Phillips High School - Phillipian Yearbook (Phillips, ME)

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THE PH However at last Eloulse had gone too far She had taken away one friend too dear to Alhson ever to be forgiven for lt Now Xllnson started to wnte a check for Elouxses flowers lThey were such beautl ful flowers that many people had admired them and thought I-Iow kmd of dear Alll son She always thought such lot f Elouxsel Allrsons hand started movmg as lf of xts own accord She looked down at the words she had wrltten O she crle h' The name of the place where she had bought the flowers Marres Flower Shop was written not tn her own preclse spndery handwrxtlng but rn a large slantm scrlpt an enormous slantmg M a pomted In thus scrlpt she recogmzed the Vkflllllg of Eloulse lXot darlng to be heve her eyes Xllrson took a pnece ot paper and w rote a few words Agam she saw the easlly recogmzed wrntmg of Eloulse the wrntmg she had seen on so many letters lNever agam must she wrlte m publlc All her letters must be typewrrtten No one must know of thus strange handwrltmg Soon probably th1s curse would wear away I must go on exactly as before she thought lNo one will ever suspect me A few days later Alhson realtzed wlth a smkmg feehng that thrs was the afternoon that her bridge club came to her home A two thlrty her doorbell rang and her frrends began commg ln After they had played a few games a blonde lluttery empty headed llttle woman sand to Alhson lou keep score for me please Xlhson I never can get the vulner ables and the redoubles stranght Taklng the tiny lencll thoughtlesslv n her hand Alhson started to VSFIIC Imme dlatelv the frgures appeared ln the scrxpt th t she feared and dreaded How could she hrde thls The grrls had 111 seen Illoulses figures What could she do Then she lard her hand over the tell tale score and be gan to speak laborlously ve ot touch of mdrgestxon I guess I better ILLIPIAN he down Holdlng the score tablet be hmd her back she stumbled to the couch Immedlately she was surrounded by con cerned and 90llLlIOUS women offering c. VILC Flnally she was able to get rld of them Ot course Alhsons sudden mdrsposmon was talked about What could have caused lt? Shed never had such an attack before One woman sand to another Have you ll0tlCCLl that shes been acting a lxttle strangely slnce Elouxses death: Eloulses gomg must have been such a shock to her They were always such good frlends That was odd wasnt rt where Eloulse was so beautnful and Alhson so pla1n9 Alone nn her room Alhson planned what she must do Perhaps she mused f I get away from here this this thing will pass away No one would know me Eloulse ID a strange city It would be a chance to begm agam to be free Ill get plans plans for a hfe wrthout Elou1se As these thoughts ran through her mmd she notlced a famt yet powerful sweet yet sums ter fragranc 1n the room It was the scent of hloulse s perfume The next day Alhson went to one of the crtys department stores to buy clothes to take on her tourney A good brown sult she thought would be perfect to travel rn However mstead of gonng to the sunt depart ment she was drawn to the French Shop Here an evennng dress ln muted shades of opal and amethyst was dnsplayed It was made of st1H brocade the neck was low and there was deep purple embroldery about the decollete It was a dress made for someone blonde and stately for someone like Floulse Alhson polnted out thxs dress to t e clerk Ill rake 1t she sald -X beautlful gown Madame Well have ll sent to you rephed the clerk She filled the blanks on the charge account sllp and handed ll to Xlllson to SILD As -Xlhson took lt she remembered her strange new handwrmng 30 . V ' l v 4 ' Y v 1 I . I Q 1, v . ' . A ' . . ' . x ' ' , a l- . ' a o ' . ' .4 . Y . H V . . ,L h vw - . , . . .d' ho . . , I . , .. - . V 5 r I ' V , V V ' Q V . ' . 1 s Y I rv 7 y Q I , fs' - . t 1 ' a. ' E A . V ' ' y l ' . ' ' , Q It vw .4 - 4 1 . - h ' v 1 l . 2 I V I , - . ' ' ' - . . I - or n , ,A , - . M. . I V , ' ' I , . . . T , Her mind began to work feverishly. some new clothes tomorrow and make my T I . . . . Q . . . ,, ' 9 V . , - . V V . A . t , . e . ., V. , - . V , . L4 v V- A va ' V ' ' V' - V A I I ' ' r , - at - n . ' 7 . . I H V V ' Q - n , I , 1 ,, V V . . . p 1 . , a u ' 'V 1 I - - -N u r r ' ' , 9 Y 3 7 , 1 ' . ' ' Y ' - ' l L 1 T a n I V. I . Y t Q. Y i K T ' D , A, I ' A - h I 7 tt v , ' vs ' I . a ' , - 1 is 7 5 . ' . 7 ' , . ' . Y . 1 , . Y Q : , ' . I ' K A T . Al . .7 . A A I -. ' V. HV- Q -Q V . - ' .- ' ' ! . ' 1 I J v V ' ' Y.

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THE PHILLIPIAN rs a sort of oral magazine IH w hlch the best hctron IS publlshed The last and most lmportant rule IS not to haxe anythmg to do wlth women ayold all contacts wtth them whatsoeyer It ts an admltted fact that women ire the cause of more trouble than anythtng else on earth In my oplmon they are the ruxnatlon of the umxerse YV1th thls IH mlnd you wrll hate to agree that to be halt successful ID keeprng out of trouble women x ll ha e to be ZINOICICCI I may add that ln order to axold women a man wrll hate to be superhuman If anybody follows my aduce I hope he wlll let me know the results The rules sound hke good reasomng but so far I haye not been able to follow them especlally the last but after all to master any art takes years and vears of practtce Semor Vloman Hater IT ISN T DONE Many people when you ask them why they refuse to do a senslble and logtcal thmg wt say It yust rsnt done Of course there are reasons why some thlngs are not done but I am concerned wlth things that are not done only because custom decrees that they shall not be done In Phtlllps no one under forty carrles a market basket Often my famlly want me to get some grocerles oxertown and suggest that I take a basket I would rather stagger home wrth a lot of bundles than take the aforementtoned basket One just doesnt carry a basket unless one IS oyer forty and settled down to a plactd mrddle age kt school I can not 3dIT11I that I would prefer to go home and read a good book to go ng to a basketball game Sometxmes I do stay at home and read lnstead of golng When someone asks me whv I was not at the game I say I had a bad cold ast mght or C ame I dldnt know thev had one I cant say rhwt I stayed at home be cause I wanted to HX glrl must always wear loaters or owforcls to s hool nexer pumps Someumes pumps really look better Wllh sults but they cannot be worn They are dress up I forgot to say no one should want to dress up for any thlng Let s yust w ear sklrts and sweaters thats the hmgh school by word So we wear sklrts and sweaters on out of town trnps and to partres to mlll and to meetmg Dont wear your good clothes I msn cone These taboos are sllly but ll lS hard to hate the courage to break away from them I am one of the mtlllon slayes to the words It :sn t done Harrlet Stowetl THE SIGNATURE It had all been so easy Now as Xllrson was slttlng at the desk 1n her pleasant llylng room preparrng to wr1te a check for the Flow ers she had sent for her frtends funeral she thought II all oyer Eloulse all blonde loxely Eloulse was dead IN Rlhsons conhded hopes and plans longer wlth one beckomng rose upped Hn ger would she lure all -Xlllsons frlends about herself no longer ln the muted shades of blue mauxe and amethvst that she loxed to wear would she glld6 unto a room oxershadowlng tts other occupants Yes, Elourse was dead -Xnd she klhson had kllled her -Xgaln LXIIISOH thought how easy tt had all been It had been a slmple matter to mute Eloulse to tea to mlngle a l1ttle arsemc wrth the strong Russlan tea Elou1se loyed and to watch Eloulse drunk the polsoned beyerage That mght when Eloutse had been taken 1ll and dled suddenly no one thought or an autopsy Floulse had had many sudden at tacks of xlolent 1nd1gest1on as -Xlltson had known If people had suspected that Elounse had been murdered no one would haxe beheyed that Xlllson meek plaln Xllxson who had always adored Eloulse could haye done xt No one knew how many ttmes Floutse had destroyed -Xlllsons llluslons had taken away AIIISODS frtends 29 V . V. . Y A I - K I A L I' , , , : . ,U , . , Y . T ' . K . y . . ' ' ' . ' ' ' '. ' v - -. t ' 't Y A I . 5 . . V . Y . I A 1 H g . . , . I V1 Y c ' I a ' 4 ' A . . . Y . V 9 s - , r . Av A ' Y 3 7 ' ' ' ' v' 1 ' I 7 . I I - V ' ' ' ' ' . f ' ' . ' -t , 7 . , ' - ' . . Io , longer would her silvery laugh shatter all 3 . ' ' 3 no ll I, . I Y - 7 . . 1 I I 1 I 1 , , v 1 v y ' ' , . , 1 I I 1 A , A , 7 ' Y ' I I ' a Y l . l ' 4 A - ' ' . . I ' , F I 1 ' . ' , . X- I.. w ,su - - 1 A I , , I 7 . , I W . 1 A . - ,. . . ' I 1. ' - ' ' v v ' ,Q .V l 1 ' ' 1 . I A I - l . I I

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THE PHILLIPIAN She wont notlce rt Allrson thought She nexcr saw Elourse or her hand wrxtmg VVhen she began to w rrte her hand shook Wrth terror she saw herself fornnng 1 cap tal F and a slantlng l -Ks her fm ers began wrrtrng an o she dropped the pen and rushed from the store Alhson hurrred to the polrce statron I-ler mrnd was made up She would confess her crrme Only conlessron and death would free her from the hauntrng spectre f Elourse Alter she ftrrned there she told her story dlstlosed her enxy and secret hatred her plottlng and tontrrxrng She told about the murder ltself and how she had thought that she w as forexer freed from her bondage to laughlng entranclng and greedy Eloulse Then she told about what had haplened afterward Three days later Mhson was preparmg rn her cell to wrrte an account of what had happened to her lNot belrevrng her story at first the polrce had checked rt and found rt true Now she felt a strange compulsron to wrrte about her experrence and tell of the tyranny of the dead 'ks she started to wrrte the musty a1r of the cell was mmgled wrth that farnt but powerful sweet but srnster fragrance Iookrng down at the first few words on the paper, she was amazed She recognrzed agarn her own precrse and rounded scrrpt As she contmued to wrrte the fragrance grew stronger and stronger 'rntl then faded away gone for eternlty I-Iarrxet Stowell CLOUD PICTURES The thrck whrte clouds were floatlng by Lrke fluffy prllows m the sky I gazed rn awe at them above And then I saw a lamb and dove The lamb seemed happy as could be As he kept smlllng down at me The dove looked peaceful rn hrs illght And both passed slowly from my slght Ella Abbott THE CIRCUS Laughlng chlldren and whlte ponles Sldeshow fakrrs and gaudy clowns Pretty ladles and lumbering elephants Tramed monkeys and plnk lemonade Laughlng chrldren racrng and screammg Whlte ponies alert and gleamlng Srdeshow fakrrs duty and scheming Gaudy clowns, made up and careenrng Pretty ladres Lumberrng elephants swayrng and prancrng Tramed monkeys looklng and eatmg Prnk lemonade sparklrng and heatmg The CITCUS Jolme Rrchmond When the teacher sat down on a tack She gave Jackle a terrrble whack But how could she tell It was shy llttle Nell Domg mlschref behind teachers back Marylyn Raymond There was a school teacher named Max Who trred every day to teach facts But one day she dred And the chlldren all erred For now they lack both facts and Max Yvonne Rrchmond A grrl hkes to dance cheek to cheek Wlth a Russran a Latm or Greek As long as he s tall And on her feet wrll not fall And of course hrs shoes mustn t squeak' 'lfaxrne Eustrs , . .. - Y . . .. , 1 ' - - l l- li - . r g Y ! - 7 , - - -, ' 1 1 Y ' , . N V , O I . . r . , . . ' I . . , , , . v ' ' 9 , . , , - ,- srngrng and danclng, u ' . 7 .' . Q , . 7 s Y ' , . , L I I Y ' ' 7 v - - ' , . . . , . A , , 7 - - . 1 , . . I . . , , ' 7 -' ' - 7 , . . . , , 4 ' V , - , 7 'y v v h 1 'V v ' v ' rv I . r , . , y y v I , . . . , , .