South High School - Index Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

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XVoodman and-but perhaps I had better not say any more about that. The trouble with some people's past is that it refuses to stay past. But I continue. Since they wanted a quiet vocation, George Carrick and Harold McAfee became undertakers. They cremated, froze, or buried 'em at the lowest rates. It was a stiff proposition, but every job that they did was a lay out. The invincible trio, Elsie Walsh, Eliza Gillespie and Evelyn Gould were running a boat livery at the lake. That is, Evelyn ran the business and Elsie and Eliza hired out with the canoes. But they never went out alone, for as Elsie said, Suppose we got a puncture, or a wheel came off, what would we do ? Helen Bemis, the original Helen of Joy, head of Arthur's table, after leaving South High, studied Art. She became more and more devoted to it every day, and remained at Smith's College six years in order to master the subject. She was considered by her class- mates a very unsympathetic young lady, in fact, quite Stony-hearted. Perhaps this was due to the hard time she was having in keeping Arthur at School and Roland at work. XValter Dolan went on the stage-shifting scenery. One week while David was working at the Columbia, in Boston, a blood-curd- ling melodrama held the boards. In the last act the leading lady advanced toward the wing where Dave was standing and shouted, Here I am alone in the dessert! Not a rock or tree in sight, and here come the ferocious lions! What shall I do? Dave, think- ing she was talking to him, yelled, Dive through the trap, yer standing right on it I After he got out of the hospital, David went on the road as the star in Florence Davis' new comedy, The Rejected Lover. Harold Irving Green, Ending Worcester too quiet, had gone abroad. He had used his marvelous oratorical skill to aid the King of England in passing a decree prohibiting the wearing of tight col- lars, and as a reward, had received the title of Lord Helpus. The Slater Block contained a new tailoring establishment, and Clara Steele, Grace Haskell and Helen Smith were its founders. They advertised a perfect Ht. That is, father had one when the bill came home. t'To Is or Not to XVas, or If it cannot VVere VVhy is it? a 30

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For this show of weakness, Henry was removed from the front and and given charge of the ammunition and baggage. That tried and trusted warrior, Albert Norris, was appointed to the post of rear admiral and given command of the fleet. His nauti- cal career out-shone that of such renouned mariners as Bob Evans, Stonewall Jackson, and Eric the Red. Al always was good on the high C's. Merton Fogerty stayed in the service only a short time. Mer- ton's auburn hair was so audible that it was constantly betraying the armies' positiong so he was retired on half pay, with the title of General Nuisance. In the meantime a new bakery had been established in Wor- cester. The three johns :-Whalen, Tucker and Prendergast were the owners, and were doing very well. Everything they stirred up panned out well. All they kneaded was theirs, they had dough to burn, and their stock was still rising. They were stirring chaps and they did things up brown. Though well bread and rather high rollers, they were pie-ous men. In fact, the three Johns had become the original wise men of the yeast. Hearing of a richer clime than Worcester, Ernest Whittemore and Daniel Woodbury left for the regions where golden mines are found and golden minds are lost. Among the boulders of the hills, no bolder pair than this could be found. Dan worked the claim and Ernest claimed the work. That loyal basket-ball supporter, Walter Brown, having a strong disinclination to work, secured a place on the Worcester Police Force. He had the beat at Elm Park. And we must not forget Grace Hubbard, the girl with the mar- cel wave. This chic little bit of humanity went into partnership with Mona Jackson, and started a doctor's office. One day a glass- blower came to the office with a pane in his side. He had swallowed a ten dollar bill and, although he was so much in, he was desirous of having it where he could reach it more easily. Mona wished to use the X-raise on him, but Grace had a better idea. She simply got a cash register and rang up the ten. Love Me, Love My Dog, or Peggy, Where Art Thou ? was the latest production of that famous writer, Dorothy Carey. It was quite as original as those book-reports Dotty used to write for Miss 229

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play by Selig Simons, had caused the author no end of trouble. The anarchistic views expressed by Simons in his work caused his arrest and imprisonment. Shortly after his release Selig and Allan Meade formed a company to drop the North Pole into Vesuvious and supply the world with steam. Roosevelt confiscated the com- pany's charter for nature-faking. Our religious friend, Janet Briggs, finding Luke uninteresting gave up studying the Bible and was now running a quick lunch restaurant with Ruth Bartlett, Gladys Boyce and Helen Bray as waitresses. Ruth stood out on the sidewalk, advertising her Rice and attracted much attention and more or less trade,-mostly less, Gladys served the customers, and Helen stood at the back door and looked at them to make them eat less and get out more-but their success was due mostly to janet's diplomacy. Whenever the butter or beef was bad janet made the girls put on an extra ribbon, ring, or dab of powder, and the customers did not notice the poor quality of the food. just at present janet was suffering from a bad attack of vocal agony. His years at South High civilized Roy Harrington to such an extent that after graduating he was able to leave the wilds of Oxford and secure a position on the Boston Post. Roy posed for the comic supplement and he was the original Ruffy Fluflles. Edna Squires' seraph-like voice secured her a position singing- For the Edison Phonograph Co. Edna was a howling success and was reported to be a regular record-breaker. The name of Carrie Nation had sunk into oblivion since the appearance of the world-famed temperance revivalists, George Deveneau and his assistants:-Anna Dick, Gratia DuGuay and Ethel Chase. Their place, although somewhat different from Carrie's, was just as effectual. The quartette would board a train at Boston and George would rush through the cars, calling for a cork- screw. The girls followed close behind him and made every man who produced a cork-screw sign a pledge for five years. When the train reached some dry town, as Worcester, the converts would get off, and there, far from temptation, they would start life anew. Walter Deedy, Frank VValker, and Donald Russell started a barber shop, but were not very successful. They were such cut-ups that they were having a close shave and were hardly able to 31