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Rml Life
The Thanhouser Kidlet in "Baby's Joy Ride"
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Thanhouser
Baby's Joy Ride
By Lloyd F. Lonergan Nov. 18, 1913 CAST
John Winters Harry Benham
Beatrice, his wife Lila Chester
Dorothy, their child Thanhouser Kidlet
The cook Carey Hastings
The heartless way that children have of going on adventures, and frightening their elders almost to death, is very realistically — and very charmingly — shown, in Mr. Lonergan's novel playlet, "Baby's Joy Ride."
Every morning Baby Dorothy has seen her father hurry out to the big car and ride away to the mysterious "city." One morning she runs down the steps, holding out both arms, crying, "Take me to business, too!"
Father and mother only laugh — they can't see how much in earnest she is — and there is a sensitive spot in the child^s heart all day — until, in a delightful walk with mother that afternoon, and a visit to a gypsy camp, her disappointment is, for the time, forgotten. But next morning, it all comes back — when she wakes and hears the limousine whirring so invitingly. She slips out of bed, and runs' down to the sidewalk, in her little bathrobe. Father and mother are nowhere in sight. She climbs into the car, and snuggles down under the blanket in the tonneau. A moment later, father jumps into the driver's seat — and they are off.
When father reaches the office he finds a telephone message from his distracted wife — the gypsies have stolen little Dorothy! Back they fly — the wicked stowaway still undiscovered. Baby gets about all the joy riding she wants — and is glad to slip out of the machine and back to the nursery, while father and mother
are summoning the police. Nor do father and mother ever learn the whole story — for "babies don't tell all they know" — says Mr. Lonergan.
Asiierkaii
A Spartan Girl of the West
Nov. 27, 1913 CAST
Molly Winifred Greenwood
Her Foreman Edward Coxen
The Stranger George Field
Molly's Mother Ida Lewis
This western play is a drama of pure pluck. Molly is the owner of a ranche — not merely is the property in her name, but she is the manager and business head, and she prides herself on being able to keep everything in her own hands. Her foreman resents, in secret, her exceeding independence for he has fallen head over heels in love with Molly, but despairs of ever being able to make her feel that he is indispensable to her in any way.
A stranger takes the adjoining ranche — and the amount of "rustling" in the vicinity is noticeably increased. The foreman is suspicious. But her neighbor has worked himself into Molly's good graces — and when the foreman comes to her with his accusations, she laughs at his fears, but secretly resolves to make a test. One day, riding alone, she catches the stranger redhanded. She takes him in charge — and holds him prisoner until the sheriff's posse is out scouring the hills for him — when she releases him, telling him to go away and forget his dishonest past.
The coolness of the girl — her level-headed action and "nerve" — handling the entire situation without a bit of help, nor so much as a word of encouragement — make her an exceptional heroine.