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Show RUTH, WILLIE AND "GIIS" ARE COMING "Everyone should have a place in his heart and his home for dumb animals, ani-mals, even if the home is only a baggage bag-gage car." This assertion is made by Ruth White, who pla8 tho role of "Willie," in "The Burgomaster," at the Grand next Wednesday. She is a lover of all outdoor sports, and dumb animals with a stress on the dumb in particular. par-ticular. Furthermore, she practices what she preaches. - Though her profession requires her to travel about from ono city to another an-other most of the year, and her only home is a car, Miss White always has at least one horse and one dog within calling distance Willie, Is a flno 1 white charger, named after the actress' ac-tress' paft in the play, accompanies her oh all her tours, and knows nearly as much about tho United States as his fair owner. When the people get tired of admiring admir-ing Willie. Miss White whistles for "made-over" Gus, the poodle. He got his nickname through an accident, In which both hind legs were broken. Subsequently, with careful nursing and proper surgical attention, they were made over. The name sticks by the funny little canine, whose history -can be traced to top-liner tumbling and trick-walking turns in the Gentry Bros, shows. Miss White, "Willie and Gus," the last two In a specially fitted up section of ono of the two special Burgomaster cars, will arrive in Ogden Og-den Wednesday. |