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Show I HOW A PLUCKY WESTERN GIRL ELOPED FROM BOARDING SCHOOL TO GO ON THE STAP : j. j. SHE WAS SEEN IN SALT LAKE IN "NATHAN HALR'r7 She was the piettlest elrl ln th-hoar th-hoar ling mh .1 Mie was romanti and spirited as welt as prett), and when one morning tho matron and fac-ttlt) fac-ttlt) behdd i tope made of sheets nn-I pillow eases nnd bed ticking dangling fiom the second stor) window of her empty room th-) h-ld up their hnnds In horror irvIng out In (Jlatna) niopement' Oh, my! Oh in) And so It was an elopemnt but not the kind susperted No nrdent )oung man was mUed up In ll with matrimonial matrimo-nial Intent The deed was done at dti 1 of night, without nccompllie of either sex because this prelt) and spltltcd girl was determined to be an attr as, despite till ohstuclcs The bonding rchool authotltles were in t J httir) to lell how their fair rrls oner escaped 4ml neither was the run-avv-i) It thus happened that the fatts nnl) eomt to light now when the heroine hero-ine of the tale has achieved hei ontbl-tlon-with the assistance of a laildei made of bedclothcs-and Is th- successful suc-cessful lng"nue of un Important dramatic dra-matic compan) . 1, Is Mis Florence bm)th, and plj)goeis in fait l-ske and man) c ties of the 1 nlted Stale, have nppWud tl her as Allcs Adams, the sweetheart of Nathan Hale, In Cl)de l'ltcha win-some win-some play The trltlcs agree with the audience, that Miss HiiDth possesses iiualltlea which warrant her In leMWW stage by wa) of an open dormltor) whfdow hh 1 not onl) ex ceding I) nretl). with expressive retinites but Is UiTelllBtnt and Ufled with charming dttl.ac) and rare feminine tone. .Miss hmsth is the daughter of a well-known family of fantn Hirbara Cil For thrto )e.trs she hid puraued her studies In u boarding sthool at fcouth llend Ind ., . htronget thnn ecn her devotion to father and mother waa her deslie to achieve letngnltluii a un attieas From earl) childhood he had dreamed of going; on the sluge Aa she grew Into the dignity of long ureases tho dream seemed no nearei fulfillment than when she pla)ed with her dolls and nailed them nttresses, mining thnn nftet the famous sttra of whom she heard her eldera speak 1 or her pttents wete both of u deep!) religious turn of mind and would not listen to their duttghtcra plea for a theatrical future , . In elo pretty Florence Sin Hi full trtdlt Is must be htatcd that she tried her utmost to be dulirul nnd forget her longing for the forbidden Held. Hendlng hir gtacefut head studlousl) over her books she pinned her Imagination Imag-ination to vetba and iiiuthmiatlcal problems when It would have soared eneerlv to other heights. Mie pote.1 laborlouslv over history pages when sho would huve given a )ears suppl) nf new gowns Just to be stud) lng a part Instead Hhe went nbedlentl) to bed at d (rk o'nlhht when sho was wishing with nil her heart that the curtain were rising somewhere ami I glitter of lights and Jewels ln a great theatre, with tho calcium glare turned upon her and an cnthuslistU nudlemi thunderlne its approval of her cITorts to please hhe listened tn letturea upon themes that instructed but did not Interest her how could dty dissertations, dis-sertations, however worthy, till h"r thoughts when tho fctnge stcmed nl-wa)s nl-wa)s calling, calling to her? Flnatt) when she could no longer resist tho temptation to break tho chains that bound hei, she took the step that wna to lead to suctesa or failure , Hhe took It stenlfhll), while the faculty fac-ulty of tho seminary vas securely oblivious ob-livious to hei inutln), She lied her little whlto curtained dormltor) room ub a restless bird would fly fiom Its logo, no matter how sheltered shel-tered Ita nest In captivity had betn nor how carefully tended Tenrlng the stout ticking from her bedding Into strips nnd ripping up her sheets and pillow cases as well she tied litem alt ae.itrely I igielhcr Into one long taut lop. f tatenc-d one end to tho bet, and slipped to liberty sover the seminary wall When dn) light came thero vv-ts no trace of Miss Florence Tho morning breeze pla)ed mischievously with the Improvised ladder that swung from the window and mutely told Its own ator) Ihe parents of the runaway girl were notified nnd the) were grlef-strlcken. Her Instructors were shocked Her ctassmatea were wonder-struck, Tho truth enmo out within a few da)s after Miss Florence a escapade. It was revealed In a letter received by Mr and Mrs Rmyth Inclosed with It was a play bill with tho name of I Iorcnco hni)th printed up on It In bold display t)pe ' Deir mamma and pipit." the missive mis-sive ran "please forglvo me, hut I Just couldn't helji It I am well nnd, oh so happy and hopo to lecclvc the anme cheeilng reports about your health Don t vvoir) I con tale care of myself and feel that a bright fu-tute fu-tute In lu storo for me. Your nnVctlon-ato nnVctlon-ato diiighter. FI)Hi:s'rn The letter wn, posted In a small II-llnola II-llnola town The character of the play bill did not Indicate Hut tho vpnlttre-snino vpnlttre-snino lining woman had Jumped stialght from her bedionm window to fame Ihe tale It told was a tale of ' barnstorming" up at all aorta of hours out In all sorts of weather eat-lng eat-lng nil sous of food In all sorts of pin is traveling dall) from nno simll town to timithei sles-plng In the seat of in ordlnar) passeugei coach und p!i-ing p!i-ing a small imtoliamatlo part to un-ciiltutid un-ciiltutid nudlemes Hometlmes sh almost wished herself bnik In the tiny dormltor) with Ita barn while walls Its pence and quiet Hut that wna only when business was so bad thal the luniputt) vvtut aup-perles aup-perles to bud after thtlr evenings work or had to walk the railroad tla tu the next station In the hurdest school of ull the. thou ii ' ixperlente Mis, bmyth leirncid the lessons mceseut) to the heglnn r In thontrlcil vvoik Sho wan Pluck) enough to irsoveie Indeed, failure seemed to her ao Ininentnhto n thin- that ahe resolved lu succeed lu spite or ( very obstacle. Ferhnps the most aervleeable leaaon that shu learned in those (list months was the lesson of patience l'iee-ntly Her pitlcnco waa rewarded reward-ed In OH, Skinner's play of "Frlnco Otto' thern Is a fetching rhnruter named (lieu hen a typical OriiMn inasil wllh lonp flaxen braids behind her little pink eats, and peasant ios- tume Including the real wooden shoes of the ratheriand Otis Hklnner en-gigid en-gigid Flor nee sm)th tn play this lairl and she plaed it so vvell-for. b.lng nn amlilt'ous beginner, she made the ver) mo-t of tier opportunlty-that when Howard K)le saw hr Perform-mice Perform-mice he strnlghtwn) dctlded that nhe would malt- an Ideal Alice Adams, sweetheuit of tho patriot mart)r, Nathan Na-than Hale , l'or tht jecond tlm- within a few montha Miss Smyth hi something by an unusual .! Ind pattered Into populariKl,,!a' of funnv tittle wooden ,''' Mr. K)le waa so ImnrS dainty ways, rennn?nfL' gencc, that he made h-r .J fc whereupon Miss rtorenc. J ' Jumped out of her wooden V" Orctchen became the Alu.h ntch'a lomant.c p,ay .",. |