Western High School - Westward Ho Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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To M SS lil111GSI'1'11tl'l S the curtarn descends on our We tern H1 h School days xxe pause to otfer a xxord of pruse md ratltude to her xx ho has led Us sltely throuffh the journey xx ho e xxtalth of xx lsdom and un llI'lU f energy haxe serx ed as an xnsplrltlon to the class of lN1I16l1CCI1 'Ixx enty Sm Only xxxth her tanclmff staunchly by to rmpel and ard Us could xxe possrbly hue reached our present Thoufvh xxe hall xery soon leaxe XX estern xxe shall not soon torget those characterlstlcs that haxe pax ed for Mxss Klmesmlth a xx 'xy mto cxery Semors heart We can compare her to no other person she IS l1ke no other per son Xnd that 15 perhaps what makes her so 'nttractlxe to ll: her 1nd1x1dual1ty Alxxaxs ox erfloxxmff xxrth 'ln abundance ot ready xxxt and humor xxlth Oflglllil and umque lclea she makes the moments spent 1n her company delxgfhtful ones Patxence too and the loxe ot xx hat ln rrght and honorable are not among her least promment attrlbutes We teel that her careful guxdance merxts more than our mere thanks Yet we hesltate to m lke such 1 tatement for xllSa Klmesmrth has shoxxn by her attrtude throughout these tour years that she has enjoyed helpxng us as much as xve haxe enjoyed bemg helped by her In all the undertakxngs of the class of Txx enty SIX , her ready xxrllmffness and cheer been to her a source of pleasure XVhat could hoxx more depth of character than Uettmcf en yoxment merely trom frxxmg serx1ceP Ex cn though she has made the burden ap pear lwht rt IS not am1ss for us to tender her our slncere '1ppree1at1on for the helping hand she has lent us We feel that 1n the drploma of each and ex ery one of us xxxll be xx oven a bnt of her handlxxork She ha indeed not only kmdled our torch of xxrtue truth and loyalty but has also helped to keep It aflame to lead u on to uctory W tell' 0 ! 3,,9a.4 4 .f!2?Y .ROMA '7 'LZ'v'5lk?T'4Q . . . 1 1 I H A l In ' - ' ' -Ig 1 ' , l ' ' H . EE EE sf ' A ' 1 ' 5: E 1 . ' ' ' - , v ' 5 ?2 E 3 Q2 ' ,, U 'L 1 . , . ' 'ii . , - , , A , y , 6 . . 6 7 Y , L Z . - I , A . . t L ' ' A . v I v ' - 5 C v 6 . v Y v I A H .v v .V,, ' V. . I ' 4 D ' ffoal. ful s lflt have made us feel that servm us has fb 6 . S Y , . f v Q I - l Y ' 1 T . . . . D C' ' ' Y .RQ - 1 , ' 1' V D v v 4 C L C' . I v . , 4 ' ' - 1 , . . . . I . ., l .6 , ' , A C . . . 5 . AV. ' . L., . . B A N C - . . c c. ' HT Y Y. vm J' . , ,' , ' v Y. 6 Y.. C .K 1 -1 L 4, vi . I ' 7' SY I ! 4 , ' L . 5, - f 3 , K YL , , .V 7 c L S . ' r y , ' - o 49 'M 11 .W- f 7 I N x 3 4 f 5' 77 49 A .- , , , 1-e G -v 4 x

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The Second Mrs Farlowe MA1zGAR1a'r NIORVITZ 26 HES a charmmg person 1snt she Hrs Loxxe leaned toward me and bared her protruding teeth am1ablx We xxere haxmfr tea at Nlrs I'arloxxc and the re1nark xxas E . 5' , J made xx h1le our hostess gaxe some instruction to the mald ies I rejoined Very charming And such a good xx oman' just look at the miracles she has performed for those children xvhy they xxere perfect xxlld ammll xxhen their mother was al1xe Yes Nlrs Iarlowe I xx as just admiring your xase on the mantel Is xt new? This started the two ladies off on a lonff dis cussion on xases and antxques 1n general Not haxlng degenerated to that craze I thouffht of Mrs Lowe s obserxation Xes kmx Farlowe xx as undoubtedly a good xx oman I had knoxxn the familx for a number of xears Indeed I had known Frank Iiarlowe as a boy He had been a my ster1ous sort of chap not like the usual run of lic tport s xoun men He xx as rather qulet interested in mu sic extremelv fond of daubmv 111 paint, and when he put his mlnd to it a d1l1gent xvorker Natlonal xx hen he met xx ooed and xx on the first lx rs I arloxxe Nancx Grax es ffxp if girl from the nerffhbormg countx one xxho lox ed the fields and the beautiful as much IS l rank did In the nine xears of their married hfe fixe children xxcre born to them lhex were as YTIISCYHIJIW poor as thex xx ere xx on drously happx lhe chxldren xxent to school only xx hen they ple rscd thex roamed the field they plax ed their father s fiddle or their moth ers old piano wlth wild beauty Frank had fix en up his position at the bank and mx ested Ins last cent in a farm It produced nothmo to sell barelx enouffh for the IIITIIIN to surxixe o lxeither cf them xx ere managers lhen the 1nex1table happened 'Nancx I'arloxxe d1ed l or a year Frank and the children ran more to seed than ex er Then one dax Frank axx Xmx Llh on the hbrarian at XX estport XX 1th his usual extrax tgant loxe of beautx he fell in loxe xx 1th Xmx s profile Besides her perfect features she had the pale coloring of a xx ater l1lx her hair xx as Page 7 the h lde of its xx lxen pollen her complexion dehciouslx creamx her l1p and ex es sott and onlx tamtlx colored and th1s Greek type ot beauty alreadx treadinff tlllftj fixe married 1 r mk I trloxxe lhe prechctlons of the county slde xx ere alarmmff I h1s lox ely frail creature lll that xag xbond Ifarloxxe s house' It was pre posterous But the d1x of nnriclcs xxas exrdently not ox cr lhe fxrm xx 1 sold and Iaarloxxe lost h1s loxe for the beauty and mus1c of l1fe he xxorl ed doggcdly xt the bank steadily r1s1ng Ihc children xvcnt regularly to school 'Ihere xx as no s1ll1ne s ox er music and pamtmg in the 1 arloxxe household The communlty xvas ox er come Xmy Farloxxe xx as still del1c1ously fra ffl e XX llflllll another decadc Frank succeeded 111 working himself to death He never confided 111 1ne he nexer complained But I was Vrltll hun xx hen the doctor told hun he had only a fexx more months to l1xe and I heard him breathe 1 s1f h of relief He left ex ery thinv and a goodly bit it was to Amy all exrcept lllb books those he gaxe to me Amy was flscmatmff 111 black Her hair looked hke spun gold agamst the black crepe ot her mournmff By this time Lynn the eldest of the chll dren had finished his schoohnfr I had once heard Irank mention college and further les sons on the x1ol1n Lynn xxent to work III a farage tlthouffh he had often sald hoxv he hated fooling w1th dirty cxrburetor Amy hked his situation very much She helpcd llllll open a plice of l'llS oxxn txx enty four hours serx ice She helped him marrx a COIINC1'ltlOIl1l XX estport mrl 'lodax I xnn is considered one ot the leldmg cltrzens of IX estport There 1s no fiddle in his home no indeed' Xmy re Cell ed the comphment or her newhbors shy I d1d mx best for nn 'She ls a good xxomm thex sald li hen l lsie the next to the oldest glrl xx as exffhteen she tell IH loxc xxith a x1s1t1ng artxst I or one summer the txxo of them xx ere d1x1nelv happx In the fall the xounff artl t xxas ent axx ay xxith a heaxy heart Phat xx1nter Elsie fell ill The doctor prescribed a xx armer cl1 mate Xmx xx as dreadfullx anxious She took I2ls1e to ITl0flfl'1 for a se tson xxhere she had I 7 . , . . . , , . , - ' a , ' 5 1 a 'Q 5 , , r: '7 . - I .I - Y s - I - - N I 1. 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