The Trail, Yearbook of Daniel Baker College, 1922 Page: 41
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1922
"That's another member of our Sophomore Class-though we can only
gaze upon her from afar. Last month's "Tatler" devotes a paragraph to a
little girl from West Texas who succeeded in marrying the multi-millionaire
Woof-quite evidently for his millions.
"You know Pauline Fitzgerald came east to study decorating. Although
she made a failure of decorating, she was quite a financial success-she married
her richest patron! That's her new electric plane that Woof has just imported
from Australia. Isn't it a beauty! Do you suppose we'll ever have one like
that?"
We flew down the coast until we reached northern Georgia, and then west
to Dothan, Alabama, which was our first stop for petrol. It was here in Dothan
that I saw Sam McInnis had come and established a petrol station. The
undertaking business was on the blink, that is, not very lucrative since Doris
Adams had discovered her fountain of perpetual youth out in West Texas.
Doris had endowed Daniel Baker with a million dollars for new buildings and
equipment.
We left Dothan and flew down the Gulf Coast and over Texas. It was
in the afternoon when we passed over a queer little group of buildings out by
themselves in the prairie. There were perhaps twenty or thirty of these buildings
and they were all painted a vivid green. I referred to my Guide Book to
discover what sort of settlement this might be. The Guide Book gave the
following:
"Heavies' Haven," an establishment conducted under the personal direction
and management of Madam Estelle McAlister. It is an institution to which
the stout matrons of our country may retire when they desire to recover their
young and supple figures of girlhood.
So this was Estelle's calling! !
We were nearing San Antonio when Bates called to me again.
"Zip, look over there to the north and you will see the Whitely-Bradshaw
Rattlesnake Farm."
When we reached San Antonio, we left the plane up about three miles and
dropped into the Hotel Gunter to spend the night. We walked up to the desk
and registered-and who should assign us to our room but our old friend W. Y.
Fowler!
The next morning we left San Antonio immediately after breakfast. When
we had traveled about a hundred miles, something went wrong with the motor.
We made a forced landing in a field near a large three-story building. While
Bates was repairing the motor I sauntered over to investigate this odd structure,
thus isolated from civilization. As I came near it I could see that all of the
windows were barred. I could see people moving about in some of the rooms.
Someone beckoned to me and I moved nearer. It was a girl. She looked at
me and then shrieked and beat upon the bars. Surely my eyes were deceiving
me-there was Fay Johnson; and in the next room Toofie Stallcup was knockingPage 41
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