Riverbend School for Girls - Vox Fluminis Yearbook (Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada)

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Page Seventeen V O X FL U MINI S To date. thirteen thousand-a good lump sum could be spent on a car, so off to the shops I went. The big imported cars were such a terrific price. I felt I couldn't possibly keep it in oil a-nd gas-after what was left of the eighty thousand had g-one. After spending a lot -of time in indecision, I finally 'bought a Daimler, selling at four thousand. To spend the remaining sixty-two thousa-nd seemed to be an impos- sible task, and to make it worse I only had two and a half hours in which to do it. . I had heard several days previous to this, that the world-famed library containing many original manuscripts and portfolios of tfhe late Sir James M. Kerry, was being offered for sale, the proceeds of which were to go to charity. On some vague intuition I went up to the Kerry estate and made the representative ain offer. I became the next owner of the library for a m-ere song fthat is, a mere song for such a famous collectionj- sixty-two thousand dollars. just then- Gwen, wake up. You're already fifteen minutes late for your music lessonf, And did I tear! -Gwen Ramsay, Grade X., Garry Hall. GRADE X. COOKING

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VOX F L U MINI S . Page Sixteen seemed that we had both been left eighty -thousand dollars to dispose of in twelve hours! VVe decided to go separate ways, and on dressing and going out I noticed the surroundings not at all familiar! On pursuing this discovery further I found that I was in London Qmy, I'll never forget 'how startled the bobby was when I asked him what city I was in lj. ' Eighty thousa-nd dollars to dispose of by ten o'clock-a strange city but then, a strange quest. I took a bus Q-one has to run afiter them in Londonj but on second thoughts changed to a taxi. I might as well begin to be extravagant. When I was asked where I wanted to go I told the driver to take me to the most exclusive fur shop in London. Little did I expect such elegance as when I stepped into a prominent fur shop in Bond Street. The haughty clerk passed a remark about another of these rich Americans. came over to me and proceeded to try and be diplomatic. O-n leaving the shop I was minus ten thousand dollars, spent recklessly on a coat of Russian sables. but well on my way to spending the eighty thousand dollars. On walking in a residential district in London I noticed a sign read- ing, Auction Sale. Mr. G. C. Lorry, auctioneerf' and being curious. flike most trayellersl I entered. Following the crowd through the room-s I perceived what appeared to be a genuine Chippendale desk. Although quite small. it had an appeal- ing air about it. ' Next thi-ng I realized was a huge woman with repulsive features evidently determined to be the next possessor of the desk. Feeling as though I could not let a thing -of beauty, quality and an- tiquity be owned by its opposite. I decided to purchase it myself. She opened the bid at one 'hundred and I raised her by the same amoufntg two other parties entered at a slight raise. When the bid reached a thousand dollars, the other two -bidders dropped out and the bid became a battle between us. Other spectators watched us curiously and all noticed how Mrs. Phelps CI shall call her that for the purpose of referring to herj hugged her pug-nosed Pomerania-n closer as if in disgust. When the bid reached two thousand dollars, proposed by myself, she faced me, looked me over from head to toe. slowly turned her back and left with an exaggerated swagger. The crowd tittered. and seeing my rival van- quished promptly lost all interest and settled back to await the next fight. VVell, that was twelve thousand disposed of. fLater, I found the desk was a fraud alnd worth probably about twenty dollars.j The clerk was saying in her most gushing tone. -was just imported. It is one of Patouis ni-ost successful models. would you care to try it on? I am sure Madame would look charming. Being somewhat amused and mostly bored. I told her I'd. take it and others in such a matter-of-fact tone that she gave me a bewildered look and hurried away to do my bidding.

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VOX FLUZWINIS Page Eighteen A POEM COME TRUE I read a poem the other day That said things in a funny way. It told of suns that never set And birds and fairies that always met. It told of beautiful running streams And great big fluffy, silvery dreams, Of elves that danced and sang all day. Skipping and jumping so merry and gay. I thought this silly, and well I might, Till I saw it all, the other night. -June Edmison, Grade X., York Hall. TO A BOOK WORM Of all the insects I've ever met, I like the book worm the best. as yet. Heis very quiet, but knows a lot. For he winds thru' the leaves getting all they've got. He's very powerful, so they say, 'Cause he grew to a person the other day. -June Edmison. Grade X., York Hall. THE LYRICAL BALLADS NE of the most curious a-nd interesting friendships in literature was that between Vtfilliam Wordswortli and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. VVordsworth invited Coleridge to Racedown, and in the spring of 1797 he came. It was a momentous visit. Nearly half a century later William and his sister Dorothy recalled his first arrival, how he did not keep to the high road, but leapt over a gate and bounded down the pathless field by which he cut off an angle. to meet them. And in this manner were the Lyrical Ballads made possible. V After this first visit. the XVorclsworth's moved to Alfoxden to be near Coleridge. and f-or a year they were in almost daily intercourse. The ideas of the two poets concerning poetry coinoided remarkably. Each was a stimulus to the other fbut particularly was Coleridge a stimulus to WO1'dSWOfthJ and Dorothy was an inspiration to them both-some of the descriptions in her Journal 'being almlost identical with passages from one or other of the poets. They often discussed the relative value of super-natural incidents and common life as themes for imaginative poetry. Gradually the idea came