The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-13
SINGULAR LIFE
STORY Of EDNA HALL.
Girl in Khaki Cannot Marry Be
cause She Is Not
Quiet.
SHE KNOWS MISS ROOSEVELT.
Worked on Farm, Taught School,
Learned Stenography, Kept
House and Is an
Enigma.
SHE KNOWS MISS ROOSEVELT.

indianapolis. Ind, April EDNA Hail.
a girl with a khaki uniform picked up with
an injured leg during a fire, is a patient at
the City Hospital, and still reiterates her
original statement, that MY home is where
/ take my hat of: and 1t is nobody's bust
ness who l am. or where / came from"
For a good-looking girl OF Is, she mas hal
more than her share of ups and downs, and
according to her story. she has worked on
n farm, taught school. learned stenography
and bookkeeping, kept house, tram2td
posed as a broncho buster and acrobat, and
has written poetry. Her mother died in
Michigan and her father at Burbank. o.,
and she has four sisters and three Drotle.s,
whose address is lost TO her.
Lived With BrOther-in-Law ".
Following her mothers death she made
her home with a brother-in-iaw at Lester,
N. Y. but he treated her harshly, compelled
her to do all KINDS Of fam work, anu, as
she says. clicked me whenever the hu.i,or
seized him." THIS drove her away and she
went to Binghamton with a little money she
had saved. and tlere she entered u normal
school and attended a business coilest at
night, graduating as a teacher. She mate a
second effort to live with her brotner-in-
law. but he was still cruel. and so she went
away finally turning up at the home OF an
uncle at Denison. Tex, who owned INC
Alamo Hotel. Here she was delightfully."-
treated, but the old passion TO tramp toald
not be downed, and since then she mas botn
oaming from Pillar to post. dong eyely-
tbinn from domestic service to riding a NiiI
broncho in Pawnee Bilrs show. 1t was
while with the show that she took TO Wedr-
ing the rough-riding habit, since winch
time She has chung to it because she once
had a sweetheart who is q solder. She
claims an acquaintance with TEDDY RouSL-
Welt az her folks 70. merly lived at Oyster
Raw and she has often taken Il ride, she
saws. on a pony with Alice Roosevelt, whom
she regards as a very good rider. Miss Hall
also saws that in her warderingS sne mas
learned to play policy. and she was iucSy
in winning much money. but 1t was soon
spent,
in noiice headquarters OF more thar one
great city, but the police have always been
Still added the girl, with a sob, Il wish
7 were dead, because ii seems that every
bodv makes fun of me, and laughs at In
One of the hospital attendants asked why
sh. did not marry and settle down.
.sNe get married? o. SAID Miss Hail. with
onnhasis. .'Why what man would marry
me? Men like girls that are nice and quiet;
and 7 am not. I'm a rummy-bum girl and
n broncho buster. so l don't see that l nave
env chance. / have been in Missouri, where
they showed me, and in Texas. where they
steered me: I'm not afraid OF anyIhins or
gers than friends, because they treat me
II will be recalled that she wa. injured
the first day she arrived In the city, and
Moved as a stenographer and bookkeeper
at the poultry house. She now says she Is
ready to leave the hospital. but she does not
know where She Is g0,ng. MAKE no
fhey come" The girl says she Is spending
her spare hours writing a poem, which she
purposes to call THE Legend of the City
After that she thinks of writing ar essay
on the Gift of Cab as applicable to her
own case.