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Show companionship. The twins, Harold and Herbert Chase, and Shorty Ross affectionately remembered him. Darius died December 22, 1916 of diphtheria at ten years of age. This tragic death following that of Edward's was most difficult for his parents and family. Having had five sons, Charles was overjoyed to have two daughters born into the family: Mary Madeleine Marriott and Ida Virginia Marriott. Having lost his two youngest sons and his three oldest sons well on their way to maturity, he delighted in doing all he could to please his daughters. He fashioned devices for their pleasure such as a homemade teeter-totter, a merry-go-round, a swing under the grape arbor, and a second one under the apricot tree. In winter he gathered and molded some snow into a hugh mound by packing and watering it and made a slide approximately eight feet high for the girls to slide down on their sleighs. Early one summer morning, he built a small refreshment stand over an irrigation ditch that ran parallel to the driveway. This was constructed for his daughter Madeleine. He took her to the Jensen Candy Factory located on the northwest corner of Twenty-fourth Street and Lincoln Avenue where together they selected boxes of penny candy, candy bars, gum, etc. to be sold. This project kept her busy throughout the entire summer. Mary often made ice cream to be sold from the refreshment stand. The neighbors would come with their bowls to be filled and at the same time buy various other confections. This was a great learning experience for Madeleine. After the girls were in their teens, Charles took them to the summer home where he built a dam across the river in the back thus making the water deep enough to swim or boat in. He had a good friend, Otto Richter, who he engaged to make a canoe for the girls. After a few spills out of the canoe, he had constructed a good-sized flat-bottom boat with oars which provided pleasant and happy hours for his daughters, relatives and friends. He enjoyed taking his daughters to town when the circus came to Ogden. There was always a colorful parade, lions, tigers, monkeys, elephants, clowns, and a steam calliope that could be heard for blocks. On Saturday nights, he enjoyed taking his wife and daughters to the Orpheum Theater located on Washington Boulevard near 25th Street. First he would take them to the Dokas Candy store next to the theater where a large sack of chocolates and other confections were purchased to be eaten during the entertainment. The show would include traveling stage performerseither the Pantages or Franco-Marco troupes which were vaudeville acts. Then on the screen, they would enjoy the Pathe News, a comedy, and a continuing serial such as "Tarzan of the Apes" followed by the main featurea silent movie. MADELEINE MARRIOTT Mary Madeleine Marriott, the sixth child of Charles and Mary, was born in the family residence (1208 Porter Avenue) on October 23, 1909. She is very fair skinned, with blond hair and hazel eyes. Her height is five feet three inches, and she is small-boned. One of her earliest recollections was that of watching her father at the evening milking of their cow. She remembers the pail of milk covered with white foam and how she anxiously waited while |