The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-08-06
BATHS HER HOBBY.
North Carolina Sought by
Pretty Women in Ball
Dress.

In the New York World is given the
story of the pretty woman who crossed
the water to seek the famous mineral
baths of North Carolina. 1t says:
1.-THE Red Star liner Kroonland has
mystery in human document, whom
Capt. Doxrud, the steamships officers
and the United States immigration Of
| ficials have not been able to read to
their complete satisfaction.
The mystery is a good-iooking
young woman of tWenty-six, of evident
education and refinement, who made
the ocean trip in ball gown, with two
racks of mineral water for luggage
/ and 81. She persisted in wearing her
evening costume at all times during
the passage, and attracted much atten-
ton by conversing a. table in loud
tones and with an exaggerated English
accent.
Her: Don't cher know and My
world produced a suspicion that she
was a victim of Anglophobia.
''She gives her name as Mrs. Con-
stance II. Phelan and her last address
as Cheltenham, England. The woman
came aboard at Antwerp with two
men, each bearing case of mineral
water. 1T was not discovered until
later that she had no change of raj
ment. She was a cabin passenger and
her ticket had been previously paid
for.
1.-The Kroonland arrived ON Monday.
and, in view of her refinement and
signs of good social standing, the i'm
migration officials have allowed the
woman to stay aboard the ship at the
foot of Fulton street North river. She
will probably be sent back on the
Kroonland on Saturday.
'Drs. Tappin and Parker of the
United States Hospital Marine, are in
clined to believe she is mentally con-
fused. She has a hobby for mineral
water baths and declares that she has
visited nearly all the famous baths in
the world. She says she heard there
were splendid baths in North Caro-
lima, and she wanted to visit them.
"When the immigration boarding Of
fcers met Mrs. Phelan she was per-
fectly rational She is q woman Of
medium height blue eyes and brown
hair wearing a cream-colored. lOw-cut
gown en- train, low white shoes and
white stockings.
AT first she declared that her hus-
band was dead, but this she later eX-
planned by stating he was dead to
her.
"She showed from kin e. Crowther,
LlncOln FlelGS Inn, LONDON, solicitors,
q letter, written some time ago, and
stating that she had an annuity of
900 and her debts would be paid.
''She declares that she had been to
a dinner and had been escorted on
board by the steamship men, of whom
she had bought her ticket.
~ did not really want to come. ;
she volunteered, for L would muc/
rather have ~0ne to South Africa,
where the baths are much better
my grandmother was Sarah Price,
an American, and my mother, Laura
Price. married James Hunter, q chem
list, of Aberdeen, at the American En-
bassy, Paris For time / lived in
England. but later went to my grand
mother in Paris where [ received my
education | married Mr.. Phelan and
had two children, but we separated
several years ago.
II received all income from my faith
er, but some time ago the estate got
into chancery and my income has
been cut to $4,000 My allowance is
not quite due and that is the rea-
son l have not much money at pres
ent. The Paris house of J. Z. Nor
gan & Co, formerly had charge of
nv affairs -