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great  herd  wen   olan   h.lllq  and   .tthan   n  tol,  cowho)  ,  once  choolmat   of
                        mine.  Att('r  tht  the  ptl.ture  o  a  gre,tt  tnger  l.lllll'  into  \iew,  arHl  I  aw  it  wa  our
                        little  Bernice  'obi a,  ot  the  I· n·  hman   l.t  .
                            'I wo  pilture  appeared  at  the  am·  tim·  one,  a  famou  athletic  champion,  the
                        oth··r  a  mo\ it·  actor.  The  face  o  :\Iartha   ell   h.mdler  wa  ea  il  recognized,  hut
                        the  m.tkc-up  almo  t  1li  gui  ed  the  actor,  l·.rne  t  Lo ·  ncr.
                              e  t,  an  aeroplane came  into view,  and,  noticing th:  pilot,  I  aw that he  wa  I· rank
                        l\h I )uftie.  The  mechanician  wa  Lercn·  Bedenbaugh.   \ nwn  the  plane  had  , ani  he1l
                        I  aw the picture  oi a  noted  L'n•en  artn:  ,  Lila  Raw!  .  Thr  did  not  urpri  e  me,  hut
                        I  was  urel)  . urpri. ed  when  I  aw  that  her  hu  hand  wa.  Albert  Fergu  'Jn,  th~  great
                        financier.
                            Th·· e  picture  faded  away  and  other  took  their  place  with  uch  rapidity  that  I
                        could  hardly  catch  my  breath:  and  I  did  hold  it  wh"n  I  aw  an  arti, t  . tandir;g  b~. ide
                        ht•t  handiwork,  a  beautiful  picture.   I  recognized  her  a.  Aljaola  Harrington.
                            From. thi  picture  it  changed  to  a  large  hip  out  on  the  dark  blue  ·a.  The  arlor
                        ''ere happ  and  jolly,  and  I  noticed  one,  e  peri all),  whom  I  aw  wa  Frne  t  Ltp.Lomb.
                        \\'hen  that picture  faded  away  I  was  sorq, becau  e  the)  looked  like  uch  a  joll)  bunch
                        ot  tellow,  and  I  am  quite  ure  that  I  .tw Andrew  Frazee  am'mg  th·m  al.o.
                             fter  a  lllOilll'nt  I  -.a\\  cl  choolmaster;  he  wa  teaching  Latin,  and  to  m\   Ul pn ,.
                           .m  that  it  was  Edgar  Vaughn.  The  picture  of  a  great  pianist  did  not  surpn  c  m~>,
                        a  it  eenwd  quite  natural  that  it  hould  be  Rub\  Dee. e.
                            Th ·  m·  t  piLture  howed  a  great  church,  an;l  in  th"  pulpit  whom  }yntld  I  ''e  but
                        Perry  Batton.   ear  the  front  -.at  his  '' ife,  Rebecca  Pa chall.
                            In the magic globe  'harle-. .md J .tme  Pegram were ne  t  hown  touring the country,
                        campaigning  for  :\I r.  ()'  eal,  our  cia   teacher,  who  \\a  running  for  pre  ident.  I
                        m·  t  aw  an  e  ceedtngl)  lender,  fine!)  dressed  woman  ittrng  in  th:  office  of  a  gre.tt
                        publi-.hrng  house.  :Iw had  ju-.t  flni  hed  her  book  on  "IIO\\  I  Became  lender''.  :\Iii-
                        lion  ot ropie  were  being  old.   I  recogmzed  the  author  a  Doroth)  I· inlay  on.
                            In  the  ne  t  picture  I  .m  :\Iarcella  Hampton  and  'I helma  (;onion  livin r  in  a
                         mall  bungalow,  known  a  a  "I lome  for  Lost  'ats".   large  d re  smaking  establi  h-
                        nwnt,  \\ ith  beauty  parlor combined,  ne  t  appeared  111  th"  picture  glob".   I  a\\  ~Iarie
                        De Do"  a  owner ot  tht  place.  Rtght  ne. t  door to  tht  place wa  a  fine  machine . h0p;
                        Enc  :\Iarkham  and. 'e\\nam  Joyner  were  owner-..  This  picture  faded  a\\a)  and  a
                        beautiful  hom~ came into  \tew.   I  recognized  ~a  ie  Dunn  as  the  wife of  a  great man.
                        Eunire  Rtrh.trd  "a  al-.o  tn  thi  picture,  but a.  principal of  a  chool.
                            The  globe  ber,un~  dear  a  lchtucknee  ~·pring..  It  began  to  grow  maller  and
                         mailer  until  it  regained  it-.  normal  ize.  The  g\ p  )  woman  had  fallen  a  leep  and  I
                         tole  tlently  away.  There  had  been  only  one  tre  hman  left  out,  and  that  wa  I.
                        \Vhat do  )OU  uppose,  dear  chool  friend  ,  that  I'll b:  ten  )tar  from  now?
                                                                                       EDITH  lhLLE\V.
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