Mary Baldwin College - Bluestocking Yearbook (Staunton, VA)

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ELEANOR WHITE IT ' WAS due to Miss Bellard ' s Inspiration that we •who had run the gauntlet of the reviewers of 1905, and had been successfully launched into the literary current of the year, were invited to take part in a week ' s entertainment at An Old Country House of hers. In Her Letter she said that it had been Her Heart ' s Desire to carry out this plan in honor of Miss Cherry- Blossom of Tokyo before that little lady ' s Return to her home in The Land of the Gods. As the Slaves of Success began to assemble on the appointed day, we learned from The Social Secretary that our hostess ' lion, The Man of the Hour, had failed to materialize, and great was the wailing and gnashing of teeth over his defection. He had written explaining that he and his friend, Duke of Devil-May-Care, were off on A Mad-cap Cruise to Hurricane Island. A favored few, however, who were acquainted with The Truants, were well aware of the fact that they had fled precipitately at the first alarm, that they might be With- out Chance of Change, Far from the Maddening Girls ; therefore, more than one of the initiated trembled for The Lion ' s Skin, in case of The Betrayal of those misguided Partners of the Tide. These Pardners, who went Down to the Sea, were not the only ones to send regrets; The Mortormaniacs, My Friend the Chauffeur, The Motor Pirate, Charles the Chauffeur, and others whom we irreverently dubbed The Dodge Club, were touring Historic Illinois and could not re- turn in time for the festivities. The Lords of the Soil, The Moths and Butter- flies and The Flower of Youth, there present, set to

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Hitll Erfprat Apoloijij tu (Elfaurrr MARIE ELLIS BOWLES Whan that the breakfast belle with intones dreer The morning air hath filled far and near And stricken every sleepy herte with woe (The which to school girls only is i-knowe). Whan hardly hath the sunne come stealing out To root the shadows lurking round-a-bout So misty colde, and the grete citie Doth lie y-wrapped in hush with closen yhe, And smale fowles eke in warm nests stay Until the sunne doth brake the yonge day — ' Tis on this scene the belle rings forth, I gesse ; Thanne hastens each to make complete hire dress, And by St. George ! straunge gymnasts now I see, Who tie bows, rat hair, dress in minutes three. Ful lively then the stent of hall is runne And daungerous feats down covered-way are done. Arriving at the dining-halle, mute, flushed, The maydens alle become subdued and hushed And, hiding misconnections fetishly Trip thro ' the door — and past the Powers that Be.

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work to enjoy thoroughly the various forms of entertain- ment provided by The Promoters throughout the week ; Riding and Driving, Boxing, Fishing, Lawn Tennis, Foil and Sabre Fencing, etc.; in fact, every- thing for which The Seeker of pleasure could wish. In the evenings The Lodestar of those who did not dance was The Wood-Fire in No. 3, behind The Lit- tle Green Door, where The Smoke Eaters amused themselves by telling Stories of Little Fishes, of Cab- bages and Kings, and by singing Songs o ' Cheer ' ' ; and verily, no member of that coterie was fitted to write The Log of the Water-Wagon if the stories of the Slan- derers were to be believed. The very mishaps which were met with resolved themselves into entertainments (for those not immediately concerned ). While we were sitting at dinner one evening regaling ourselves with The Food of the Gods, there came a sound as of rushing waters; The Deluge! shouted Ben Blair. Guess we ' ll have ' The Story of Noah ' s Ark ' all over again, remarked ' Squire Phin, dryly, while The Two Captains, The Probationer, The Private Tutor and our hostess rushed In Search of the Unknown, leaving the company in a state of great excite- ment. Presently Miss Bellard, a typical My Lady Laughter, returned to allay our fears. Only ' A Divorce ' in one of the water pipes, she explained; but I fear The Interloper came as an unpleasant surprise to the chef and Georgiana, the pastry cook, who were spooning — Thereby rather dampening ' The Loves of Great Com- pos ers, ' added the tutor, appearing at this juncture, and I have now to report to ' The Beautiful Lady ' the ' Flight of Georgiana, ' who, fearing that the blame would be laid at her door, thought to depart ' Before the Crisis. ' Wanted — A cook, murmured The Lady Noggs, Peeress, to her neighbor, The Missourian. The next morning, Mr. Pennycock ' s Boy, radiant with the Charm of Youth, and remembering An Ancient Grudge which he held against John Henry Smith, posted himself at the head of the steps and non- chalantly put forth his foot when he saw The Young