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NEWNAN, GA., FRIDAY.THE NEWNAN HERALD, JUNE 17, 1921
CLASS PROPHECY.
There In ouo spring tiny that refuses
•to fade from my momory. When 1 re-
call other spring dnys this pnrticulnr
day stands out ho clenrly ns to cause nil
othora to fndo Into inslgnlflciince. There
juo those - who might recall it for its
own perfection, for not ono cloud Hlmdcd
tho shy. The whole onrth was Hooded
-with sunshine. Every twig of every
tree was clothed with froHh, greon buds,
and tile very hroath of the day Itself
was lailen with the perfume of spicy
wild flowers, nnd everywhere daffodils
lifted yellow cups for their portion of
tho golden sunshine. Tho very 'fresh
ness of it all brought back to my mind
our seventh grade song, forgotten for
nearly a quarter of a contury—
“Come,” it Bays, “tho Winter's over,
And Summer’s come at last.;
O, bo merry in tho lUUaKlno,
April dnys will soon bo past, ’ ’
Now I rccnll tho day especially bo-
■cause on it occurred the most wonderful
Adventure of my life. It was April 1,
1948, and I liked to think that tho
trocs budded anew, and tho birds sang
sweeter for my fortieth birthday. Tho
spirit of youth nnd happiness had crowd
od itaolf into every corner of my tiny
cottage. I imagined myself a littlo
child again, and ovory childhood friend
camo trooping before me as vivid as
life itself. There were the fat ones
and tho lean ones, tho good ones and
the mean ones, nnd I knew in my heart
that I loved nnd longed to soc ovory
one. Now, wasn’t it unfortunate that
just as f was having such a wonderful
ly good time with my own thoughts
that 1 should have caught a glimpse of
what my mirror reflected? It distresses
mo to toll that which Is true about my-
oelf. I am an old mniil, really and truly.
Thnro was tho double chin, tho thin gray
looks, tho piercing brown eyes, nnd
month with wrinkles around it. Tho
mm outside loBt some of its glbry, tho
shadows lengthened, nnd tile forty pale
pink candles thnt adorned my birthday
cake flickered ami faded while I
•watched.
.lust when I had reached this point in
my thoughts and was getting sorry for
myaolf because t was old and alone, I
became conscious that 1 was not, alone;
but how or whence this peculiar littlo per-
-non ennm from will always roamln a
mystery. There, almost in front of me,'
stood a Puck in appearance, fresh from
"Midsummer Night’s Dream.’’ Tho
snmo mischief-loving, seltiHli spirit I had
namo mischief-loving, olflsh.Hpirit 1 laid
about to speak 1 loaned forward in my
eagerness to miss not aim word from
my fnvorlto chnrnetor. “No, not
ruck,” was the unswor to my thoughts.
“Quoss again. T am your other self—
that part of you thnt would giggle when
you should Imvo been sorious, thnt kopt
yon In the provorblal pot of hot water;
yot it was I who made you say ‘no’
when you should have said ‘yes’.’’
Just hero thnt quuor character, with u
:most provoking audio, pointed at tho
forty flickering candles on my, birthday
cake. “ Now f am sorry. Oomo, for-
get it It is in my power to givo you
what your honrt most dosires this April
day. You hIiuII boo or hoar from ovory
ono of the class of 1981.’’ Sure enough
our class did mnko the world sit up and
tako notieo. Without ouo -word I tied
sny prim bonnet under my douhlo chin
and followed my quoor “other self’’
to my window, nnd so began my moBt
wonderful ndvonturo.
There, poised ill the air like n huge but
graceful.bird, wiih an aeroplane, differ
ent from anything 1 had ovor seen. Tho
large, cumbersome wings woro missing,
and instead of tho ImrHh grating noiso
of tho old days a soft, purring sound,
almost « song, was hoard. This was
the work of Kirby Parks and ,T. W.
Jackson. *, When tho World War
brought noroplnuuH into prominence
Kirby began his dream of boating tho
other follow nt ids giuno. At the first
whirr of the airship's wings Kirby
would run like the wind for a
glimpse of it, and, squinting ids eyes
from tho mm, would doolnre boastfully
to J. W., “Wo can- mnko a bottor one.’’
8o after years of work togotlior thoy
have given tho world an invontioa, and
hi turn tho world ban given them fame.
Who was it nt tho wheel who bowed
ao cordially, so reassuringly, ns 1 hosi-
tatod about gotting in, for in spite of
' my outward calm I was seared ami al
most tempted to tako to my heels. But
th4 big green glasses nnd ugly liolmot.
wero removed and our pilot wns Sara
Pickett, looking for nil the world like
the Sara of old. Sara is a countess or
something, nml had oomo homo to enjoy
her wealth, and modestly mentioned that
she preferred aeroplanes to automobiles.
This Kirby-.Tnskson model was a gift
of her Italian count. Sara conlldod
. that her wonderful curls—you remem
ber wv all envied her them—was wlmt
tire* attracted the count. 1 made a
mental once of this, nnd determined to
aleep in curl papers forovor after.
The- huadaomou broad-shouldered gen
tleman who sat at tho desk and looked
so distinguished, who was hot I im
mediately began arranging my bonnet;
there were possibilities here. lIow I
wished for curly hnir! Of course, you
£now Rolit. Barrington, our wireless ex
port. Ho communicates with nil parts of
thciworfd, oven Jlnrs itself, if necessary.
Ho communicates with all parts of the
world, -even Mars itself, if necessary.
Soon I wns tucked and strapped into the
. luxurious .depths of Sara’s car. M,v cu-
r oima: tittle companion had left as mys-
t/qmusr.v ns H had come, and nt a mere
punch of the button our car rose swiftly
and surely into the air. Like tl grace
ful swallow it flew ovor housetops, above
trootops; higher still, until the cities
below wero more specks ami huge riv-
yirs were silver throuds. Before T wns eon-
ocioas- that wo wore well started on our
•jquHtey wo liovored over Washington
\tha heart of the Universe, and found
everything in holiday dress. The city
wan gay with red, white nnd blue bunt
ing. Flags waved in the April breeze;
national airs floated up from tho throats
of'brass -instruments; vast armies, gor
geously uniform oil, wore ill parade.
Ewythiug and everybody were out in
best * ‘ bib and tucker, ’ ’ for wnsn't the
first woman President being seated to
day?—Louise Love Taylor, Georgia-born
Yankee, the first woman President of the
United 8tates. Now, didn’t 1
my we would make the world sit up and
tala notice? Our wireless expert was
too busy receiving messages to enjoy
the demonstration nt Washington. Ho
caught a message of congratulation to
•or President signed Tom Ball, Gov
ernor oft,the Island of Yap, and another
I from the very heart of Africa signed
fiMwIn Gilbert. Edward was hard at
Edwin Gilbert; Edward was
work teaching tho cannibals table man
ners—showing them how much more
polito It wns to cat missionaries with
a knife. For one short minute we saw
the President’s cabinet ill conference.
Emily Amis nB Secretary of War wore
a uniform, and walked around giving
enters just to her hear herself talk.
(There are some women la the army,
but the men receive moBt of the Sec-
rotary'» attention.) And, speaking of
tho army, reminds me that RoJjt. Lovorn
and Guy Mobley—now Ool. Lovern nnd
Gen. Mobley—wore prominent In the
inaugural pnrado.
Wo found Louise Oavendor just where
we expected to find her, nnd so much
at homo ns to scorn a part of tlm place—
Librarian of tho Congressional Libra
ry, with ton years’ service to her credit.
‘ From the Washington monument
straight to tho Statue of Liberty wo
sailed. Wo peered into cathedrals and
theatres, tho high plnees nnd the lowly
places, still in Hcnrch of our clnssmntes.
At Inst, in a Wnll Htroct office, .1 saw
a littlo old innn With stooped shoulders
bending ovor a richly carved desk. Not
a sprig of hair ndorned his slick, pink
head. “Why, John D. Rockofcllor,’’ I
exclaimed. Ouess again, for John D.
ImH slupt beneath the daisies for lo,
these many years. John D. did woll in
Ids dny, but Duke Jones has made John
D. ’s fortune look small. Closo, hard
study of the money gaum hnH caused
Duke to loso his hair, and thoy do say
that, ho is so enormously rich he takes
his batli with “Gold Dust.”
We lingered in Now York and watched
tlie lights on Broadway, marveling nt
tho gundy electric signs that flashed
fantastically vnrious manufactures'
stock in trade. There wo saw the big
faced watch that flashed on and off tho
hours. (Tho Hubbard-Stophons, timo-
tickor rims without winding, nnd ngain
wo worn proud thnt Buel and Burnett
woro mombors of our class.) In tho
streets below, nppronching a wonderful
sign tlmt soomod nlmost to reach from
ourtli to sky, “World’s famous song
bird,’’ it said: “hear her.’’ There
wound n long lino of pushing and jost
ling humanity, all ongor to hour this
marvelous wonder, whoever she might
bo; but those winking, blinking lights
refused to toll. Now, wasn’t it fortu-
nnto thnt tho efficient chief of poiico,
Evelyn Nowton, witli lior associate, Lot
tie Mao Goins, woro on hand to
ltoop tlm mob in order I I am sure
they saved many lives by tliolr master
ful manner. Wo dipped our cur to got
ono glimpse of this World-Wide Won
der. We woro breathless when tho cur
tains pnrtod and there stood n fat, dim
ply oroaturo who warbled Imr notes to
tlm director of imiBlc, In spite of his
new-grown crop of liuir wo recognised
Ralph Attnwny iib musical director, and
nil tho flit nnd dimples couldn’t disguise
Mildred Stephens. Broadway had
grown more quiet, except for the cry
of ’ ‘ Extra Morning Star. ’ ’ Eagerly I
turned its pages to sco wlmt wns said of
tho World-Wonder. Margaret Starr is
the editor of tills paper, and sho thought
Mildred’s voioo just horrid. I believe
elm wns jonlouB. Tho lights of Broad
way faded; wo woro fnHt leaving Now
York. Tho Statue of Liberty dwindled
boliind us, and beforo we knew it wo
npponrod to bo going straight into tho
oyo of tho rising sun. Chicago wnH
near ns wo bogan our doscont, and there
below us wns n living, seething mass of
cattle. “Armour’s stockyards, a child
hood momory.” I oxclnimod, “Wrong
again; Sandora’ stockyards, nml It
grew out of Walter's pot pig that won
tho prize In tho contest of 1921.” In
the router of tlm city again wo saw a
jostling mass, but tills time of human
boingg, every one trying to got near
tho tall, thill mini who stood on n plat
form and, Hindu frantic gestures and
told wonderful tales of liow “Former’s
’llt-Roducor ” made fat molt like snow
on mi August dny.
At last, wo woro beaded for Califor
nia. Our time wns gotting short and
ivo woro anxious to soo wlmt Universal
City could reveal, nnd so wo hurried
until we liovored over u quiet cottage
in a nopr-forgotten vniloy and saw Beat
rice Bolmimon at work on lmr wonderful
poems that givo many an artist an in
spiration and many an nutlior a story.
I Imvo nover recovered from the shock
I roeoivod nt Uuiversnl City. Even now
it cuuses me to gasp with surprise when
I rqcnll it. After sooing Bessie May
Broadwater surpass Mary Bickford in
lmr screen plays, we wero allowed to soo
tlm world-famed dancers, and when tho
curtains parted and the music wns in
full swing Lucia Cntos and Marjorie
Seili danced forward. I wns wondering
why tlmy lmd chosen this profession,
for wo nil felt so sure they would bo
famous literary lights. When the cob
webs fell from my brain and the scales
from my eyes I saw Lucia stepping in
her first dance as “Queen My Golly
Gosh” in tlm “Hoop-La” show, nail
right there she discovered lmr talent, and
Wo were nearing home now. The
Country Club, liko a small brown bug,
ernwloil beneath us, and suddenly I
know something was wrong with our
aeroplane. It seemed to have suddenly
gone dnffy, yet while Snrn was uncon
sciously arranging her curls tho cht shot
upward to dizzy heights; it seemed to be
cutting designs of itp own nmko, nnd
still Snra toyed with her curls. Now
wo woro up nml then down la loops and
tall spins, ami Sam blissfully curled on.
Surely thuro was no gotting away from
it; wo wero going to bo dashed to smith-
croons, ami right down into those huge
oaks thnt shade tho Country Club. I
gathered all my strength and gave ono
terrific yell and jumped, to find myself
in my own room. There sure enough
was the birthday cake with just thir
teen bright pink candles. Thou I had
slept for a moment and awakened with
a terrible nightmare. My wonderful ad
venture wns falso, from start to finish,
ami I inn glad, glad that I am thirteen
and not forty, glad that my classmates
nro all ns tlmy aro, glad thnt life and
the making thereof stretchqp beforo us.
Eleanor Orr,
Seventh Grade Temple Ave. Grammar
School.
“ There is not going to be any more
marrying in Indiana,” said old Judge
Daniels, a crusty old bachelor.
“How is that?” asked his nephew,
who had jqst got married.
‘ 1 See the Legislature has passed a
law forbidding weak-minded persons
to marry, and tlmy are the only ones
who ever think of doing sucli a thing.”
Sometimes.
Pat Casey says he doesn’t like to
|udge anybody, but it looks to him as If
the railroad engineers lead a fast life.
—New York Central Magazine.
Dream Bells.
Bells tn a dream are said to he
favorable. If you are In love their
t hlmlng is stated to be a sign of a
appy marriage. If you nre In bush
less they nre believed to denote sue-
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London's oldest markets are said
to be Smltlifieid, where cattle were
fold In 11B0, and Billingsgate, which
is reputed to have been founded In
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Tho Listeners Do Sometimes.
Decidedly mixed wns the schoolboy
pho wrote; “A man who looks on the
S light side of things Is an optimist,
ut u pianist looks on the dark side.”
.-Boston Transcript.
pointed the way to Marjorie. Near
Universal City, Polo Bnll Park was a
800110 of unusual demonstration, and
curiosity caused us to land. Here I
saw my first ball game. 1 timidly ask
ed an old genttemnu who it. wns at the
bat nnd why tlm fans were crazy at
tho sight of him. He looked at mo dis
gustedly and replied, “Why, it's Bo
Barron, of course, Die only living player
who goes Babe Ruth one better.' ’
One of the wonders of Southern Cali
fornia is a monster oil well, and because
again of our curiosity nml the story
that goes with tho well, we went
to see it. It is told thnt two lonely old
maids, broken in heart, ennm to Califor
nia in search of health, not wealth, and
purchased a small farm for raising chick
ens. On this farm was a tiny spring,
and ever since Lillian Jolinsou and Mary
Estep have found tho spring of life
oiled well. They both looked hale and
hearty. Tho oil proved a euro.
Now, as a last request, if I am not
to see Mrs. Moreland, at least tell me
of lmr. The glory of this wonderful
day would fail in its climax if l am not
to know what became of our dear, pa
tient teacher. Would you believe it?
Blm is another edition of the “old wo
man who lived in a shoe.” except, that
tho shoe is a little cottage nestled like
a wren’s nest among a bower of flow
ers, apd the children are children from
miles around who flock to her to be
changed from grimy little boys and fool
ish littlo girls to Presidents and police,
Babe Rntlis and Rockefellers. Again,
like the fabled old woman, she has
grown so fat from just laughing and
being happy at the wonderful success
of bar class of *21.
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