Waltham High School - Mirror Yearbook (Waltham, MA)

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20 mn, lj T,H,E. -JY!,lll13-.9-R -I After this, there were a few minor acts and accidents, before the show was brought to a close by the usual Wild West Show. Hoping to see more of my school-day chums, I stayed. I was rewarded in finding among the cowgirls, Dot Kohl, Joe Huntley and Alina Wilson. They were living now on a ranch together out West, where men are men and women are anything but, and had come East just especially for this rodeo in the Class Cut-Up. Then came a herd of cowboys, including Aloysins Edmunds, Carlo Cainpisi and Bob Nye. Surprising what rough- necks these boys had turned out to be. It appeared that these cowboys were genuine importations from camp and canned beans, too. They had the usual round-up, with false cartridges and a terrible racket and then galloped far off across the billowing plains. Their act was followed by a specia.lty, called Leo, the Lion Tamer. She had come on, leading her trained beasts' and had put them through their various stunts before I recognized in this tall, fierce-looking woman, Eleanor- Leo -Howe. How appropriate! With her bow, the show was finished. The crowd de- parted to make a final round of the place before departing dinner-ward. As I got to the exit, whom should I bump into but Helen Thornbargh and Morris Nnssinon. Thornie unblushingly admitted that she had made free use of her father 's trade and that Nussy washer fourth and latest voya.ge on the marital sea. Helen told me they were very pros- perous, Morris having made quite a fortune on-well-er-hair tonic, which somehow didn't sell so well to barbersi From Thornie I learned that Helen Glasgow, her schoolday pal, was now the Miss Sewall of Waltham High, but had never married for fear that whom- ever she chose, would make no difference-they would all always seem like dninbells to her. I All the time this conversation had been going on, we had been moving toward the exit and finally passed through it. I found myself once more nea.r the baseball field. All sorts of contests were being carriedeon here now. A closely matched three-legged race was being contested between Eunice Smart, Doris Mooney and Inez Rhodes fthe red headsj, and Betty Glycart, Blanche Herschojf and Doris Dollioer fthe black headsb. The reds won, being such a hot trio, anyway. The next contest was an egg race. Among the eggs I noticed Betty Wroe, Helen Kanipe and Thelma Johnson. The judge, Warren Stoner, told me that Thelma was doing fine at grand opera, Helen at the Baby Grand, and Betty at grand babies. I just stayed here long enough to see Betty win with flying colors, and then went on to a booth which I hadn't visited on my first round. A large canvas, portraying a deep sea scene with fishy-looking mermaids floating about in it, was hung above the entrance. I was eager to learn what the booth might contain. When I entered, I learned the place was given over to a fancy diving exhibi- tion. King Neptune and his daughters were about to give their final

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THE MIRROR g . 19 time making the girls out, but finally came to the conclusion that the one now hanging by her teeth from a horizontal bar was Shirley Abbot, while the one suspended at full length from her heels was Marion Waugh. The second set on the other bar was comprised of Frances La Palme, gyrating now somewhere between her bar and Marion's ex- tended right arm, while close on her heels came Claire Davis. Heaven alone knows where she intended to fit. These four made up the famous f'Up in the Air Quartet. In the third ring, the program announced Madame Gravite herself in a daring balancing slack wire perform- ance. I was curious to learn whom Charley had chosen for this act. But my last guess should have been my first. When I beheld her bal- anced neatly on the middle of the wire, I held my breath and prayed for the favor of the gods. It was Stella Roesger! And apparently I.wasn't the only one concerned, for directly before me I noticed Pat Ryan and Eddie Burke, betting Eddy pro and Pat con, whether or not the wire would hold for Stella's final trip. As fate would have it, Pat won, for on her last voyage across, the dear girl saw me and in the process of gaily waving, to me, lost her balance and fell! She caught, with her right hand, onto the wire and hung there for a moment or two. At the right minute exactly, four young men rushed out, bearing between them a large life net to which Stella entrusted herself and was thus brought safely to terra iirma. I learned later that these gallant rescuers were: Tommy Guy, Don Ward, Teddy Fo-gham and Felix Giaroliho, who had been lately ordained-not bishops-but firemen, and were so proud of their responsible position that they continually carried the life net around with them. I doubted this, but was glad that they had had it with them at that moment. And so ended Stella 's little act. Her place was taken by the band who played a selection or two and then the trained elephants were led in. They were three in number. The first one bore Victor Wa-ss, an African explorer now and the one who had brought the elephants back especially for our show, the second, Salvatore Floriclia, and the third and last carried Vinton Farnsworth. They were dressed as Indian UM Princes UID. After they had carried through their heavy part in the program, they removed themselves and my attention reverted once more to the strong man in the first ring. He had a pair of double- jointed tumblers with him now. They were going through all kinds of antics, but I finally discovered the Herculean chap was Dana Parks, and the two human knots with him were Thomas Childs and George Dyar. I knew that Dana had very little time lately to engage in tum- bling, his favorite sport, because he was a careworn husband and father now, and had to keep his nose pretty close to the grindstone, which, I presume accounts for the ruddy beak the poor fellow carried. Tommy and Pussy were on the stage now as the Two Tumbling Tramps and were making a huge success of tramping.

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, 4'fi-1-:kea.xse::..:-.-, -, ., HARRY SMART Class Treasurer 1927