Santa Rosa High School - Echo Yearbook (Santa Rosa, CA)

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14 THE PORCUPINE interests of a Life Insurance Co. All the eligible bachelors have their lives insured by her Company and they only re- gret that they cannot have their hearts insured as well, es- pecially against the wiles of pretty insurance agents. The next scene, and the last, is in gay Paris. Tread softly, you are in the abode of a famous singer. In an artistic studio, a man, long, lithe and willowy, stands in graceful pose. His long sunny locks are in picturesque confusion, as a good musician’s hair should be. His room is filled with tulips, roses and orchids, in February, mind you! On a little inlaid side table lie a heap of delicately scented notes— gray, mauve, pearl and white. This one, with the silver coat of arms, an invitation to the Countess M’s reception to meet celebrities; that one, a request to sing at a benefit ball; another, a sentimental tale of admiration for one of his previous performances; and, conspicuously incongruous among all its fine neighbors, a little plain white note—a laundry bill! It is high, but not so high as the tuneful notes of Wright Whitney. If you could only hear him warble high C! Ten minutes to six. Just time to catch the train if I run. =

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THE PORCUPINE 13 Peering about she suddenly spies a tiny, toddling figure in the street. Darting through the yard with the words, “Tands sake Si, there’s that baby out in the mud with his new tucker on too!” She catches the little one up in her arms, then hurries him into the house, wondering if she can get the pudding in the stove, change the baby’s dress and darn the large stocking before six. Do you recognize her? It is Mabel! Scene nine is a large airy studio hung with all manner of pictures; here a fat old monk, there a bunch of American Beauty roses, a Gibson girl, a Madonna face, and a little squinty Chinese boy with a gay kimona-like thing on and the conventional pig tail. At the easel, however, is the artist’s masterpiece. It is a street corner, signboards and all. Could the artist look into the future she would see herself famous and Emily Metzger’s pictures in the Louvre. Tenth.—In the spacious halls of a huge white villa on the Mediterranean a beautiful woman, the wife of the American consul, is waiting to receive a guest from the home land. Softly the butler enters and behind him stands her American friend. In a twinkling the grande dame is lost and it is only Clara, the impulsive, warm hearted girl, who runs to greet the woman who brings with her stories of home and who recalls old ties and associations. For the eleventh scene you must cross the threshold of a sombre stone convent. The Mother Superior will receive you. Her calm hazel eyes make you actually conscious of every wrong you have ever committed. Look again and you will see that it is Kathryn. , The twelfth scene is another school room. The school ma’am is Miss Botts. She makes it clear to the children that they should not say “awful” much, but “very much,” and they always pronounce n-e-w—niew, and T-u-e-s-d-a-y Tuisday, neither noo nor Toosday. The next scene. Ina gay little cart, drawn by a spirited horse, Miss Marjorie Dick rides over the country in the

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— “Ghe Porcupine’ Issued every school month in the interest of the Santa Rosa High School SUBSCRIPTION Gine eat Ae es oe aa oe ee 75 Cents NIAIPR Vicat oe 8 ec ee oe eo ee ee 50 Cents Single Copies) 2-2 320-=- -2- see sane een eee ee 10 Cents (0@- Subscription must be paid in ADVANCE EDITORIAL STAFF Managing Editor-------------- ------------------ LEWIS LAMBERT Business Manager. ----- ---------------------------- EDWIN BENT Literary Editor -----------------------------7------ TOM BITHER (coe THOMPSON Aosibctat J)AMY POPPEY BR OCIA UCS eee Seen aaa nee ae es ee GLADYS MORRILL .RAY JEANS Exchanges ------------- ------------------ MARGARET BRYANT Mihlaticneee. ee ee GILES BRIGGS Staff Artist. .-.-2- -2=----=25-244==-=-==--=== - LE ROY RIPLEY ‘HAROLD McMEANS Loeals and Personals --------- -------------- JRUTH OVERMAN (WILL LAWRENCE Entered in the Postollice at Santa Rosa, Cal., as second class mail matter All personals, stories, literary articles and items of interest to this paper should be sent to The Porcupine, Santa Rosa, California. ——————————— With this issue of the Porcupine another class leaves the building. “For four years long they have labored faithfully” and have finally “gained the victory” after a great deal of conscientious work. They go now to swell the roll of Alumni and we are sure they will not be unworthy mem- bers. We wish to congratulate you on your success and before leaving bid you “Gluck auf.” The rains are nearly over and we can begin to turn our attention to track athletics again. We have succeeded in procuring cinders for our new track but, owing to the in- clemency of the weather, we have been prevented from do- ing a great deal toward spreading them. But another Sat- urday’s work will help things along a great deal, providing