The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-02-05

for the children at their homes and
brought them back again after school,
probably dropped apart long ago.
In this stage, each with lips close to
the others ear so as to be heard by her
above the rumbhng Of the wheels, yet
| remain unheard by the Others IN the
! school-room, where we sat at adjoining
| desks; at home or on our walks-in
fact. wherever we were togethcr-wc
conspired We thought ii was the sim
plcst thing in the world to so on the
stage. that all you did was 10 tell a
manager you wanted 10 so on and on
you went To our childish minds that
| feared nothing. there was no difficulty
| in the matter at all. or the years of
training and struggle that an actress
goes through TO achieve success, and
then only too often to fail we knew
nothing. Children arc the most dc
| hghtfully unconscious creatures IN the
world, otherwise the thought of what
we planned never could have entered
our little heads We wanted TO go on
the stage, and VIC simply determined to
do it. In planning how VIC made up
our minds that If VIC tried to make our
debuts IN San Francisco, irate parents
would IN some way get wind OF 1t and
SNpbP bDhH upon US DNliAilh tllN oNNHNo
10 bear US off 10 home, spankings and
bed. even before the curtain went up.
So we decided to run away and surprise
our parents by coming back-famous
Could anything have been more deli
ciously naive?
We took several weeks to put the
plan'in operation. We had heard there
WAS theatre in San Jose, a railroad
trip Of about an hour and half from
San Francisco. and this we concluded
would be a favorable spot for our first
appearance on any stage" Nothing
would have delayed us from starting at
once-if VIC had had the money Not
having it, VIC found out the price of
two fares from San Francisco to San
Jose. figured out the probable cost OF a
night i'll a hotel there. and then began
10 hoard our nickcls and dimes That
VIC should allow for the cost Of re-
turn trip never occurred TO us. We cX-
pcctcd, after reaching San Jose and
putting UP at hotel. to visit the man
agcr of the theatre. state our object, be
welcomed by him with open arms 10 a
hoSpitable stage, begin making money At
once. and In due time return to San |
Francisco. there heraldcd by fame, TO !
burst in upon our proud and delighted |
parents, 1t was about the most curious !
combination of ambition and innocence
| ever have heard of, ambition leading |
us to do something that was utterly rep |
rchcnsIble, innocence preventing us from |
seeing how reprchcnSible 1t was or real |
izing the terrible experience VIC were !
preparing for our families A kind |
Providence must have been convinced !
of our innocence TO have allowed us. as
1t did, to emerge from our cscapade |
wholly unharmed, not at all frightened. |
and utterly amazed at tic excitement |
which we discovered our disappearance !
had caused.
Our desks were the headquarters of !
our enterprise There we daily cast up |
our growing hoard OF small change |
Moreover as the small change became |
convertible into dollars, and it was pos
Siblc to- FIX the date for our start, VIC
began to smugglc IN an extra pair or
two OF stockings and other small articles |
of apparel we thought we might need |
and that easily could be carried, or worn |
over our other things. | know that on
the fatcful day when VIC walked out OF |
the school, ] had on three pairs of |
stockings When that day came we did |
not wait Tor school to close, tor VIC |
knew that the stage would be there to
take us home So we quietly walked |
away at the luncheon hour, II we had |
been longhcadcd schcmers instead of |
two foolish little girls. VIC could not |
have planned it better. At school they
thought we had gone home At home
they supposed us at school. and even
when the stage did not stop to leave
us after school, the natural conclusion
was that we had gone home together
1t was not until the afternoon wore on
toward evening that 1t was found out
that neither was at the others house,
and frightened inquirers discovered that
we had left school carly
To reach the railroad station to take |
the train for San Jose we two girls prac-
tically had to cross the city. but VIC got
there without mishap, Before boarding