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famous actresses. "Dot" specialized in old men's parts. She got her practice from French Club plays. Clara Conaway was an understudy for Clara Bow and" Koontzie" was an understudy for Tom Mix-Beauchamp spent his time impersonating the Count of Monte Cristo. Of course you'd have expected the girls to go in for dressmaking and so they did-" Peggy" Barnhart was owner of the" Maison Marguerite" where she was assisted by Mabel Smith, Phoebe Roop and Kitty Ensor. Their original models were designed by Charlie Nusbaum and Henry Nicklas. Imagine that! "Kinky" was keeping a shop too-a junk shop-she had developed a thriving business from nursing a Scotch instinct. She offered for sale all sorts of odds and ends of string, paper, etc.-Why, Pooh! Yes, indeed, lots of the girls were in business! Dorothy Hooper was the owner of a chain of gasoline stations and Lillian Maddox was her advertising manager. Mary Ruth Holt was Town Crier for Frizzellsburg and Charlotte Zepp and Kappy Grumbine were teaching vocal there. Somebody should have mentioned raising canaries but I don't remember anything about it-maybe they did. You remember Funk-Clifford Funk? Well, he-of all people-had turned out to be a wrestler-" a man of few words and many holts "-during his off moments he was writing short stories. And" Jiggs" Downer was a mechanic. I guess he got his practice working on his college Ford. " Do" Hoffman was a secretary for the Chinese Emperor and she was shipping goods back to Ruth Caple who had opened a house of imports. " Brownie" Reynolds and Charlotte Wheeler were both "ladies in waiting." And" Greasy" and" Clarkie" were revenue officers. Isn't it funny what one can dream?-And "Pod "-what was he? Oh! a humorist, I think. I remember that Helen Smith, when asked what she would be when she got through school, answered, "Happy!'?-In my dream she was a dean of Western Maryland College. I wonder if she was happy. Ned Shriver was back at Western Maryland too. He had Schofield's place there as "Chairman of Committee of Affairs" and" Head of Organized page one hundred thirty-seven