December 10, 1943.
THE SALEMITE
Page Five.
FILTH COLUMN
REPORTING:
Ah-clioo! Yes, we’ve all got it,
and ain’t it a shame? Looks as if the
flu epidemic at least could’ve flew
by here. With dormitories being
confiseafed for infirmaries, it secerns
it’s time for somebody to start
getting well!
But in spite of all the drooling
eyes and chills and fever, the stud
ent body has been active enough to
fill this column to overflowing. Take
thef dance for instance—
How did the attractive Capt’n Har
rison and his wife get there? You
niight see one of the Adele Chases
from second Clewell—And now we
know why Lib Jones got dates for
ten seniors—We wish the Lehman
girls had had more of their own.
How does it feel to crawl, girls?
For once, there were plenty of
nien around, thanks to Nonnie.
Frances Elder should have Walter
up more oft(?n—it really was a pleas
ure to see them dance . . . The week
end brought Mary Lib Alien a jew
eled infantry pin from Bond Street
—Helen Phillips acquired an ardtmt
lover at the dance . . . Margaret
West didn’t even want to go. Could
it be the Carolina Minister?
Mac and Jenny had one wonderful
long week-end with John and Ma
lone?—not only Malone for Mac but
Gregory, too. Bravo!
What’s this about H. Walton’s
letter? It seems she was expecting
$5 . . . Vawter Steele, lucky girl, is
trying to get rid of a man. Harold’s
just a friend from now on . . .
Betsy, what’s this about your dull
ing Buger’s taste for women?
Hear thcf Bullock sisters declared
a truce . . . “Bull”, how was Lee,
or did you get to see him? Eva
Martin’s new mind-twister, by the
way, shows how postage stamps help
the war effort.
The Army came through, at least
with a few—“Bubba’s” hert? and
^ry Frances is grinning from ear
to
ear—where does this leave Eg-
glebert?—If Carroll Bell looks hap-
Py, Junior’s furlough would be ^ a
good reason—Acky Kincaid surely
is generous, with that good-looking
cousin who created such a disturb
ance in the dining room Wednesday.
Josephine says everything comes
at once—For two week-ends now she
has had dates to si>are—Now she’s in
the infirmary — Pink’s gone high
brow, girls, and now plays badmin
ton with the faculty.
The “Philadelphia story” was too
>auch for Betty Jean. Wonder if
she’s sick or just sleepy?
The Little Red Man must be on
the ball again, this time intercept
ing telephone calls—Luanne’s “un
expected” guests Sunday had just
finished talking to her on the tele
phone—Confusing?
Congratulations to Jeanne Hedges,
Mary Miller, and Helen Kobbins on
their radio program, to Betty Moore
for confusing us all in Chapel and
to Hyatt on the new hair do.
Wonder why Jean Fulton’s so sud-
denly gone sour on the world? Never
®^e her in the smoke house any more.
Tlcka Senter’s Bear certainly was
^ hit at the dance—Not to mention
l*eggy BoUin’s Dick Richardson —
•A-nd Melvin Webb made such a sen
sation that Marie really got worried
^Take it easy there!
Carolyn Cauble’s really going to
do it! Good picture in the paper,
Carolyn. And speaking of happy
people, anybody can tell that Toth-
«row’s favorite is home. Kitty has
''■nother fish on her line. The Rus
sian’s already sending her flowers.
Sarah Lou, bless her soul, has res
cued Ben from the Wiles of that
l*londe bomber that was guest at the
dance the other night. Doctor Proc
ter is operating on the faculty now
• . . Guess who! The Three Uncon-
*^nciuerables are just as potent as
ever . . . what a crew! They trade
**ien around like horses . . . Nonna
*8 treading dangerous ground. Just
her! So much for the Day Stud
ent Center, except drop in and look
®t the Christmas tree.
I’eg Nlmocks surely did manage a
®ute blind date for the dance. Kitty
did some managing, too. She not
®ily took EUie’s best beau to the
dance—but she douBle-dated with
^er! Colt, poor thing, found out
*‘l>at Lea wasn’t the one after all. . .
You ve Rationed Presents;
Now Camouflage Them
A table was piled high with excit
ing boxes, all white like clean wash
ed faces of girls waiting for bright
spots of make-up. How, where, and
in what proportions this make-up is
applied makes the face. In parallel,
the paper, the ribbon, the seals, all
in relationship to the size of the
box and to each other—these act as a
pleasant or unpleasant introduction
for your gift.
As the diary reports: one lovely
afternoon you are forcibly dragged
from the last installment of “Drag-
onwyck” and informed that you have
been drafted to wrap the family
Christmas presents. “That’s lovely,”
you say, looking like a toothpaste
ad who had her face dropped. How
ever, it can be lovely—and fun, too!
First, there’s Nancy’s powder
(which looks like her, too ^— thir-
ouflage'that, and make a candle out
ouflage that, and maks a candle out
of it: the candle stick in white tis-
sue-paper, wide fluffy red cellophane
base, stiff metal tape handle in a
graceful arch, and gold ribbon or red
cellophane flame on top. Or, try a
candy-stick circling of ribbon with
a large stiff bow on top.
Then there’s the other personality
powder for Jane, who is more the
5x5 type. Being tom-boyish, she’d
appreciate the patriotic drum effect
of criss-crossed bars of blue scotch-
tape on the sides and red tape around
the rim of the top. Drum sticks can
be made from red cellophane straws.
Or, to make a face qn top of the
box with colored stars for the eyes,
a red circle for the mouth, and
fringed paper or wool for hair, is
original.
Added attractions for plainly
wrapped packages :a sprig of holly,
evergreen with cones, or mistletoe,
little bells or toy Santa Clauses,
miniature Christmas trees of tiers
of round scrap pieces of cellophane
crushed in the center and strung to
gether, a striped candy cane tied in
with the bow for children, or dried
sycamore balls and acorn shells
painted bright colors for a rustic
effect. To be patriotic, use defense
stamp dolls or corsages with red,
white, and blue wrappings. Try
printing “To June” in little silver
letters (from the 5 and 10c store)
on the top with a big silver bow.
Wool—one of the most effective
and easily obtained decorations!
Bright colors, large bows, little
round pom-poms to attach to bows,
and original dolls of brilliantly col
ored wool or string are fun to make
with scraps of wool, good to attract
attention, and easy to pack.
In the more sophisticated pack
age, sprinkle different sizes of sil
ver stars on a blue cellophane back
ground, with a moon in one corner.
Effective, also, is the use of multi
colored round ball stickers.
Many variations and much indi
viduality in decoration can be made
with Christmas Scotch tape. Faces,
candles with stars for the flame,
Christmas trees, or geometric de
signs are most typical.
Try a few of these suggestions and
give personality to your Christmas
gifts.
Tommy Foreman evidently can’t
choose between Patty and Martha
Lou . . . Marguerite Worth managed
to keep up the interest of both Car
olina and State this week-end . . .
How does she do it? . . • That swell
charm bracelet from Les could have
caused Dunning’s speedy recovery
from the flu ... In that case, we
need more charm bracelets and
quick! Take care of yourself!
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^Twas Ten Days
Before Christmas
By Sarah Merritt
’Twas ten days before Christmas and
all through the school
Not a student was studying, ’twas
against every rule.
The bags were all stacked in the
halls with great care
In hopes that the express man soon
would be there.
The “in-mates” had finished dissem
bling their beds.
While visions of parties danced in
their heads;
My room-mate and I, all off-key
doomed to sing.
Had just settled our minds for a
good Christmas fling,
When down in the Smokehouse there
arose such a clatter,
I sprang from my packing to see
what was the matter^
Away to the door then I flew like a
flash,
Just in time to get trampled in a
maddening dash,
For a rumor escaped that a cab had
arrived
And with bags and tall boxes some
eighty-three dived—
“To the bus,” “To the train?”
“Just up town let us fare!”
“Coming back?” “Where’s my
trunk?” “Hold the train—I’ll
be there!”
Like bees in a hive they swarmed
’round that poor man
And he whistled and shouted to save
his poor van:
“Now, Janie! now Euthie! Don’t
push quite so hard!
Off, Dottie! off Betsy! What I need
is a guard!!
To the top floor of Clewell! to the
'end of each hall!
Now dash away! dash away! dash
away all!”
How I finally got homo is a mystery
to me—
’Guess my elbows are sharper than
I thought they could be!
(Apologies to Clement Clarke Moore)
BUT I LIKE THESE—
love poems in musty books
the smell of rain on dusty roads
white cottages
children
the dear names in autograph
books
odd x>ansy-faces and lilacs
the lonely cry of boats, fog-bound
the sharpness of salt-water
Emily Dickinson
circuses and popcorn
candlelight and faint music.
—fiosemary Cleveland.
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From A to Z—The New Way
A—Is for the alphabet by now we hope you know—but in case you don’t
—this article is dedicated to you.
B—Because there has been quite a bit of sickness, the author of this
piece of junk does not guarantee a lot of news.
C—Christmas Banquet is tomorrow, gals!!!!! Got that dress all pressed?
D—Dungarees and plaid shirts are rapidly becoming Salem girls’ every
day clothes.
E—Epidemic of Flu just flu in—Here’s hoping it will fly away.
F—Farewell to Hockey—Hello Basketball.
Q—Greensboro seems to keep visiting two girls in Strong. Betsy and
Peggy howsabout an introduction.
H—How did you like the gym decorations? Looked just like Old Saint
Nick had been there didn’t it? Thanks to the lES committee it was
super.
I—If you’ve been wondering where the presents under the tree in the Gym
disappeared to—try peeping in the Day Studnt Center under their
Christmas tree.
K—Knitting is due Tuesday—I guess it will mean some hard work on the
part of those who are doing knitting.
L—“Noel.”
M—Meiklejohn, Betsy, says she’s leaving Salem Wednesday, December
15, 1943, for Pawtuckett, Rhode Island at 5:20. Anybody that is
not busy, you can see her off . . .
N—Nancy Snyder how’s the “snake in the bed?”
O—Only twelve shopping days left to Christmas.
P—Prue Coyte has at last received the picture.
Q—Quinerly is all I can think of—^but isn’t that enough?
E.—Eats, rats, leave the girls alone!?!?!
S—Specials and Senter!!!!!!
T—is for Christmas Turkey, and good times;
For gosh sakes we can’t make a rhyme—
IT—U heard about Strong’s infirmary
“As proudly her name we bear.”
V—Vicks and Vapor instead of t:old cream and curlers.
W—What’s this we hear about the record player playing of its own
accord in Sisters?
X—Xmas has entered Lehman—go and visit.
Y—You, you and you. We are proud of you—the ones that are buying
a share in America.
Z—Zounds, it’s time I signed off.
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