Needham High School - Advocate Yearbook (Needham, MA)

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YEAH good fortune rn rerervrng the trp lNow every one warted for hrrn to speak, but he sard not a word Inste'rd he slouclred over to hrs desk threw hrs rherrshed rrnmaculate grey fedora onto the floor yanked a UICCII eyeshade down over hrs forehead and began to pound hrs battered typewriter drsprrrtedly The olhre force exchanged frlances, but strll no one spoke A few returned to therr twpewrrters Frn'rlly lVlrss Clrrr Vue de Vere tllosrc Cohen rn prrvfrtr lrfej thc edrtor of the etr quette column, who was sfrrd to be snrrtten wrtlr the socrety rr porter, strolled or er to hrs desk and lard fr cfrressrng hand on hrs shoul der He shook rt off wrth a Grunt not even glancrng up Guy murnrured Mrss Xere cle Vere, rn tones whrch were rntended to be huskrly Greta Garbo rsh, 'rrent you gorng to tell us 'rll about rtw Guy snrffed drsapprovrngly 'rt the strong odor of oranfre blossom perfume whrch enveloped hrm and, aware that every one was lrs enrng, growled, Nothrn to tellw But the robe, Guy She drdnt wear rt thats all bo one knows 'mythrng about rt, and he turned back to hrs typewrrter wrtlr a frnalrty whrclr left Mrss Vere de Vere no alternatrve but to walk back to her desk, teeterrnff slrghtly on her hrgh heels and ICHVIIFY fr remrnder of Woolworth s torlet goods counter wrtlr rll she passed That nrght sex eral clrmbers were de lrghted at the accounts of therr dorngs rn the socrety column of the usually snobbrsh News, for Guy had been oblrged to fill up the column wrth anythrnff he could find lrttle dreanrrnff that he had conre rrrto contact wrtlr a story that would ewsrly have been first pave stufl Mrs Vrn Astorhrlt s p rl rtr rl rrsrdence w rs at 504 lifrst 113th Street A fcw hours before the ter the deprrtnrent store recersed a telc phone call from 1 frantrc Irerrclr maid Madrrrre, she hare not recerve ze gown BUCK Fel rnuz come toute de surte' Le tea ees 'rt four and eet ees now two ' A check up was rmmedrately organrzed, and the drrver of the truck that had been entrusted wrth the precrous parcel was soon brought rn for questronrng He admrtted that the address had been so scrawled that he had mrstaken tle h for a W had taken the parcel to S61 West l18th Street and, hndrng no one 'rt honre h'rd left rt on the doorstep A mes sengcr lroy wfrs called rn, told the story md sent off post haste to Yvest 178th Street He soon beffan to chuckle as he lC'lllLCCl that the address was rn the heart of Harlem, for he knew very well how Mrs Van Astor brlt would shudder at a dress that had been prwed over, perhaps eren trred on, by some dusky belle He found the address and wrth drfflculty rrrounted the steps, whrch were crowded wrth lrttle prccfrnrnres A push of the bell brought Iorth shrreks of delrffhted Afrrcan laughter from the group on the steps and one of the oldest volunteered the rnformatron that 'That rf you wants someprn He drd so and soon came upon a robust colored lady bendrng over a huge tub of WRSIIIIIU 'Ind srngrng so loudly that she farled to hear hrm come rn After he had cleared hrs throat several trnres, she looked up 'md s'rw hrnr through the rrsrng clouds of steam Howdy ', she murmured, rather uncer tarnly I anr from John Vlfanamaker s, he bevan, but he got no further You L59 Well Ise d lrghted to see you I declerre, I done tole the krds, I dont see how Mrstuh Wanarnaker ever happened t heir rlrout my husbands dylnfr but rt sho w rs rnrghty thoughtful of hrm to send me thenr elrffrnt blfrck clo es for hrs funeral' And th rt rs why the socrety colurrrrr of the News was prtrfully bare on the nrffht of Nlrs Van Astorbrlts tea and why fr former trrrck drrver of John Wfanamaker s rs now sell rng 'rpples on a crowded street corner Page nme l93l l . b . . . V I ' . , f ' J '1 u C Y . . . . r. , 9 ' ' , ' - 7 ' f c , D I , ' h , l ' re -19 44 99 . , , D r , . . ' . . , ' . . ' f' , ' ' . J . 1 4 'r , 1 4 .1 3' ' ., ' , . r . - . . . - . . . 1 , 1. T , ' ' ' 1 J ' , Z 9 T ' ' g , - , ' ,' v . , . . . . ' . I . ', , , U C L 'C ' D I . 1. , . ' 5 9 . as 99 - r , ' . . ' 9 l f C I 1 K 7 I - 44 , 9 Y - ' ' ' C K , , . h . . . . C . .C I . . . . - , . D K D 1 . . 4 . . ' 44 . , I . f 9 9 1 9 - a ,, bell arnt rung fo mo n a year. Walk rn, - - 79 an - 9 V - 9 ' ' - - v9 c . . . 5 4 . ' C . c D . . n 1 I C D 4 . . . 7 l , C u i as , ' . . 44 ' . 77 Y . - as , ,9 99 D . ' ' sc - , 9 9 - . , . sa as ' - , c - ' , C U I 9 0 ' ' C . ' . . V' t 1 1 - 9 - 9 E7 c c D , , , ' tc , . . C. ' Yi . ' 75 x l I I 9 - . 99 D ' bc c . . , . - - S, . ., - .. . . , V ' . . c I 1. c ' ' li c ., ' 7 . - - -. - t V . Q - ,, . . Y h . c 1 c . ' I I ' D . . , i , 1 . ' I 1' l ' . L 1 ' ' . 1 . . , . . i . 1 - 1 l - . - V - l at 4 , I - ' , . 1 . 4 -

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11HfADVOCATE bellef She would never lose her belref She would never lose In sprte of her troubled thought she had fallen asleep The flames lowered Soon only an orange glow of the sacred fire was e It d1d not take long for news of Claudras carelessness to spread over the crty There could be no better trme than thrs for shamlng the famrly of Claudrus Claudra was sard to hare let the fire dre because she also, lrke her father, was a Chrrstran bow she must go through wrth the usual trral of a Vrrfrrn thought unfarthful and rf the gods dnd not prove her rrrnocent she must suffer the usual penalty burral alrve As the processron moved alon Claudra, whrte even to her lrps, carrred the srese rn w hrc lr rested her fate If the gods were wrth her they would make rt possrble for her to carry water and rf not oh, there could be farl her When Claudra reached the water, the crowd suddenly hushed She drpped rn the sreve bo sooner had she lrfted lt than the water streamed down For a moment she seemed about to fall Then she trred agarn No use' Thrs trme she was serzed by two stately soldrers wrth glearnrng shrelcls Along wrth them walked two prrests As the strlled processron walked back to where Claudra was to recerve her punrshment her voice was the only one to be heard Oh Vesta, to whom my lrfc rs dedicated, save me My IIIIIOLCIICC rs known to thee Oh Juprter 111 powerful father of gods and men loose thy thunderbolts that I may be shown gurltless Thus ran her praycrs untrl thc burral place w rs reached After she had been lard down, by thrs trme unable to more of her own free wrll, and 'after the lamp and the cruel taunt rng brt of food had been pl iced wrthrn her reach she whrspered Xou shall see' Before the sun sets some srgn shall be gn en to make you understand Suddenly the strrred crowd realrzed th rt a rumblrng had been comrnf' from the drstance No doubt 'rs to what rt was' lesuxrus, the qurckly drsappeared The soldrers and prrests took a few steps but one of them murmured, The Proof and the rest stopped frozen by fear, untrl they could no longer hope for safety Wlth therr realrzatron of the truth came oblrvron Clffast anh west Eunzce Burdrck 32 'Ihere was a cranrng of necks and a brref pause rn the clutter of the newspaper office, when the socrety reporter lounged rn at the busrest hour of the day He was an ambr trous hustlrng sort of chap who usually en tered llllbbllllg over wrth the news for hrs colunrn but today he looked totally drscour agedgexerr hrs crgarette drooped despond errtly from one corner of hrs mouth There was an expectant hush for exen the most rnsrgnrhc nrt office boy had heard the talk of how the socrety colunrn of the News was to blossom forth that evenrng wrth a descrrptron Page erght of Mrs Van Astorbrlt s tea especrally of Mrs Van Astorbrlt s costume A famous Parrsran desrgner had recently xrsrted New Xork and had left 1 model tea gown of black satru, wrth rll the 'rccessorres as ern exhrbrt rn a prom rnent New York store The store had rmrrredr rtely put an exorbrtant prrce upon the outfit rnd Mrs Van Astorbrlt had sarled ru and rnurrrtlcently wrrtten out a check and ordered the ensemble to be delrsered rn trme for her tea All tlrrs had bcen lllllllfl to the bews reporter 'rnd he had rushed off to the tea after rnformrng all hrs fellow employees of hrs 1931 1 1 . . . . , v ' l I l ft. U , ' ' ' . Y . , Y . I . Y ' , ' ' , ,., K . . , . . , L 1 Y . . . . . ,, - ' c ' U . 7 ' L D Q +1 vi- . I -. 5 r ' ' . I z , - ,, . ' . , ' U . I , . , . . . Y. t M I , - , - - I . . ' ff f '- . , , c , , 1. . . U . .U . y D, . , U . V . .. . 7 . V ,,, V ' . ' V - - , - v - 1 .1 1 V v L . . 4 . ' . C Q . U , 'Al C u no if notf' Surely the gods would not terror of their lives, was erupting. The crowd . 1 n v v , 4 - - - sc as Q ' ' 7 9 . . , 5 ' - v .1 ' 1 ' Q 4 if 1 il ' , . , . . . V . , . . . M V. .- 1 in V V . . . 7 . U i , V - i 1 T' . , K Y . . . 1 . I , M . h I I 1 . .x L 7 . yn Q U i A . . . V , . , , ' , . ' ' . ' ' ' .. . ' , ' , 54 1 , t' c at r 1 r . I- I rc as , , , - c

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ITHZADVDCATE 192 Ulftlinulhnt 313s Rasseh Robell blmze, 02 His hard gmc fo Luwd upon thc man and the horq' commg up thc- wide Qtleet of the deselted town Yvolf Corgan Ivan d forwald in hw chair borffan 5 face w aS nar IOM and hawkllke IHS H 'I Ilps thin, and his chin wc 1 'Now HQ hc Qtaled it the apploat Illlf' insunm a IIHSLI x loo mme into IIN 1 oc QIKS asn t s o t llll Q 1 un an cnff white Irmu that mtl ltS 0 lt Hun 1 Cl 1 wa- t 10 I0 so Thf anmm . ll mt. 'Y 1 1' 1 uc 1 In 11 ll y S 1.1 If rot I .ln ow' INNNCI u QU 1Ul 'dll U30 lt t llldll U N' d N dllt tllll HON H1101 :IS ll N ldllgll MISNP lllll Nl I l tdNlld UNK N dll ll NUIICIK IC NNN 'Slit I I Ndllll ul llllllllll ldd LUIIN IIIIO IIN DUNN bltbll Ste ps soundnd within tht hotel and trtllgiill tuim d Ill? hfuld to we thf' old man Mllllllff his mouth with tht balk of hl Imnd .IQ he pushed open the dom foigan Qpo Q .1 nuptlx Loinv mu .ln sit down fuend Id Ilkg 1 fux words with Sou 4 1 x 1 A ff dllt stated hmmlf in tw Ill Cty 4 1.111 lt lt tunlmlei s Qld: lldnlf Ce QIUIU In 1 tl :UI gdll N dll IX olf z. 4 I IISH ns . ff kit UMIH1 o s ma mv Ldttui- EIIIIIIJQOII Mx oi gm, .nm m ll l ff fl o mow you uct 4 mc in fiom .1 tup out thai, he waxed one mm towaid the- CICQGII and natuxallx I hr ldfd fel the hotel for a dunk Now I ll Page ten g a come fox lt mon 1 1 lllillll lo mu 1 Iellovs that IPPICLIJICS IIOIQEQ Corffan QIll1If'd IHS Qmakx Qlllllt se taken 1 fanq to that hone all Il it In afueed bo much so Ise been XSOIICICIIIIO' li pPrhapQ you wouldnt want to tlade e He Qtopped and 1 kllld look calm into tht old tlmex s faded mes as he leplled bOllN, M1 Corgan but I wouldnt LOllQldCl it Whx that thai home and Ulf Inf n paldQ for lllOlt ll wo If-al L '- ll mal lIlUl0ll IlIJlttI Llgl ig lx fl . Mono wou 1 nl In x 1 1 1 lfflcf ll 4.1 Il ' lc lCttlx0fldICN lat mr mn ta tier on u in lm wit 1 tx wit H101 is Hldlltfl to Shu Q mm cl x I 111 x-mtv . nt lf 1 W1 on mtu 1 f lllllll N 1 f' it I oi 1 UI tmdf- wc wo I .1 wou 1 Bu how .thou 1 little f'dlllC? all if xou J attus Simpson nocldcd mfwci x Cum do s IUU Il t Gay it hut I 111 Qomt txpcit It IJOICFI nd Je 1101 Ula o - lll e the Ixydldw with xou mlm 'fe ua .1 IIPQII deck inside 51111134011 not up and .mind JKIOSQ llc pouh and w as Qoon lmfuk w 1th .1 Qedled deck IIO puQhecI tho table lll fiont of bolgan and Nat oppowte him wo othcl l0llIl0'Cl'H uw up 1 ldllN .im .ts P fol hands bolnall 1.1 l t um lll Sdll I' that IN mould tt Ilil of thcm when In wanted to r- fuel ix mm s wut romm n cnou'-fi Sim won won slowly boi'-all In-ld Ina own .ln the two QIIRIIUPIQ ost ma I on L f sxenth hand tho QZZIIIIIIIPI won .IQ lllULl as tho old man had taken ln th? plmlous six and QYIIIIPII as he said Bcttei Iur It iwxt time' t m nc uc tim Pokel INII t .1 gdllli' fox any ex cept zeal pldyus 1931 f ', - ldl- L sl '-'sill-tg '- l , - ' 4'1 . -' ' 'Q - z 'CI I , ' ' , , . F . . H ' . ' Y Y , 3 C , in ,I , C 4 M tv f I ' -- 7 01' ' ' I i- ' 'i - s llf, .ML . k . . . .I . 'Y , h M. Q . . iv, wk. Ai 'ek M.. 1 ...yt I V 1 x U NL . Q. Mv'i, 24g ku ' IPIP I-VH.HQ-I' -U--,'n 5'I 'Y' - nil ':. us?l to he '1 1'au'v1'. ll A Il w': ' th- old fell w with tht- a mod il' Iinf, txt ' d I I X, ' ' ' 'I ' ' d W4 lf s'z,I -I a I'ttI ' ' s I ' galllvrvcl lzfIPlIlt'l' tI-0 Il':'1 I I rs. - I tif-' - I:tI I'lI-- suit---l tl' It-ul tI 2 I ruin, of . lIl0l'0l1r,II Wd. a f' uti- ta I I-.z I I 'xl ' I' ,Q Q ' ' I Q ffl' I' II.' .-I-1 Id I Ing' d I P ' 'f I I'hs. th' . Fin' lli' hc' 5-aid with aa a ft' .' 'I , 'ls 1' .r-. k ll , ,ld . l I . V. 1,-' :I I10 fu-d tl ' iz rv' I 1Ii1 I ' ml I- ' ig f'1CC. I . ,I ,. - .Q U . St-. I. 1.55 d 1' NU Q All rirl . if you s' lit s-ll ' ' ' n't ..l..l-'Ii dliv ,-dy .1 t4Ik'l t'l. L ta ' C' 2 1 I -- 'f I' ' - ' ll I 495- Thi 'Sf I . lla!-H .- I C ' Q 2 1' C' 'Ig i i .4 I-' .lgl ld'.. . ' . - i x I. 1 I Y. . . -. f z 'I A l'll I -',It F dt Th: old-tim-r lookvd at him s tI1 ' Grin i T . L . I P .C fl., . .I . ' ,C . I . h, G- Q, ' 1 .-,k V, .ll-Ai ily 'skld Q I J. - -R: dvi lx .7 4 .S- 51' 'I L X' lcd ' - ' gf f , ' v My - -'. ' 'ra . I'-if I' ' ' I IF' -A , 'I . I In-on admirinff th'1t I 4 'xc of Th ' -k li di -- -I - ,, I Pl. you 'Ind I thourht I'd like to nw its I, - 5 f, ' -5- '- I Y'-N ' d ' . ' U '. I Q. If' 'll'- thx I lkg -' ll T' '- - Q f' . , '. G '- -I -' - - -E -1 -A- 1 ' I I' ,.I t L.I'd t ku '4' . I . I ' 'V f -0 - 4 1 - - 7' 1 yy . M ' K. 5 . ' v H , . , , A, ' .-v ll . - - . .' . AY . 'I N . I l ,iff