Goucher College - Donnybrook Fair Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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CATCHING, NANCY Little Nancy was just beginning to talk tEnglile French Italian. Greek and negro dialectl Men, women and professors, stopped to listen. attracted by her transeMasou and Dixon line accent, and she never disap- pointed them. but chattered from morning till night like a good little Georgia cracker. CRA XVFORD. THYRA She is an extremely quiet child and toddles along with much dignity beside her nurse. But her bright eyes observe everything, and for one so young she has remarkable reasoning powers, to be used in the future in the composition of ideal history papers. One cannot help but wonder whether the look of determination in her face is indicative of a present Characteristic or of one not yet developed. CULLOM, MOLLIE Of all the bright, animated babies, Mollie was the most lively. 1n vain her nurse attempted to keep her quiet long enough for inspection. One moment she was laughing, crowing and jumping in the nurses arms, and the next instant she was pulling off the patient womanls cap and tugging at her hair, her little face all lit up with life and mischief.

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BUOY, HELEN Helen has been having h such a good time lately playinga little game. It is a very old game, in fact it goes all the way back to Adam and Eve, and is just for two. If you ask her perhaps she Will tell you its name. I CARIVHNE, FLORENCE Charity, charity, charity Chatterbox! By naturey ,tis true, ymfre a wonderful paradox; Lenned and foolish, grave and gay, Attired now in bright, now in sombre array, Dignitied 0r impudent, fresh as the May, Then a bit prudish, fun cast away, And a prize goes to you, were all glad to say. for the versatile whims of your infantile play. CASPARI. NINA One hesitates before saying h oo-ittle tootsie wootsie w to the child who is wheeled along by a German nurse, and in a Carriage decorated with the flag of her Fatherland. The little miss already. at the age of four, speaks in three languages, and if the spectator thought of it he might exclaim with her wondering friends: H' Du hist ein XVuudersehnW

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DAVENPORT, HELEN Many are the curious fanciesland preferences of children in the line of amusements. Now Helen, though always pleasant and sociable with her little friends,is never so well satisfied as when, armed with her little shovel, she is free to leave them and gratify her great propensity for diggingW DAY, MABEL Oh, Mabel Day, oh, Mabel Day, You,ve stolen all my money away; With your billet-doux so many, YouWe extracted every penny. Oh, Mabel Day, 011, Mabel Day, You should not steal my money away. DE Box ', ELIZABETH There was a bright baby called Bess, She Was robed in a fetching blue dress; What a cunning wee maid,n The passers by said, Tojwhich the weetmaid replied Yes. 28