“As Time Goes By” (Among Us Mortals, 05/7/1949) by W.E. Hill

“As Time Goes By” (Among Us Mortals, 05/7/1949)
by W.E. (William Ely) Hill (1887-1962)
18.5 x 15 in., ink on board

W.E. (William Ely) Hill (1887-1962) was known for his masterful black and white Sunday page, “Among Us Mortals,” sometimes referred to as the Hill Page. Please see the Gallery description for more about Hill.

From this May 7, 1949 edition, titled “As Time Goes By” some quotes:

“Career girl. Love was not for her. She was all set to go on the stage and classmates predicted great things for her. Then she met the right guy and decides she wanted to be a housewife. Those are her offspring.”

“Embryo school teacher. She left normal school, though her family was against it, to go to Hollywood after winning the “Miss Prune Juice of 1945” contest. She’s a star now and the folks back home feel better about it.”

I found some literature from the 1890s that refers to students in medical school as "embryo physicians" and students in Normal Schools as "embryo teachers." An interesting use of the term, apparently still understood in 1949, that has (as far as I know) disappeared.