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

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WESTWARD HO ex ery conx enlence and comtort tor her In the Spflllo' hlsle dled and Amy, a xx orn and trarl er Amy, returned home Westport greeted her sympathetxcally Poor Amy' But they com forted her Vyltll Thmk ot her mlsery rf she had marrled an artlst' And yy hat a dlsgrace lt xx ould haxe been to you Amy had exxdent ly thought the same Marla the eldest gurl she had been chrrst ened llA1'1I'lZ1I1l13. but somehow Marla seemed to fit her exactly xxas Amys favorlte It xxas she xx hom people took for Amy s own chrld she had the same paleness of colormg 1nstead of the brunette beauty that characterrzed the other chrldren She had ney er yvanted to be 'xnytlung but a typlst muslc and pamtlng bored her She yxas perfectly content to be a stenographer She st11l lxves at home and IS more or less of a compan1on to Amy, xvho xs not as young nor as ethereal as she used to be '1 he commumty of Westport consrders her the greate t of Amy s achley ements My dear xt IS wont to say after your troubles It must be a blessmg to have a chrld hke that And Amy smlles sadly, calls her Marla my dear and ansxy ers X e 1t1S xery pleasant for me to be able to keep one of my chxldren at home N1n'1 the next 1n hne, has just groxxn up She xs my fax orlte N1na has the gypsy char 'lCtCYlStlCS of her mother, the apprecxatxon of fine things from her father, and an elfish per sonahty all her oxxn She xxas the only one of them xy ho fougl for her future The county xx as shocked Such a yxxlful chlld to go agalnst one who had done and sacr1ficed so much for her' In her last year at hwh school N1na had dex eloped a marked h1str1on1c ab1l1ty Xxflth her temperament and personahty she xx as most fitted for the stage It was no passlng school orrl fancv N1na Farloxxe had the makrngs of an actress and she knew lt Naturally she xx anted to go ayy ay to study for the staffe Amv xy'1s terrlbly drstressed She remonstrated calmly 'and quletlx She xxas yery xerx sad and oh 0 xerx frarl' But Nma yx'1s deter mlned She finally came to me for help I told her that I had no yyeapon to combat Xmy I trloxye but that rn the last struggle I xx ould me rn tle Ylckfrround to grxe ler 'Ill my nc lt she really needed lt lhc battle started one exenmfr 'ltter fllllllftl' ll h nl xlxy us had one me '1 xxet x nh Iarloxxesj I settled myselt to let them fight lt out as far as they could alone Xmy Qthe chlldren had ney er called her motherj may I go axxay N1na asked the questron abruptly and to the pomt Nma' Amy looked palned Plea e Amy I xvant to go so badly I knoxx I could do xx ell I feel It ln me Please' Please' Ill pay back ex ery cent, rf you only xx1ll she pleaded N1na' You knoxx xt 15 not a questlon of money dear lou knoxx you are xx elcome to lt all such as It IS But my dear for your oxxn good My good' I saxy the 1re aroused INIIIH. was wrldly crymg Wly good' You schemmg su gar tongued hypocrlte you' I hate you' And you hate me you knoxv you do You desplse exery one ot us except Marla You hated Daddy' He xx ould haye let me do 1t' H xx ould he xx ould' I trxed to stop her but xt xx as useless Amy sat as 1f turned to stone You murdered Daddy and Elsxe, you strfled Ly nn and you xxant to do the same to me Xou re domg the same thmg to T1mothy and cx en to your oxxn chlld' X ou re rummff ex ery one of us' Oh hoxv I hate you' X ou you and on and on until N1na you may leave the room Amy was perfectlv calm and her xery tone as she spoke the commandmg xxords xx as cloymgly syxeet N1na flung her elf sobbmg from the room Mrs Irarloxxe turned to me And hoxv IS your foollsh book xx r1t1ng com mg along she asked pleasantly It xx as as 1f the try1ng fltteen mmutes had ney er been IN1na IS trammg at the State Normal School noyy Amy SOFIICUUICS reads Nlnas letters to her fr1ends they are so cheerful XX estport IS so proud of dear lox mg Mrs Farlowe They cxll her a mlsslonary rn her oxxn home T1mothy and Amy s clnld Ahce are the last ot the Farloxxe T1mothy 15 entrrelv too tond ot the fields and Ahce IS too eager to draxv trees 'md houses But ney er mmd They, too mn the end xy1ll be Amy I xrloyxe s perfect prod ut e 'nn connng 1 oxe X mo t pltl ant xttcrnoon Xmx U md xx om a xerx good yxoman 1 Xmy larloxxe' CXf'?5 Page 8 . . . 4 . 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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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Saturdays LIARY Jo Txx ADDELL 26 NL or the Greatest hallucmatxons ot mx hlgh school days has been baturdax Lach Frxdax mght as I he 1n bed xxaltxnff for sleep to obhterate the tr1als and trlb ulat1ons ot the ptst xx eek I am IJIUOUBIS plan mx xx hole day s holul tx I small be c llled at 7 30 but hall get up at 9 30 ffxxe mx bureau draxxers thelr long IJI'UIUlSCCl hou e t tmnff ntke x mx nc Ltncss Ih lt usuallx t nkcs c trc of the morn mfr Xtter lunch I xx1ll studx those fixc mt yors untll I knoxx them by heart O yes and nn tdxance Xtter dlnner I try to alloxx tlme tor the funny paper a phone call or txxo and a quarrel xxlth mx ten xear old jlmmle Dugan brother xx ho 1ns1sts upon rummaffmff through all mx text books before I return to my les sons Bx ten oclock I should haxe a mmd freer than ex er before lhoxx true j and could closc mx books Hlfll a bang ot contentment Remember thxs 1 Saturday as seen I'r1day mfr It Xlas for mx manx good llltC,lltl0I1S I hegln 21CCOI'CllIlg to schedule hx hemg called at 7 '50 Jut the first flaxx comes rwht here I get up at 7 40 Lnfortunatelx smtll brother lo haxe the bad ll'ilJ1t of ruthle slx ttntalmno thelr older and more Kllglllllell Sl ters bx CllXlll0' under the coxers and txcklmfr sensltlxe feet Qclf defense demand that I hop out on the co: hare toor and martxr hke erm as thouoh I reallx lntended to ar1 e anxxxax Xtttr breakfast a terrxble temptatlon rn the form ot the nexx 1s ue ot the Ladles Home ournal arrlxe Hoxxexer I doggedly deter mme to xx ork xxork xxork and actually make my bed That task accompl1shed my room seems strangelx neat and tho e draxx ers xxhen closed quite decelxe one as to thelr 1nter1or ondltlon Surelx all can go for at least an other xx eek I'1xe mxnutes finds me curled up ll'l a comfortable morrrs chalr burled ln the al lurmg p tges ot the magazme In a xery short IIHIC a shrxll Lmon doxxn lt you xxant any thmfr t eat Lunch la ready and I m not gonna brmg rt up to xou gratcs upon mx soothed uckoo s' rcmmd me that another Saturdax mom mg IS gone but not forgotten because I must lrxe ln that room another xx eek 1n that same con drtlon Xt least the afternoon s xx ork xx1ll cause a fexy dents ln mx too smooth bram Qmte am lJltlOl.lSly I lJCUlTl but as I p1Ck up VITUII to be gm a puzzle xxlth Aeneas I notlce my calen dar Hay first 1s consplcuously marked and I reahze xxlth a start that I haxe an appomt ment to haxe mx halr cut at 2 30 'NIore plans shattered' That duty performed I declde to xx alk home and xxhen I finally Zlfflxe lt ,S utter fixe Ihere IS my ambxtlous afternoon In the mldst of the funny paper one part ot my planned Saturday that comes true the phone rmffs and I rush to ansxver rt NIOXICJP Nleet at 8 oclock ln front of the 'Nlexx 9 Of course 'ies late to begun noxx so I ll be there I xx as Uomg to study but lt s too TO A TAN ACER A blazlng target ln a tree top nigh A flash nf beauty lrlce a crimson flower A bright hued tanager rn a woodland hower Wlth xts melllfulous warlale from on hrgh Awalcened memones sweet of days gone hy A bxt of Paradise was m each hour Content and peace shed thelr magnetic power The blossoms then were tinted from the sky The cheer from that nch rlppllng roundelay Brought sweet relxef delight and ecstasy A twnlrght glow dlspersed my clouds of gray And shed the light of peace and hope 0 er me To make the llfe a pure harmonxous lay The heart must catch the woodnotes of the glee Page 9 Vxrgmxa Wxghtman I v1 11 ' 1 .i..i..1..1. Y I A l ' . ' I ' 7 7 ' ' ' g - I -I l l A ' - ' lb - .- . , , ' , - 7 , , s E s. - , . . J I , ' - 2 E 1 'IS' 4 1 1 1.7 I -1 I 7: i 7: 7 l!- ........ ! - - - ,- . , ' , s - -' . ' 5 I .' ' . 3 L 1, ' , I a 1' ' 1' ' ' c :l : , 1' f ' g - z 2 , s It ,g ' 1 ' '. ' N - 1' 1 1 ' x 7 ' f S ' c - I , I I C - 'lcz ' and 1 z ' Ill ' ron a marvel of 1 ' ' 1 V f P57 f 1 1 z ' 1' z '11 - 1 - 13 1' U 7' 1 ' , U ', ' . ,- . bl ! Q 1 7 7 L- . 3 . l Q V - ' ' - . ' -y lr - r rs , often I will do the history' lesson for a day nerves. About the same time a dozen cuckoo!! z ' . f , ' . f 2 . A . Q f - , J I r 1 1 L , v I 7 7 1 'a 2: ' . . . V. , ' 1, Y - 1 . ,' . c , 4 ' ' C I . 1' y v 7 C V 1, ' . 1 7 - . N . ' . 6 . ' as ' ' 'X 1' 'F 1' . . g 1 . k' ' g , ' - , I L ' 1. 7 -. l c I 1 . . c I .7 l - . 7 bl .1 1 1 . - 1' ' 1 I K Y C . l ' I' . 1 1 1 K I , . , L ' - ' : 1, s 1 3 1, 1' . 2. , 1 1 . I 7 1 L I 7 S - Q I 1 ' , L 1 , ' , - - L 1 . ' . y 3 2 s c , - Y ,. . . . ' . ' . 1 1 1' 1 . g . 1 - L t 7 fr I D 7 . 1 . 1 . 1 1. . 1 . L c - - ' a ' ' ' - Q . U 1. 1 . 1 - I S t ' G 'f 1 ' A - ll. . l . . 1' - ' .. ,., . .. ' ' ' A Ii 1 1 . .1 1 1 1 , 1 ' v - I 1 . , 5 1 1 5 1 1 1 1 . ' a 5 , 1 . y 1 1 . . . . 1 , U . 1 L. , 1 1 1 , , . ' . ' , : .