Plainfield High School - Hermiad Yearbook (Central Village, CT)

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The Hermiad y 11 THE WlDOW'S OPINION OF SIR ROGER fWith apologies to The Spectatorj My friend, the widow. being endowed with both beauty and brains has long since exercised a peculiar charm over all the gentlemen of her acquaint- ance. Her latest conquest is a country gentleman well known and liked in these parts, Sir Roger de Coverley. On the occasion of a visit from this worthy knight she gave me an account of it as follows: Men are such vain creatures, my dear. I wonder sometimes at their ignorance: take for instance the one who came to call today. I first met him at court where I made a very good impression by means of my usual wiles and before the day was over I had him completely in my power. Shortly afterwards, through some means unknown to me. he heard a foolish remark of mine which probably encouraged him to call today decked out in all the splendor of Egypt. When he came in I took care that I appeared to the best advantage and nearly struck the man dumb and he remained so all the time he was here. I led the conversation around to love and talked in- cessantly until the poor man actually believed I was an authority on the sub- ject. Finding that I could not get him to say anything, I talked and talked till I could say no more. He seemed glad to seize the opportunity to take his leave. as he seemed far from at ease in my presence. Of course he will be here again and I must not discourage him since he is undoubtedly the best catch in the county. WHEN A RADIO WAS USEFUL KClara Roper-19271 Farmer Wilkinson who didn't believe in new-fangled things was cer- tainly not overjoyed when his son James brought a radio from town. That night a radio man came, as Mr. Wilkinson said, to wire it and try to get some music, but did not succeed. - The next night Farmer Wilkinson went to bed at seven o'cloclc as usual, but James stayed up to see if he could make the radio work. About ten o'clock he began yelling at the top of his voice trying to waken his father. As Mr. Wilkinson came hurriedly down stairs he demanded, Is the house on fire or have burglars broken in ? I've got something: come quickly, called James. As Mr. Wilkinson put on the head phones he heard some one say, You know old Wilkinson is a suspicious fellow and would like as not hear us T But he goes to bed very early, persisted another voice, and it would be easy to nab a couple of chickens each night. All right, it's just as you say, but besure to be at the hotel at eight ....., ,,,,..,..-... I. i

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1,0 The Hermiad IF SPRING COMES Q Hazel Salisbury-1 925 J There is something about the Spring of the year that arouses in the grayest of hearts a desire to be tripping gaily through Elysian fields to the tune of the merriest melody piped by Pan. It is the time when creatures of all ages and of both sexes feel irresistibly drawn to Nature. If you should perceive an otherwise dignified matron prancing wildly through verdant pas- tures with hair streaming, do not be alarmed with doubts as to her sanity. Even the sterner sex. when hearing the first robin, decide the time is ripe for an unconventional carousal which they term a harmless fishing trip. Some great philosopher has said that Spring is the most deceitful season of the year. He is correct. . .in more ways than one. Besides the abrupt and misleading changes of weather, Spring has been the excuse for more lies than were ever occasioned by the remaining three seasons of the year. Why do office boys suddenly become burdened with a sickly grandmother and make her dangerously ill in order to see a ball game '! Why do business men. . .ditto suddenly. . , become run down and as a complete rest repair to the country club to ascertain whether their form on the course has im- proved 1 Why do young men on the sunny side of twenty spend their even- ings sighing vainly at the moon ? Why do young girls receive smuggled verses adoring the midnight calm of your blue eye ? Why do ambitious business men become smitten with spring fever and therefore incapable of producing one good day's work ? Why are high school students stricken with the same malady, having the same results ? Why, in the name of common sense. why ? The answer is that transient word. . .Spring. Bards have sung of it and will continue to sing of it: various pictures have been painted depicting the spirit of Spring and they will continue to be painted so long as the world goes round. By how many different names has it been called! Sweet Spring. coy Spring, beautiful, joyous, calm, cold, haughty. and verdant Spring. But some years, and especially this, my appellation would be devilish Spring. Spring this season seems to be the by-word for one grand succession of fog, rain, mist. rain. rain, ...... and then. for a little change. more rain. Some people, I believe. have thought of the Sun in the past tense. as something' belong-ing to those dear, dead days beyond recall when the world was flooded with sunlight and one could safely venture on the streets without the article that is so destructive to the niceties of the toilette. and yet in these tempestuous, rain-ridden days is so necessary for the protection of it, namely the umbrella. Years past, when rain was hailed as a rarity, the umbrella was looked upon with ridicule: now, when we have rain literally thrown in our faces day and night, we look upon it with reverence, Still, why rail futilely at Fate ? Why not accept the sudden trangitiong of the weather with stoicism and say in the face of all the rains of Heavens, Kismet i E ' ' . ...an . 4 ,M

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12 g The Hermiad A o'clock sharp. Goodnight. And the two listeners heard the click of a re- ceiver. - What do you suppose it is ? asked Mr. Wilkinson. Telephone, answered James: Most likely the aerial has crossed with the telephone wires. They took the lantern and went outside, and sure enough, the wires were crossed. ' The next night the county constable came and caught the thieves and locked them up. After the excitement was over Mr. Wilkinson said, Well. James, I guess these new radios may be of some importance. Have you all the equipment you want ? , .-.-1-. MIKE RUNS AWAY FROM HOME C Harry Rosenzweig--19271 In a little town near New York there lived a widow and her two chil- dren Mike and Alice. Mme went to school just to kill time he said. One day the teacher gave Mike a severe scolding for attempting to put a tack on her chair. Since he objected to such treatment before his classmates, he left the room. What was he to do now ? He became troubled. for Cer- tainly, he argued, Mother will say that teacher was right. Suddenly a bright idea came to his mind-he would run away from both teacher and mother. With only ten cents in his pocket, he caught the next trolley and left the town. .While he was walking around aimlessly in a small neighboring village, he came to a baker shop which advertised for an errand boy. He stepped inside to apply and the job was given him. Mike delivered his packages and worked in the store for the rest of the day, but toward even- ing he became lonely and decided to give up and go home. On the way home, as he was sitting in the trolley, he pictured his mother crying and longing for him to come back again after what seemed to him an almost in- definite absence. ' On his arrival home he found his house in darkness. This troubled him all the more, for he thought his family had gone to look for him. He took his key, opened the door and lighted the gas. Then he looked around the house and on the kitchen .table found a note that read: Dear Mike, Sorry we aren't home to prepare your dinner, but you will find plenty to eat in the pantry. Aunt Jane has company from N. Y., so called up to invite us over. Shall be home late tonight. Do not wait up. Mother. Imagine Mike when he read the note ! He had run away from home and his mother wasn't even there to notice his absence. .......,,,,,.. Q