFICE HOSPITAL III ..41- 122214 are W f lll li-'lil .:--f r f--wa, , Q- if Q ' 'gf -if ff- Y , ' ' :-.95,,34,fx 1 I f -3.-r

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-f'- f t ,M A , .. ,,,, , ,. , , g popular that her new idea threatens to overthrow the fashion leaderships of Paris. Victoria Gasson has found satisfaction for her romantic soul. She has ofhces in San Francisco and with the help of her large staff is conducting an Advice to the Lovelornn column for all Hearst newspapers. Elsie Smithls wonderful success as a Ford saleslady can only be attributed to the fact that she is so completely sold on the car herself so that it needs only her live-wire talking ability to make one demonstration fatal to the most difficult customer. As for Mattie Haskew-she has followed her natural geometrical bent into astronomy and is located at the Mt. Vlfilson observatory in Pasadena, California, where she has focused the attention of our world upon Mars by discovering living creatures thereon. But why the crowd, and whence that red hair protruding from the muzzle of yon monster cannon? Tears dimmed Mattiels eyes as she explained that although every detail of an experimental flight to Mars had been carefully worked out so that it was thought that nothing could possibly go wrong, no one but Alice Anderson could be found with enough daring to allow herself to be hred from a cannon and ascend close enough to take a few movies of the living creatures on Mars. All this was a month ago. Alice was supposed to descend by parachute at once, but has since been observed through the powerful telescopes as moving about among the Martians in an apparently carefree and happy manner. There is no doubt that Alice has turned over another page in the history of the world and opened the way for the colonization of Mars. jean Jensen spends most of her time on a ship, but not the kind you are thinking of. She is a tourist guide on the Sahara and wouldnlt trade her Hship of the desert for all the ships that sail the seas. She lives in a tent and camps wherever she pleases at night. Asked if she is ever lonely, she replies that her lone star-light' meditations on the desert are the best part of her life and she hnds the company of her camel much more interesting than that of most of the tourists she meets. Olive Carlson-shhhhh l She is whispered to be the most remarkable detective of all time, but we dare not disclose her identity nor her present field of operation. All we can say is that the strongest crime rings in the U. S. are broken up through her wizard-like schemes of attack. At the rate she is going, the end of all crime is in sight, for she is no ordinary Sherlock Holmes, her piercing eye needs no magnifying glass to detect a clue, nor does she need a VVatson to applaud her every success. This ends the chronicle of the Firland Nurses whom we knew in l933, and having finished it's perusal you will all agree that regarding the red crossed symbol which Olows from Firland's spire we can surely remark with Shakespeare, How 6 far that little candle throws it's beams I ,tag , WS'-if . -m, 11 I 1. . , 55' rr a