Riverview Military Academy - Orbit Yearbook (Poughkeepsie, NY)

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H-H I IIVJ PR NE f Y

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JUST FOR FUN SMULTZ

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The Tour X I f If For many years it S l1ad been my desire to make a tour across thc continent in my -1- 90 H. P. Mercedes ' , ..-e- g dl i X QE? and it was not until 1928 that my desire , was at last realized. , ' Having fully equip- ped both my ma- chine and myself, on August -lith of that year, I started on t my journey. In- -4 stead of travelling directly across the continent, I decided first to travel southward, and at 8 o'clock on the morning of August 4, l9Q8, I started from Albany. The state roads were in excellent condition, and I sailed along regardless of my worldly cares, and not troubling my- self much as to where I was going or what I was going to do, until I reached Pough- keepsie, where, in front ofthe court house, a crowd of enthusiastic men and women greeted my appearance. In their midst, standing on a high platform, stood a dark shapeless individual who was evidently very much impressed by his own efforts, judging from his gestures and the Venus-like pose which he assumed. His auditors seemed no less impressed than himself, for such remarks as, Isn't he a dear? , Oh, that figure! The Saviour of our cause! were heard by the feminine faction of his audience. I looked again to scc who the gentleman could be who was so favorably accepted by the fair sex Cin Poughkeepsie tool and recognized my old class mate Sweeney, who was upholding wom- an's rights most vehemently. He soon finish- ed his oration, and, amidst tl1e thundering applause of the crowd, descended from the platform, and before I could congratulate him upon the success of his speech, had ascended to his room on the upper story of the court house. As I continued on my journey down the South Road, I noticed in the distance a black