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Show Will Rogers, Star at the Ogdeo Gives a Purse to the Children's Hospital A trainload of easterners became quite mortified when they collected a hatful of money and presented it t" Will Itogera, after he had done a bit of roping at the station In Santa Cruz, Calif where Rocors was at work on his new Goldwyn picture. "Jcs1 Oil Me Jim." now showing at the- Ogden theatre Tlx- gum chewing expert of the lariat was sitting lazily in his saddle sad-dle down at the depot when the eastern east-ern train pulled in. Several of the' cow punchers with the company w'efo with him, and as the train came to a stop Rogers started a little fancy roping. rop-ing. He did his tricks and then took the applause. Some enthusiastic person on the train took off hie hat and cried: "Let's make up a little purSG for this cowboy this is real western Stuff I Ain t u great-"' Everybody planked down a quarter or a half, and soon the hat was bulg-jing bulg-jing Just as the train started the enthused en-thused Individual presented It to smiling smil-ing Rogers. Hill look It, cloffe.l bis hat and said: "Guess this will help the children's hospital fund thanks!'' I One of the cowpunohers yelled: "Pretty good one on you, old tlm- r' "1 his guy Is Will Rogers, an.i he makes a salary of J-4.UO0 a week. He's here making a picture now. Much obliged" The man who had taken up the collection col-lection ducked into the smoking car amid the Ha-ha's of the other passengers. |