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My Diary By Dorothy Kahn (Exclusively for Ventnob News) Monday—February 18 Today seems like the customary —what is it that always comes after the storm. Oh, yes, “Calm.” You know I do want this Diary to be written according to custom and if calms have a habit of com ing after storms I wouldn’t dis turb their routine for worlds ’n worlds ’n worlds. It seemed di vine to come to school with no ex amination to worry about, think about, talk about, guess about and then FLUNK. I don’t think that any days seem divine to Midge Moore. She is still boobing for Gamma Sigma and a little incident which oc curred today almost broke my ■heart. It was in the cafeteria. Of course, that’s where heartbreak ing scenes always take place. One ~ day I saw a girl discover a piece of butter on the sandwich which she had bought and the eifect of the surprise was indeed heart breaking. But now to return to Midge Moore. I saw her passing our table and called her over and told her to get me some cake IMMEDIATELY as I hadn’t had a thing to eat. She looked at me out of the corner of one eye and then in accents, soft, low, plead ing and pitiful she answered in these few but effective words: “Neither have I.” It was then that I noticed what a starved con dition the child was in and that she had said no more because of her weakened state. I felt re morseful. I could have killed my self for being suoh a pig as to have asked her to get me cake; my heart was softened and I re plied in accents equally as soft, (?) low (?) pleading (?) and pitiful (?) .“Get the cake any way.” It’s a wonder I haven’t turned into a Mah Jongg tile. It seems that I Mah Jongged the whole week-end. On Saturday after noon Betty Specht and Ruth Urs prung had a party at Betty’s house. It was a valentine party and real cute, too. Marie Leeds was there and very much in evi dence. In the first place she had just gotten a boy bob and in the second place she was just learning to play Mah Jongg. It didn’t take her long to learn either. We only played for two hours and when we were through she could tell by just looking at a tile whether or not it ijas a bamboo. She could tell the dragons when she saw them too. Prom some unknown source Marie had gathered the informa tion that you could yell “pung” if you had one of a kind. Well, towards the end of the game when she tried to pung I didn’t even look at her hand but just remarked, “Don’t you remember, dear, I told you once before that you must have two of a kind to pung?” Oh, my, can’t imaginations lead one astray though? That is what I should have said but here’s what I really did. “Good heavens, Marie, haven’t I told you one mil lion times this afternoon that you MUST have two to pung? Then why do you insist on yelling at the wrong time, and moreover—blank, blank, blank-” Oh, well, ask Marie what I said. Frances White, Eleanor Greene, Eleanor Hoffman and loads of others were there. Tuesday—February 19 Out of the bosom of the air Out of the cloud folds of her gar ments shaken Over the woodlands brown and bare Over the harvest fields forsaken Silent, and soft, and slow Descends the snow AND PEGGY ROBERTSON. I’ll say she descended but I don’t know how silently. I heard there was quite a sledding party last night. 1 wasn’t there but never theless I heard of' Peg’s catas trophe. She seemed to look healthy and sane today, so I sup pose it really wasn’t so worse. I was fading into oblivion today in English class, when the blow came. Oh, of course I was there physically but mentally? Well, I think I was interviewing the King of Spain at that second. No. On second thought it was the admiral of the Swiss Navy with whom I was having the interview. Well, anyhow one sentence quoted by the Hon. Mr. French brought me back to earth so fast that I bounced back and had time to wave goodby to the admiral. Here is the sentence, “It was a terrible task to translate Latin in the old days.” In the first place the very word Latin would bring me back. When we hear of some thing which is near (?) to our hearts we are sure to be affected. Then, the insinuation that Latin today isn’t a terrible task to translate—well—I’m not going to say a word except that men have been shot for saying lots of things not half as bad as that. Wednesday—February 20 I don’t believe that I ever take my stuff out of my locker to get dressed for gym that I don’t re peat in monosyllables weird and wild, “I HATE gym.” I have a feeling that gym hates me too. Today we had club exercises and I do dislike crowds. Well, when ever we have clubs there’s always a crowd of girls trying to put their clubs into the receptacle at the same time so I thought I’d pull one over on them. We came to the end of an exercise. All was silent. Immediately something telegraphed to my mind that the end of the exercises had come and that in a second Miss Foulke would be repeating, “Girls, put your clubs away,” so I didn’t wait a second but sprinted, yes, that’s the only word for it, right across the gym floor. I expected any sec ond to have the angry mob on my heels but they fooled me and when I looked around there they were all standing in their places and looking at me as if I were an alien or something. Did I feel like Susie Dumb? Not much. Did I sneak back to my place in line? Oh, no. Embarrassing moments that come but once in a lifetime. Thursday—February 21 Honestly I think by now people should be afraid when they see me coming along that I’m going to ask them to “Let me put my stuff in your locker, I forgot my key again. Really I do hate to bother you. You don’t mind at all? Well, that’s dear of you. Anytime that you forget your key I’ll be only too glad to do the same for you.” If I couldn’t repeat that in my sleep I’m a fish. But we old folks who lose our memories must suffer. One thing is certain, that we can’t have everything we want in this world but anyway Morgan Read’s heart ought to be satisfied. He has achieved one of his highest ambitions. I don’t think anybody but I could possibly comprehend the struggle .he has had to accom plish his end, but he has triumphed, and after all that is what counts. Morgan is of a naturally dignified nature. Well, today in Latin he actually forgot himself and—oh, gee, I didn’t in tend to tell what he did, but it caused Miss King to say, “Morgan you aren’t at all dignified.” Then he replied, “I don’t want to be.” “Apparently you don’t,” Miss King sez, sez she to him, she sez. It isn’t everyone who, being of a naturally dignified nature, is able to throw it away, just because he wants to. MRS. ELLA FEISTE Swedish Scalp Specialist 20 Years' Experience in Europe Permanent Wave with Oil Scalp Treatments Marcel Wave 3213 ATLANTIC AVENUE Phonal Marins 5320 Honestly it’s just like pulling teeth to get on the debating team. Any who are lucky enough to be retained will have such frazzled nerves that they won’t be worth a cent by the time the try-outs are over. Already I’ve written and learned two speeches and am pre paring for the third now. First they picked eighteen out of the millions (it might have been hun dreds) who tried out for the team. Then they picked twelve out of the eighteen. The next try-out will determine those who “will defend the honor of the blue and white” (doesn’t that sound dramatic?). Here are the twelve: Ruth Bab cock, Peggy Stevens, Leo Kahn, Worthington Post, Isaac Gins burg, Joe Atlas, Bill Hoiston, Sadie Nay, Harry Miller, Sara Hyman, Harold Wertheimer, and me. Sylvia Leeds is in line for a Carnegie medal. Today in the locker room, about all I could do was to gaze at her in silent wonder and admiration. It wasn’t even funny. She was standing there with an adorable powder box in her hand. Something or other happened and it fell on the stone floor and when she went to pick it up, well, JUST TRY AND FIND THE POWDER. It was granulated. Sylvia looked at it a second and then in voice most calm and collected she said, “Isn’t that a shame I just bought it yes terday, too.” If there’s two things in the world I despise, dropping a powder box when it’s new takes the lead and I’ll take my hat off to the girl who is able to control herself enough to say the little speech I wrote. I think it ought to go down in history. Honestly, this morning it was a sight to watch the people coming around the corner at Albany Ave. Of course, that is from the windows. It wasn’t such a sight when you were there yourself. For some reason or other it re minded me of a futurist picture. Everything was blurred and yet stood out. Now that sounds sen sible, doesn’t it. Well, I didn’t intend it to. The sight itself wasn’t very sensible. I had a mix up idea of people falling, rain splashing, umbrellas going inside out, hats blowing off, and a couple of other incidental things. Then Dot Sasse came to the front once, appeared on the scene and the next thing I knew she was on the ground. Well, such is life in a large city on a rainy day. No school tomorrow. Not so worse. Early Bird Shoppers WILL RECEIVE PRIZES TOMORROW Thursday, February 28th These are the stores in which the prizes will be distributed JOE MAZZA 5218 Ventnor Avenue Open 7 A. M. J. B. SCANLAN CO. 1917 Atlantic Avenue Open 8 A. M. COLUMBIA SALES 2018 Atlantic Avenue Open 8 A. M. One of the first TEN purchasers of the day in each of the above stores will receive $5.00 in Gold. One of the first TWENTY purchasers of the day will receive 2 orchestra seats for “GROUNDS FOR DIVORCE” at the Apollo Theatre (Value $5.50) - IN ADDITION, should either of the prize-winning’ customers be subscribers to the VENTNOR NEWS the amount of their purchase will be refunded. (provided ii does not exceed $5 in value) Everybody is eligible to receive the prizes save employes of the Amusement Publishing- Company, or anyone connected with the store in which the purchase is made. EACH WEEK one of the first TEN purchasers in the three stores designated will receive a $5 gold piece with his purchase. One of the first TWENTY purchasers will receive two orchestra seats for The Apollo Theatre. Next Week’s Early Bird Prizes Will Be Given On Thursday, March 6th THESE ARE NEXT WEEK’S STORES: PARKWAY HARDWARE, 4016 Ventnor Avenue KAHLER SHOE STORE, 1106 Pacific Avenue DULIN & BINGHAM, 3 N. Arkansas Avenue