Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-01-15
FOUNDTHE RUNAWAYS
Lizzie March and Florence Kaye Dis
covered in New York.
FATAL DISASTER IN THE NORTHWEST.
Rivers Swollen by Recent Storms
Threaten Damage.
IN PURSUIT OF RIA.
FINDING THE RUNAwAYs.

Jessie March and Florence Kaye discovered
in New York.
Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
NEW York, Jan. 15.-By the strangest chance
in the world Jessie March and Florence Kaye.
the two girls who ran away from Washington
on New Years day to go on the stage, were
found last night.
Mrs. Kaye, worn out by anxiety. went home
yesterday, leaving Mrs. March to continue the
search Last night Mrs. March visited some
old family friends living in West 18th street.
About 10 o'clock she started home. She de-
cided to walk up sth avenue. the Bowery of the
West Side. The anxious mother thought she
might see her daughter in the gay procession
Of girls and women. Between Saith
and 35th streets Mrs. March saw two
girls looking into a shop window. One of
them was tall, graceful girl. with such dress
as her daughter had worn when she left WASH
ington. She could see the other girl face and
recognized it as that Of pretty Florence Kaye.
Very quietly the mother went to them and
called them by name.
The girls who had fancied themselves secure
from detection. were very much startled, but
decided to so with the mother without making
any resistance. They wanted to go to their
boarding house for some clothes they had
there and Mrs. March went with them, stopping
at q telegraph Office on the way to send the
good news to Florences mother in Wash
ington.
GIRLS MUCH DIscoNcERTED.
The girls were very much disconnected at be-
ing caught, but consented to 20 with the
mother. She would have called a policeman to
her aid if they had not They went to house
on 8th avenue where the girls had a room and
got their clothes, then the happy mother and
the two girls, whose ambitious dreams of his
trionic triumphs had been SO suddenly dissi-
patcd, went to Mrs. Marchs apartments in
West 35th street. where Mrs. March put them
to bed and talked to them.
Both the girls are rather proud OF their es-
capable and only sorry that their excursion did
not last longer.
THE GIRLS TELL THEIR STORY.
They told their story to STAR correspond
ont this morning. Pretty Miss March, speaking
for both. said: 1--WE are tired of Washington and
wanted to visit New York, so we came and have
had splendid time. We went to the
Smith House first, and when We found
they were after us We skipped away and went
to q boarding house on 9Th avenue near
45th street. We have been there ever since. l
don't want to tell you the number Of the house,
because the reporters would go there and
bother the people. We enjoyed ourselves very
much going to the theaters and seeing the
sights. | can't say an sorry to
go home because I don't want mamma to be
worried, but will be back in New York again
very soon. We had about decided to go with
a company that Gus Williams is organizing to
produce new play"
Mrs. March is very proud of her success in
finding the girls after Inspector Byrnes and his
detectives had failed. She will not start home
with the two girls till Sunday. perhaps Monday.
EXPERIENCE OF THE ANXIOUS MOTHERS.
Mrs. Kaye, as already stated, yesterday re-
turned to her home in Washington. Mrs. Kaye
has been victim Of nervous paralysis and
fears a recurrence of the disease. She had been
searching almost constantly ever since she
came here.
In Jessie March's trunk at home her mother
found a lot OF theater programs, in which the
names Of actors and actresses she knew were
marked. There was one or more persons in
nearly every company that had visited Wash
ington during the season, as indicated. All Of
the companies which are in New York were
visited, but nothing had been seen of the two
stage-struck girls by the members Of any Of
them.
The two mothers had a novel experience at
the Academy of Music here. where Joseph
Jefferson's The Country Circus is playing
A large number of ''supernumeraries" are en-
ployed in the production and no training or
experience is required to fill these places. II
was thought by the mothers that the runaways
might have "gone on the stage" in this way.
They went to the theater just before the per-
Torrance and told Manager Erlanger, one Of
Mr.. Jeffersons partners, their Grand He
took them back on the stage, where the whole
troupe OF nearly 200 performers, nearly
all young women. were putting the finish
ing touches to their costumes. He had the
whole lot Of the girls drawn up in line on
the stage in their spangles and feshings, and
Mrs. Kaye and Mrs. March looked them all
over. The two girls who we're wanted we're
not there and the mothers went away with
heavy hearts.
They visited all the Bowery dime museums
and concert halls where they thought there
was possibility Of the girls being found, but
did not get even SO much as a tangible clue.
An artist who eats glass or something of the
| sort at 9th avenue dime museum said he saw
them in the audience one dry last week, and
| this was absolutely the last trace Of the girls
| the mothers found.