Freeport High School - Clarion Yearbook (Freeport, ME)

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The Clarlon Page Flfteen A WOWI KN S FANCY Mother Ceclle IS leanlng far out her XVIII dow shaklng her rug It IS a small and gaudy lug possesslng as a predomlnatlng feature an lncllnatlon toward shabblness Mother Ceclle has but one rug and she shakes lt out her wlndow evely mornlng The baker ln the shop below IS lncllned to snlff ww hen he hears It begln to flap Partlcu larly as he IS usually taklng down hls front shutters Just when she does lt Well lf you have but one wlndow what are you to do It IS qulte early about seven but the street IS all astlr The blg stores uptown Vlflll not, of course, open for an hour or so yet but down here every grocery store and notlon shop IS openlng up There IS a falnt plnk haze of early mornlng floatlng oxer the clty from the waterfront Later ln the day the sun wlll glare Every fat woman on the stl eet wlll slt on her doorstep and try exhaustlngly to keep her non heedlng offsprlng from playlng tag But now the graylsh bulldlngs are softened by the haze Here and there a wlndow IS llghted by the low sun and wlnks 1tS rosy eye as much as to say Plnk clouds at mornlng Sallors take warnlng The ruff supposedly rld of dust, Mother Ceclle leans her elbows on the slll ready to start her usual mornlng conversatlon wlth Mother Marle across the way They are waltlng for the baker to stop clattellng hlS old fashloned 'wooden shutters and lron bars Mother Marle IS noddlng and Smlllng when Mother Ceclle notlces a strangely out of place young man strolllng down the Slde walk He has a carnatlon ln hls buttonhole sports a swaggel stlck and has a raklsh look about the eyes Mother Ceclle s llp beglns to curl Another crazy swell on a slummlng lark' Another dandy to turn all her Celestes and Antolnettes heads and make them have trouble wlth thelr Plerres and FIZHCOISQS' But Just now thls slngular young man catches her eye He smlles polltely and handsomely and doffs hls hat to thls slack looklng woman leanlng out of a 'vV1I1d0W ln her sweeplng cap Mr Harold Balley IS llke that' Mother Ceclle s eyes almost pop from her head as she watches hlS evtremely well dlessd back recedlng down The Street In a few mlnutes he IS lost to VIGW among store Cl6llxS sweeplng the sldewalks and fat women XVlth baskets Then strangely enough, she suddenly remembers her sweep lng cap She lmmedlately wlthdraws from the wlndow Acloss the way Mother Marle stares and then bangs her wlndow down angrlly It IS a fine mornlng about three days later Let us pop lnto Mother Ceclles shop a few blocks down The Street Nettle, the counter glrl who opens up wlll probably glve a start because she IS standlng wlth one hand ln the peppermlnt Jar You see she vtlll thlnk lt IS Mother Ceclle and ln truth lt IS about tlme she appeared Sure enough' Here she IS Nettle does start and knocks a cracker box from the counter She stoops to plCk It up and when she confronts Mother Ceclle we can see stooplng Mother Ceclle bltes her llpS and sllently goes lnto the back room to dlSpOS6 of her hat and coat Nettle furtlvely closes the metal cover of the Jar, and starts to stralgllten the papers of PIHS ln a tray, a task whlch has been attended to alreadv thls mornlng, wlthout a doubt Mother Ceclle comes out She opens her mouth posslbly to glve some adVlC6 about peppelmlnt eatlng, but exldently thlnks better of It when a cus tomer appears at the door Her expresslon changes from one of gravlty to one of smll lng welcome Good mornlng, Mother Ma Mother Marle stares rather lclly We can see that they have had no mornlng conver satlons of late Mother Marle resents mlss lng these confabs and shows It We can also see that she IS elctremely curlous as to the cause of Mother Ceclles conduct Her fllgld stare IS rather rulned by her Jaw dropnlng and her eyes bulglng out Come to thlnk of lt Mother Ceclle IS enough to make one's Jaw drop Her resemblance to the ' 1 L 1 rv, I I . - l , , L . . . J . G , ' . . . II I , . 1 v - . ' ' 7 ', KK 77 . ' v Y , A I H 1 H I . . . . . X . . , - that her flushed face is due, of course, to H I - A . . . . ' ' U , . . . . . , K l , - , - - ' rie. H U ' ' ' ' , . . , . . . . ' . A . , , .

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Page Fourteen The Clarlon abruptness that she nearlv floored Gotun hat With a slap on the regal back the show man brought Nero back to h1s half wits and they forthwith proclalmed her Mlss Empire She was a beautiful young girl with all the worthy characteristlcs of Cleopatra of the Olympian goddesses of Queen Dido and of Little Red Rldlng Hood There was noth mg about her that was not womanly and lovely It was then that the thought struck Gotunhat that he was not married so after the worlds beauties had left in a huff threatemng to rum the city he went over to Mlss Empire and, in a very undignlfied manner told her of his smgleness and sug gested they do somethlng about It She thanked h1S graciously for the offer but told h1m that she was a slave and could never think of marrymg so loftly a person age as the consul 'it Rome It would rum his llfe his career even hls suicide E Plurlbus Unum' he exclaimed an grlly to think that a common provincial would refuse the hand of a Roman consul Does she think she may marry the Consul at Rome any day and he stalked mdlg nantly from the arena cursing the dirt from which he had sprung leaving that gor geous slave shak1ng in her sandals R83llZ1I'lg her danger she finally mustered up enough courage to run and run she d1d out of the amphitheatre down the streets into the country and safety At length night fell and wh1le she was runmng and Gotunhat was sleepmg trouble was started by a beautlful and wealthy woman who had been cheated out of what she thought was her very own Late that night she assembled ln a dllapldated torch hghted building a group of her sisters in grxef and spoke to them forcefully on the corrupt conditions ln Rome But at this moment the answer came in an unexpected manner Somewhere at the back of the hall some comely damsel ln her eagerness knocked a torch out the win dow into a ph1losopher's beard A monstrous bonfire and the adjournment of the female conference followed Soon from far out on the city wall came strains of violin music, not pretty music but music nevertheless accompamed by the shrleks and groans of those unfortunate souls who were already being dellclously browned During thls mcxneration, Gotunhat lay sound asleep Suddenly a trustworthy guard burst 1nto his chamber crylng Flee Hee All right I know all about It I ve been a soldier much longer than you Get out of here and let me sleep groaned the consul drowslly But Rome Sire 1S on fire quoth the guard rlmmgly Habeas Corpus shouted the sleeper waking and Jumplng to his feet 'why dldn t you say so' Then the guard explamed to h1m that they were surrounded by flame and the escape was impossible To Gotunhat, there were but two honor able exits from this life murder and su1c1de, newer such a death as by burning Murder was out of the question so sulclde lt should be Cravlng the spectacular l1ke the show man he was he t1ed hls hands and feet and sword The usual ten o clock crowd had gathered alound the bulletin board 1n the Colosseum where was posted a list of those who had perished in that night of horror Gotunhat s name was there under the suicides fDont ask me how they found out he had com mitted su1c1deJ There too was the name of Mlss Empire News had reached Rome that the broilmg heat f1 om the burning city had scorched her dainty form and left lt wltherlng there on the palched landscape mlles outside the city Death treads with an lmpartlal foot' Franklin Gould 33 TENNIS What a Joy to hear the whip and smash The slashing serve and lightning dash Of a speedy tennis match' What Joy to sense the hardened court Determined face and breath come short In craftv players slice' To hear the call from referee Now Play' The changing pace to see Of player as you cut' The placement now 1n corner fast' Tis the greatest sport from first to last For a real enthuslast' Robert Byram 32 . , . ' - - - 41 11 . , , . 1 . . ll ' ' Y , . . . , l . . 19 , 1 Q l - H ' ' ' H 9 ! ! I , ' H ., ll 1 2 ' , . . ' ' - ' 4 ' x , 9 . . Q I! ' 7 . ' I , - . l 1 I ' . .L , l A , - . , . . . . , , l ' . I . . U , N , stabbed hlmself ln the back with h1S broad- . U . . . ' 1 11 ik if ik if ' 9 n - - ' Q ' I 1 . . . , 9 ' . . , , l , u Q 4 7 I ' ' r 1 ' ' , . , . u . . - r . ' ' ' Y . , . . . - 9 1 y . 7 . , . ' ' KI Y, ' ' l 9 9 . ' . . . . . , . . y . y . i . . ,

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Page Slvcteen The Clarlon Ceclle of the wlndow IS negllglble Her halr IS becomlngly dressed and she wears a rather styllsh navy blue dress Her finely hned face has evldently been treated so that a close scrutlny IS requlred to reveal the raxages of tlme and tl ouble Nettle IS star mg too now and glx es a llttle gasp Mother Ceclle reddens and her color deepens when Mother Marle YV0l1dOI'1I1glV artlculates the last of her startled thoughts d blushlng llke a glll too' fLet us note rlght hC19 that Mother M3110 IS the only lnhabltant of The Street who would ever dare even under such stress as thls to presume to hlnt at reprlmandlng Mother CGCIIG, Marle Desloches that IS no excuse for forgettlng to say good mornlng gently states Mother Ceclle rather hoplng that th1S reproof wlll cover her embarrassment Your Sunday dress' M016 Sacree' And how your halr looks that way' Dld your hat knock It down? And whatever have you done to your face? Mother Ceclle IS evldently accustomed to glvlng everybody adV1C6 and she starts to do so now but shakes her shoulders prob ably castlng off her old self, and d6Cld6S to stand for no nonsense Madam Desloches what can I do fo1 you thls mornlngq she lnqulres levelly VVe thought Mother Marle was startled before but now her amazement knows no bounds She looks as though she has Just recelved a basln of water ln the face She bllnks her eyes I thought you nllght have some serv ICC candles er er er I nlean I wanted some led Certalnly Red ones? courteously but oh so firmly Here they are Two ln a bo'c twenty five cents please All rlght' bowlng her out ' Thank you' Paralyzed Nettle SltS down suddenly on a stool as the door slams Mother CQCIIE laughs nervously She falls to stlalghtenlng the already stralghtened plns Nettle ab sent mlndedly opens the peppermlnt Jar cover after openlng and closlng hel mouth two 01 three tlmes She starts as lf shot when the dool opens and absent lnlndedly knocks down the Cl21Clx01 box agraln Slle 15 annoyed t thls f01 she hfls to stoop behlnd the coull C1 and get hel fact all lcd The slllgular 5ollng man has entered and lt IS Mothel Ceclles tulll to look startled She fO1gCtS to take 1llt0 account the fact that he couldnt rtcognlze her changed as she IS and blushes It IS not the first tlme that she has blushed recently as we have seen and It conles ew en IHOFG naturally than before She used to make a fine art of blLlSl llllf., when her Albelt was courtlng' her' Probably It IS the melnoly of her Albelt that OVQIPOVVQTS her now and makes her LOlllHl1l', a fatll ellol She starts for the back roonl and leaves the slngrular young m'ln to Nettle She hesltates IH the dool but It IS too late The slngular 'young man IS lookln admlrlnglv at Nettle who we see now IS very attrflctlve In her confuslon Mother CCCIIC IS happlly unaware of her mlstfzke and the curtalns fall together be hllld hel It IS Saturday aftelnoon and Mother Ceclle 1S golng to COHIQSSIOH The afternoon sun IS walmlng the western SldeS of all the bLllld1I1gS Evelythlng IS red and yellow ex cept a very blue sky and very dark shadows 'lhe Street IS vlrtually empty slnce every one 15 Qlthel at the movles at work or out of town If we are observlng we Wlll note that Nether CCCIIQ seems pecullarly llght healted If all those absent 01 busy ones of 'lhe Street could see her now they never would come to her agaln for advlce they have been rathel sulprlsed and stand oflish Ol late as It 1S But lt IS only Mothel Marle who has notlced that she actually dodged out of hel doorway and scuttled down the shady slde of the stleet untll she was sex e al blocks way Indeed here she IS now whlle looklng back over her shoulder stum bllng over a gleasy faced llttle boy who IS dlgglng dlscarded candy wlappels out of the gutter Mothel MZFIG slghs shakes her head and S1tS down agalll ln her rocker re cox ellng the mendlng' vvhleh ln her CUTIOS lty she carelessly dropped when hurrylng to the wlndow . . . . . . Y 1 . K Vs I a v ' .Y L a . ' 8 . ' I 1 .' C ' ' K , it . ,. , . . , . . X . 7 K Y . ' I . . - . . 7 . I v y , - ' . - . . l ' ' l r ' . . . 5 l , ' . . . . , y ' 7 an - - ' , u - -all . , . . , c ' ' , ' . c '. . . . V L ' r ' ' D I . . . . L , 1 . . ' ' 2 , ' ' '. x . ' , AA 7 ' . 1 I - . , L I s AL V I D ' 77 - q 1 I s J. n K v7 . . 0. . . . , a . v 1 Y, I Y C . v . ' N i ' Y . . . . - rl 1 ' n Q - . V A. ' I , , ' . 1 - . u , , , 1 . . x F , - - ' n - - . . ' - , . . , , 7 1 . L ' - U . . 1 1 K ' , Q . . . . ' - f 77 . as - as V - - , . v , u - 7 1 - - y ' - ' r.. . ,, . 1 A . . Y I . , A rr ' J - ' ' - 9 , - a l ' 's u ' ' . . , . 1 - , , - . Q . . Y Q. . Y . . . - ' 1 ' 1