The San Francisco call., 1904-02-21
.HASTENS HERE
! TO JOIN SISTER
Gertrude Allen Comes From the
North to Entreat Relative
to Return to Seattle Home
PLEADINGs ARE IN VAIN
Fair Young Principal in Recent
Scandal on Sound Is Deter
mined to Become an Actress

Spurnfng the entreaties Of her loving
sister. Miss Clio Allen, who recently
fled from Seattle and has been a guest
at the Grand Hotel for several days,
has refused to abandon her plans for
a theatrical career apd stubbornly an
nounces her intention of remaining in
San francisco Yesterdays train from
the north brought to this city Miss
Gertrude Allen. an elder sister OF the
fair maiden whose professed love for
one Of SeattIe's prominent married
business men has started the city on
the sound gOssiping merrily. Arriving
here the sister hastened to the Grand
Hotel. where she was ushered into the
presence of Clio. In the latter's room
the two women entered into council
that lasted several hours, but failed to
effect the purpose of Miss Gerturde's
visit here. Clio was appealed to to re-
turn to the north. but appeals were Of
no avail and finally the elder and wiser
sister abandoned hope of taking Clio
back to Seattle.
WILL BIZ WITH FRIENDS.
Later in the day the two women
visited several friends and finally an
nOunced that Clio would change her
residence to-day from the hotel to the
home of a family acquaintance. Miss
Gertrude Allen is apparently deter
mined that her younger sister shall be
discouraged in her mad infatuatiOn for
Frank H KiIbourne of Seattle, who
has declared his intention TO get di-
vorce and marry her. 1t is with this
determined purpose in view that the
elder sister has planned to have Clio
sheltered under the roof of friends Of
the family, where their influences may
finally cause her to forget the man with
whom her name has been so disagree
ably connected and return TO her
mothers home in Seattle.
When Clio left her home. week ago
Friday, and sought the assistance OF
Kilbourne. it was Gertrude who traced
her to a hotel in North Seattle and en-
treated the young woman to return.
Kilbourne was present at the time and.
so it is claimed. there was a stormy
scene between him and Gertrude, which
ended in her returning to her family
and telling her relatives Of her futile
efforts to persuade Clio to leave Kill
bourne.
CLIO JUST OF AGE.
Plans to have Kilbourne arrested
came to naught. for the reason that
Clio had Just reached her majority and
was in reality privileged to do as she
pleased, but notwithstanding this fact,
Gertrude decided to keep after her
sister, and when she finally learned OF
her departure from Seattle she decided
to follow her and did so as soon as she
learned that Clio was in San Francisco
She arrived here yesterday, full or
hope of inducing Clio to return TO the
north, and her disappointment was in
tense when she realized that her sisters
will could not be overcome 1t was
then that Gertrude conceived the idea
of placing Clio where KilhOurne could
not visit her, and in this she was sue
cessful. a fact which she telegraphed
to her mother last evening. Clio also
wrote to several Of her Seattle friends
that she would not return to her home,
but was determined to study here for
the s. "a. After sending these nissives
TO the north the two sisters returned
to their room in the Grand and denied
themselves to all callers