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Show W-JOuNSOJrS DAUGHTER GOING ON STAGE ' CLEVELAND, 6 April 7. Contrary to the Wishes of her distinguished fath-' fath-' r, Mies Beeeeie Johnson, the twenty-year-old daughter of Mayor Tom L. Joha- son, win desert society for a career behind the footlights. At -the opening of the Reason next fall she win take to the road at the head of a company of her own. T?There is to Te no long experience as in understudy for Miss Johnson. "With . j one hound she will clear the amaterar stage, where she- has appeared fn several J society plays, and land a full-bloomed star on the professional stage. " , With the Income allowed her by her father she is jiow. making freqaent t trips to the Waldorf -Astoria hotel In New York and taking lessons from a prom- 1 Inent.. tutor of stage art. With mere of fer Income she- is engaging players of 4 renown for her proposed company and is- frgtrrtflg with a prominent playwright . - t for an original comedy. When the season opens the company will take the road : J with Miss Johnson as the star, j - - - y -v MUs Johnson made her first appearance on the amateur stage Impersonating 2 SJfnJ. Rejane In the emotional scene from Maeterlinck's "La Prtncesse Maleine," "and made a tremendous hit. 't - '( I She Is one of the prettiest and roost popular girls In- Cleveland society. |