St Patrick High School - Emerald Yearbook (Roxbury, MA)

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PROPHECY - wontinuedj ACT II PROLOGUE: Many of the girls of the class of '45 have natural curly hair. Therefore, any reference to uncurly locks is purely coincidental. TIME: That evening. PLACE: Henri Welsh's Beauty Salon. Scene of the Second Act Opens: Mary Camerato, Mary O'Rourke, Dorothy Grubaugh, Marie Eastman and Murial Gravel are wait- ing for Henri Welsh's assistant, Sid Barbato, to come in. Dottie Grubaugh speaks: DOTTIE: But I'm sure that you will like this hair specialist. I'm a model, and my boss especially advocates this establishment. MURIEL: There. I told you that Henri Welsh's Beauty Salon was well known, even in New York. My husband owns a chain of drug stores that stretches across the country. Whenever I stop at one of them that is all I hear the women talk about. MARY CAMERATO: I hope you are right. I am the first woman to run for selectman and I must look my best when I deliver my speech at the rally. fEleanor Barbato erttersl ELEANOR: Hello everyone. Monsieur Welsh is out of town, but I'm sure that I can operate this machine. It is able to lift you high above the throngs of people who do not have a Welsh Super De-Luxe Permanent. Who will be the first? Oh, by the way, Marie, how do you like your job as a telephone operator? MARIE: It is very interesting. I am well acquainted with many of the prominent businessmen in Boston. Once in a while, Fibber McGee even calls me Myrt. ELEANOR: Hello, Mary O'Rourke, where have you been? The last I heard you were in New York. MARY O'ROURKE: Oh! I am doing the bookkeeping for the famous See America First Navigation Lines. I've been in Florida for quite a while but I'll probably stay in Boston from now on. . ELEANOR: That's fine, Mary. Would you like to be first? There will probably be a rush tonight so, I'll have to hurry. MARY O'ROURKE: Certainly. fPauline Alarie entersb MARY CAMERATO: Here is your chance girls to discover what you can about the latest styles in womens' dresses. Pauline Alarie is well known for her original and flattering designs. Can you give me some advice, Polly? PAULINE: Of course, Mary. Why don't you stop at my home some day. I'll be glad to help you in any way that I can. Oh! Ruth Gildea told me to be sure to listen to her program this afternoon. It's time now. I'll put the radio on. RUTH: fover the radiob Hello everyone. This is Ruth Gildea with her helpful hints on how to be slim. The only morning reducing program that comes to you - at night. Ready now, to the sweet strains of Mairzy Doats hold yourself at arms length and revolve your body by the wrist. 1-2-3-4. Slowly now, 3-2-1-4. 1-2-3-4-Who are you getting slim for? l MARIE EASTMAN: If this is going to go on for fifteen miutes, I think I'll scream. RUTH: 1-2-3-4-3-2-1-4-1-2-3-4-3-Z fshe is shut ofjfb fArm Delaney and Margaret Mahoney enter quicklyl ANN: Hello everyone. Did Nancy come yet? ELEANOR: Nancy' who? ANN: Why! Nancy Peters. She arrived on the last plane from Washington. She was the guest artist at the Washington Book Fair. MARGARET MAHONEY: I came up to take her picture. Marie MacKay will be up soon. She is a photographer for my rival paper. p

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PROPHECY - CContinuedJ MAC: Yes, I did. EILEEN: Well, rest assured that you have already done the most you can possibly do for him. fMary N ocera walks in.J And what can we do for you, Smitty. The doctor isn't in right now. He's looking at the new hospital. I have'n't seen it lately. How is it coming along? FRANCIS SMITH: The forty-first story is completed. Only nine more to go. Had a little trouble with it. One of the workmen has astig- matism-that eye disease we learned about in the Freshman Science course. He read the print on an angle and built the building on a tilt. It's going to make a wonderful diving board. It leans right over the Charles River. MARY: Fine. A combination Hospital and Diving Board. Two birds with one astigmatism. MARY NOCERA: Hello, Eileen. It's about closing time. Are you ready to go home? EILEEN: Oh! here you are, Mary. I was just telephoning you but I must have missed you. I wanted you to know I couldn't leave until I heard from the doctor. He isn't coming back to the Oiiice, I think, and I have a message for him. MARY: Oh! Well, I'll wait if you don't mind. And in the mean- while I have some news for you-guess what shorthand method I'm using now? Q EILEEN: fPuzzled and dubiousj Gregg? I guess. . . MARY: Oh, no. What would be news in that? Anyway- remem- ber vsghat a whiz Francis Phillips was in shorthand during our Junior Year. EILEEN: Whiz ? Why - Mary - I -- MARY: I have just now collocated that word for this purpose. I am using the Phillips' Shorter Shorthand method-and really it's simple. I use it especially since I work in his office-probably Wouldn't be em- ployed otherwise. But here's the point, Eileen. He is coming down to induce you to use his facilitated method. The reason why he hasn't been before is that he has only recently received the approval and patented seal and the new shorthand shall be taught in schools. What do you think of that? EILEEN: Goodness, Mary, you surely aren't serious. But then I imagine it is as probable as it is possible. Nevertheless, about changing from Gregg now... CShe is suddenly interrupted when Francis Phillips enters.D FRANCIS PHILLIPS: Now, 'now Eileen, no hasty decisions. Did my, ah, my secretary tell you the details? Of course, you realize my Phillips' Shorter Shorthand shall revolutionize the business world. A first-grader could aptly learn my new method. Sure, I knew you wanted to learn shorthand the easy way. Here now-I know you'll relish these. fAs Eileen tries to say she is satisfied- he sets several books and note- books on her desk and laughs contentedlyj MARY: You're in for it now, Eileen, but take it from me you shall not regret getting entangled in his books. I'll let you in on some of my own information on that subject. EILEEN: fGlancing through the bookl I think the longer short- hand is shorter than the shorter shorthand. MARY: I think you ought to try it, Eileen. C'The girls and boys babble their opinions until Mary Hannon rushes in.b MARY HANNON: Where's the doctor? Gargantua's little nephew, Muscles, has a sore throat. EILEEN : I'm sorry, but the doctor treats only human patients. MARY HANNON: But I've brought Muscles over. He's in the outer waiting room. EVERYBODY: What! fAll leave by the opposite door in a hurry.J END OF ACT I

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PROPHECY - tContinueclD PAULINE: What ever led you to become a photographer, was it because you used up so much film in your high school days? MARGARET: Yes, Polly, that's partly the reason. But wait, here comes Nancy. Oh, I hope I get the scoop. CNancy Peters walks in.J NANCY: Hello kids, what's all the hustle. MARGARET: I want to take your picture for this evening's paper. Will you sit over in that chair. fNancy sits in the chair. Marie MacKay comes in the opposite door and watches in horror while Margaret Mahoney proceeds to take N ancy's pictnrej MARIE: folejectezllyl Oh! You've got the scoop. Well, I'll get the interview. Please Nancy, tell us how you felt when two of your books were best sellers. NANCY: But I came here to see my former classmates. I'd rather that you would tell me something about yourselves. I didn't know you worked at the airport, Ann. ANN: Yes, I'm head Dietician of the Faster Flights in Higher Heights Trans-Continental Airline Service. I prepare the menus for the largest planes in America. They have modern size dining rooms for long Hights. fHelen Pappas entersl NANCY: Hello, Helen! How is the chemical business? HELEN: It is simply thrilling, Nancy. People don't realize how many new luxuries they will have in a few short years. CDottie Bone and Allena MacDonald enterj DOTTIE: Hello everyone. Allena was just telling me about her new job at the Attorney's Office. Tell them about it, Allena. ALLENA: Well, I'm a private secretary to District Attorney I. Argue. He has recently put the famous forger, Dinna Do Witt, behind bars. He discovered that Mr. Do Witt had really done it. MARY O'ROURKE: Where do you work, Dottie? DOTTIE: I'm in the advertising business. Three of our former classmates are employed in the same company. Here they come now. You remember Eleanor Reilly, Julia Flanagan, and Margaret Mooney. ELEANOR: Hello, all. Isn't it funny to find you all here. It seems just a short time ago that we were all Seniors at St. Patrick's. Doesn't it? HELEN: It surely does. What kind of advertising do you specialize in? I may be able to use you for advertising my company. JULIA: Well, I don't know about your company, Helen. We spec- ialize in Singing Advertising. You hear us on the radio every day. We haxievloads of fun advertising the Hold-Em-On Clothes Pins. Don't we gir s . MARGARET MOONEY: I'll say we do. I don't know about a Chemical Company though. Say, maybe we could do it like this. fShe takes out a scrap of paper and writes a few worcls on it and passes it to Eleanor anal Jnlia.J Let's try it. fThey singl If you want things done in a hurry. If you want things done with a bang. Just climb into your surrey, And get Pappas's Chemicals! ! HELEN: Chnrriedlyb Well, that was nice, but I think it would be nice for us to sing our Class songs, it will bring back old memories. lThe whole class assembles on the stage and begin to singj THE END