The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-07-25
INDIANA GIRL AS REAL LADY
IN CHICAGO
Theresa Dwyer. Servant, DazzIed Fash.
lonable Boarding House and FOR three
Weeks had the Time of Her Life.

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Dwyer, II years old, forgot her
baking, dishwashing and laundry
work for three weeks. She came
10 Chicago to forget them.
While here she forgot to pay
the liveryman. and in her absent
mindedness she didn't pass over
the money to the manager of the
''Elms," a fashionable boarding
house at No. 55 Fifty-Third St.
This was the mistake of her
life, because Manager Fred S.
Wilson caused her arrest on the
charge of obtaining money under
false pretenses. The girl passed
Sunday night in the Hyde Park
police station, and appeared be-
fore Justice Quinn Monday. She
was accompanied by her mother,
hard working woman, with
many lines of care on her face.
The mother promised to pay the
bills her daughter had accumu-
lated, and the girl left for her
home in Chicago Heights.
Three weeks agoTheresa drove
up to the ''Elms" with unshed
tears in her eyes.
Il have lost my trunks" she
said to Mrs. Wilson, wife of the
manager, land 1 don't want to
stay at the Great Northern hotel
all alone. am only II. Mamma
is dead, and dear papa can't leave
his oil fields now"
She seemed distressed, and
Mrs. Wilson asked: How did you
happen to come to this place?"
The girl mentioned the name
of a prominent Chicago club
woman who had recently lived at
the .Elms," and Mrs. Wilson
said she would try to make it
pleasant for her.
Theresa thanked her, and mur-
INJURED, Only to think, l have
had no mother for six years.
So, in dress that 'swished'
all lined with silk-She began
her career as a LADY" Il am
to study music soon; am so am
bitious," she said.
But, instead of hours with her
music sheets, she rang up livery
stables, and in stunning turnouts
showed the folks at the Films"
how life could oe made worth
living. She paid nearly weeks
board in advance, but no more
money was seen. If the manager
questioned her she replied. Il
beg your pardon; there is some
delay; papa never kept me wait
irg before,
The guests at the "Elms"
couldn't quite understand, and
wondered if Theresa were sincere
in her desire to know all about
music. They didn't like the per-
fume she used, and wondered if
she weren't a bit frivolous.
"Was she arrested, as rumor-
ed, on her way to church," Was
asked of Mrs. Wilson Sunday.
"She was not, and l don't think
she knows very much about
church." replied Mrs. Wilson.
Il knew she rarely told the
truth. J. G. Roth, manager of
the Great Northern hotel. said
she had been domest C in his
employ, and then knew the girl
had misrepresented things when
she came to me-"
Mrs. Wilson continued: Sun
day night woman who said she
was Mrs. Dwyer. Theresa's
mother, came saying she had
been telegraphed for byThecesa.
1 said, / thought you were dead
" oh no, she answered. 4
am always alive, to earn money
for her.
is your husband an oil
king?"
g He shovels coal in Indiana.
And Theresa, what of her?'
g Well, she has been working
out. / wanted her to be a milli-
ner. but she said: eff work in
a kitchen / can save more money,
and have a better time"
The police at Hyde Park said:
"She is the smoothest talker
we've run up against for long
time"
Now if necessary, Miss Dwyer
says she will go back to her cap
and apron. She thinks it was
all worth while, as she had met
some charming people.