Winchester School - Oui Dire Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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OUT fuj' ACT IV. A butterfly comes and whispers into Good Peas ear. Good Pea cries in delight :-I will do that. Thank you very much, Mr. Butterfly. She climbs upon a blade of grass, then on to a thistle stein, and then on to the knotted string of the Cross Pea. Cross Pea:-I will not climb upon that ugly string. ACT Y. Looking down a few mornings after, Good Pea sees the Cross Pea withered, and dead. Good Pea climbs to the top of the fence and looks over into a beautiful garden, with a foun- tain. Good Pea:'I have inet with success at last, for I am able to see this paradise. MORAL. Look upon your state of life cheerfully as the Good Sweet Pea did. v M. I . H. 19. A MOTI-IER'S LOVE. 1. In a beautiful and sunny nursery in a large fashionable New York house a little miserable and wholly discontented boy of six sat on the floor surrounded by many costly and handsome toys of every sort and description. This little lad had lost his mother two years before and his father had been travelling all over the world, leaving junior entirely under the care of gov- ernesses and servants. As he sat there, idly looking from one play- thing to another, tired of them all, in rushed Miss Brown, the governess, waving a piece of yellow paper in her hand saying, junior, junior, get up and let Maggie dress you. I have just received a telegram from your father saying he will be home at six-thirty. I must go and dress myselff' junior looked up with a faint smile and gave himself up to be dressed. At six-thirty sharp, Junior and Miss Brown were in the drawing room. They heard the sound of wheels and in a few minutes Mr. Smith rushed in and grabbed junior, embracing him fondly, saying, junior, you look pale but I have-F , Obi Daddy l Junior burst forth excitedly, I am so sick of playing with toys in the play mom. I want to get out and run. Mr. Smith smiled and looked at his little son's anxious face and said, As I started to say, I have a very nice surprise for you. It's right outside the door. At that moment a strange lady walked in. She smiled and went up to junior saying, I am your new mother and I hope we love each other dearly. Already junior felt a liking for this pretty lady. Mr. Smith continued, My work calls me to the west and we are all three going to live in a cottage, leaving some of the toys, fancy clothes, and all city attractions and I hope you will get strong and well living in the open air all day long. In a few weeks a little party of three were settled in a lovely country place with cows and chickens and ducks to look after. The new Mrs. Smith did everything for june ior herself, not depending on servants. He be- came a healthy, robust youngster and of his own accord gave all his toys to the poor little chil- dren who never had any real pleasure in life. L. F. '19. If you repeat only what you know to be true, there wouldn't be half so much scandal. L. F. '19. A STORY. CHARACTICRSZ Rl2'I l'Y1lIllC little girl. P119-the black kitty. jonxxv-the grey kitty. The kitties are in the sitting-room curled up in the bay window. PEG- Johnny, Betty is a very nice mistress to us, don't you think so ? -IoHNNv- Yes, Peg. but this morning she forgot to warm my milk and I had a very cold breakfastf' Peo- Yes, she forgot to warm mine, too. But worse yet, she did not give me any supper last night. And now she has forgotten all about us. because she is so interested in her new doll. JOHNNY-HXVCS, I know it is hard to go with- out your supper and have a cold breakfast. But I know what we will do nowg let us go and hide from her. It will be such a scare that she will not behave like this again! PEG.- 'XVhere shall we hide? JOHNNY- Let's climb into the pockets of her father's house coat, which is in the closet. Away they go!

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66 OUT-DIRE MABEL'S SURPRISE. It was a cold, rainy, and altogether disagree- able day. Xlabel, sitting in a disconsolate little heap upon the window-seat, flattened her nose against the win-low pane and tried in vain to see something pleasant and cheerful without. But as far as her eye could travel there was nothing in sight but the driving rain. dingy street lamps, and ceaseless trallic. How I wish, she said aloud, that something pleasant would happen! Mother is out and what will she say when she reaches home to hnd me here instead of at school Mabel had come home from school that day indignant and tearstained. She had vowed that never, never would she return again. The girls had been mean, unbearable. 'l'hey had made her feel more deeply the insignilicance tif her lit- tle cotton frock and had noticed, she was sure. the patches. She had heard them giggle and whisperingly point her out. And now she was beginning to wonder what her mother would say. ller train of thought was at that moment in- terrupted by the door bell. Surely it could not he mother home so early. She ran swiftly down the stairs and swinging open the door. stood speech- less upon the threshold. For there, dripping with rain, stood six or seven girls of her own age. XYhy, why, how do you do! stammered Mabel. 'tXYon't you come in The little procession entered and removed their wraps. XYe have come, said l.ois Clark, to apolo- gize for the way we acted toward you todayf' Yes. chimed in Alice Martin. Wie certainly were horrid. liy this time they were upstairs in Klabel's lit- tle room drying out their wet garments by the tire. XYe wanted you to know that we were sorry, so we came to tell you so. All the girls are sorry, added Elizabeth Xkiil- lis, but they could not all come to tell you, so they asked us to tell you for them. Plain dresses are much nicer than fancy ones and are far more suitable for school, and as for jewelry, we thought it odd that you did not wear any, but now we see that you were more sensible than we and we have decided not lo wear any hereafter-that is, un- necessary jewelry, such as a great many rings and bracelets. and we want you to please come back to school tomorrow and be friends with us.'l l was silly too, to he offended so easilyfl said Xlaliel and I forgive you with all my heart and know that l shall like your school and that we shall be very good friends, and so I know that you will not mind if l ask how you happened to change your way of thinking. N Of course. we don't mind telling you, said Margaret simply. It was our school that did it. Oh!'l exclaimed Mabel. HI am more sure than ever that I shall like your school and I hope it will help me as it has helped you. 'tI know it will, replied, l.ois earnestly. And now, exelaiired Mabel, let us go into the kitchen and make some candy. t'Do you know, remarked Mabel thoughtfully that evening, as she and her mother sat together in the library, I have discovered that things in- variably turn out entirely differently from the way you think they are going to. And her mother smilingly agreed. BI. H. '19, THE STORY OF THE GOOD SWEET PEA. Characters 2-The Good Sweet Pea, The Cross Sweet Pea, :X liuttei-Hy, Little Mary. Synopsis :-The Peas are planted, the different dispositions of the two Peas, the advice of the llutterflyg the death of the Cross Peag the tri- umph of the Good Pea. ACT I. Cross Pea to Hood Pea:-It is so dreary. and dark under the earth, 5 flood I' ea :-Never mind, we shall soon be in the sunshine. Cross Pea:--I wonder what the world is like. ls it dark and dreary? it itl PC111- kil't NS selves. Uh, no! it is full of sunshine. Pea:-Wie shall wait and see for our- ACT II, The peas sprout above the earth. Cross dreary. Iiootl world is Little to climb Mary comes to put strings for the peas upon. l'ea:Y.Xfter all, the world is dark and Pea:-You are mistaken, my friend, the full of sunshine. ACT Ill. Cross Pea I-I.ook at the string she gave me. it is all knotted knotted string, Good Pea :- I will never climb up such a But I do not have any to climb up. Cross Pea 1-I wonder what is on the other side of the fence? flood Pea :- I am sure there are Howers, foun- tains, and many other beautiful things. Cross Pea :YI think it is a marshy swamp. I ..i....eQ-a.tsmniin-

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68 OUT- DIRE lletty comes into the room and asks her another where the kitties are. Her mother, who has been liusv sewing. has not paid any attention to the kitties' so says she does not know. The kitties in the coat pockets begin to talk. l i2n4 joli1iny. it is so hot in here that I am nearly smothered. .lol-txxv- Yes, so am I, but I tell you I am going to make Betty worry so that she won't forget to give us our meals again. IJI2t11HSO am I. But let us watch our chance and go to the cellar. The fresh milk has just come in from the farm. vlonxxvful Jh, no, let us go to sleep and for- get all about it and in the morning we will go and play with Betty, Fo they go to sleep. In the meantime, Betty looks all over the house and cannot find her pets. F-he remembers that she has given ,lohnny a cold breakfast and Veg no supper the night before. She tells her mother and her mother says she is sorry but maybe she will not do it again. So poor Betty goes to bed that night very sad. In the morning, Peg and Johnny are found sit- ting on her bed, TYhen she wakes up and sees them she cries and says she will never forget to give them their meals again. And she has never done so. F. R. 'I9. TWO BIRTHDAY SURPRISES. It was warm in the little room, which served as a sitting room and dining room, where Mary sat darning beside her mother, who was an in- valid. I wish I could go to college, Mother, she said, as she threaded her needle for the third time. tio to college l exclaimed her mother, raising herself up on the couch. 4 Yes, Mother, I know it seems ridiculous and I wouldn't leave you alone, but I do feel iealous of the girls when they talk about roommates and the fun they are going to have, solibed Mary, jumping up and kneeling on the floor beside the couch where her mother lay. Tears came to Mrs. B1-own's eyes, but she choked down her soh and told her daughter to go to lied and she would think it over. In bed Mary lay awake a long time imagining college. Oh, if Father were only heref' she said to herself, he would surely manage it. Mr. Brown about a year ago had gone to Texas to engineer an oil field. Only a few months ago a tank had exploded and Mr. Brown was among the men reported killed. Since then Mary and her mother had moved into poorer quarters of another town. Nothing more was said between Mary and her mother about college, but Mary often swal- lowed many a sob when the girls began talking about fudge parties and clubs that they would be in at school. A few days before her birthday, Mary came home to find her mother crying, but her mother told her that she was very, very happy about something. But Mother, can't you tell me ? she pleaded, sitting down on the couch and looking into the transligured face of her mother. XYell, said Mrs. Brown, wiping her eyes, to-morrow is your birthday and I have two surprises for you and I didnlt expect to have any. HIt couldn't be college, Mary repeated to her- self when she was alone, and the only other thing I want is a father. The next day when Mary came home from school, she heard her mother talking to some- one and upon opening the door she saw a man seated upon a chair beside her mother. l7atherl', she cried and leaped into his out- stretched arms. IYhen Nr. Brown explained how he had been ill for months and how he could not reach his family, Mary remarked, Then, Father. you are my one birthday present! 'tAnd college the other, added her father, K. I. 319. A SCHOOL SONG. QTO the Tune of Tipperaryj lt's a long way to 'XVin-ches-ter, To my XYin-ches-terg lt's a long hard pull thro' all the studies At the school where I do go. It's how-do-you-do to all the teachers, How-do-you-do to XVin-ches-terg It's M-i-t-c-h-e-l-l and then- My heart's right there! ! l ! M. M. ,I9. S