South High School - Index Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

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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

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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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scrape a living. They used alcohol and turpentine, you could take either. Thomas McGauley, our well-known politician, ran for office and, alas for him and his, he caught it. Being of a jovial turn Tom soon turned a jovial being, and at last he decided that the climate of Canada was more beneficial to his complexion, and left the city hall. That was about all he did leave. In order to keep more in touch with other people's love affairs, Mildred Duncan, Helen Hainbury, and Madge Forsythe formed a company of three and became Jewelers. Millie took one-half of the shares, and Madge and Helen one quarter each. Of course Mildred ran the establishment and settled the weighty questions of the Hrm. In spite of this their business prospered and the girls were soon able to buy out Durgin and Browning. Helen read the novels, Madge drew the illustrations for the firm's ads and Millie sold engagement rings. Finally it became necessary to make the space behind the counter greater than that in front of it in order to accom- modate Mildred and she had to withdraw. She then took charge of the curtains and gum machine. I was very sorry to find that Charles Albert Batty had not been successful. Al got a job in the Worcester Market but lost it the same day because he sold a blind man soft-soap for butter. just at present Al was not doing anybody in particular and was living on his credit. A hopeless man-hater, wishing to avoid the sex as much as possible, Edna Dyer left the sad sea waves at Willard Beach, bought a farm, and settled down to lead the simple life with a cow, two hens and a cat. Edna received a medal from Washington for perfecting a new kind of grape fruit, produced by grafting a watermelon on to a squash. Later Edna became famous by discovering a sure cure for the measles. Doubtless Edna's experience in this line aided her in making her discovery. Out for the Dust was Helen Sellar's motto. She had fol- lowed the horses successfully and now owned Handsome Paul, the famous racer, who had been known to do a mile in 6:03 when he was in a hurry. Helen had gone to Carlyle to learn to be a Nourse, but the Dean of the college wouldn't allow it. Giving up the idea of going on the stage because she was afraid 32