Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-28

jecting out over space; clinging pre-
cariously to a steel upright, projecting
from a concrete wall, with nothing be-
tween them and the street but one
tiny bar; standing on the very top OF
a galvanized iron tank, on the FROM
of the building, already rooted in
clinging to a ladder which apparently
rested on nothing, and taking all these
poses without a culver.
Once Miss Gilmore dared Miss Ragar
to a particularly foolhardy feat. and
Joseph Montrose interposed. He de-
clined to allow them to take the risk
involved.
Finally the descent was accomplished
in safety, but the girls had some diff
ficulty in getting through the crowds
into the theater. They were cheerec
and applauded vigorously. Probably
neither of them ever had appeared be-
fore a more enthusiastic audience.
The way the thing happened was
this: Wednesday night. in their dress
ing room, the girls were talking about
the new Morosco- -Montrose song hit
my Yankee Sailor Boy" New mem
bers of the Burbank company, both OF
them, they had fallen into a habit OF
bantering each other every time they
got together Consequently no one
was surprised when Miss Ragar
opened up.
The Trouble Begins
"How did your song go tonight
dear?" she remarked. Now this dear
is always the signpost of trouble, and
Miss Gilmore drew herself up to meet
the onslaught. 81 thought you wob-
bled a little. dear" continued Miss
Ragan. Really, the song is too good
you know, to get seasick over"
That started it. Miss Gilmore denied
with heat that she had ever been sea-
sick in her life. Miss Ragan venturet
the opinion that she couldn't go up
stairs in an elevator and look out oi
a window at the top without feeling
sort of qualmish." Miss Gilmore as
serted her ability to climb to the tor
of the tallest building in the city and
to go where Miss Ragan couldn't fol-
low her.
'I don't follow" retorted Miss Ra-
gan. "You follow me. I dare you!"
The details were speedily arranged
Joseph Montrose was taken into the
girls confidence and the camera was
his contribution to the scheme. The
girls hadn't thought of that, but they
readily fell in with his suggestion
In the morning Montrose secured the
consent of the building foreman for
the girls to make the climb. They got
into their costumes. He picked uI
his camera and the dare was on.
Morosco Is Surprised
The first thing Manager oliver Mo-
rosco knew of it was when he rushed
into the street to discover the cause
of the cheering and, looking upward
with the crowd, saw the girls posed
apparently in mid-air
When they came down he demanded
an explanation and got it. There
upon he placed both girls under bonds
to confine their dares hereafter to less
hazardous risks and absolutely for
bade their performing another stunt
where the slightest misstep would
mean sudden death.
Last night Miss Gilmore sang "My
Yankee Sailor Boy in "a Milk White
Flag as usual and as usual was
literally encored. The song is already
in its second edition, the first edition
of 1000 copies having been entirely
sold out. The schools are taking il
up and it is expected to be the officia
song with which Los Angeles will
greet the navy boys upon their ar
rival here.
Miss Ragan was in the chorus, ano
in the audience We're many men who
had seen their hazardous climb in the
afternoon. These men applauded Wig
orously. Probably most of the house
did not understand the enthusiasm
1t was a tribute to the girl who dared
! and the girl who wouldn't take dare