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Digital Commons @ George Fox University "The Crescent" Student Newspaper Archives and Museum 5-1-1913 The Crescent - May 1913 George Fox University Archives Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.georgefox.edu/the_crescent Recommended Citation George Fox University Archives, "The Crescent - May 1913" (1913). "The Crescent" Student Newspaper. 118. https://digitalcommons.georgefox.edu/the_crescent/118 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Archives and Museum at Digital Commons @ George Fox University. It has been accepted for inclusion in "The Crescent" Student Newspaper by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ George Fox University. For more information, please contact [email protected]. -I -- CD ‘1 :1 m LX U) C, I CD m (I) z C’) CD THE CRESCENT VOL. XXIV. MAY, 1913 cijcrcNO. 8 Leinrit_Itrnappeb Heinrich Heine Schmidtlein was howling dismally. He had been naughty in school; so his hard hearted and cruel teacher had set him out on the school steps to meditate upon his misdemeanor, after giving him a severe beating. “Was ist los, sonny?” said a kindly voice. Rein- rich looked up and wiped his large china-blue eyes. The tracks of his tears were visible over his dirty little face and his yellow hair was sticking out over his head, making him look like a dandelion in full blossom. It was an old man who spoke. When Heinrich found he was of the same nationality as himself and that the bag he carried appeared to have candy in it, the little boy cheered up and began to realize that life might be en durable after all. “If I come by you, may I have two fried eggs for breakfast?” asked Heinrich. “Ja,” answered his friend, so Heinrich bade a silent farewell to his school, which he hoped never to see again, 2 THE CRESCENT THE CRESCENT 3 and set forth with his new found friend. They soon When they arrived at the school, the teacher met left the residence part of the city and entered the poor them with astonishment. She had seen nothing of er business district. At last they came to a dark little Heinrich since morning when she sent him out. “I second-hand store. This they entered after strong pro thought he got angry and went home,” she said. The tests from 1-leinrich, who preferred the delicatessen Schmidtlein family were distracted. They rushed store next door, where many fat sausages hung in the through the halls of the school, looking under tables window. and chairs, but no fleinrich! “What shall we do?” the “This is where du bleist!” said the old man decided teacher asked; but after his one bright idea the Schmidt ly and pulled Heinrich in. An old woman came to meet lein father’s head became a perfect blank and he could them. “Heinrich Strauss!” said she, “where have you only shake it sorrowfully. At last Jacob, the star of been all this time?” the family, spoke up. “He must be lost. Let’s go and “Sssh!” saki Mr. Sttauss, “here is the little bub find him.” So the family set off once more, the teacher you have been wanting so long and for me he can sweep watching them from the door. Every policeman was out the store in the morning.” stopped and commanded to give Heinrich up and each Fleinrich suddenly had a pang of homesickness, but time the blue uniformed officer looked the Schmidtleins Mrs. Strauss was a motherly woman and was soon cud over, then turned away, shaking his head, and the dling him in her lap, with a big piece of sausage in his worthy people thought it was on Heinrich’s account hand. She had long wanted to adopt a little boy and that so much emotion was shown. here was one coming from—she didn’t know where. At last they found a policeman, who was able to s for her husband—here was the very boy he wanted give them more satisfaction than the others. He had to run errands. So all three were satisfied. seen a little boy, he said, walking along with an old Meanwhile the day had come to an end and the man and from his great resemblance to this family he Schmidtlein family were looking anxiously for Heinrich. thought it must be the lost child. When the Schmibtlein father came home from work his “Right up this street they went,” he said, “and in wife met him with tears. “Heinrich ist verloren,” she to that store,” indicating the dark little second-hand sobbed and all his seven brothers and sisters set up a store. The Schmidtleins thanked him with tears of chorus of howls. “Wo ist Heinrich?” they all cried. gratitude and then went on their way. Consternation reigned supreme for some moments. Many people marvelled to see this strange family Finally a bright idea came to the father. “We will go rush up the street and into the little store in which to the school teacher. She will know.” The plan was there was hardly room for them all. Mr. and Mrs. sized upon eagerly by the whole family and they were Strauss holding fast to Heinrich, who wa between soon all running down the street, Wilhelm (the dog) them, appeared from the back of the store. Papa leading, and the twins, Johanna and Hans, bringing up Schmidtlein and all the little Schmidtleins immediately the rear. precipitated themselves upon Heine, crying, “Heinrich, 4 THE CRESCENT THE CRESCENT 5 ach Heinrich!” but mamma Schmidtlein, strange tosay, and rushing into the dining room, “I’m going to visit paid no attention to her small son. She rushed into the you for two weeks. Aren’t you glad?” arms of Mr. Strauss, also crying, “Heinrich, Bruder His grandmother smiled back at him and was about Heinrich!” Then pointing to Mr. Strauss, whose face to reply, when— was wreathed with smiles, she exclaimed, “Come all “Say, I’m hungry,” he said, eying the table. this way from Germany, Bruder Heinrich, and I not “Well, run and wash your face and come to lunch,” know it!” “Kannst dich-nein-kann dich nicht finden she answered, picking up his hat from the floor. als ich hier komme,” answered Heinrich der alte. Jack soon returned with the dirt smeared over his When exclamations and explanations were ended face and his hair plastered down on his forehead, but they all turned to young Heinrich in silence. The he thought he was clean, so we let him sit down. He Schrnidtlein father looked accusingly at the Strausses. climbed into my chair, looked about the table, passed “We wanted einen kleinen Kuabe so viel,” they both his plate and said, “I’ll take some chicken.” exclaimed and looked so very repentant that father “These are chops,” explained his grandmother Schmidtlein’s scowl gradually disappeared. Then Mrs. patiently, “Will you have one?” Strauss must make coffee, so they sat down to a pleas 1 “Two of ‘em,” he answered. So it went; he would ant meal all talking at otice. Under the influence of a not drink milk and when he got cocoa he spilled it on big stein of beer Father Schmidtlein grew generous— the tablecloth and in his desert, which he straightway “Du solist-nein lieber-Sie sollen Heinrich bei Ihnen refused to eat; but took an orange and left the table to nehmen-Wir haben plenty kinder,” he said, looking at “see the place” as he said. his wife who nodded in approval. The Strausses were A few minutes later he went dashing by the window overjoyed but Heine looked doubtful. He soon cheered chasing the cat and throwing stones in all directions. up, however, when his adopted father turned to him Grandmother called and he immediately became inter and said: “Sountag go you home, and here you have ested in the flowers, assuming such an angelic look that zwei, nein adh, drei eggs fried zum Fruhstuck.” we thought he was really going to be good. But no,— he quarreled with the neighbor’s children and frankly told the mother, who came to their rescue, he would “fight ‘em both with one hand.” I endeavored to get Cjjaratter Ietttj him interested in something nice and quiet so went to hunt some chalk for the little blackboard. But when I Jack came to visit us, to our dismay. He was about returned he had the eat, which had evidently been eight years old, very red headed and very lively. He held under the faucet, and was cutting its hair. I res came in just as we were sitting down to lunch, having cued the cat but when Jack’s grandmother saw it sun walked up from his aunt’s. ning itself shortly afterwards, the sight convinced her “Hello, Grandma,” he shouted, opening the door then and there, that it would be impossible for Jack to 6 THE CRESCENT THE CRESCENT 7 stay a moment longer. She then dragged him from the strawberry patch, where he had gone, while I was . Jfl. (.J. iote questioned as to the cat’s health, and sent him back to his aunt’s. Gale Seaman, the Pacific Coast student secretary of .•. the Y. M. C. A., addressed chapel on the morning of . April 25. He spoke of the responsibility resting iotc upon every college man because of the privileges he is per We are very proud of the membership of our Y. W mitted to enjoy. He also said that the world depended C. A. Every college girl is a member of the association a great deal on college men as leaders.

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