Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-05-23
$ G. Johnson and Frank Day Get
Their Clothes Wet,
SEANCE OCCURS AT LAGOON.
Wen, Out 10 Resort 10 While Away
Few Happy Moments spend
Might With Buck Weaver.

5. G. Johnson, the local photographer,
ind Frank Day, the happy faced art
ist5on the Tribune, went out to the La
coon last evening and succeeded in
soaring 10 a merry time, sort of night
marcy as II were. They went out
looking for fun and liquids. they
found more liquids than fun and in.
cidentally got their clothes wet II Is
customary among certain Glasses TO see
to 1t that when one of their members
dawns new suit Of clothes that the
recent yestments are launched on their
brilliant and subsequently shining
career, By being wen soaked. That Is
what happened to Johnson's and Days
clothes but II was done In a rather
unusual way aud hardly as satisfactory
as the more time honored custom would
lave been.
To get on with the story These two
congenlal gentlemen found themselves
yesterday afternoon with large pack
age of unconsumcd time on their hands
80 they thought they would carry Il
out to the Lagoon and dispose OF Il,
little drclmng that the bundle CON
tanned so many varied experiences and
10 much excitement They arrived at
the resort Just as the sun was turning
the southwest corner Of the heavens
and finding nothing else to do they
wandered over 90 the ball park and
watched Buck Weaver and his men
dally away a few idle moments with
the sphere. Then they turned their
steps towards the lake ana IN an evil
instant their eyes fen upon the little
steam launch What joy u would be
10 glide ever the placid waters and in
the serene air Of the early evening
compose sonnets to the stars. Each
assured me other that there was only
one man IN the world who know more
about that little dinky launch than he
did, and that was the man who made
u, So they both got in pulled out the
stop and went putting towards the OPP
uosite shore. one ecstatIc thrill was
following the other In quick succession
when one of the ancient mariners dis
covered there was no rudler on the boat
That would not have been so disastrous
IN Itself but the discovery was not
made until II was undertaken TO turn
the festive little craft And even then
y would have been all right but one
81 the men got nervous, Johnson says
Day got nervous and Day says John
son was 80 scared he forgot his name.
The proceedings grew more interesting
as the manufacture Of history went on
ut was profane history Of coursc) Day
told Johnson TO sit stu and johnson
declares on his cath that Day was try
ing TO crawl out on the top Of the boat
20 get good position 20 ny from. The
corollary OF these animated and errat-
ic proceedings was that the launch
was capszed and the shore was a
thousand miles away as near az the
gentlemen could Judge. AS 10 the dis
lance there might be a slight disorep-
ancy as they both had water IN their
eyes and things were little bleared
johnson, who was the more eXpcrl-
enced, took In The situation and started
for the shore, but Day said he would
stay around where he was as long as
there was anything on top Of the water
TO cling 20. lie watched his companion
swimming yalantly and backed his ef-
forts by calling ON the populace OF
Pennington for help, so loudly that one
might have thought he was assuming
the prerOgatlves Of Gabriel. In he
course Of a few minutes number of |
the inhabitants assembled on the bank
Of the lakt and babe Day to keep up |
his courage; that even N he went down |
they would ali eventually see better |
Day. BY the time Johnson reached the |
bank a rope had been brought which |
was flung out to the other man and ne |
and the launch We're towed safely in.
The uncomfortable prospects OF going
10 the bottom OF the lake were now
gone but there remained some uncom-
Portable clothes, which could not he
got rid Of 70 much advantage. They
decided 10 60 up town aud break into
store and get some dry clothes They
tried II but were not strong enough.
and In fact they looked considerably |
wllted. Finally Day decided To phone
60 the city editor Of the Tribune. ana
tell him Of his plight and ask Cor some
kindly advice. Mckenzie promptly told
him 10 hunt up Buck Weaver and spend
the night with him. The suggestlon
was acted upon and the ball player was
found ut Mrs. Browns hotel
Room was made for them by putting
three OF the ballplayers In one bed.
This morning the boys were dry ali
right, but their clothes were not SO
they had TO borrow some Of Buck. and
one Of his players, johnson, who IL
about fise feet nothing donned a suit
OF Bucks who ~ about six feet two
and Day who is about Il hands hlRh.
put on a suit belonging 60 the short
est man In the club. But they forgot
their troubles by being kept busy IN
holding their own In the jokes that
passed around.
The clothes got dry about the lat
ter end OF the forenoon and the two
artists caught the noon train into town.
They walked up the back streets To
their respective domlclles and donned
another suit before they had the nerve
20 face the vulgar herd. About the
only wholesome result Of the yarlegated
episode Is that johnson thinks Day
ought TO be made captain Of a Star
Line steamboat, and Day holds TO the
conviction that when johnson took
w photography the world was robbed
Of Ifa irrnatnai enllnr-