The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-05-14
FIND CALIFORNIA
ROAD VERY ROUGH
S. s. School Girls Get as
Far as Muskogee on
Coast Jaunt
POLICE TAKE THEM IN
Now They Are Home Again
and Sand Springs Isn't
SO Bad After All

Ruth IIollom and Lila sll0 i3-
ycar-old sand Spring school girls.
have decided that It's q long rough
road TO california. and that sand
and Lila started but ihrIr trip
ended when they were picked up
by policeman al dUshuE,e and rc-
turned To their hoWra accompanied
by Ruth's flthor. !. Is llOllon, GA
North Main street sand Springe.
Lila lives with "a brother and two
sisters at 421 North Wilson street In
the Tulsa suburb.
While frantic relatives conducted
search Tor them late Thursdiy
night. Ruth and Lila were riding on
tho train between tulsa and Mus
kuEce. Finishing tho first lap of
their Journey, they went 10 q room
1nF house md pskod FOR acCommOdu-
tioua. Tho laullndy became suH-
picious and called n policeman. The
girls were qui2zed at length ana
fllppantly told their story.
Neither HAD Money.
They were en- route To California.
they explained. although they were
unable 10 state how they expected
20 make the trip without money.
y ivy AHlN lNlfh lilF IWllA'llliAu ~
kindly tralnman allowed them To
ride from Tulsa 10 Muskoges with
out chargo--bcCaus thcy had no
money They told him they had
lost all they possessed.
II thought someone told ma this
s. free country" Lila bitterly ro-
marked on her way to the Musko-
gee police station.
"Aw, that was Homehody trying
10 Ei1 - TaIAlnaA
Both girls expressed their com
tempt for the police department
Lila especially seemed To have no
use for the department, She opined
that tho police could catch girls
like us" but she added that there
are choc joints all around our house
and the other day when tho Tulsa
police came out everybody ran!
they've got the Sand Springs law
bought off--a girl told mo ana she
knows"
Ruth apparently ls determined she
will run away 80 many times her
parents will quilt trying to find her.
She told hte policeman she expects
ito keep running away until they
can't find me"
Represent Roscbuds.
They told the officer also they
were supposed to represent rose
buds In play presented at tho Gar
field school In Sand Springs.
Asked what part of California
they preferred, the girls replied
that "any old point will do" they
expressed no desire to become
actresses.
Lila gave no reason for running
away except that she wanted 10 go
20 California;. Ruth alleged her
father whipped her Sunday and that
she didn't deserve 1t.
when the Muskogee chief of
police communicated with the head
OF tho sand Springs police depart
ment. Ruth's father took the next
train that left for Muskogee. lie
returned about . o'clock Saturday
morning with them.
When reporter for Tho World
went out to Interview them saturday
afternoon, he found Ruth nj the
home of Charles Page, millionaire
philanthropist, playing with Pages
adopted daughter.
Ruth IL Pcntitcnt.
Ruths attitude was one OF ponit-
ence. She insisted that sho has no
more desire 10 see California, and
that sholl be content to remain at
home.
Her father, n kindly-f aced man Of
middle age, was moving tho lawn In
front OF his modest little home, two
bl''hH llNlh llt iAke HlhnNlOi. lie
denied Ruth's allegation that slc
whipped her. However, he did say
he had threatened TO chastise her be-
cause she insisted on staying out
late at night. she IN mere child
and appeared perfectly contonted to
play with her dolls.
Lila was found nt tho home OF her
brothers and sisters, all OF whom are
grown to manhood and womanhood.
The family ia NfaRnTh lthppn-
kee Indian, II was evident when
tho reporter arrived that Lila had
not escaped several severe uphraid-
tngs at tho hands OF her elders. II
was evident also these lectures had
not sweetened her tempec.
She answered questions with un-
concealed reluctance and without n
waste OF words. Most Of her re-
piles were confined 10 ''yes" or no"
Her Parents Are Dead.
Asked IL she could point out the
choc Joints 10 which she referred
during her talk with the Muskngce
chief OF police she replied mo"
Pressed for reason for her state
ment. she finally declared with an air
of finality that she didn't know
where they were. but one OF her
girl friends told her she knew
where there Is ono
The family consists of George
Ella, Cornelia and Lila. George and
Ella work and support the family.
From an adjoining room Ella re-
marked she couldn't understand
why Lila ran away
I'VE haven't much money, and We
have to work for what we got but
We try to keep Lila In clothes" she
said, and II was evident her words
were directed 10 Lila us welt ms to
the reporter, Il even go without
things myself that she may have
plpntV IN wear"