The Washington times., 1905-01-25
THIS GIRL WOULD
PREFER TO BE BOY
Can't Get Work and Poster
ed by Washers.
so SHE DRESSES AS A MAN
Gets Job as Barber in Hotel, But Has
to Declare Her Sex in
Hospital
so SHE DRESSES AS A MAN

CINCINNATI, Jan. 25.-Frank Will I
Jams. a Incorporating young man, ap-
piled for treatment in a Cincinnati hos
pitaI His symptoms were those of
nervous prostration.
On being assigned to a mems ward
Williams showed signs of distress, and
finally whispered to the doctor:
Il am woman"
Three Weeks a Man.
For three weeks Frank Williams
wore mems clothes, performed her
duties as barber at the Grand Hotel,
..chummed'' with the other boys at the
hotel. and TO all intents and purposes
lived Il boy
Across the street from her place of
employment at .he Adams Hotel. AZ
West Fourth Street. where she roomed,
ten or fifteen persons knew and kept
her secret.
Working as a boy by day, the girl
took her place in the parlor of the
Adams Hotel at night with the other
roomers. and was addressed as Miss
Williams, while still wearing her boys
clothes.
A talented musician. she played the
piano and sang operate selections in a
high clear soprano. She says she is
nineteen years old She is handsome
and finely formed
A French Girl
MY right name is Frances Lamou-
che. she said. '.and my parents, who
are both dead. ware actors l was born
at Limoges. France and made two
trips to America, with my parents be-
fore they came here TO 1--we.
when my mother had charge of me
was dressed as boy in a sailor suit.
She called me Frank Mother died
when | was fifteen, and father took me
to Chicago, dressed me in girls clothes
and called me Frances. He placed me
In the University of Iowa, and l re-
raained there four years and graduated
in q white lawn dress all trimmed in
lace.
Il hate girls ciothes-I can't walk
In them. I only feel free and at ease In
boys clothes. l suppose this Is the
result OF having spent my childhood
as boy, not bothered with petucoats
NV father was killed ia Chicago by
a stray bullet from a saloon Friends
of my mother placed me IN the Sacred
Heart Convent at Columbus, and l re-
mained there five years L came 10
Cincinnati October last. 10 look for
work The sisters at Columbus had CIV
en- me a gray dress and 4 white dimity
shirtwaist, and these were the only
clothes had when I came 70 Cincinnati
Seeking Work.
II had a little rnoney-about 8 that a
priest had given me in Columbus, and
went 10 the Adams Hotel on Fourth
nd a room
II tried so hard TO get WORK. l had
promised the sisters to wear the girls
clothes but l often wanted TO throw
them in the river and get some real
clothes.
"I just hate TO be a girl. You can't
get work as a girl without friends or
influence, and there are so many men
all the time trying 10 make mash
on you. It's just awful to have 70 be a
girl.
been used 10. I am bookkeeper put
/ could give no references To keep
from starving | worked in the kllchen
of the Hotel Adams Then Henry Man
his wife and little baby, employed me as
{ a nurse. 1 told Mrs Mansard about
my longing TO wear boys clothes-that
had worn them nearly all my ufe- she
told her husband, who got mad. de-
ciarine, that | had deceived them A
girl who worked at the Grand Hotel
EapDened TO mention that they needed
a barber and l decided to apply for the
position