Rockford College - Recensio / Cupola Yearbook (Rockford, IL)

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Heard at the Street Carnival 4 ' ! Lai!! ,Sm gf X , ' I-lave you seen her-Minnie the Wild Girl? Captured T if Z iQeL,' in the wilds of Madagascar-she feeds entirely on the raw l,- H' Q ' XV' I W X ' ' ' 1 flesh of- Oh, listen to the band! Aren't those Q j E X 5-!eQ,J+,v band boys dears? Right here you will find them ! W Right- this way! Every time you hit a nigger baby on the head, you get one five cent in lChance of your life time- seeing the automatic wonder-Chiquita, the living doll! You pull one string andl Pleasa lady me tella you fort-? Only costa twent centa-'T Chewing Candy! Chewing Candy! Freshly made every minute! If you try it once you'll never try any otherT l-lave you been to the l-ligh Dive? lf not you want to hurry! Confetti ! Confetti ! Everybody wants more Confetti! You'll find it right here- right now-in Any time's a good time, but now is the best time to buy your tickets for the Country Store! The lucky number draws the greatest prize ever offered for-- I-lave you tried it? A chance for every one- H Do Uno the Snake Eater? lf you don't you ought to! Bites off theln I , . s ! Eff -f. 'I ! If I. Q 3 2 ,J fl: A 5 me E. 'QL if if W ' ' ' . nur- r .5 ga ,Q 3 H '. 751 yi J 'Q' f ,Q 5' ' il -'ff ? Ein- ' -b Egg... 1: 'f',.f.X N , ' 4 O a The Flower Pa' The flowers came in two by two, The flowers ,tney came in by the score- A rose so pink and a corn-flower blue, The poppies red, the grasses green, A daisy white, a sunflower tall, Two tiger lilies next were seen, A lily fair, a buttercup small. Four bleeding hearts all red and white, 'The flowers came in three by three, Pinks, thistles, orchids, and tulips bright, There was jack-in-the-Pulpit as gay as could be Gay apple blossoms and fragrant sweet peas, With his cousins the pansies and violets wee. And still we could name them with greatest ease And just behind them, more and more, If we only thought our naming would please. ' 2 9

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ff. ' I 1 r I J . ! The May Festival Oh I mother, there were lots and lots of girls there, and they all had white dresses on except those that had pink, and some had their coats on, too. They let me carry the wreath on a white, shiny pillow. I guess it was silk, and it was made of violets-just lots of violets sewed 'round a hole to make a hat without any top in it. The queen wears it. You know the queen is the prettiest and nicest girl there, and she had violets sewed all round her dress, too, and it was long and white, and she had some more little children to hold up her train when she came down the steps. She looked awful pretty. I looked 'round to see if they were coming and my wreath fell down and all the girls laughed, but the queen didn'tg she picked it up and wasn't cross at all. I'd like to be a queen, but I can't, 'cause lim going to be a king. But I'm going to' marry a queen just like this one and I'm going to have a throne, too-that's what she sits on-underabig tree with lots and lots of pink flowers on it. Then when she got there the old queen-she isn't really old, only her dress wasn't so pretty- took my wreath and put it on the queen's head and kissed her. Then the new queen put a Wreath of forget-me-nots on the old queen's head. Another boy, who had a sailor suit with real anchors on it, had this wreath and he dropped it twice. . a Then everybody kissed the queen's hand. I-Ier eyes were all shiny like yours are sometimes, and I liked her awfully well. Then they had the May dance with lots of purple and white streamers, round a tree, and the girls wove them all in and out, and it looked awfully nice, only there was a big girl in front of me and I couldn't see very well. They kept kissing the queen's hand and seemed so sort of happy and glad. I should think they would be sorry they couldn't all he queens, but I guess they like the queen real well. Any- way, they all took her picture, and I was in it, too. They are going to send you one. Motfaer, I wish you would be a queen sometime, and me carry the wreath. I'd like to try it on, though I don't suppose kings wear 'em. -IVI. P. J. 31