Madison High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Madison, ME)

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The Bouncer Vol. XI g Madison, Maine, june 1910 No. 3 LITERARY A Night on the Boat. NE night, while sitting in the win- dow of my room, I saw the kindly face of the moon outside and I wondered if he had seen us while we were on our trip, and as if in answer to my thoughts he said:- On the evening of March 25, I was watching the Plymouth steam up Long Island Sound. The faces of some of the passengers looked like very dear friends and putting on my specs, Isaw the Sen- ior class of Madison High School. They were talking and laughing and admiring my rays across the water. CI confess I did look beautiful that night.D I saw Miss Wilber leaning over the rail and heard someone ask 'Has the moon come up yet?' to which she replied 'No, but everything else has.' I never thought that of Miss Wilber for she has always been one of my ardent admirers, but I have forgiven her for I know just how she felt. Wl1ileI was watching, some of the boys and girls separated and walked 'away in groups of two or four-never three. I don't understand that, for girls are such dear things that I should think boys would like to have a lot around. I know Fletcher agrees with me because I saw him with three girls and they weren't Madison girls either. CHe said they were his cousinsj My attention was distracted from the party on the boat while settling a dis- pute between two of the youngest stars and when Inext looked I saw that the girls had all gathered on the upper deck and were dancing the barn dance. They were having a lovely time when the cap- tain came up and sent them below say- ing iOther people would like to havea little sleep if you wouldn't. Katie had been sea sick and had retired earlier in the evening and when the girls went to their staterooms they found her lying on the floor, sucking a lemon, a fruit which I don't imagine I'd like. I don't think it would go well with cheese. Mildred, Ethel and Katie had one stateroom, and Mary, Gertrude and Lucy had the one next to theirs. The rest of the girls had rooms up the corridor but as they were seasick or went right to sleep I watched the others. b All the girls were desirous of sleep excepting Gertrude and Mary, especially Mary. She was very happy and she and Gertrude conversed in low tones.

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2 THE BOUNCER Mildred, from the next stateroom, rude- ly punctuated all their remarks with, 'Shut up, please.' At about one o'clock Mary was hungry and decided to have some lunch. She made Lucy get out of her berth to find her something eatable evidently the thought of eating made Gertrude sea- sick for she imagined she was going to die. She opened the door of her state- room to go into Katie's room after a lemon, but what was her surprise to find a :nan asleep before her door, and look- ing down the corridor she saw many more men asleep on the floor. This terrified her so that she forget her sea- sickness and began to sing which called a reprimand, from Ethel, down on her shoulders. Prowling around the room, she found some life preservers under the berth and wanted to kllOW if Mary didn't think she'd be safer if she put one on. Mary replied that they were more safe than comfortable but if she wished to put one on she could. She decided to take her chances with the rest and at last went back to bed. just then Halley's comet began to act out and I had to spank it. When I re- turned to the boat I found that Mary had told Gertrude and Lucy that if they wished to see the harbor they had better get up because it was six o'clock. They tumbled out of their berths and started to dress, but thru some mismanagement Gertrude found her watch and saw that it was only two o'clock, so they went back to bed very disgusted. They pun- ished Mary for her fun by poking her thru the bottom of her berth. They spent the rest of the morning in talking and laughing much to the dis- gust of their neighbors. I can tell you what I saw while they were in Wash.- just then my mother entered the room and sent me to bed. I have never had an opportunity to hear the moon finish his last remark but sometime I shall and I hope to hear how we acted in Wash- ington, and to see myself as others saw me. M. B. P. '10 A Broken Bed in Washington. T WAS between one and two A. M. one night in Washington. The greater part of the large city was slum- bering. In the hotel, Regent, where tourists were staying, only a stray light could be seen thruout the building. However, if one had passed in and taken the elavator up to room 222, third floor, front, they would have seen no signs of slumber. The room was brilliantly lightedg five girls in kirnonas were talk- ing and laughing, no signs of going to bed were visible. Katie and Ethel were stretched out on one bed, eating chocolate almonds and talking. Mary was picturesquely bal- anced on the foot-board, with candy in one hand and a glass of water in the other, Gertrude was standing idle order- ing everyone to look for her pocket book: Mildred had just finished combing her hair for the night. Suddenly she turned and with the warning cry, Look out, 1,111 coming girls, landed in the middle