The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-05-27
MISS M'CABE'S COMING OUT.
r1p TRICK or FATE THAT MADE
uFR MRS BRICK HOLLERAN.
ma. Teresa Mary. Hitherto known as the
bead SLOW. TOOK the Cuckoos' Swsrry by
.,,rm. aud Won a Husband a. Well rs an
,,,,of, thousand a Week at a Music Hall.

,.,.., Mar, Met abe hau an absolutely
,.ss career until the happening which
,,,rrsd her with an unusual social glory in
81, o,e. Of the upper East side, II was at "A
.lI r,v,n by the Harlem Cuokoos that Miss
Ta,aLo made her debut. Previous to that
-. Ind only appeared Al church picnics where
81, ,r,r. McCabe family was represented
"a ,borp luncheon was served IN the grove
,,,. a big basket. On these occasions Te-
~ social point ~ view was somewhat re-
,,rr,ad her picnickinR consisting chiefly
a, .o,kfny after the younger McCabes, feed
I,y Thorn with sandwiches and milk and see-
t., ,hpt in their eSuberant tag games they
"A not disturb the dancers upon the plat
,o-r, Teresa had never been TO a real a1air
,r,l m. evening of the Harlem Cuokoos
-suarry " for that Is what the Cuckoos called
,bs,r annual merry making at Acropolis Hall
Sb. had dim dreams. however. or a time
ran she. too, would have acquired n steady
uho would take her to affairs. for AL I'M
r,,tsu, functions ara affairs In the bright
io,,,n Of East Side youth. So she proctised
aorcng all by herself. evenings. on the roof
ard was an expert IN all the fancy steps, al
,ho,sb she had never had a lesson In her HE.
D,nc,rs came naturally 70 Teresa. She had
do,ced A. a tive. year. old baby. lifting the
row Of her p~-tticoat over her chubby legs
and making uncertain movements with them
which won such encomiums from her audi
,ors that IL became a feature TO the enter.
,onnent offered by the McCabes Of an even
ing 10 have the baby do her. at that time. 1t
must be admitted, somewhat ieggy dance.
Tler when she grew to be a little girl she
danced to the tune Of the organs in The street
I..anrA tLn lAAAtnn Rrlnhpr
NJ tho section. and reputed to he a Count in
hard luok offered her the sum Of five cents II abe
would accompany him with her side partner, Re-
tecca Kcvinsky, for eight blocks on his even
ins tour. the monetary Arrangement to he
a secret letween him and Teresa. This was
her first professional offer and was promptly
accepted by Teresa, who Uve two cents "
Rebacca, Although Rebecca was only A fou
In the performance. This lucrative field was
abandoned under pressure from the agents Of
a chldren's aid society. just a. Teresa wsshe-
ginning to amass money.
lftsr that Teresa took 70 the roof and danced.
She danced mornings before she went Ia work,
sometimes through sheer JOY 81 living She
danced during the lunch hour in the factory
and she danced evenings In Tho twilight ana
again In the moonlight for dancing with Teresa
was almost a passion. Naturally she grew
lissomp. graceful, easy in her movements,
with limbs that swayed like a flowers stalk
when she walked. In fact Teresa was not
unlike a flower. Her head blossomed with
chestnut clrls that had a reddish clint in them
and her skin was transparent white with "A
few golden freckles on the cheeks. Her eyes
we're like the opal with strange flames In them
Of green and gold deepening to brown that
glittered.
But all this did not lawn upon Teresa's
friends until after the night If her triumph.
The general impression was that she was a
pale, thin girl with red hair and freckles and
without that designated by the young ladies'
NJ the shop az a shape. She had often been
mortified by hearing the name red head"
called after her bv the children of the block
and she grew TO girlhood, quite unaware OF
herself, sometimes a most convincing charm
in woman,
A. the factory there was much anticipatory
talk Of the Harlem Cuckoos' swarrv. Nearly
all the girls were going for. they all had gen
tIemen friends but Teresa. She wondered
why she hadn't and put il all 10 her looks and
then puzzled over the fact that Name Hast
hgs who was Cross-oyed and limped had a
t'pAFv. pTtalnIV IIlN NptllllDU WIS tS biu
Is red hair. The other girls knew what the
trouble was. Teresa was dead slow, they
sad Md the modern mar Of the Cuckoos,
as Of othc- clubs. regards speed IN femiuinity
a. n desidcratum Secretly Teresa hrooded
over the problem rs she stitched N her ma
chine II vas beginning TO worry her now,
Wien me girls talked Of what they were going
to wear There was TO be a cake walk and
Tire Crckoos had ohtaircd the promise Of the
presence of Hollcran. now champion light
weight Of the world since his noted battle with
the Hoboken Wonder, this event preceding
the Cuckoos' svarrv by only n week.
Holleran was "A great man now. although
he was only "a Ne owned a saloon and played
star part In a melodrama that had been writ
ten for him, and had diamonds and a fur-lined
overcoat but he was not proud and remembered
that Ne had once been a Cuckoo himself. This
unusual lack Of haughnne~s, which rarely
always distinguished the plgillsi and
so they called him "BrrN' Holeran.
It was the night before the sHarrv that Te-
reSa's annoyance reached such a point that
she shed tear. The foreman noticed IT, 1t
VAS his duty 20 walk among m" huHling ma
chimes and see that none of the Young ladies'
wasted time and y" was therefore NOT n favor
l". for II was through hls mlsd!rected en-
tllstasm IN IA" cause Of earning his salary
that the girls often found a shortage in their
weekly envelopes on pay day. So their ilheS
pursued him rs he trOd the aisles between the
machine. They mad" faces AT him behind
his back and Name Hastings had even brought
a putty blower and ammunition with her on"
dav e]sSal|lug him from ambush until she was
caught redhaudcT and dOcked a days pay
p A chill m her ulqvfulucss. Teresa alone
G','"d rom any outward expression Of her
d'0fe for the man and he rewarded her by
passing over all her lapSeS The day she had
mo PTln and 'pl' HgI,pn over the mpOliUp b,,
~ her 70 home and II WAC general gossip among
m" srl' 'ha' she had not been docked, "
"S an lnd"nbt"d mash, they said, but some
kli ono W." WV" ""'' VIC" "''
But me night before the svnrry Teresa's
cart vas heavy. Never before had she SO
iN,S,d to 20 anywhere az 10 this affair, where she
lWSht 500 Brick H~olleran, whose picture had
zen IN the newspapers and who was to wear
,ne champion belt, 40 the girls snid, while he
gnpired IN" cake walk They said it was an
Teresa, pnrposely fingered In the room where
thA urls hung their hats until the merry, laugh
mn crowd had disappeared. Then she went ont
'o 'Goi 2nf ~" ior'maG was waiting for 6eT b,
n,ArH. although h" knew quite well that she
wasn't She was the only cirl in the room that
hadn't talked about II for the last month.
No said Teresa GROSSLY.
VIZ you give me the pleasure 10 escort you?"
20 sad, in accordance with the rules % the
Society Guide" which he had even then in his
guess 50" said Teresa, and turned and fed
M the street.
That night she toIled long over n washtub and
I"'"r over n hot stove doing NJ her white swiss
..onNrnatlon gown, which IN" had not worn for
mre, years. II required letting down AZ the
'ai'f, hut otherwise Teresa was as slim ms she
n"1 been whom i was made Systematic dancing
! une thlnR Tor keeping down the weight.
Nhat IN. wear on hor feet porplrXed her until
tner"nemh"red that she had worn white slippers
Nrn her dress, and that her mother rut them