Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-05

\ rEtTHl,R Rovdy nor any other dog had
IN 70 push his nose under my arm to wake
me this morning. I was lying on my STUN
mick on the bed with my chin on my wr,sts ,Is,s
watching when the light began 10 co,iie nv nv
,Lo sl,,, over Green's barn ] wanted to see
the first streak when II came ana When u
did l did Then / hopped out OF beu SO
ouIcl, ] did Charley Chaplin skid ana
nearly fell over Rowdy
All day at school / did not think OF any
thing much but actressing. l went 70 beli
after school was out and told her Woulu
be back as soon as / was dressed up Dut
she would not let me dress up. she sald J
must dance just the way I was. SO What
did I care? But / did go and brush my
beautiful hair Then We all went down 10
the theatre and went in the back way, where
the actors and actresses stay. Bell sald,
"You are the only outsider on the Dill ana
you come in after the snakes, so watch for
them to go away aud when the ostrches
play your tuno you dance on.
l waited and a colored man went out and
nearly talked his head OF. He said. what
is the difference between a snake and
1ea?' Another man said, IL don't know
Then the colored man said, "The snake
crawls on it's own stummiCk.' Every one
laughed, but it sounded silly 70 me. OF
course n snake does l guess he put the
flea in to make it interesting. Then some
people with roller skates skated and they
could certainly skate. Then n young In
dian woman went on and two men carried
Oh a basket for her. When they went away
she opened the basket and an armfu Of
snakes spilled themselves all over the stage
She played tunes to them and | liked the
snakes
Then Bell came and said. "Now. it is up
to YOU, Patsy" I looked out on the stage
and some one had scattered dead leaves
around and there was a big lectric light
in the middle Of It and there were streets
painted on the curtain II certainly did
look like our street corner. Bell said, "G
wish Rowdy would walk out ahead of you"
So pointed to the middle of the stage and
said. Lie down, Rowdy." So Rowdy
walked out and looked at every one and
then lay down under the lectric light.
The band which Bell calls the ostrichcs
started in on my dance tune. and Bell said,
"Are you frghtened?" ! said, For cat $
sake. what OFF" She said. "I see you are
not, but | am" I said, "Nou can't help It,
not being Irish" She said "Go ahead AMI
God be with YOU" ! said. Don't you worry
about God, 1 know Kim better than you do
and He is always on the job" So then /
danced out and when | got on the stage
every one was still except one man up near
tho roof, who began to clap. ! walked to
the edge of the stage and the ostriches
stopped playing. Then l saw it was the
watchman by the river and ! said, Hello
| knew you would be here" Then every
body in the house clapped as if | had said
something smart, which hadn't. You can
say thing to one person and it wouldn't
be funny at all and you can say it to A
houseIul Of people and they will nearly
laugh their heads off Crowds are silly
Then the ostriches hit it UP again and
danced and they kept playing faster and
kept dancing faster and then when the tune
stopped Rowdy and l walked off and Won
never heard such clapping. Bell said, eco
out and bow so did. They kept capplng
and stamping and whistlng and lust AS /
turned TO go away a big bunch of flovare
BANNED me on the side of the head and I
tripped and fell over Rowdy. That made
me mad and ! thought of Pieface at once