Ypsilanti High School - Ypsi Dixit Yearbook (Ypsilanti, MI)

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On enter111g Clncago, xxe saxv some xery large shoxxy c1rc11s bills posted,bear1ngt11e11a1ne a11d p1C t11re 0111111 VVebb Sole Proprietor and Performer a XX l1o1e Circus 111 One 'Klan Wlll s conceit had carried 111111 a 1o11g xx av, b11t xxe heard later t11at 111s xx as a s11ccessf11l shoxx Tx ing o11r s111p to a tree, Florence and I xx allxed abo11t to see as 1n11c11 ofthe city as possible Attracted bx a sign The 'Xleirnnan ,Sisters 'len Cent Store, xxe entered a11d found as xve 11ad hoped, our txxo l1t tle slsters, as ll1l1Cll dex oted to one a11ot11er 111 their life xvork as they l1ad been 111 t11e1r school xvorlx of former 11111165 a xx indoxx filled with fine pa111t111gs and on exramnnng them xve saxv the names of Lucretia Case a11d Ixa Johnson, artists VVe entered t11e1r studio, but as they xx ere not in, xve continued o11r walk and ca1ne to a building sta11d111g back a little d1sta11ce fro111 t11e road in front of xx 111ch Walked a lady, folloxx ed by a dozen cats of all sorts a11d sizes, and as both Flor ence and 1 liked cats, xxe co111d I1Ot resist tl1e tempta t101l to stop and pet tllelll We xxere E-11I1'1ZEd to recognwe Bernice Kerman, xxho told 11s tl1at sl1e conducted a 11o1ne for stray cats We told Berxnce t11e 1n1ss1o11 on xx111c11 xve left l1o111e md s11e said she could l1e1p11s a 11tt1e, as sl1e knexx thatlnthel laylor xxas a gover11ess for a xvealthy fannly 111 Cambridge, also that Howard Grant xvas flllllllllg 0116 of t11e largest hotels 111 Chicago a11d xx as among t11e 111ost enterpr1s111g young 111611 of o11r class, a remarkable change haxinff come OVC1 111111 S0011 after Graduation Tl1ere st1ll I'Cl1l81I1E?Cl o11e of our number, Ruby NICKCHZ16 XX1'101I1 xxe 11ad l1Ot S6611 1Jl1tC1CSpal1'1I1g' of findingher, xxe ffaxe up t11e search a11d started 011 o11r xvay 11o1ne 1Ve left the Slllllllbs of t11e city behind 11s alld xxere Salllllg along at 110 very great 11e1g11t fro111 the earth, enjox 111g t11e beautiful green cou11try over xx111ch xxe passed xx hen xxe xxere s11ddenly attracted slight e1exat1o11 11ear the road a11d surrounded by a carpet of xelvety gree11 stood a small x111e covered cottage, t11e ho111e of t11e keeper Oxer the gate of the 1att1ce fence xvh1ch s11rrou11ded1t was a large, xx h1te slgn xvh1c11 read 'Ruby NIcKen71e, l1ort1cult11r IS fresl1 garden produce procurable at any t1111e After a fexx 11ours spent xx1t11 l1er dur111g xx h1Ch she set forth xx1th all l1er old e11tl1us1as111tl1eloxe she felt for her cl1ose11 xxorlx, xxe ret11r11ed home oxerjoyed at the success of o11r trip All t11e 111e1n bers of 0111 class had 111ade a place for t11e111se1x es 111 t11e xvorld only o11e of t11e111 haxinff fallen fro111 111s high ideals X11 see1ned happy a11d xxere looking forxx ard to t11e 25th xear alumni re11111o11 ' ' , - v v ' v ' 1 ' - 1 C za Y . . . . , . v' as ' ' 1 ' , . - . . g , - , . . ,, ,. , . . . 7 v, A 1 5 3 4 4 L 1 ' 1 c Y 1, I '- 3, ' - .- YL . v Ya . I V 'lv' ZS ' v v L 3 v v I 5 , V 4 . . . Y Y 1 . ,, 7 ' il' . ' 1 1 31 K A ' , 7 K , , Y . . y On t11e street again, our attention was drawn to by' a thrifty looking garden of i1n1ne11se size. On a ' v Y y vu - . . . . i c - V - Y . . b Z . Y . v y V - ts ' 'aa . v , , , I 'fd ' Q I V C 1 .' , . - ' . . V . l Q . . . , g u ' v 4 'x . D Ai . . V V