The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-04-22

Identity, except 10 state that he lives MT
Everett. Until year ago when her
iather and mother separated. she attend
ca the Denny school Being naturally
bright, she easily stood at the head Of her
class. She is an interesting and eloquent
| cohvsrsationalist. but knowing her sex one
is APT 70 experience feeling of disgust In
consequence of the unfemInine character
OF the topics she discusses and her mas
culne method of delivery and gesture
Among her associates her glib tongue has
won for her the distinction of being well
educated, but a close analysis reveals SUI
perflciality and bombast.
Nellie Is very fond of frequenting saloons
with the boys. Indeed. she has occupied
the position of bartender In at least two
saloons. her employers as well as their
customers. In both instances being entirely
ignorant of her sex. Last winter she
worked In a saloon near the Great North
ern tunnel.
Looks Like q Man.
Inc girl places herself into ell sorts Of
compromising positions and thinks moth
ing about H. Any ether young woman who
ala one-third of the things she docs wot,ld
oe os'rae.zed by everybody with whom she
came In contact. But Nellie is sui generis.
her determination to be man mt all
hazards II accepted by her associates, both
male and female. as though her metamor-
phosis were complete. Hence acts CT i'm
propriety and indelcacy in other girls are
not regarded as such In her She Is Judged
from the standpoint OF a man.
Nellie does not look a bit like a girl
when dressed in male attire. Her walk
aud swing are the same as a mans aut
enc SHOWS her feminine vanity by insist
ing as does her friends that she make. a
better looking boy than she does a girl
when dressed In the paraphernaiia OF a
girl she looks awkward and ungainly. since
the nature n har
contempt for feminine grace and deport-
ment have combined to eliminate the
graceful symmetry OF the normal woman
Developed like man. she is tall has dark
brown hair and Nubian eyes that scin-
tillste with reckless abandon and defiance.
She IL headstrong and absolutely fearless.
Her masculine nom de plume is Harry Iiv-
ingston, and she insists upon everybody
addressing her az such,
year ago Nellie meandered to Port
land. Or, where she has an uncle In the
hotel business Arrived at Portland she
learned that her avuncular relative was In
need OF clerk. Attired as usual In the
garb OF fin de steele Isotharto, she applied
for the position and got IT, Unrecognised
by her uncle she continued to work n n
clerical capacity for some time. Finally,
however, he happened to be Illuminating
among some papers one unfortunate day
and ran across letter from her sister
he read the mis1ive through. The true
state of affairs began to dawn upon him
and when she returned TO work the next
day, or rather night. for she was doing
night work, his suspicious were confirmed
and she waxed so angry at what she terrn-
ed his inquistfveness that she left him and
returned 10 Seattle.
wants to he n PriseHxhter.
Another popularity about black-eyed Nell
Is an uncontrollsble penchant for prize
nghting. She has never taken the part cf
principal SO far and Il Is not known
whether her ambition runs along this rne
although with her lithesome limbs. a'tick
action and remarkable running capacity
she would probably develop into a good
lightweight Charley Mitchell should che
ultimately determine 20 don the init tIe-
especial forte Is as a second and n is for
this honor that she Graves and demands
recognition. On one occasion while on
gagged IN the capacity Of bottle holder. che
was recognized BY somebody in the audi
ence who Immediately proceeded TO make
his discovery known by revealing her iden
tity She denied the affirmation In verv
robust language and hurled cpithets ~ hor
hetrayer, which have somehow been
omitted from the standard book OF ethics
! In order TO dsprove the assertion that
"ha" was q woman. the female Apol0
invited the culprit C. step In the arena
where she would give him a few Lessons
IN tho manly art The man vanished
Until recently Nellie wore her hair like
good young women But she found that
the bunchv couture did not accord with
the idea 81 being n real man BESIDES.
she had read about Or Mary Walker.
Now her hair "a cut short like a mans,
her beautiful brown tresses have been
smputated. and following the initiative
/ OF an good young men, she periodically