Waltham High School - Mirror Yearbook (Waltham, MA)

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PROPHECY bersf, I asked her why this chosen few had taken this way of getting married. She said, XVe love the little excitement that comes into this business, and also the fun of not knowing your future husband except by his handwriting. Even the word 'Reh- pargonets sounds mysterious, although it is only the word stenographer spelled back- wards. I left this society to continue its rushing business and went my way. Io- sephine Lally was singing in the Metropoli- tan Qpera House in New York, where she had signed a contract for 25 years. She had such a deep voice and could take a male part with such success that one of the actresses, not knowing she was a woman, began to make love to her. She was mak- ing money enough to buy Qhnemus out of his present position. Katharine Larner was a world's champion. Of course. you want to know what she was champion of. Well, she was the most bashful girl in the world and on this reputation had appeared before the large men's clubs of the world. By doing this she was making a name that would go down in history, and live for years and years. Surely I must not forget Hartmann, who became a mining engineer of great fame and wealth. He was working in a mine out in the Rocky lNIountains, far away from all civilization. During his career up to this time he had had but one slight' accident. He was down in the mine and was starting to light his pipe, with what he thought was a match, but was in reality a stick of dyna- mite. He usually carried a large number of these sticks in his pockets. After scratching this thought-to-be match on his trousers for about live minutes, he became angry and threw it fo-rcibly on the rocks near him. Goodby, Henry! He went up 2oo feet-and of course had to come back 2oo feet. But when he struck the ground, he got up, put his hand in his pocket, took out a match, lighted his pipe and walked away. It takes more than that to kill Hart- mann. Eileen MacCarthy and Elizabeth Daboll were writing a book entitled How to Make a Success in High School. This included the study of baseball, football, basketball and swimming. Fern Conner was illustrat- ing the book with pictures of athletes. Ethel Templar was giving piano lessons on very reasonable terms. She taught the pupil free of charge until he could play, then, when he gave notice of leaving, she would charge him 50 cents for his last les- son. Iust at present she was becoming very rich. George Furbush, alias Thomas Edison the second, since he lived so near to the water, had invented many useful objects to be used in water sports and water travelling. Among these things was a canoe which could be tipped in all directions without going over. One might even push one side under the water and still it would not roll over, and, furthermore, no water would rush into it. He invented oars that unseen hands manipulated, that is, one need only place them in the oarlocks and they would begin to work just as if somebody were pushing them. These made him rich and famous. But one invention made him hated by all who tried it, and that was a bathing suit. In order to wear this suit, one had to wish himself inside of it, and after wishing it on, one was not able to take it off. Olive Hopkins was a leader of society, after inheriting a large fortune. She in- vited me to dinner one day, and while I was seated on the window-seat, waiting for din- ner to be served, I heard Olive talking to the butcher's boy. She was saying that the piece of steak that she bought the other day was so tough that she could not cut it. The butcher boy told her that she was lucky, be- cause another customer down the street bought a piece of steak that was so tough he could not get his fork into the gravy. After hearing this conversation, I began to

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PROPII ECY he had been arrested while trying to catch the animal from which he obtained it. The famous sheriff, Leslie Russell, who arrested Claudie, did not find the body of the animal about Claudie's', person when he caught him, but there was something that seemed to follow Fitch wherever he went. This was sufficient to prove that he had been obtaining material for his oil. He was brought into court, over -which Judge Mor-- gan presided, his tall, stately person well hlling his loose gown. Helen Larkin was the lawyer pleading for Claudie, but she was not eloquent enough to defeat the at- torney for the State, Margaret Angus, whose eloquence moved the judge, jury and spectators to tears. She showed what a crime it would be to let a man loose who destroyed those harmless, defenceless ani- mals for the sake of his oil. Poor Fitch was convicted, and was forced to spend his earnings in buying his liberty. Doris Marr still upheld her reputation as an editor, as she now occupies the chair of editor of the VVoman's Journal, which had become one of the most prominent papers in the coun- try. Her editorials were of the best, dealing chiefly with college athletics. Whil'e in New York I met Qrland, who was a horse doctor, but he said he some- times had people come to him to be cured of their maladies. To these people he ad-- ministered the same medicines that he gave his horses, however, the same person never came twice. He said that he was married to Lucia Capwell, who made an excellent wife, except for her cooking, which con- sisted of fudge, cake and chocolates. Then Ileft Orland to roam about this great metropolis. After leaving Orland, I caught Ohnemus running in the direction of the Academy of Music with his watch in his hand. I asked him where he was going, and he replied that he had the leading part in a spectacular drama in the last act of which he made a clean sweep of it all. He would have given me some tickets but he had just given his last to John D. Rocke- feller. I decided to see this play and watch Uhnemus make a clean sweep of it. The first act was over and still no Russell, and so with the second and third. In the last scene of the fourth act, 'iTaxi leads a little French poodle across the stage. Then I perceived that he had a leading part, but where was the clean sweep? Ah, yes, he was doing that after the people had gone out. Leaving Qhnemus to complete his clean sweep I again started to see the sights. A large electric sign attracted my attention, on which I read asiI came nearer, The Amalgamated Qrder of Stenographersf' I decided to visit this order and see how it was organized. VVhen I came to the main door of this company I read the word Rehpargonets.', I then began to wonder if I were in the wrong place. I asked a passing person, who told me that I was going in the right direction, so I opened the door and walked in. The first person to greet me was Elsmere ,Co-tton, president of this order and also High Rehpargonetf' She informed me that this was a corre- spondence school, the purpose of which was to teach stenography by mail, and the order also tried to obtain positions for their grad- uate stenograph-ers. Wfhen I asked her the meaning of the name on the door, she led me into her private office and told me the true story of the Company. '4This society makes believe it is teaching stenography by mail, she began, but instead of that, we are obtaining husbands for ourselves. Of course, we have to teach some stenography to keep up appearances. This order is very exclusive and only former VV. H. S. sten- ographers are allowed to join. The present members are Edith Anderson, Mary Mc- Donald, Mildred Dicks, Marguerite Bingay and Stella Hay. Gladys Parsons was a member at one time, but we lost her at the very beginning. It is only a matter of a few weeks before this whole society will have to dissolVe because it will have no mem-

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