Grady High School - Encore Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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The beautician covers her face with her hands. l'll tell you, she muttered. The slasher is right here. Where? I asked. She makes a sweeping motion across the whole room. Here, there, everywhere, she said. No, I must confess, I did it, I didn't mean to do it. I don't know what came over me. I thought the hair cutting scissors was for cutting nails. But it seems I went up a little too far. Rosie and I checked in at the office, exhausted. The shop is placed under constant surveillance. On October 30th, the report is filed at the William E. Grady Company offices. It is determined that the careless workers be punished by making them write the slogan l'm just a beautician, not a mortician 25,000 times. Patricia Fagan-Beauty Culture ALONE By Frank Haray ALONE . . . It is quiet Not a breath Not a stir ALONE . . . ALONE . . . The world is empty around you No one see you No one knows you ALONE . . . ALONE . . . Discarded in a corner a little one It is empty Yet you are crowded ALONE . . . 55

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