The morning call., 1894-08-22
WHERE is ETHEL?
Creditors Are i'm Quest of
Miss Brandon.
The Members of Her Stranded Com.
pany Have Not Seen the
Ghost Walk.

To successfully evade a creditor or his
able coadjutor the collection agent re-
qulres an amount of tact and genius pos
sessed by few and yearned for by many.
The migratory male member of the hui
man family has been accredited in the
past with the possession of superior facul-
ties Of mind in this particular line. bnt it
must now be admitted that the time has
arrived when the gentle female sister has
advanced another step in her endeavor TO
place herself in that respect upon plane
of perfect equality with man.
Since Ethel Brandon. the actress. first
increased her store of worldly goods. by
means of a benefit rendered her out of
sympathy for her forlOrn condition, the
public in general and keen students of
nature In particular realized that she pos
sessed talent other than hlstrionic.
That her memory was defective was
evidenced when she entirely forgot the
existence of a number of thespians who
had appeared night after night ia her
company, with no other remuneration than
the superstition that the ghost would
walk" some day, but when the fair lady,
after gathering in the golden shekels,
HE'D herself TO a hospital, the name of
Ethel Brandon was frosted in large letters
upon the pToverbia cake, and an oppOr-
tunity awaited 10 present the same TO her
with few appropriate remarks. 10 be
sure, the breezy collection agent was sadly
grieved, but he could not help but admit
that the fair Ethel had displayed excellent
judgement in the selection of her strong
hold. And from that time till the present
she has succeeded IN making herself de-
cldedly scarce.
But the old adage of out of sight out of
mind does not apply little bit in tails par
ticular instance. Miss Brandon is GER
tanly out of sight in more ways than one,
but her memory will be forever fresh and
green in the minds of her unpaid support
ing company. OF course they are too con-.
siderate to speak harshly of her and
would doubtless extend the ''glad hand"
should they ever have the pleasure or
meeting: but it is now the fashion of
creditors to smile and look happy instead
of glum and unpleasant. Ii is hard to tell
just how Miss Brandon would be received
ia case il is aScertained that all her money
is gone.
But where is Miss Ethel Brandon. the
Dene6ciary2
There are a number of Jealous collection
agents and actors who have been trying to
solve this problem for several days, but
without success. She is no longer within
the protecting walls Of the hospital. and
she might be in Asia for all that is known
of her whereabouts. One lynx-eyed indi-
vidGal claims that he has seen mail matter
addressed to the actress at resort known
as Sealand, in Sonoma County.
Ii she is there she will certainly be
obliged to act in the capacity of hostess
within day or two, as she Is threatened
with a visit from a number of inQuiring
friends. Another collector of overdue ac-
counts. who claims that his grandfather
was the only man who ever collected a
cent from Wlkens Mica Nv Der, asserts that
Miss Brandon is now in company with
Arthur Elliott, who recently commenced
an engagement in a Chicago theeter. The
summer resort in Sonoma County, he SAYS,
was only used to throw the anxious ones
off the scent, and, as if to prove his thor
Ough familiarity with the doingS and
whereabouts Of the actress, the in formant
knowingly remarked that the accounts of
the hospital contain an unsettled bill
| az ainst Miss Brandon.
Be that as il may the fact remains that
the much-talked-of bene ficiary is not in
San Francisco nor yet in Sealand, and the
collectors and members of her disbanded
company are turning gray and losing sleep
! in their efforts 10 locate her.