Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-16

Ito my pal, IL. II. =. BY VI H. U.)
JUST a bunch OF trailing arbutus,
From the faithful heart of a friend;
But the JOY of its perfumed flow
ers
And the scent of the sweet wood
land bowers,
Brings Hope and Bliss without end.
They were plucked with a sweet
hopeful purpose
BY the busy hands of my friend;
For she knew that their fragrance
enfolds me,
And their intense pureness con-
soles me,
And that was her true intent.
Just a bunch of sweet woodland
blossoms,
A sign of the first breath of spring;
But the Joy and the sladness they
carry
And the doors Of cedar that tarry,
A wonderful freshness bring!
Just q. bunch of trailing arbutus
From the loving heart of g, friend.
God bless her and keep her for
ever,
And our friendship I've dissever,
But flourish and bloom till the END.
And here is Ted after what seems
like a long absence. You e how
each one is missed, girls, when she
stays away from Five-Fifteen. For
even though we know we can't have
all the circle present each time, wed
like to.
MISS Q's SCHOOL
Dear Mary G.. and all the girls:
Such excitement! You remember
my telling you in my last about
| Milly's stunning West Point brother!
| And how thrilled we all were wher
she said he would be coming down
during one of his leaves" some
weekend? Well, he did, and
Crusty invited Annielove ant
Helly and Gloria and me to go GU
in the country to the cutest LITTLE
tea house where they give vol
enough to eat. not Just samples o.
tempting viands. and she asked ms
to sit o. "Jud's" right. He Is &
gorgeous creature, Mary G. He:
one Of these big, tall blonde Vdklns
giants, with the twinkliest blue eyes
and hair that glints. and he isn't 6
bit bored from too much attention
from girlsi
You know I was scared stiff a
the thought of being on the righ
of the hero, because Il never have
been out with men," and never go
"called on" in my life. You see I've
always played ball and skated will
brother AL and his crowd. and though
I wouldn't have Miss @ know 1t fol
the world, 1 have had real fights
| with some of them. But of course
that was last year. when I was quite
young. And 1 don't know how II
talk to men, except old ones.
Then too, I haven't really a decent
looking rag to my name. I'm about
the only girl in the school who has
MT any money, and 1 know per
fectly well that the stronger sex ap'
preciates a CLASSY femme" But
there was nothing to do but buck up
when expected to be pleasant to tht
hero, and hope Milly wouldn't be tot
ashamed she had picked me instead
of any of the others who are 81
much more sophisticated.
While I was feeling a little chill,
inside, and hoping my teeth wouldn'
chatter, the glorious "Jud" turned
toward me and said, "Milly says thai
Ted is the best track athlete II
the school. I do hope you do the
pole vault"
OF course I forgot how cold I was
because 1 had just been out and hat
broken my record, and also tbs
schools record, and / was sons
pleased. So I told him how 1 hat
discovered a little turn just before
l got up to the bar, and how thai
had made me go two inches better
1 was still so thrilled about it thai
I forgot he was a champion himself
until he told me about some OF hi
efforts to break the worlds record
mingly. 1 forgot all about having
on a rakish little tam that L hac
made myself, and Just my same ole
jersey suit, even though / had laun'
dered my simple white linen collas
and cuffs-also homemade-by can
die light on the floor the night be-
fore, after lights out" Swell to be
poor, isn't it?
OF course I didn't monopolize this
lion, even I know better than that
and the other girls were certainly 9
~goodlooking and impressive crowd
| Milly did rather well, / think, to plcE
| out the best bunch in school.
Pretty soon, when we were having
our ices, and the girls had got into
la hot discussion of the latest movie
star (male). whether his hair was
a wig or not, "Jud' said to me
would you do me the honor of be-
| ing my guest at the Senior Prom
| next month, Ted?" 1 have some
buddies that commissioned me tc
ask four likely femmes" from my
sisters school, if there were any
Looks like I've landed right, doesn1
it?"
o Mary G., and I didn't have a de
cent evening dress to my name, or
coat or anything! I was just abou
to decline because I had to go home
or something. but I felt that lie boz
Dieu might provide ever an evenint
dress, so 1 said "I'd love to-" ant
trusted that I could dig up some
thing. Then "Jud" asked the other
to come up for his friends. and pro
duced a kodak of the whole five
They were all so peachy looking tina
the girls accepted in a chorus anS
then we all just laughed. I was 81
thrilling. HeIly said she knew he