The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-29
OFF ON 4 LARK.
Pair Of Bel and a Brace OF Printers
Absent From lie Gi J.

Miss Benny James and Miss May Stout
are missing from their respective homes,
and Ed Ellis and Billy Musser. two print
ers, are absent from their eases" in the
print shop. Whether the quartette are to-
gether Or not is not certain, but the proba-
bility is that they are.
Saturday night Miss Bonny left a note
informing the family that when their eyes
would fall upon it she would bs a thou
sand miles away. Miss Bouny was evil
IDENTITY a dreamer, for it takes a long time
to travel thousand miles even on the
wings of love. The fact is, although her
friends do not know it, perhaps, she was
still in the city when that note was read.
Miss May Stout left no note telling how
fast she could travel, but she did tell her
mother that she had fiatteriug offer from
an opera company aud that she contemplate
ed accepting it. Both the girls were stag
struck. the poor things. They evidently
considered themselves destined to be stars
OF the first magnitude and it only required
a little taffy to get them worked up 10 the
point of tearing themselves away from
home and friends for the purpose OF en-
bracing az opportunity to fluid fame and
fortune,sas they no doubt thought. on
the stage
There is little of the romantic in
nearly every western girl OF their age, and
the stage is their constant dream. They
never look at but one side of the actresses
life and that is the bright side. They see
her when she IS a queen surrounded by
courtiers who kiss her hand with the grace
of a Chesterfield and pour words OF fiat
terry and praise into her ears. They see
her when she is going through the whlris
of a skirt dance amid the thundrous APP
plause Of the gallery and a beat or two on
the big drum. They see her when some
gallant young fellow is counting her OR she
is dressed for horseback ride with
fine silk hat, borrowed blonde hair.
| Arkansaw diamonds and pretty whip
! adorned with u blue ribbon. They never
see the actress behind the scenes. II they
did fewer of them would BE- stage-struck.
That both Miss May and Miss Benny left
with the attention of going on the stage
there is hardly doubt. While it is gen
| orally understood that they left Saturday
night, they were seen in Linwood park
Sunday afternoon by an EAGLE young
| man in company with Ed Ellis, II widower
of six or seven weeks, and Billy Musser, a
| bohemian printer. These Two men took
their cards out of the union Sunday, and
yesterday morning they ''cashed in their
strings" at the business office and have
not been seen since, although several
ANTIQUE people are trying to find them.
Ellis has two brothers in the
snow business. They have a play
Of their own entitled the Federal Captain,
something on the order of the Union spy,
and i'll this play there is room for two
young ladies, ''NelIie' and LILLIAN" and
this is evidently the opera o. company
that the young ladies went off 10 join.
The Ellis brothers are east some
where organizing, it is said. for a Pacific
| coast tour. The two printers are slick
fellows and they, too, have evidently gone
10 be in at the organization of the COM
pauy for the Pacific coast trip. They
leave many friends behind VINO regret
their absence, especially Bismark Dieter,
the Light Waterman at the EAGLE who
does IA little banking business alter hours
and who Accommodated" these yong men
with a short time loan of $25 which Will be
long time coming back, evidently.
Both girls are young and good looking
and it is the opinion of everybody that
they have taken step that they will live
to regret.
A telegram from Kansas City last night
stated that the girls had been unprecedented
there Young Mr. James will go after
them this morning and try to persuade
them to return.