Harcum College - Purple Patches Yearbook (Bryn Mawr, PA)

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Turple 'Patches walks away swlngmg her gav market basket wlthatrue brlde s enthuslasm Pandora watches her and th1nks how much n1cer It IS after all for her to be buy1ng tlnngs 1n a MCHHOHIIC market 1nstead of throwmg balls The l1ght twanglng of a lute causes Pandora to turn around and she sees a glrl of ethereal beauty standlng before her She carrles her lute swung on a golden cord over her shoulder and she has masses of old fash1oned t1m1d mlgnonette 1n her arms I am Mary Loulse she says softly and then she plays on her lute the lovellest most enchantlng muslc 1mag1nable When the last note d16S away and the mlst before her eyes clears away Pandora notlces that a great part of the mlgnonette has changed 1nto cr1mson pOpp16S of self assurance and amb1t1ous modern1ty The pretty blsque doll dressed 1n lace and p1nk r1bbons and a plumed hat seems terrlbly spo1led I m Evelyn she says Won t you have some candy? and sl1e generously holds out a bag of sweets Strangely enough she doesnt seem a b1t spolled any more The bag of candy seems to be slowly chang 1ng 1nto a lovely bouquet of whlte orchlds and l1l19S and the doll IS tall and dressed 1n a wh1te sat1n gown A Brlde murmurs Pandora what a perfect endmg Evelyn smlles and her dlmples tw1nkle Another g1rl 1S slowly saunterlng over Hello she drawls I m Errnhe and Pandora feels l1ke pushmg er Can t you move she asks must you be so languldp Em1l1e laughs good humoredly So 3 ou thlnk I m languld That s funny and she tosses to one s1de the heavy French Book she has been carrymg Do you know th1s tennls stroke? she abruptly changes the sub ject and Wh1pS her arm through the a1r w1th a strength and speed that 1S weakenlng to the beholder How could th1s wh1rlw1nd ever have been thought langu1d'9 Then Pandora notlces the French Book ly1ng forgotten on the grass and blames 1t on that A harlequln sort of person strldes up next She seems to be a typlcal strolllng player who struts her hour upon the stage gay carefree and unconcerned Pandora has a delxcrous fear that th1s dark ha1red person might be able to startle her 1n the1r conversatlon But when she talks to her she IS surprlsed to find that Betty IS most matter of fact and eternally fem1n1ne She IS a plquant m1xture of unafra1d P1errot and dehghtful convent1on Somethmg tumbles down on the grass It IS a round l1ttle rosv faced g1rl w1th a gr1n from ear to ear who mlght have been drawn by Rose O N e1l You re an awful baby aren t you? Pandora asks her Oh no argues Edlth I m not at all helpless look' ' And she turns handsprmgs and recltes Lat1n poetry w1th an ag1l1ty and fluency that IS amaz1ng and dehghtful Pandora apologlzes for so cruelly mls Judglng her at first 2 . . . . , . U . . . . . s . . . . . . 9 ' s 0 , - s . cc ' as I 3 . . . . . , . ' 9 . . . . . . . cs 3 as cs s 99 , . . 9 ' ' u 1 1 a u s cc ' as cc ' as s 9 ' . . . sc as cc 3 ' ' as ' ' a - , cc 9 as Y cc ' as 9 - 9 ' . . H . , . . L., 7 L s ,, . 9 54 - - as .- . . . . . I 5 s ' c o n . . . u If - I ' 9 , . cc 9 9 y as , . . cc as ' cc 3 39 s s 9 ' ' . . . . . . . . . . - . . 3

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Turple Tcztches Where s my hat? Where s my coat? Oh d1d I remember to lock the door? nervously wa1ls the pretty glrl who next appears Pandora tells her she Just must get over be1ng so 1rrespons1ble and rattlebra1ned Yes 1sn t It awful? agrees Helen cheerfully But I just can t help It She turns away to watch an undeclded butterfly lazlly float over a clump of 1r1s and when she turns back agam she seems changed She has the calm assured a1r of one who has done everythmg Just as lt should be done and when It should be done She wears many decora tlons the most lmportant ones tell that she IS Senlor Presldent and Seven Bar Glrl and thev all show that she has emerged from her chrysahs of 1rrespons1b1l1ty a Helen 1n whom to put confident trust and love Next comes a regal slender goddess W1th flashmg black halr and a head held hlgh a lady of such beauty and polse that Pandora IS almost afrald of her and dec1des at once that she 1S cold and unrespons1ve My name IS Sally offers the goddess And I bel1eve you re afra1d of me Then she laughs such a Jolly heartv thoroughly un dlgmfied laugh that It completely expels all 1mpress1ons of coldness and mdlfference And as for bemg afra1d of her well that IS Just as 1mpos slble Sally rattles on talk1ng of everythlng and nothmg unt1l ai the end of a few moments Pandora IS completely won over by th1s rad1ant glrl w1th her keen sense of humor and her happy good nature Cant you be good? the scowl1ng black halred ch1ld IS begged More fun to be bad mumbles the ch1ld whose name IS LOUISE and she angrlly k1CkS a pebble because she has to get up early the next morn 1ng and hldes beh1nd a rose bush VVhen she emerges from her h1d1ng place she wears seven sh1n1ng bars and IS sm1l1ng serenely and sweetly She seems unruffled and unperturbed by the many respons1b1l1t1es glven her because she 1S go1ng to college and 1S an officer of her class You know she confides I haven t been naughty for ever so long It s so ch1ld1sh don t vou thmk? And b6S1d6S I rather hke bemg good lf 1t ISU t carrled to extremes There IS a verv t1ny doll clambermg Wlth d1fHcultv from the b1g box I am Clar1sse she absently explams whlle she carefully feels to see lf she was chipped durmg the perllous Journev And her eyes are smooth and filled w1th laughter when she finds she wasn t Of course I never am ch1pped she laughs But I am alwavs afrald I mzght be And when Pandora feels the tmy arm wh1ch looks so fra1l but whlch IS really so solld she d6C1d6S that Clar1sse never wall be ch1pped Then Clar1sse stralghtens the blue bows on her starched whlte frocks and runs awav after a WVISC old bumblebee You re probably verv athlet1c aren t you? the tall close cropped g1rl IS hopefullv asked I athlet1c laughs Margaret Oh no not at all If you w1ll pardon me I must go on she adds after a moment of sllence It s gett1ng rather late and I have so much to do I ve got to get a roast on for dmner bes1des do all my 1narket1ng But 1t s such fun to buy th1ngs 1n a Mennomte market I love 1t' And she qulckly 24 as s 9 ' as - - . . . . . cs ' 9 ' as cc ' 5 , . . . ,, . . . . . . . . . , I. . . . . s . . . a if ' sr sc - s , . . ,, . - 9 9 ,,s ' - . . . . I , - ' 9 r cc 9 as ' ' ' ' . , . gg ,, . . . 9 s 9 - . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . cs as ac s ' - s s , . . , . . . . a ,, - 9 Q . . . , . ,, . . . . . . . U ' U I H . ,, . . 9 - . . . . lf. I - 9 H ' as cs s ' V . . ,, . . - . . . . . . s . 1 . v . ci a ' s as 0 9 ' . . 11 I Si ' aa cc as s s - s a - rc - as s 5 ' cc s - 9 I C e . . . . , . . . . ,, .

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Turple Tatclzes Oh that s all rlght smlles Edlth I don t mmd a b1t and she IS loved for her sweetness Wlth a drop somethlng lands on the ground It IS an 1nqu1s1t1vely beautlful llttle boy all 1n brlght yellow Ho I m Davy he cries What s all th1s about? I don t know Pandora confesses Except that I ve let vou out of thls box and vou re to atone for the troubles I let out before And she looks severely and rather doubtfully down at hlm But he IS gone and 1n h1S place stands a tall falr halred glrl I m Eleanor she explams I do hope Davv drdn t annoy vou he 1ns1sts upon follow1ng me about hes mv other self vou know Pandora hastens to tell her that she adored the httle boy and she IS sure now that lmpetuous 1nqu1s1t1ve llttle Davy Wlth Eleanor s calm level headed beautv guldlng h1m w1ll do mole than h1s share to atone for the troubles 'lhe glrl who comes next walks wlth a calm self assurance and 11'1Cl1fICI'6HC6 that 1mpl1es that she IS aloof and remote from the rest 1n the box a dlfferent sort of person Her arms are full of books she see that many of the books are gallv covered ones of modern poetrv and romance And when she talks to her she finds that she IS not at all aloof or remote but that she naturally possesses 1n a dellghtful degree that much sought after quallty soph1st1cat1on Her conversatlon and her eves twmkle wlth a lovelv dry humor that has earned her much popu larlty She 1S Margaret Pandora IS Just about to slam the l1d down agam when last out of the box lags a tall weary lookmg l1ttle g1rl I m Marv Jane she slghs I ve forgotten somethmg I don t remember what but I hope It wasn t Important Oh have thev all gone she adds I must be late And then she g1ggles a hlgh l1ttle grggle that ends ln an apologetlc tr1ll Yes they have gone and vou are late Pandora scolds And what s more I don t beheve you care a b1t Oh but I do pleads Mary Jane Please don t say that A most amazmg thlng' Mary Jane has evolved 1nto a happv alert glrl of fresh and vlgorous beauty I m sure I remembered everything after all she smlles a glggleless smlle and races after the others and Pandora IS happy to see her catch up to the foremost of them over the crest of the h1ll They are all gone now The blg chest IS empty and only an echo remams of the throng of youth that It conta1ned Manv of the box s lovely contents seemed at first almost troubles but upon closer scrut1nV and development each one of them became the preclous necessltv that she 1S Because vlrtue was made of l1m1tat1ons and success was made of doubt Pandora IS very happy and thoroughly contented as she llghtly ksots the crimson cord around the carven chest of beaten bronze and e ony 26 ff S ' as - - cs 9 - - as . 9 , . , , . Sc 3 9, ' GC l 3 ' 5, 9 , . . 5' 9 , 99 cz 9 . ' 2 s , , U as 3 , . H . . ' cc 9 ,, . 45 . , , ' U ll M- ' ' ' s as '- . 1 .N ' L , Q ' 9 9 9 - L 9 1 C W ' . Q , q ' ' - 1 . . . . -f M ' . L V , seems very SllllCl101lS, but upon closer examlnation Pandora is relleved to 9 I , ' I U ' , 1 V7 C ' . X , , Q . . . t CC 9 3, I CS 3 n 9 U 9 - '- ' 9 ' 33 if . , U as H ,, . T . - if . as is 9 U 3 - , I ' ' 3, CC 93 5 ' 3 5 55 5 33 ' ' ' u 9 ' ss s . ,, . . u 9 5 ' . I a Q 9