The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-03
SAMSON SISTERS IN COURT.
.nWpLATNT FEAT THEY WE'RE
G1Y SOME NEEDED CLOTHING,

HTnVey Du3HAND NV NWk9NADbys
wban the Samson sistors, Caroline, Reha
I'D Frances, came home 70 their fat at
,n West lI4th street last evening In an
AUTOMOBILES and found the congregation
- avmpathetiO neighborS and special
.orreapondents on tho job awaiting their
-a,,,rp they must have felt that Miss Caro-
Tne's compulsory appearance In the Harlem
cart earlier in thu day was not without
Is attendant advantages.
caroline had appeared in court yesterday
morning because n~eighbOrs in l4Sd strest
vboae rear windows faoe the rear windows
~ the Samson sisters fiAt had complained
that the three sisterH had not pulled down
their shades while preparing TO retire.
W absolutely refure to discuss this
deplorable AFFAIR for publication, = said Miss
caroline. aged %, with Analty Al she led
the PROCESSION up stairs to the sisters fiat.
.we'r all three simply h~eartbroken over
Il she added with a pleasant smile, and
ve aha mt discuss it further. There, the
.av won't work again. Won't n Of you
rsnorters sec il you can turn his lock,
plsase? It's a shame the way everything
Uets into the papers. Come in, reporters
The three Samson sisters are very beautiful
Girls who we're formerly chorus ladies by
trade but have o taken up the profession
n nosinp for artists and for magazine
nh otographers Last evening all three
wore tan automobile coats. Caroline had a
black picture hat with white aigrettes
that bohbed with emotion above her luxuri-
o,s rolde hair, a fluffy black gown beneath
and all the evening papers. Reha, aged
Is Years, and with black hair streaming
below her waist. was Gowned in crimson
silk and also the evening papers. Frances
called Fan around the house. wore white
and all the night editions.
No. I don't see that there's anything
more 70 say about this case" continued
Caroline when abe had found chairs for the
special correspondent squad and the Cor
bits.
ANYWAY. you must know about my
appearing before Magistrate Walsh in the
Harlem Court this morning, Caroline went
Yes. it's in all the evening papers" aid
Reba. the brunette, who last appeared in
the Nancy Brown" company. oh, we're
quite some people to-day an rlGnt silrtgntj
nv lawyer. Dan O'Reilly," Caroline said,
taxing up the tale, in answer to a sum
mons that a policeman named Gilbert OF
the West I25th street station house served
on me. The policeman came here about
a week ago and said that the owner OF The
Eva apartment house Just back Of us on 14Sd
street had got so many complaints from
his tenants that we didn't pull down our
shades when we disrobed that the lawyer
for the owner of The Eva had complained to
the police about us.
The only way they could get those men
to appear against us in court to-day was to
issue summonses for their appearance
as witnesses. They got cold feet, those
hnsbsnds with the opera glasses across
the way, did when IL came to a showdown.
Some Of them had the nerve to say tina we
smoked cigarettes and sat at the windows
without a lot on in warm weather. NOW. L
leave il to You IL those are the hands OF a
cigarette smoker. never smoked a.
cigarette in my life
And look at my hands, mister reporters"
exclaimed Reha indignantly. And BY
the way, my name is spelled-
And do my n show any cigarette
%stains?" asked black haired Frances with
fire in her sixteen-year-old eyes. Wouldn't
there be stains II I
sCut out the Interruptions when your
older sister is ssslSEins,.' TePri ma de- t the
NV name il R-e-h-a, Ree-ah. That's a
tckhsh point with me, so get II night, please.
A lot Of people say l look like Mrs. Harry
Thaw." Reha went On.
sImed Caroline. you just ought to see
those PeepinR Toms hang back: Finally
ore Of them named Primer, | beheve-got
M and told how he had been called to his
window by his wife one day and told TO
take q look in our direction.
Come away dear this man says he
said 10 his wife. Come away. That Ii
nothing for you to zee
on, said Mr.. Dan oRsiIly. my lawyer
he's 80 jolly, Mr.. O'Reilly is-'oh, you
wanted 10 see it all for yourself l guess
that held Busy Izzy for quite some time.
A" Did YOU ever see. this young woman
hcfore?' the Magistrate asked Mr.. Primer,
when | went on the stand.
Never with any clothes on, he nswers
blIshing like a live broLled.,
Are Won the man that had the opera
glasses?' my lawyer asked Mr.. Icy He's
lots of fun. Mr.. O'Reilly il. .
81 don't need opera glasses, answered
Primer, and that's the best thing he said.
His lamps don need n artifcia as
slztance. i onoe found myself looking
across the narrow space that separates
this girls fiat from mine and l saw a er-er-
Wouldn't that frost the windows?" in
2ee.s
$50 the Magistrate adjourned the hearing
until next Thursday in order TO have all
my sisters on the job said Caroline. Il
told him that perhaps during the hot weather
we might have gone around the house
carelessly dressed and l leave it TO Magls-
trate Walsh IL he wouldn't do the came:
leave IL 70 YOU. mister reporters. All
you boys come right in the bedroom and
I'll show You how, when our landlord was
slow about giving us dark shadessfor our
windows, we tackled up heavy green stun
the first week we were here. Sometimes
II may have blown back-see, there are the
green curtains-but we
For Heavens sake, Fani You aren't CAV
ing that reporter our pictures, are you?" u,
mot on your cabinet size declared
slxteen-year-old Frances. II wants one
Of these, but
'What paper are you from" asked Caro-
line. "Oh, indeed? We're for that paper
II has fine pictures in il. Your paper has
lots Of pictures OF all Of US
If IL weren't that We don't want Il
pictures printed" began R-e-h-a.
well, don't show him that one in the
bathing suit" insisted Caroline. who, being
the eldest. seemed to have charge OF the
other two. Il think that one over on ne
wallis a clearer picture, and it's atheatrioal
character picture, besides"
Get that that character" asked
R-e-h-a smiling d~eliciously. Now, wouldn't
that futter your hair ribbons1'
well. you may have that picture. mister
reporter, and you may have one OF those,
mister, II you really think 1t is better than
The one standing, " Caroline went on after
mature thought.
And here's this bunch we had taken at
Atlantic City this summer" said Fan,
but | don't think they ought TO appear.