Spartanburg High School - Spartana Yearbook (Spartanburg, SC)

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The Scribbler 15 ze laidee to marry him. Zey will elope! Ze two professors discuss ze news from zere porches. As zey go to zere classes, zey talk of other things—how zey will see ze famous Peyre Kennedy knock ze home run at ze ball game. He ver’ famou player. He play in ze big league. Zey discuss ze latest book, it iss written by Mamie Lou Brown. It iss ver’ romantic— ver’ full of luff. “Zen, ze news iss carried to ze busy office. It iss ze office of Margaret Law. She haf been married—one, two, three times! She now know so much about ze way to get husbands zat she decide she will help other women who do not seem to know how to get them. She conduct ze husband trunk—ah, zat iss not right—ze matrimonial bureau. She auso ver’ glad at ze news of ze paper. She zen open her other mail. It iss all ze same—much requests for husbands— much requests for wives. One of ze letters iss from Mr. Fish—I mean Mr. Bates. He wanta a wife. He wanta her quick. He know not how to get her. He haf already proposed to all ze women zat he knows, an’ zey do not want to marry. Margaret smile. She know why zey won’t marry him. He iss too changeable. He do not stick. He wuz zat way when he went to school. She will helpa him. She will tella him of his mistake. Margaret opens another letter. It iss from a person she do not know. He tella her of ver’ rich, ver’ beautiful, ver’ charming laidee zat he wanta marry. She iss of society. She iss Alice Crutchfield. She do not want to marry. She haff too good a time. She haf many beaus. Ze young man’s heart is broken—busted. He do not know what to do. Margaret do not either. She remember zat Alice always treat her sweethearts zat way. “It iss time for her lunch, but she haff no time to go to it. She go to ze tea room. It iss called ‘ze Doris Ballenger Tea Room.’ She did not know zat Doris haff a tea room, but zen she haff been away so long. She enter, an’ sit down. It ver’ nice tea room, but she shocked zat zere iss no waitress. She looka around for her, and see her at ze gentleman’s table. It iss Ada Childress! She no longer shocked. She remember how ver’ fond Ada iss of ze boys. Ada ver’ glad to see her. She tella her much news. She says zat Doris

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14 The Scribbler laff. He remembers again his History. Zat is ze way she do then. She always tella Mees Stribling she haf said what she haf not said. Mr. White maka ver’ fine speech. It maka him famous. Bye ’m’ bye, he become ze great judge. His speech—it iss studied in ze schools, “Ze people at home ver’ anxious to hear about ze trial. Ze postman taka ze news to a small house—what you call him ?— bungalow. It iss ze house of Esther Byers. Ze class ver’ sentimental. She, too, haf married. She rush to ze door. She ver’ glad at ze news. She haf only time to go to read ze headlines. She mus’ go to ze church, ze club, ze party. She so busy. She always busy. She ver’ important in ze community. “Nex’, ze postman taka ze news to ze meat market. Ze butcher iss cuttiiT beef. He look ver’ fetchin’ in his lil’ white cap and apron. He, too, haf only time to read ze headlines. His wife jerka ze paper from his hands. It iss ze wife of Earl Koon. He is ze butcher. His wife ver’ fat— Earl ver’ little. He can do nothin’. His wife luff him ver’ much. She not lika him to read about ze women. “Zen, ze postman goes to ver’ crowded place. It iss ze University. He goes to ze cottage on ze campus. It iss ze home of Ralph Fike. He haf married. His wife not jealous of women—she ver’ sweet, ver’ pretty, ver’ proud of Ralph. Ralph ver’ happy. He, too, read ze news in a hurry. It iss time for his class. He teacha Amer’can History. He auso teacha English. He maka a good teacher. He remember what Mees Atkins tella him about ze noun following’ ze preposition. When he not teach, he writa ze book. It iss ze ‘History of South Carolina.’ He dedicate it to Mees Stribling. She ver’ proud of Ralph. “Ze postman taka ze news nex’ door to ze home of Prof. John Alexander. He, too, mus’ go to his class. Jus’ as he used to putta ze lizzards and ze rats on ze girls at school, he still play an’ work wi’ zem. He iss ze professor of ze Zoology. He iss not married yet. He iss ze old maid—oh, I mean ze bachelor. But already he iss in luff. He is scared of ze laidee. When he scrape up his courage, he will aska

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16 The Scribbler maka money, zat she is married and happy, but she luff to work. Zat Mary Williard and she make ze agreement zat if zey ever marry, zey will keepa on workin’, but zat Mary, when she marry, go backa on ze agreement. She live in a small town. She haff her home, her car, her husband. She so happy. She tella her zat ze tea room iss so nice, zat Doris use ze fly catcher zat Frank Hagood invented. Frank such a great inventor. He maka ze pompourdorine for ze hair. It maka it slick back. Frank use it himself. Ze laidies ver’ fond of Frank. He is ze Beau Brummel. She tella of ze people zat come to ze tea room. Theopa Turner comes ver’ often. She lika to eat. She iss a stenographer. She chew chewing gum while she typewrite. She always chew chewin’ gum. She inves’ her money in ze chewin’ gum factory. She hope to own one some day. Zen, zere is Austin Connors. He famous statesman. He maka many speeches. He so busy zat he need ze adviser. Verbie Hallman maka fine adviser—she so smart. She tella him everything to do, from ze girls he like to ze speeches he make. Zen, James West bringa his wife zere for dinner. His wife so nice. Ada lika her. She ver’ rich. She tippa Ada. James iss ze principal of ze school. He maka a fine one. He ver’ strict. Ze pupils is scared of him. Mary Johnson iss an old-maid hairdresser. She runna ze beauty parlor. She come ver’ often. With, comes ze old-maid school teacher. It iss Amilee Smith. She teacha ze science, ze mathematics. She ver’ fine teacher. Florella Alexander coma wi’ zem sometime, but she canna come so ver’ often. She iss married. She singa in ze church choir. Annie Bowen buya ze cakes, ze bread. She keepa house for ze busy mother of a family. She maka a good housekeeper. She haff such good things to eat. Margaret admire ver’ much ze lil’ cap and apron zat Ada wear. Ada say zat she buya it from Helen Wright and Helen Wilburn. Zey haff a famous dressmaking establishment. It iss called “Helen and Helen.” Ze people like zere clothes. Ada see ze dress on Lucy Creech, zeir model. She maka fine model. She luff to hold out her hands and show off ze clothes. Ada show Margaret a picture, an’ ask if she know who it iss. Margaret do not know,