The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-13
PERFECT LADY IN
A REAL LOOKUP
GEORGE MEADHR THndPTS FATE
IN a STROLL IN SKIRTS.
Fate Takes the Dare, and 4 Real Po-
hceman Hales the Bogus Lady"
into q Rude Cell and Shut Him Up,
Il Seemed, for Night But Friends
Intervened.

Laura FartDury was arreSCe0 at
Fourth street and Nicollet avenue this
morning on the charge Of being man VI
prisoner saw the iron door Of a little
cell in the city lookup shut off the out
side world beautiful, he admitted the
charge and said "Laura' was only
his stage name in the Roosevelt club 8
g Rance Of Oudh.' His real name is
George f. Meader, and as one of Mrs.
Partbury's daughters he is expected to
captivate masculine hearts next week.
He was released upon his own recog-
nizance, with instructions to report In
police court tomorrow morning.
Meader's intentions were good, but
the result was anything but enjoyable
to the principal actor. He decided. to
visit the photographer this morning,
and as his stage wearing apparel was
at costuming store on Seventh street,
he donned his feminine habiliments
there. When dressed he started to walk
to the photographer
He attracted much attention. HIS
Leslie Carter titan wig beneath q
Partisan hat effectively set OF his drug
coat only partially concealed. the folds
Of his decollete gown. The picture was
complete, but it was not precisely what
/ Minneapolitans are used to seeing on
the street. y.
tshe'' Didn't Hurry. <..~
and nc di dou MT hurry 1A In fact ":she
went just a little too slow, TOR when
tshe'9 was strolling leisurelv across
i Fourth street on Nicollet, she' was
rudely accosted by Patrolman Jim NO
! Ian, whose attention had been directed
to her and who had followed her from
Sixth street in an effort to decide &c
wR HMh ssu s Do 9es1nRs Te asked the
Cat home,' was the laconic answer
- What tyaha are y9 9 doing on the street
| "Whose clothes should be ins'' re
piled Laura, with a shrug and near
feminine swish of her skirts.
! nsir. how dare you9' This is out
Yog had better come with me t
"What forq I'm not harming any
one. I'm min,ding my own business ane
i III guess you will, ',and the Office
took hold Of her arm and Laura wal
led, still protesting, toward the court
! house. s5--7- -.
| = Large Crowd FOLLOWS.
| A large crowd had gathered during
/ the conversation. Some hundred per
sons and two automobiles followed th'
patrolman and his charge and, strug
4 Cling to- get "a good look at the pms
oner, made humorous remarks about be-
and especially about her shoes, which
strangely enough, happened to b.
/ men s, as George did not want TO wea
l. L 4 L ~ in tho rUaf
When the party arrived at the police
station, Henry Kost, who is stage direc
tor and is employed in the county reg
lister Of deeds office, came to the rescue
He told the police who their prisone
! really was, and tried to secure his re
lease. The officers were obdurate, ant
i George was hustled up into the cit.
!, lookup. Matron Schaefer was callet
and fastened to take charge Of her nev
girl, She looked and stopped. "Tha
claimed and George bowed politely am
said that he guessed not.
Almost, but Not Quite.
, "I'm pinched for good, I guess h
, philosophically remarked, as he was LEI
J, away and placed in choice cell. An!
: he would have been, had not Stage ID
rector Kost visited Judge G: l.: Smith
who. when the case was fully lad be
fore him, ordered the prisoner release,
on his own recognizance.
George heaved a big sigh Of relic
+ when his friends visited him, and in
} formed him that he would be set q
liberty. "Once is enough for mine,
he said, after he had changed his attir
and was ready for the street. "The
aters are good enough for me and, any
way, the street 8 no place for perfec
loidy like me.''
! In the meantime, the management Q
lest lest Meader will i'i be kept from going t
!, Saltwater, where the show opens. te
, morrow night. The loss Of a daughte
. would mar Mrs. Partbury's JOY an
, Laura's song of r'",.Like Unto a Star
! cannot be very we'll left out.
MIILMER ASKS DAMAGES