Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-03
OFFICERS CUT OFF HER HAIR.
Bohemian Girl Arrives in Cedar Rapids
in Sad Fix.

OFFICERS CUT OFF HER HAIR.
Bohemian Girl Arrives in Cedar Rapids
in Sad Fix.
Special to Times Republican.
Cedar Rapids, Feb. with tears
streaming down her cheeks, pretty An
ma Vanous, Bohemian girl, not quite
IL years of age, told the story of what
appears to have been an uncalled for
outrage, committed upon her by gov
ernment officials at the detention hos
pital at Ellis Island. Steps will be TAX
en- to ascertain why the act was COM
mtted and whether or not there is any
redress
About year ago her family, Adolph
Vanous, wife and children, with the
exception of Anna, came to this coun-
try. They settled at Cedar valley,
where Mr. Vanous was employed IN the
Bealer stone quarries. The girl was
left in the old country home for the
simple reason that the ia mtly was poor
and could not afford to pay for trans
portation for so many. They are ex-
ceptionally Industrious, however. and
when work became slack at the quar-
ries they moved to this CITY, where Mr..
v
Some time ago they sent for Anna.
She should have been here more than
two weeks ago, but as the days went
by and their daughter did not come and
no word was received from her, there
was great anxiety in the hearts OF the
parents, for they were fearful that
something had happened to the girl.
They learned that the vessel upon
1,oI yrixy nd
safely at New York City, but further
than this they could ascertain nothing.
Sunday morning Captain Joe kroulik
was called to the Boyston drug store.
at the corner of First avenue and Third
street There he found {. young Bohe-'
milan girl. unable to speak word OF
English, bearing card directing her
to Adolph Vanous, Cedar Rapids, l245,
North America. The absence Of the
street proved a puzzler, but her par
ents finally were located on Second
street The officer conducted her there
and she was received with great re-
joicing for the daughter whom 1t was
feared had become lost had come to
them safe and sound.
Since that time the cause of her nom
arrival in this city on time has hecoTe
known. 1t seems that when she left
the steamer at Ellis Island she was
sent to the detention hospital for
sly on her eye, and a little pimple in
the edge of her hair. There she was
detained for ten days, during which
time her hair was clipped off close to
her head. Being unable to understand
what the officials and attendants at
the hospital said and likewise being
unable to make herself understood, she
has no idea why she WIS detained, or
why her hair should have been cut off.
She says that out Of the several hum
dred emigrants who Ian led at Ellis is
land from the steamer, only she and
another girl We're taken to the hospital.
The other girl was also a Bohemian,
going to relatives in New York state,
and like herself, her only ailment was
small sly on her eye. She believes
that they were caused by getting Gin
ders in their eyes from the smoke
stacks of the steamer while on the trip
across the ocean. She says that Meth
err were in the least sick. and that the
sites soon DISAPPEARED. Both girls shar-
ed the same fate, in that both OF them
had their hair clipped off close to the
scalp.
A woman naturally takes a great
deal of pride in her hair, and Anna Va
nous is no exception to the rule. She
had expected to go to work in fac
tory here soon after her arrival in or
der that she might help her parents,
but now she fears she cannot do SO for
the reason that she might be an object
of sport to those who work with her.
She thus feels her loss .doubly.
The girl is the very picture of
health. No sign Of the sty or the pim-
pie in the edge Of the hair now APP
pears, and just why the officials found
it necessary to cut off her hair does
not appear plain. AS the matter stands
at present it looks as tho 1t was
gross indignity and outrage and her
friends are certainly justified in maxi
ing an investigation into the matter.
If there was any apparent excuse for
the clipping Of the hair it would be
different matter.
"A Niah% Alarm