Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-10-12
[|ASQUERADED AS A MAN
Stanton, Delaware, Girls Long Trip
in Her Brothers Clothes.
|HE HAS SEEN MUCH OF THE LAND
avs That, After Many Excit-
ing Adventures,
# IS NOW LEADING A QUIET LIFE

telegram.
n, 500 inc world rs a man secs it,
Iatt;e Dickey, of Stanton, Del,
.yclod lar and suffered much.
rontant with the knowledge she had
mod in Xix years of periodical roam
Y" hither and thither, dressed in the
an If q mau, she has now made
14mp resolution TO stay woman the
Oft of her life.
ha oulet Of her little home, after her
i,tb excursion in tho cold. cold
orld. IS she discarded her. mas
Eupe attire she wistfully acknowl-
drel to her mother that she had thor
knshly fulfilled the dream nf red youth
nd that her brothers. clothes would
eypr again DO an alurement to her.
Fey women in the world have dared
do what llettie Dickcy has done.
4 plain, unsophisticated country
I'LL the excitement of whose youth
Ess divided between the tranquil
lsge of Stanton and little
Methodist church two miles from it,
NO one would have suspected in her
ho woman Of great physical endurance
Ind holiness. Yet it happened that.
ecause the lights and shadows OF life
h the modern city-world we're seen by
er only in newspaper paragraphs and
h books, a longing seized her to view
Mem with her own eyes.
Not unlike many ! other girls in this
Respect. nettie nevertheless sought to
ID what the others were too timid to
undertake.. She sought the means Of
ealilihg her wish, and the intrepidity
pt its execution gave solacing comfort
% those of her sex whose hopes were
BATTERED on the proposition-How can
We do it?
In 1883 Hettie Dickey inaugurated
fer series OF masculine excursions. At
Seventh Day Adventist meeting, n
snort distance from Stanton, she met u
young Norfolk minister. To him she
psVB her heart, although he never
knew it. When he went away she
planned to follow him. To see him
agan and TO get glimpse of the
world made combination of prospect
fiat kept her heart and hopes Id u
fuuer. But the question of how she
could do all this perplexed her for a
time. for she was girl who sought to
doall things well, and in this par
dcular work she wanted success in
fnrpd at the outset.
So she evolved many schemes, drop
pDg them almost as quickly as they
we're suggested to her, until she finally
BIZ upon the idea of appropriating her
brother's clothes, She was seated in
her bedroom mending his linen when
the thought came to her. That night
complete outfit of his clothes was
slowed snuely away in corner of the
voodshed few PAGES north of the
house, Next day Hettie told her mother
that doctor had advised her to re.
move her hair, owing to some irregu
arities in It's growth. So she went tc
Newark and had her hair cut.
That night, when she was confident
that all was slumber in her home, She
rept stealthily out and entered thu
vOodshed. The Transformation act re
qulred only a few minutes. and soor
she appeared on the road in frort O
her home, her heart, her hopes and he
footsteps turned toward Norfolk.
4 black derby hat, piccaadill.
collar, a white shirt, four in hant
tie blue suspenders, dark striped
trousers and black coat and waistcoa
constituted her masculine makeup
Suspended over her shoulder by mean
Of strape was a satchel which coz
tanned some linen. She looked at her
selt in tho glow of a May moon as sh
ripped boldly down the country road
sle was very much satisfied with he
burIesque Of her brother.
Down the road she walked until sh
reached the railroad tracks. A wal
Of three miles along the ties an
s!eepers to Newark was before her, bu
Sue bravely faced il. At Newark sh
arrived Just in time to get aboard
tS9uthbound Royal Blue express fo
baltimore. Late the next day she too
passage on boat for Norfolk.
When she left Stanton she had SIS j
her. purse, and after paying railroa
and boat fare and ordinary Twin
typenes she did not have % fortune
tlend in Virginia's hustling city. Tw
weeks away from home and her none
81 gone, Hettie was confronted wit
20 necessity of seeking aid. She die
sle engaged to do some chores abot
ne home of n ell-to-do family, bl
Aer awkwardness in the performance I
aman' $ work aroused the supsicioI
OF her benefactor. Confronted with Il
question as to her real sex, she tea
MY confessed that she was a masque
aaer. A telegram to her father, WI
meanwhile had discovered her cloth
ID the woodshed and dispatched d
le.ctlves to look for her, railrot
'lcket and hoyful of luncheon wour
Up hrr exploit in Norfolk. She fail'
70 md the minister.
The quiet folk of Stanton accepts
her return with the belief that h
experience had cured her of her or
pltlon to sec the world. To the
vplnion Hettie gave no answer. Rath
.lan cure, the trip had sharpen
aer ambition. She had only got
lle edge of the precipioe in the gre
aan-word beyond. She wanted
Mke The jump, and after years wa
sae did. People of Stanton were fc
getting her first exploit, when tn
woke one fine morning in Mare
iSea, to learn that she was off agai
as before, Hettie planned this TT
carefully. The woodshed was aga
.ae scene of transformation, and t
,aiiroad tracks had their share in t
~ p.Vtlre OF her departure, but. inste
vi the cover of night, she chose .
s'ear, open light Of day. And, stran
~ ~ may seem, she made her way c
vi me little village without discover
y was o'clock in the afterno
Sin she started down the road. Tr
s s'ng along the tracks, she noticed t
~ lsn approaching from the opros
ttIreetion. A corntield fanking
racks was handy, and into it she cr'
avoid the men. When they h
assed she resumed her walk
S ss% a This time her purse y
ssppll iilled with her savings of ye
'a y, hought ticket for Chicago.
/, She stopped at cheap lodgingho'
". lake street as long as her ful
sauut1miitted, eating at lunch count