The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-28
GIRL IN BOYS CLOTHES FOUND
s TIRED or BEING A GIRL
"tyDWANTEDT TO EARN MONEY,
.,,, Have Passed AZ q boy n the whole
Precinct Hadn't Been Looking for
uer-No Law Forbids Girl to wear
,he Trousers-Sent 70 Her Mother.

uer-No Law ForDius y 0trl 10 wear
,ne Trousers-Sent TO Her Mother.
n,;sy Hoffman. the seventeen-year-old
uirl who ran away from her home at 1879
s,.,o,d avenue, on Sunday morning, dressed
:, hov's clothes, Is at home again.
!" polceman Moore found her. He was
.,.ndipg al the 109th street crossing OF
Tsird avenue, yesterday morning. getting
.nn scbool children across the street when
u. .sw nice-looking boy walking toward
H., from Lexington avenue. The boy
. checked trousers. turned up at the
ration. patent Leather shoes. gray waist
"a, black serge sack coat and black
,.dora hat. The hat rested lightly on
,ionde hair which had been cut rather short
The how pulled on a cigarette. A gold
.a,cb chain was stretched across his waist
coat. ~.
aloud to friend who was talking to him.
.Smau feet and little knock-kneed, but
80 that a small waist? And curves
zee. that's girl, sure
The whole precinct was looking for Daisy
Hoffman. Moore went up to the boy and
asked him his name.
Dave sullivan, was the reply.
-Where do you liver
AT 1879 Second avenue
you're Daisy Hoffman; there's where
,he lived said Moore.
.Yes. I'm Daisy said the masquerader.
Moore walked down Third avenue to the
Ioth street station with the girl, and no
one paid any particular attention to his
prisoner except a few women. who turned
10 look Moore arraigned her before
acting Sergeant Hoffman, who IL no rela-
well, sonny. what have you donei'
asked Hoffman.
.Hrs Daisy Hoffman, said Moore, and
then her mother was sent for.
Daisy said she had always wanted to be
hoy and had been thinking Of dressing
up a. one for some time.
They Wouldn't. let me have any fun
lancer # thew sH wosdnt let @e stay out Alter y
O'Clock and had to do all the work Of the
house. | got tired Of that and they told
me was moro like hoy than girl, any,
way. Some boys told me ] would make
a good-looking boy. and ! decided that
II I'd dress up as one I could 90 out and
make living-be a messenger boy, or some
thing like that.
My father gave me quarter every Satur-
day night. and saved the money until
had about Is. Two weeks ago bought
the coat and vest. About 0 o'clock on
Saturday night. l went to barber shop at
hair cut. Then I went back home and
got to bed without anybody seeing me.
About S o'clock Sunday morning, got
up. put on my fathers trousers, the coat
and vest had bought and my brothers
streets all day. No one seemed to notice
me and bought cigarettes and smoked
them. About Q o'clock on Sunday night,
met man on Lexington avenue and told
him that Just got In from out Of town and
wanted 70 find come lodging house where
nice a boy to 60 to lodging house and
sent me up to his sisters house at 1le
Fast 129th street. She lives on the top
floor, but ! don't know her name. slept
on a lounge In her front room ell night and
two meals since I left home. but I bought
three packages Of cigarettes and smoked
them. I won't be boy again and won't
run away from homo any more
Mrs. Hoffman came to the station and
the girl was taken to the Harlem police
Magistrate Flammer. her mother said that
she was q good 'homespun girl. but the
children In the nsighborhod had fooled
Der Into believing that she looked Like =
dShe does all the work at home,' said
Mrr. Hoffman. "and have family Of ten
children. ] am sick most Of the time and.
as she is the eldest. she has to do great
deal Of work"
The girl promised to 60 home, and
Magistrate Hammer discharged her.
saying
Il don't know Of any law which stops q
girl from. wearing boys clothes II she
wants to-
Mother and daughter went away to-
gether and rode home In q Second avenue
surface car. No one appeared to notice
anything strange In the girls dress.
Mrs. Kate Purcell, who lives on the top
floor at l48 East 129th street with her mother.
says that she had boy who answers the
description OF the Hoffman girl at her house
on Sunday night. Mrs. Purcells brother
met the boy in the street. The boy said
he had came In from Flushing looking for
his uncle. couldn't find him, had no money
and couldn't get back. He sent the hoy to
Mrs Puroel's house and she let him sleep
On the lounge that night. She never sus-
pected that her guest was girl.
He promised to send back some flowers
when he left in tho morning after having q
cup Of coffee" said Mrs. Purcell. IF he was
a girl wish she would call. a. would like
TO see him In her right clothes