Hathaway Brown School - Specularia Yearbook (Cleveland, OH)

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..l Q 1 f-E 'lah 'Fwd ii: mp., 'UNO 4 , ?f hiss iamf' warm, deli, q . A ,p,r W.. . it 2815. ww? JY W, , , MW' 7 Be, V -,tr by the few, who are at the best ill-bred and discourteous? This should be a simple question taken to heart by any sensible person. 9' 5' 3' SGME time ago as I was reading, these words came before my eyes, written by an ornithologist: We are willing to leave the irresponsible half of creation all their 'chif- fonsl-which means 'rags' or 'women's dress,' as you please,--their coal tar dyes and their scrap iron, if they will only leave us our - - - - birds. Women, if it is they of whom the writer is speaking, generally object to being called the 'irresponsible half of creation,' and indeed it is unfair to call them so, but I wonder how, many women and girls know that they alone are causing unthought-of suffering, and unthought-of destruction among one of the most beautiful gifts of nature ! Is it really because they do not think, or that they do not care? - - perhaps they do not know. If it be so, that some of us are unaware of the wholesale destruction which is being carried on abou.t us, I hope these portions of the article that I read which especially impressed me, mayalso impress them. In New York state, the Audubon Society has sent forth many appeals to women to desist from the habit of using the masses of wings and even whole birds on their hats, as fashion dictates. The society does not, of course, mean the feathers of domestic birds or birds shot during the time allotted to sportsmen, but it does protest against the slaughter of the rarest and most beautiful birds on our planet. - It may seem an' exaggeration when we say that ikirzjfyive million birds are killed every year for American women, but so it has been estimated. There would be no harm done, however, if they were killed during the season set apart bylaw. The greatest danger threatens the various species of white heron, from whose' tail feathers are procured the ever popular aigrettef' These beautiful birds are killed by thou- sands during the breeding seasons, and their young are left on the rocks to die of starvation, indeed the plume-hunters have practically exterminated the herons from Florida and have been obliged to search for them on other coasts, so that the salvation of these birds rests solely in women's hands, unless the wearing of aigrettes is forbidden by law. The bird of paradise, the lyre bird and the tern, with its gray feathers and black tipped wings, are among those birds which are almost exterminated. , Why the owl should have become a fad is hard to tell, but if the wholesale destruc- tion which is now going on is kept up, it may result in a very serious manner to the American farmer, asthese birds of Wisdom are among the farme,r's best friends. I We use a portion of our Bible money to aid in preventing cruelty to dumb animals 5 can we, then, think of the young birds bereft of their parents andleft to die on the rocks, and of the old birds, with plumes stripped from their backs and left writhing by hundreds on the cliffs, and still continue in the cruel habit of using their feathers for self-adornment? , - 5' 3' 5' NOTWITHSTANDING the sadness of the late war with Spain, if we look on the sunny side of things we can find something bright. We have now Cuba, Porto Rico, and the Philippines' on our hands. The question at present is whether we can drop them, or whether we can stand their weight. But more important than these islands are the innumerable heroes, among whom are Dewey, Sampson, Schley, Hobson, and lat- est of all, Funston. On May 1, 1898, Dewey destroyed the Spanish fleet, and on May I, 1899, we cele- brated Dewey day. Though this was not a holiday in our school this year, still we know that Miss Spencer has so much re-

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lEbiIOtial. f HE first issue, on April 12, 1709, J of Richard Steele's Tailer opens ,Q-51' with a kind of prospectus, in which I the editor shows the variety of en-' tertainment which he has in store for all his patrons. He tells the public : All accounts of gallantry, pleasure, and entertainment shall be under the article of White's chocolate-house, poetry, under that of Wi1l's coffee house, learning, under the title of Greciang foreign and domestic news you will have from St. J'an1es's coffee-house, and what else I have to offer on any other subject shall be dated from my own apart- ment. It is obvious why the Seniors, after two heated class meetings, decided that White's Chocolate House should be the name of their own particular room in H. B. S. One of the artists of our class, after some weeks, nay months-pardon her! she studies 'very hard-at last arrived with a very pretty placard upon which was gilded: Whiteis Chocolate House. In one corner was represented a table surrounded with digni- fied Seniors in green caps and gowns drink- ing chocolate,-we suppose. The class flattered itself that the room was very pretty when everything was new and fresh. I say, it was no wonder that the mind of a Senior occasionally wandered from her Virgil or her Burke to gaze at the result of her own toil, patience, and good temper. Now, perhaps, one hears a girl say: Just see how those curtains have shrunk. We certainly shan't be able to wash them again. Then comes the mourn- ful thought that there won't be any need of washing them again,-the time is so short before they will be taken down for good and always. all! 2 We know that we shall soon have to leave the school and that room, but I believe, and so does every other Senior, that the memory of the little green room, sacred to our class, and of the good, jolly times we have had packed in there together, will .always be stamped on our minds. 5-is- ., WHAT lovers of music are not impressed at every' musicale, they attend by the lack of good breeding displayed by those who will talk and whisper, while a performer tries to hold the attention of an audience? Howhoften in a roomful of people, does some one say to a musician, 'Ohg Miss Watkins, please play for us 5 we should all' so enjoy a little music. This proposition meets with unanimous approval, and as Miss Watkins is obligintg, she sits down' and begins to play. ,At that moment conversa- ation should cease, and to the music should be given undivided attentiong but no, the buzz goes on, disturbing those who really wish to listen, andiabove all, Worrying if not embarrassing, the pianist. At the close oi the piece every one says, in applauding, Oh, how beautiful! your touch is exquisite. Pray do not stop Doubtless the speaker believes that two performances can be carried on at the same time. I In a still harder position is the singer placed who tries to make herself heard above the noise of the conversation. It spoils the etfect of her voice, and makes her dislike her position. I ' Cleveland is said to be behind other cities of its size in regard to its appreciation of music., But why should the many that go to a concert, musicale, or recital be disturbed

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spect for Admiral Dewey that in a11OthGI year she will make it a holiday. Not only has he destroyed the Spanish fleet and brought Dewey day, but he has caused many very important changes, of which he is probably not conscious g for now our little boys wear Dewey suits, and boys and girls alike drink Dewey frappe. Many poeI11S also have been written about him, one of which is: . Dewy was the morning upon the first of May, Dewey was the admiral's name that sailed Manila bay, Dewy were the region's eyes, them orbs of royal blue, And do we think we are afraid? I do not think we do. Perhaps you would like to know of some other results of the war. Well, ever since the destruction of the Maine, men smoke Sigsbee cigars, and at every circus we see the six survivors of the Maine. Besides, we have Hobson kisses, and some people are fortunate enough to own a Sampson calendar. You are not in it unless you use regimental blue or military gray note paper. They are just the thing! There is another question which we all hope will be settled, Whether the beef was embalmed or not. The cattle out in the West are now holding indignation meetings to decide it. It is to be 'hoped that they will soon determine it, but if they do not, we shall leave it for you to determine yourself. 5' 9 9' - X, W rf r 1 .. WHAT one shall do after graduation is always the great question all through one's academic course. A girl starts out with a vague idea that she rnust go somewhere, to some college or finishing school, but where, she does not know. Catalogues and circu- lars are sent for, examined and compared, and she settles on some college. just then some friend or teacher comes along and tells of some fine school she has heard about, or of some good college that her daughter or friend attends, and the poor girl begins to feel that she does not care much about going at all. What use is it anyway? Four years of hard study just to make one feel' that one knows nothing! Then she hears of a party of friends who are going abroad, and in her despair over choosing a school, she determines to go with them, and so good bye to her college career and the finishing school. As a rule, however, I thin-k the majority of girls go to college, though it is a large minority which go to finishing schools. .If one settles on a college at the beginning of one's academic course and then sticks to the decision, one is not troubled by the idea of colleges which other people think arelfiner. Unless a girl really cares for study,she should never go to college 3 a finishing school, or travelling is much better. - Schools and colleges are-steadily increas4 ing, but wherever a girl goes, whatever col- lege or school she enters, she can always get some good out of it, for she cannot help having her views broadened and her sphere of iniiuence and usefulness widened., T A X 4 C . af Y 1 XE, gy ' . ..- Q -.- -' '--V --A V.. ,. ,, , U p -ii- ii' MHZ- 'rv 1 Y W