Mary Baldwin College - Bluestocking Yearbook (Staunton, VA)

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here in New York. He ' s one of the bravest fellows I ever saw. Has been in the seiviee for years, is only a roundsman, you know ' ' Well, if that ain ' t you. at last, John Dolau ; and sure you ' ve been savin ' somebody else A tall, gaunt woman, faced hiai as lie Mine in. ' ■ And where ' s the money to come from to get a new uniform. I ' d like to know. But, oh John, and a tenderer loik sudden ly eime over her face, yoi oughtn ' t iu.le.- I to be always doin ' it, you might drown yourself some time, you know. Who was it this time ? A little boy that fell over the wharf, John answered meekly. A little mite of a boy that had been sick, too. A mixture of pride and auger was in her face as she said half-laughing and half- weeping : Oh, a little boy, well of course I ' m that proud of you. That makes twenty-nine ; I know because I ' ve kept them all put down in the big Bible. First, there was that beau- tiful young lady what was an only child, and her father and mother would have gone crazy if you hadn ' t saved her. Then there was the little curly-haired boy in the blue stilor suit, and the man what had a wife and seven chil- dren and nobody to care for them but him. And the man that couldn ' t get work aid tried to drown himself that dark night. Ami a gratefuller man I never saw than he was when you saved him and got him work to do. But come on this minute and take off them wet clothes This having been done and some hot coffee set before him she began again : The land knows where money lor a new uniform is coming from. I don ' t mind being pinched, but there just ain ' t no money to get a new one. It ' s hard enough to get along anyway ; you know how you have to do without your coffee for dinner now, because there ain ' t money to buy it. And I ' ve worn my bonnet with the big yellow daisies in it for five years. And uniforms do cost a sight of money, but still I ' m that proud of you. What are all the lazy cowards doing that somebody else can ' t jump in besides you ? ' ' But Jane Then somebadv else would have to buy uniforms. They do say as Teddy is going to furnish new uniforms for those that gets theirs ruined by saving people fro u drowning, but I don ' t know as Here there was a knock at the door and in answer to the Come in the two gentle- men who had stood on the edge of the crowd entered. Been at your old bu-iness, haven ' t you, John? one of them asked. ' This is our new President of the Police Board. Mr. John Dolau and Mrs Dolau, Mr. Roosevelt What ! not ' Teddv ' ? exclaimed Mrs. Dolau unconsciously. Teddy laughed as he gripped John ' s hand. Keen on with your brave work, my friend, not as rounds man any longer, but as sergeant, were the President ' s parting words And John celebrated lis promotion by saving his thirtieth life the next week. Nora Blanding Fraser. ' Founded on fact.

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Calendar. September — 6. Beginning of the school year. 7. Arrival of Texas delegation. 20. Rev. G. B. Stnekler, D. D., w.is a guest at the Seminary. 21. Reception given by the Y. V. C. A. to the young ladies of the Seminary. 29. Lecture, Sunshine and Shadow, delivered by Mr. A. VV. Hawks at the Y. M. C. A. October — 4. Holiday in commemoration of Miss Baldwin ' s birthday. 12, 13, 14. Confederate Reunion held in Columbian Hall. 13. Reorganization of the M B. L. S. 19. Our Regiment. presented by the D. A. R., in Staunton Opera House 20. Organization of the Golf Club. 25. The wedding of Miss Annabel Timberlake, a former student at the Seminary, and Mr. Thomas Hogshead, of Staunton, to k place in the First Presbyteri in Church. 27. Reception given by the officers of the Literary Society to the mem- bers. November — 3. Organization of the Pen and Pencil Club. 11 First meeting of the Literary So- ciety. 12, 13 14, 15, 16. Lecture on Parlia- mentary Law at the Y. M. C. A. 24 Lo.igfellow Evening, given by the pupils of Elocution, under the direction of Miss Frost. 25. German given by Misses Lucile Insley and Florence Williams. December — 8. Orange party givdii by Miss Annie Macfarlaue. 15 Entertainment given by the Elocu- tion pupils. 21. Beginning of the Christmas holi- days. 22, 24. 25, 26, 27, 2S 29. 31 Feasts — morning, afternoon and night. 27. Entertainment given by the Sun- day School of the First Presby- terian Church. 28. Feast given (: ) by Miss Eugenia Harvey. 31 Watch-Night Party given by Miss Claire My ton. January — 1. Formation of the Good Resolution Club.