The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-01-14

proved" and the big stage that called
| 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 rumbling of the wheels, yet
remain unheard by the others; in the
| school-room, where VIC sat at adjoining
desks. at home or on our walksfn
fact. wherever we were together-wc
consprcd. We thought it was the sim
plest thing in the world TO go on the
stage that al you did was to tell a
manager you wanted to go on and on
you went. 10 our childish minds that
feared nothing. there was no difficulty
| in the matter at all. OF 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 de-
| lightfiIly unconscious creatures in the
world. otherwise the thought of what
nc planned never could have entered
our little heads We wanted TO 60 on
the stage and VIC simply determined to
do it, In planning how We made up
our minds that il we tried to make or
| debutS III San Francisco irate parents
would in some way get wind Of 1t and
swoop down upon rs behind the'scenes
10 bear Us of to home, spankings and
bed. even before the curtain wcat up.
/! So We decided ID rna away aad surprise
our parents BY coming back famous
Could anything have been more deli
eiously naive
| We took several weeks TO Pit the
plan n'insoperation We had heard there
was theatre in San Jose. d railroad
trip OF about an hour and hal. from
| San FRANCISCO. and this wc concluded
would be favorable spot for or first
appearaace on any stage Nothing
| wopld have delayed rs iroa starring at
onceii we had had the money Not
having H. WE lonud onl the pgice OF
Two fares from San Francisco to San
| Jose, figured OFT the probable cost oi
lnight ii hotel there, and then began
10 hoard our nickels aud dimes That
| we should allow for the cost Of a re-
Turn trip ncger occurred 10 us. We ex-
pected, after reaching San Jose and
putting up at hotel, TO visit the man
ager of The theatre, state our object, be
welcomed by him with open arms to q
Ihoypitable stage. begin making money at
| once, and in due time return TO San
Francisco there, hcralded by fame, 70
burst in upon our proud and delighted
parents. Ii was about the most curious
combination OF ambition and innocence
! ever have heard Of, ambition leading
us to do something that was utterly rep
relensible, innocence preventing lis from
| seeing how reprehensiblc il was or real
| izing the terrible experience we were
preparing for our families. A kind
Providence must have been convinced
OF our innocence to have allowed us, as
| il did, to emerge from our escapade
wholly unharmed. not at all frightened,
and utterly amazed at the excitement
which we discovered our disappe pesrance
had caused
| Our desks were the headquarters of
ouT 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
sible to fix the date for our start, we
began TO smuggle in an extra pair or
two Of stockings and other small articles
of appsrel we thought we might need
and that easily could be carried, or worn
over our other things ! know that on
! the fateful day when we walked out OF
the school. had on three pairs of
stockings When that day came we did
not wait for school to close, for we
knew that the stage would be there TO
take Us home So we quietly walked
away at the luncheon hour If we had
been longheadcd schemers instead OF
two foolish little girls, we could not
have planned it better AT school they
thought We had gone home. AT home
they supposed us at school and even
when Tie stage did not stop to leave
us after school. the natural conclusion
was that we had gone home together.
II was not until the afternoon wore on
toward evening. that it was found out
that neither was al the others house,
and frightened inquirers discovered that
we had left school early
TO reach the railroad station to take
the tram for San Jose we two girls prao-
tically had TO cross the city, but we got
there without mshap. Before boarding