Vancouver High School - Alki Yearbook (Vancouver, WA)

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1917 Clilass rupijetp Taps sauntered lelsurely down Flfth Avenue at 9 10 on December 24 1924 Taps was of no defmlte breed Once he had be n accused of belng part fox terrler but you cant always belleve those wlldcat tales Taps doubted lt hlmself He passed a manslon lxghted llke a fatry castle He sniffed the alr greedlly Stralns of muslc reached hls eats Bemg of a curxous nature he ll'lN6SIlg3I6CI The wmdow behmd the palms was open not wlde but wlde enough for Taps slender body to squeeze through New Yorkers are always on the alert for cholce blts of gosstp so Taps crouched and llstened Ive just arrlved a soft volce was saymg so please tell me all about everybody Humph' snorted Taps A regular coquette Here s where I learn some thmg Wlth all my heart MISS Potter answered a deep mascullne volce Who shall be flrst that tall dlstmgulshed lookmg personage w1th the eyeglass? That s johnny Harvey Hls uncle left htm a legacy and hes llvmg on the Interest Looks lt doesnt he? That chubby young lady ln purple IS Madame Wanda Frederlcka Hlldegarde von Kettler We saw her last mght on Broadway She s yampmg ln The Lloness We also have another actress Carma Mltchell She has succeeded Theda Bara tn the movles Those people by the piano? Why they are Miss Rooney and Mr Hollen beck of Hollenbeck 8: Fooney French Halr Dressmg Establlshment Margaret Brace IS happlly married to an old Southern Colonel Poor but proud and all that you know She ns talkmg to Greta Smlth who IS now an heiress lookmg for a husband Oh of course I knew you d recogmze Mr Du Bots He bullt the brldge whnch spans Lake Superxor Great man' Marcelle Reymond IS engaged ln expoundmg new theorles m the art of agrlculture That young lady to whom she IS talkmg IS Eleanor Vaughan At present Mlss Vaughan lS very much mterested m a dalry farm You wlll remem ber that they always held an attractlon for her That dlstxngulshed lookmg lady ? She rs our Amerlcan ambassadress to Russla Mlss Koskt The other dlstmgulshed one IS of course you know Mlss Shafer the defeated candldate for the Presldency of tne Umted States Her tdeas were much too radlcal That meek lookmg man? Why that s Chester Blanr He had a hard tlme gettlng here Hts wlfe sees that he puts on hls rubbers before he goes out and retlres promptly at 8 30 every evenmg Those two young ladles who Just entered arc the Brothers ststers They re dolng a llttle vodvtl stunt Good? Of course' That cranky lookmg one? You could tell she was a school teacher a mlle off Thats Hlldegrade Moore Presxdent of U of W Those gentlemen who are snubblng each other so successfully are F Kopra edttor of the Intellectual Magazlne and Mr Palmer Pettte Mr Petlte sent three volumes of hts latest poetry to the Intellectual Mr Kopra scornfully rejected lt and now they dont speak That cynlcal lookmg woman IS Madame Andrews She IS a reformer practlces on eyerybody The stately lady beslde her IS Mlss Bersch emment cublst lf you go near her shell want to cube you sure I u Fllllj f ur .-., , - . . D . - . N4 . , . . . . v ' ' . , . Y 1 1 H , . . .. . . H , . 11 I yy It v ' . U - - n .I - - H - - I. v v v - . . . . . . , i , . x V . . . . - v , . H . . , . . V . V . V . . L . , I4 ' It ' ' . , V V - A V . N . . , , I . . H . . V . 1 Y ' 7 A , . . . . ' r y v - - H .... . A . k . U . . . . V.. . . ., 1 . -.. , . , . . , , . . , . . tt - v - - . , S . H . . . , . . , . , tt - - , . . . , . . LI ' V . I - . , , . . . v - - . H . . . . V V V . . . - . . , , . . v 4- n

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That graceful sylph llke creature IS MISS Allen who IS captlvatlng all New York Wlfh her latest aesthetlc dances At thls polnt Taps slghed audlbly Gee' he Sald ThlS guy IS sure wlndy' Captaln Schmltz lS one of our noble New York pollcemen contlnued the speaker Nora Schane and Esther Gerard are ln partnershlp Dr Schane IS a sur geon MISS Gerrard lS her undertaker They do the largest buslness ln New York Hon Mr WIIIISIOH IS Senator from Washlngton He just made a speech lastlng twenty four hours on prohlbltlng chlldren under three from runnlng auto moblles That rather tattered old gentleman IS Donald Watson He sells necktles shoestrlngs and suspenders on the streets Poor old fellow' Lost hlS fortune ln Wall Street Remember Carrle Nelson and Marle PIBFCCU They changed thelr names to Neyllson and Pyrce and keep an CXCIUSIVC style shop Edwln j Landerholm IS the sausage klng Gee whlz' snorted Taps lndlgnantly Is that the cur9 Charles Fletcher IS superlntendent of the Fletcher Old Ladles Home That antlquated dusty looklng belng IS the dlstlngulshed archaeologlst C Archer Bowman He recently unearthed the Lepldoslren and Plessosaur MISS Mlnkler IS preparlng boys for West Polnt Elsle Ueltschl IS happlly marrled to a German Baron That dalnty gentleman IS George HllStF0m He keeps a tea room on M3dlSOH Square Mr Bradshaw IS a naturallst Dont go near hlm He usually carrles one or two darllng pet boa constrlctors ln hls pockets Ellzabeth McKlnley IS the head of a matrlmonlal bureau Wealthy matches MISS Woolf and MISS Stanley are ln charge of a large ammunltlon plant They are always playfully tOSSlng bombs about Mr Webber IS a SCWlHg machlne agent That lmpresslve looklng fellow who IS evldently poslng IS AIVIZ Gordon Young matlnee ldol very popular wlth the ladles Delmar Caldwell IS maklng soap box speeches on The Rlghts of a Husband Oh yes here l ve been talklng away and forgot to congratulate you on your wonderful concert the other nlght MISS Potter l enjoyed lt lmmensely Thank you Mr La Londe ventured the soft VOICC Dont you thlnk lt dear of Mrs Sterllng to glVC us fhlS party ln her lovely home? But tell me how you happen to know about everybody SIHCC lve been ln Europe Ive lost track of everythlng Oh thats easy I have to ln order to hold down my Job Im soclety reporter for the News There that man who just entered lS Edward Alben Clfy dog catcher H By jove' what s thls ' For Taps had deCldCd that It was tlme for hlm to leave and had made a dash for the wlndow You llttle wretch' sald the man grasplng hlm by the neck I know what well do Wlth you shlp you to Dorothy McLane She leads a llfe of slngle blessedness ln South Amerlca among her kennels of thoroughbred dogs Nlx' snlffed Taps scornfully No old malds for mlne and wlth a sudden lerk he leaped to the wlndow slll and llt on the pavement outslde Wow' What an escape' he sald breathlessly Gee what I know now' and Taps sauntered lelsurely on down Flfth Avenue D Mc Twenty fu e U . . . . . . v ' l . . ,, . . . . H ,, . U . . . ,, U . . . . ,, . 9 H . . . , . . H . . . . . -l ' ' . . , H . . . . . v l - - U . . . ,, ll - l- - - ll uv . , . . H . . . , H . . . . . . . . v ' y ' H . . . . . U . . . . . H . . . U . . , . . H . . . . . H . . . . . U . . . U . . . . . . . . v v 1 v - ll ' ' l - v tl Y - r v v . . . . . ,, , . . ll vu - tl 1 - - 1 - l - - 1 - l - u ll v - - v - , . . H . . . v l - C y - vu y ll - n - - - at . , . , - - . . . . ,, , . lt ' lv - ll - - u - . . . , ll vv - ll -- . . , . , , c c . . . . Y , , . ',