Winthrop High School - Winthrop Winner Yearbook (Winthrop, ME)

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WINTHROP HIGH SCHOOL 43 taurant where they have been eating for the last six months. I-Ie finds the table set very particularly and carefully. Mr. Nolan: Qlfinters and looks at the table with surprisej, W'hy, what's the meaning of this? I' Mrs. Nolan: fDemurelyj, I know that you are tired of eating out so I thought that we 'd eat at homef! Mr. Nolan: But itls so much work for you dear, and - and - you aren't very fond of cooking, are you dear? 'I QSees new dressj, And why the new dressf' Mrs. Nolan: 'K Oh, I thought that since this was our first meal at home in six months that I'd get a new dress for the occasion. Mr. Nolan: QThoughtfullyj, But it must have cost quite a bit dear, and you know our expenses are rather high eating out and all.'l Mrs. Nolan: Never mind the new dress Frank, come on and eat dinner be- fore it spoilsf' tHe sits down to the table and Mrs. Nolan brings in the soup. They pretend to eat.j Mr. Nolan: QTastes cautiouslyj, By the way, what kind of soup is this? Mrs. Nolan: Itis cream of bean soup, silly. It doesn't cost but very little to make. Do you like it? Mr. Nolan: fWho had been eating very slowly starts eating with apparent relishj, 'K It certainly is goodf' Mrs. Nolan: QWho has put vegetables and stuff on the tablej VVill you have some of this, Frank ?', CPasses it to him which he eats with a puzzled expression on his face.j Mr. Nolan: H Er-er-who's visiting us ?', Mrs. Nolan: UNO one, sillyf, Mr. Nolan: QWho could conceal his surprise no longerj, But you canit cook so own up and tell me who got the din- ner. Mrs. Nolan: fGets up and gets two pieces of apple piej, And see what we have for dessert. Mr. Nolan: Where's Mother? No one but she could have made pie with a crust like that. Where is she hiding? H Mrs. Nolan: I made everything F rank. NVhile we were boarding at that horrid restaurant I went to cooking school and learned how to cook. And besides learning how to cook the food properlyI learned what kinds of food should be served together. Now our bills won't be half as high as they were before and we will have lots better foodf' Mr. Nolan: fWho had taken a bite of the piej, This is the most delicious pie and to think that you really made it. Mrs. Nolan: CProudly displaying the dress she had onj, And that isn't all, Frank. I have learned to sew, too. Do you remember that old brown silk dress that I had before we were married? Well, I bought two yards of material to go with it and made this dress. It didnlt cost me quite five dollars. Mr. Nolan: QVVith his mouth full of pie, attempts to talk and then gives it up and just looks at her. When he has finished eating he speaksj Talk about clever wives, there aren't many that are cleverer than you are my dearf' Helen Diamond, TSS. An Essay on War With the dark clouds of war hovering near us the most natural questions for all loyal Americans to be asking are, Vlfill the United States join the war? Will she send her young men into the battle- field to be maimed for life and perhaps killed? Will women take part in case of another war as they are doing in Italy? VVill the United States invest millions of dollars in the building of large ships to be sunk by -other countries Pi' I think the United States learned her lesson from the Worlcl War which was supposed to have been a war to end wars. She has found through her own bitter ex- periences that no war is justihed. Life

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42 WINTHROP WINNER to eat either and you are just a lamb about everything? QCriesD Mr. Nolan: There, there, don't cry. W'e'll just do the best we can. Donlt let a little thing like a grocery bill get you down. Mrs. Nolan: But Frank,'I wanted to be a real help to you, and I can't even cookf, CSobs bitterlyj Mr. Nolan: The hash is delicious honey. QEats somej I donlt know when I've tasted anything so goodfl Mrs. Nolan: QDrying tearsj, Oh, dear do you really think so or are you just saying that to make me feel better ? Mr. Nolan: No, itls good really it is. Now for the dessert. You have some I suppose. Mrs. Nolan: Oh yes indeed. Iill get itfl CReturns with pie burned blackj Mr. Nolan: Well my dear, what is that? Mrs. Nolan: It's apple pie, dear. Remember when you used to rave about your motherls? Well I made you one to- day only I guess I burned it a littlef' Mr. Nolan: Getting up from tablej I'm going out. Got an appointment with a fellow downtownf' fPuts on hat and goes out and slams the door.j There is heard a knock on her door and Mrs. Murphy enters. Mrs. Murphy: Hello. It kinda looks lika I was 'ust in time for a good feast. Mrs. Nolan: I-Iello, Mrs. Murphy. XVon't you sit down? Mrs. Murphy: Sure, an, there ain't many like you, Mrs. Nolan. QLooks aboutj But sure and where is 'Mr. Nolan? 'I Mrs. Nolan: H He had an appointment after dinner, Mrs. Murphy: QVVinks at Mrs. No- lanj, Sure, an' that's what they all be after a-sayin'f' Mrs. Nolan: B-but you don't think that he went out just because he wanted to, Mrs. Murphy? Mrs. Murphy: Sure, an' were you after a-quarrelin' before he went out? Sure, an' your eyes are red ani - H Mrs. Nolan: CRisesj Oh, Mrs. Murphy, do you suppose that he went out to get something to eat? Mrs. Murphy: Sure, ,an ain't the man had his supper to him? U Mrs. Nolan: QCollapses in chair cry- ingj, B-but I-c-can't cook and maybe he's s-st-starvingf, Mrs. Murphy: Sure, any don't you be after a-thinkin' that any man ld starve to death when there was so many eatin' places in the townfl Mrs. Nolan: 'K Oh, Mrs. Murphy, I've tried so hard to learn to cook and I spoil everything. Frank is a lamb about it. but our grocery bills are something aw- fulfl Mrs. Murphy: They do be after a- sayin, that the cookin' school what they have at the schoolhouse they learn how to cook. I don't know. I learned from practicefl Mrs. Nolan: Cliagerlyj, And did you spoil the things that you cooked when you were hrst married? Mrs. Murphy: fCheerfullyj, Sure, and I still spile them, but what Mike won't eat the kids willf' fGets upj, I'd better be after a-goin! 'cause the baby ain't feelin' any too well to-night. Mrs. Nolan: What seems to be the trouble? Mrs. Murphy: ' The doctor do be after a-sayin' it was indigof' Mrs. Nolan: You mean indigestionf' Mrs. Murphy: K' Sure, an, that's what he said it wasf, QGoes outj Mrs. Nolan: QStarts working at the table then pausesj, 'K I know what Iill do. Illl go to cooking school and learn how to cook. CSmilesj I won't let Frank know a thing about it until I have learned to cook. V SCENE II Mr. Nolan comes home this particular evening to get his wife to go to the res-

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44 WINTHROI' XVINNER was given us by God and it should not be taken until he desires it. The United States is large enough to hold all her inhabitants, unlike the coun- tries of the East. Of course, some of our larger cities are crowded but there are always the 'K wide open spaces U to which our people can go. In the Eastern countries only a very small amount of land is allowed each family, this is usually not nearly half enough for its actual needs. Under these circumstances they cannot possibly have the high standard of living as the Americans have. People of these coun- tries are driven around like cattle, espe- cially in Russia where even the farmers' goods are taken by the government. None of the inhabitants of these coun- tries are as a whole peace-loving people as they are in the United States. It is therefore hoped by every Ameri- can Citizen, excepting those who are help financially by war, that the United State will continue to take no active part in the warfare of these crowded, war- loving people. To the United State the life of her citizens and the desire to keep her nation as it is, is more important than spending millions in warfare when it can be used to a good advantage right here in our own country. Flora Richards, '38 Senior Girls There are some queer girls in this class I must say, To begin with there's Anita with her smiling easy way. T here's Rachel with her happy-go-lucky grin, And Helen D. with powder all over her chin. There's Alida who always takes a dare, And class who every morning says a prayer. There's Florence who was never known to swear, And Lottie who is bound to get her fin- 'gers in her hair. There's Mae who hasn't grown very tall, And Virginia who is forever dancing in the hall. There's Rosa with a smile that will never wear out, And Helen S. who was never known to pout. There's Annie and Margret bothquiet as mice, And Katherine who always acts very nice. There's Flora who often takes a walk, And Stella who doesn't like to talk. There are several other things I could say, But I guess I'd better close for the day. Elsie Bates, '38