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Show INNOCENT MOUSE CAUSED IT ALL Why Muchmoney Isn't Angry An-gry With Society Belle, Though They Missed the First Act at Theater. One of Salt Lake City's most popular and widely known young society belies missed' the entire first act of "The Straight Road" Friday night, and a certain cer-tain young man who often has occasion to wear evening dress was saying to himself he would never ask that girl to go anywhere with him again until he learned the real reason of her tardiness. Then tiie humor of the thing appeased his anger. A little mouse was the cause of it all. Miss Society Belle fears nothing noth-ing else In the world so much as a mouse. She was In her room upstairs dressing for the show while "Mamma was entertaining en-tertaining Mr. Muchmoney in the parlor. Mr. M. got nervous about 9 o'clock and began looking at his watch in an annoyed sort of way. "Mamma" took the hint and went rip-stairs rip-stairs to see wnat was keeping daughter so long. She found Miss Society Belle standing on top of a table holding her fetticoats as high as convenient, and ooking wild -eyed at an innocent little mouse, which was playing Joyfully in a corner of the room. Then she finished her toilet, but the second act- was beginning when she and Mr. Muchmoney arrived at the theater. Miss Society Belle lives in one of the elegant homes on Brigham street. |