The Pittsburgh Academy - Eagle Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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f -sq , aw - --....v, a- ...,,. . we 1-'gr '!'f?14 r W! . Z'f':. r f raw' THE E GLE Franks who is now a millionaire. He made all his money sending Greeks to American to open restaurants. Tony's the fellow who said Ulf at first you don't succeed, give up . Tony introduced us to his wife. who hy the way is Caroline Shipp, also an old school mate. They invited us to stay with them hut we wanted to visit Egypt, the land of beautiful scenery and-fwomen. Vxlhen we arrived in Cairo there was a hig parade and celehration in progress. We asked a passerby the reason for all the commotion and he told us the Shrek of Blllll'H2ll'1lf1 had captured the city. NVe immediately sought an introduction and to our surprise we were introduced to the Shrek, none other than lvlilton Klein, the old Academy heart heaker. NVe wondered how he had happened into such a role and he informed us that Bertha Daumer and lxdarjorie Kooser were chasing him so much he iust had to leave America. Vvlith Andrew Caydos and James Henderson as companions he set out for Africa. His companions fell in love with xi couple of heautiful Arabian B. F. M'sffBig Fat Mammztsl and left him all alone Forming an outlaw hand he soon hecame leader of this district and now was ruler of Cairo. He told us he had a hig surprise for us and he did. A dancer whom we immediately reeog' nized as Helen Burger gave the native interpretation of the f'fl.ast Drink . Believe us we were pretty thirsty when she finished. Vvle decided we would like to see the pyramids and the Sphinx, so we bade adieu to our friends and departed. Vvlhile on the desert a hand of masked outlaws stopped us. Their leader was very drunk and as we were patiently waiting for the end someone shouted Nstopll' The leader came up to us and his voice shaking with emotion and heer he said, A thousand pardons. my friends. see who it is, and he stripped of his mask. There stood Sam Zekan. Likewise several others stripped of their masks and we were pleased to see Red McClaaen. Dan Markey and james lVleCalmont, who were equally glad to see us. Vv'e reprimanded them for leading that sort of life hut they told L15 it had got so that a crook eouldn't make an honest living in America. Vvle parted the hest of friends and arrived at our destination some hours later. A Vv'e found that we were not alone. A party of students Linder the supervision of ,lessie Beck, now a school teacher, was giving the sights close inspection. Jessie forgot her dignity and 1umped with loy twe always affect them that wayj upon seeing us, The students also were glad to see us and they certainly were a jolly hunch, They poured glue in our hats to show us how much they liked us. As we were looking around, a plane flew overhead hut seemed to he in trouhle. It landed near us and we discovered that Howard Holt: and Cunard Hedherg were the aviators, also on a tour of the world. Hultz told us he was a hig automohile manufacturer and was married to lean Cherry and had eight children.-all adopted. Hedherg said he was wealthy now and had made all his money on Vviall street twhen every one else was asleep! and had retired ln fact he had come out of retirement to make this trip after spending several seasons up the Hudson river at a place ealled. oh yes-Sing Sing. He told us that it was a very exclusive place. almost everyone heing harred. i'Frosty Vvlinter also was a memher, we learned Qui' tourist friends invited us to help them discover the trouhle with their plane, After spending several hours doing so, we found that it was out of gasoline. They asked us to accompany them, So we accepted their offer. China was our next stop and somewhere over lndia we lost our lunch. The natives must have thought the Salvation Army was organizing a new division. China is a wonderful place,4fl'or Chinamcn. Vvle met Harold Vvfinters who now owns a chain of laundries in America. He was here lnurkllig Ivor more Clivnarnen. Vsfe also ran into Dorothy lVlcl.aughhn and her stranded musical comedy show. It seems as tho' the Chinese women Llltlllll appreciate her show altho' the men did. hut you know how women are. Qui' next point of ohjeetive was the l hihppine lslands Here we met many old school acquaintances Arthur jacques and Bernard Chajnowski were lvlarines who were seeing the world from Manila Bay. They told lls that they had heen there for over six months and were thinking of heconiing artists. They said they had unhnuted ahility for drawing, flies. etc. Vsfhile walking down the main street. we met H. H. Giles. eminent sportsman and philan- thropist who maintains a home here. He is the author of that famous book, 'iThe Lost B. V. Du. He invited us to come out for a visit and we did so, meeting his wife, the former lvlary Dllliiiill. She was delighted to see us, and we were entertained royally. THE PITTSBURGH ACADEMY Forty N ,..t,.s.r .. . .. gt .a.s,.,.. 4 -.ms K K

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to-s 'af- TI-IE EAGLE That evening we took in a musical comedy on Broadway starring Eva Putch. It was a wonderful show, The chorus girls braved death from pneumonia every time they appeared. The next day we prepared for our ocean voyage across the Atlantic. Leaving the hotel with our bags, we ran into two big steal men. Herbert McGee and Harry Mendlow. We didn't have much time so we bade them goodfbye and hailed a passing taxi. The driver looked familiar and he turned out to be none other than jim Cox who in his haste to get us to the boat smashed into a fruit wagon. Of course there was a big fuss and much excitement at first. but when the owner of the fruit wagon, Florence Mitchell, recognized us, he was very gener- ous in making a adjustment. He permitted us to go after paying him 100 iron men to soothe his feelings. However we arrived at the wharf in time to board the ship and were met on the dock by Captain George Campbell. We were shown to our rooms and made very comfortable. While promenading the deck we ran into a party of women who were part of the Old Maids' Convention also bound for Europe. Among this group were Viola Murray and Jeanette Hughes. We inspected various parts of the ship, and while down in the engine room we discovered Harry Eichenmiller and john Ninness shoveling coal. After a pleasant journey we landed in England and a trip up the Thames brought us to London. We were conveyed to our hotel in a hack reminiscent of the days of Queen Elizabeth. The next day we met the King and Queen and others of nobility. For our special benefit the court jester Steve Zuratovic entertained with an amusing review of songs and dances. That night we visited an old English tavern, conducted by Anna Meyers and her children. Anna's husband was shot and killed in the depot. In one of the numerous cubby holes, we discovered Don Hardy and Quent McAllister dead-drunk. At this time the dancing girls featuring Zelma Heisler came out on the little stage and en' tertained with interpretive dancing. Vwfe haven't interpreted it yet. In the chorus were Mar' jorie Mourer and Peg Rankin who insisted that we see them home. We told them they could send us a picture of it. One of the girls became highly insulted and told the chief bouncer to escort us outside. He took one look at us and decided that he was needed out in the kitchen. We then made haste in getting back to our hotel. The next morning we left England by boat for France. We had a pleasant journey across the English Channel. When we arrived at Calais we took the fastest train to Paris which averaged at least hfteen miles per hour. We arrived in Paris some weeks later. While here we attended the Championship boxing bout between james Crutchfield, American Chump . and the French Champion. jim made the Frenchman remember another engagement in the second round. After the fight we went to Maxim's cafe and ran into Leah Pyles, Katheryn Brassell and Dorothy Thompson, who were busy entertaining three handsome Frenchmen. We joined the party and while there, a beautiful girl came out and sang the Sleeveless Vest . To our surprise it was Ruth Sallade and she surely was wonderful. We hated to leave Paris but as we were anxious to see Monte Carlo we made a hasty trip by automobile. While here we met john McCracken who was notoriously famous for creating another war between Italy and Spain over the price of garlic. That night at the Casino, the great gambler, Alva Loretta. was shot in a quarrel started by Harry VVhitman who claimed that the former had smoked his Y, M. C. A. cigarettes. That's the brand that Young Men Cast Away. Mr. jack Daniels, shoe string millionaire, and his wife. formerly Mattie Adams, were pres- ent during this little trouble. They were very glad to see us. Mr. Daniels' maid. Mary Glass, remembered us and told us she longed for another glimpse of the old school where she had so much fun throwing ink balls at Professor Patlzard. Leaving the Casino we noticed a woman aiicmptng to end her life by jumping from the bridge. We hurriedly stopped her and discovered it was Alice King, who burst into tears saying she didn't want to live because of trouble with her husband. Bob Ricalton. She said she didn't like his apartment, so he knocked her flat, Monte Carlo was too exciting for us, so we made all haste in leaving it. XVe made arf rangements to go to Greece by airplane and our first stop was Athens. We ran into Tony THE PITTSBURGH ACADEMY Thirty nine

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., ,arf , 'W , 'I -' ek Qt.,-f' L- TI-IE GLE XVC left our aviator friends. who were headed for Australia. and stayed all night with lVIr. and Mrs. Giles. The next day we secured passage on the HS. S. Lucklessu. which took us to Los Angeles. Here we received the biggest surprise of our trip. We were hardly off the boat when wc heard of the famous screen actress. Isabelle Speer. Vife went out to her studio the next day to renew acquaintances and she received us very hospitably. At brst she got us mixed up with Richard Dix and Ramon Navarro. Vwlhile roaming about the studio we saw a familiar face who turned out to be john Sisler. He was engaged in making a comedy entitled Cut in the Street from 'lThe GIll'lW2IHCmIlUIQ Haven . He told us that Clarice Brockmeyer was also in the movies. l'Ie said she was playing in Al Christie's latest comedy Oh, Miia, VxIhere's The Safety Pinsf' She also played in Wild XVomen of the Vx7orld hy Lord Craven. Vx7e hired a high powered motor car and started for home P. C. B. ffull of beerj. XVC were on the outskirts of Denver when something lit looked like a carb coming from the opposite direction. smeared us and dislocated our sense of direction, then lights and utter dark' ness. Wlaen we came to, we were in nice white iron beds and next to us lay 'xjoeu Nichols who we learned ranlfinto us and inussed up our complexion. Outside of a broken arm and leg. three fractured ribs and black eye joe came out without a scratch. Our nurse came in just then and it was little Nlarie Reynolds who assured us that we would be able to move in at least six months. so our trip came to an abrupt close. Howeveu. we hope to be able to see more of our friends in the future but until then we hid you farewell. -GEORGE HODGSON, GERALD VOYE. EVENING SCI-IGGL SN'T this a magnificent theatre? I understand that it was completed about two years ago. in the fall of 194-L' f'The curtain is rising. Vxihat a marvelous voice. Oh. how heavenly. My stars! Vsfhy. that's Jeanne Corcoran! I can hardly believe my eyes. Am I dreaming7 Pinch me to make certain that I am awake. ,leanne in Grand Qperal I havent seen her for several years. Let's congratulate her after the performance. Pshawl Shels gone, She's staying at the Biltmore. did you say? Thank you . UI am sorry you cannot accompany me because I'd love to have you meet her, I'll see you later then. Goodfbye. dear. ujeannel My but I'm glad to see you. How sweet you look. Congratulations. You have a marvelous voice. What a coincidence that I should he in New York at this time. I was so surprised to see you. Please tell me all about yourself. How interesting. Any of the other members of our class? Yes, Peg Farrell is married to the Powder and Perfume King. Anne Snyder is the wife of the Professor of Geometry at the University of Pittsburgh. and Lidda Loughenry is the daughterfinflaw of A. VJ. Nlellon. Lauretta Ross lives near Hiland Park. l'Ier husband. know' ing how fond she is of dogs. built near the :oo in order that she could see them to her hearts content. Anthony Pagano is General lvlanager of the Davis john E? Company. You remember Blackie4I'I, B. Blackfhe is an official at Tech. Eva Krepps is married and she and her better- half have established a very exclusive school of oratory in Pittsburgh. Esther Smith has been changing her name so often that I can hardly keep track of her. She now has her third husband, and to think of what a manfhater she was when she attended school. john IVIcCorm1ck is Chief Engineer of the U. S. Steel Company, and Tom Coultas is General Superintendent of the Pittsburgh GJ Lake Erie Railroad Company. Listen. dear. Wlmeiu you come to Pittsburgh I will arrange a party in your honor an.l have as many of the old crowd there as I can. Vife must not forget to invite Dr. Louis loss' man. who is on the Interne Staff at Mercy Hospital. If anybody should cat too much we will need medical attention. Does that appeal to you? All right. it's a go. I met Senator E. W, Horst down in Arkansas. You remember Cotton . Ditln't he do some climbing though? THE PITTSBURGH ACADEMY ia i Forty one