The morning call., 1893-06-13
WHY SHE KICKED.
Wanted to Show Off to
"Sassiety."
EDA'S SURPRISING JIG.
She Tries to Kick the Roof Off
the Sausalito Ferry
Boat.

Marie Eda Gilchrist. alias Marie Edner.
once of the Black Crook Company and
lately an attache OF an Eastern variety
| theater, tried to kick the roof off the
Sausalito ferry-boat Sunday night and all
Marin County is shocked.
| 1t was the regular picnic boat, which
comes In late in the afternoon and pours
| its overflow of humanity into the lap of The
big city. A Marin County delegation was
in the overflow. Local lights from the
Hotel Rafael and Ross and Mill valleys
were there, as were also small fraction of
Sausalito's -Four Hundred"
| In this queer world of ours no. man
knows what misery is in store for him. To
say that Marin County society lights were
miserable while Miss Eda was performing
the rash act mentioned in the opening
paragraph is putting it very mildly.
One gentleman who spells his name with
two Us and wears a five-foot coat because
| Weather Clerk jenkins predicts it might
be foggy at Point Reyes. looked all over
| East street, from Broadway wharf 2 to the
ferries. for policeman who was inclined
| TO listen to him and upon his advice place
Miss Eda under arrest for disturbing the
| peace OF Marin County.
| 1t all happened in the following manner:
Sunday, as all San Franciscans are
aware. is not so much as day of rest as /
is day for picnics. There were several
/ picncs in Sausalito Sunday, ana Miss
Eda was an attendant of one of them.
When the picnic crowd boarded the last
| boat for San Francisco everybody was
feeling good and were in for a lively 60
! aS-you-please time. On board the terry
was a large delegation of society people
coming home from San Rafael and from
the yacht clubs at Sausalito. These ladies
| nd Ian. trio hn IL,
but it soon became evident that the pi 2
nickers we're not going to allow them to be-
First the ptcnickers took possession OF
| the lower deck. Dancing was INDUCED in
and so also was beer. The society lights
| moved upstairs.
| Another faction of the fun-seekers from
| North Beach took up quarters on the
upper deck. An accordion player came
into action, and the Telegraph Hill waltz
was danced 10 the entire satisfaction of
| the plcnickers and the utter disgust of the
| society lights.
! Then arstocracy got wrathy and move d
| into the cabin in a body. The picnickerS
were too many to move anywhere in a
body except overheard, but from the crowd
| OF them gathered in the cabin it was very
| evident that something extraordinary was
a bout to take place.
| There were whisperings of treat being
IN store for those who fingered in the cabin,
and soon that part of the steamer was 50
crowded that there was no escape from the
denSely packed compartment. The So
| Getty lights were nearly extinRuished in
the crush, but they had TO stay this time.
Pretty soon there appeared a man with
violin and a-lOngidrawn-Out looking per-
son, who declared through the medium If
his nose that IF deZ people will keep der
zeets dey'll see some fun"
Everybody thought there was going to
be prize-fght. and the picnickers were
In ecstasy. The Marin County delegation
tried to get out, but the picnickers warned
them In chorus to keep their seats till the
fun was over. Several pretty ballroom IA
vorites nearly tainted ana leaders Of ger
mans turned pale, but preferred not to
lead an assault on the picnickers.
The man with the violin started MP a
lively air, the accordion man joined him,
and into the center of the small space
opened for her pretty Marie Eda stepped
with graceful swing of her skirts.
There was vision of daintily turned
ankle and swish of white linen. The
little foot did not quite reach the roof of
The cabin, but pretty near it.
Several society lights turned toward the
wall and were content to witness further
proceedings in the ferry mirror.
Quicker and quicker came the music.
Higher and higher went Marie's little foot
until with mighty effort she touched the
cabin candelier. Then she rushed out of
the cabin door into the open air on deck
The ferry landed at The city, the crowd
pressed out ana shocked society hurried
away to its home, all save the gentleman
who was looking for the policeman.
Actress Marie Eda offers no apologies.