Mary Baldwin College - Bluestocking Yearbook (Staunton, VA)

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from far and near. In our beautiful home, I teach them to be true men and women. This is my career. Judge : And a noble one it is. He looks into her sweet face and thinks of the days gone by when Evelyn was the comforter and sympathizer at M. B. S. What has happened to you, Louella Gilliam ? Fifth witness : Sir, I am on a visit to my old home after an absence of sev- eral years in Germany, where, after studying under Germany ' s most renowned master, I have been teaching in a young ladies ' seminary at Berlin. I .shall pass through Staunton on my way home, as I am anxious to see once more dear Pro- fessor Eisenberg. ' ' Judge : Stella, has the world treat -d you fairly, and have the promises of youth been fulfiled ? Sixth witness : Since Patti ' s death, her mantle has fallen upon me, and the world has received me with open arms. My high ' C ' captivates all hearts, and Nilsson and Melba turn green with envy at the mere mention of the world ' s new pr. ) a doiuia. Judge : Truly, you should feel .satisfied. How well he recalls the Glee Club at M. B. S., when Stella led the chorus in — White and Yellow, float forever, Ccilnrs l)ravest and the best, etc. Seventh witness, coming forward with a quick, lively .spring: Eet me tell my tale now, O judge. My life has been lived for the most part on the stage. I have been for a .short time the vocalist in Sousa ' s band, thrilling all hearts with my voice, but I shall give up all this now, as some one has begged me to sing for him alone. This I .shall do in the future. Judge: You have my sincere congratulations, Jo.sie, and I am not sur- prised that you, with your gyp,sy ways, have enthralled ore heart as you capti- vated all in that memorable role of ' Meg, the Gypsy. ' Jessie, what has been your lot since girlhood days? Has it fallen in pleas- ant places ? ' ' Eighth witness : I am the efficient teacher of vocal expression at our Alma Mater, your Honor. Have you never heard me recite since those days of old? Let me give you a specimen of my high dramatic powers, and catching up the judge ' s gavel she begins — Lift her up tenderly, Handle with care, Fashioned so slendei ' lv, etc. Judge : Yes, I see M. B. S. has a treasure in having you as one of the faculty.

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Class Ipropbcc , ROOM in the Supreme Court of Justice. Nine witnesses before the bar. The judge on his bench. Judge: Margarett Kable, what have )-ou made of your life? Has it been a success or failure ? ' ' First witness : Your Honor, I chose a literary life for my career years ago. To-day, I finished my latest book, and my name is connected with the largest publishing house in the country. Judge : It has been a success, then. And the judge remembers the old M. B. S. days when Margarett of the soul- ful eyes wrote so diligently for the Blue Stocking, and he hardly suppresses a smile to think that her Editor-in-Chiefship should have proved so important an experience. ' ■ Helen Barnes, how fares the world with you? Second witness: I am one of the faculty at Vassar, being teacher of Greek and mathematics in that College. Ah ! j ' es ; this tall, slender woman, with the Titian hair has succeeded indeed. A vision comes to the judge of Helen always going to class with her calculus and trigonometry problems solved. To-day she stands among the best mathematicians, and her name will in all probability go down to pos erity with that of Archimedes. Judge : Celia Mason, what sort of life have you lived since 1902? Third witness : Quite a versatile one, sir. First, I was a society butter- fly until the life wearied me, then I feasted upon the world ' s natural beauties, and visited the places famed in history. After that I was a concert player ; in fact, I ranked with Paderewski, and was quite as popular — then, and then — I met — well, I ' m married now. That ' s all. And the judge laughed aloud, for he is a good-natured judge. He remem- bers this third witness way back in 1902, the most vivid picture being a small figure in a brown coat, her bright, animated face peeping out from under her blue hat, going the rounds after ads. Judge to fourth witness : ]v -elyn Chase, give an account of yomself, since I last heard of you. ' ' Your Honor, as superintendent of an orphan asylum, I stand here to-day. I was always interested in little street Arabs, and liave gathered them around me

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Now Ruth, last, but bj ' no means least, how wags the world with you ? Ninth witness : Your Honor, after leaving the vSeminary, I went West and lived with my father on a ranch, and was a true Western girl. Every day I rode my little broncho over the prairie, and had many exciting experiences. At full gallop, I rescued a man from being trampled to death by an infuriated herd of cattle, raced hundreds of miles to bring the tidings of the great prairie fire, and at last — ran away with a cowboy. Judge : Well done, ye worthy children of your Alma Mater. True have ye been to the White and Yellow ; and now, farewell. Mabei, Wharton IvEftwich.