The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-03-10
DREAMS Of FAME
FOR PRETTY KATE
SPOILED BY MA"
The Man From Egypt ,.
Taken Off Stage, and
It's Star Gone Home.

Parental objection has robbed the
diahla OF another sclntillating star.
-he Man From Egypt" is temp, .Tarily
dead. Pretty little Katie Nelson is in
tears at neT home III II street solItF.-
vest, because the plOwshare of fate mas
-I luFougn her tOndesL hopes and
brightest day dreams TheFe'T be ma
stars III the Nelson family. excent nos
slDly those which wirsome Kltfv s3v-
lAla morning " hen she returned a
piodlSaI 20 The family bearthsfo one after
an unexplained absence OF Ufne daVs
Lie never looked quite so roseate to
katie as a few days ago when sbe
was all dressed UP in stage c5sf11f1ie
creased paints, ana carmen. and had
visions OF crOwding eVeryOns else ont
OF the spotlight The idea of draw
tnS down SIS per week, " % ie in Wash
inston, and so per while en- tour also
appealed strongly TO the stage-strucll
laSsie. But now all is black as an
ESyptan midnight TO Katie, and her
phrenOloglsUc bump of asp ration is fast
railing. The stern hand Of the law and
the wish Of her parents has put a crimp
IN her talent" which no steam roller
could massage out in an aeon,
Her Poor Heart Flutters.
Having long cherished an ambition to
dim the theatrical stars and cause
dramaturgists to strain their brains for
new adjectives to describe her emotional
acting, Katie's heart was set afutter
Ike a butterfly on spring morning as
her alert blue eyes feasted themselves IS
on the following small ad:
LADY Prepossessing young lady with stage
accomplishments: good voice and fair pian-
ist. 10 assist In travelling vaudeville enter
talnments. April and May. VAUDEVILLE.
The engagement was not as classy
as Katie had dreamed of SO long and
often. but aDpreciating the fact that
al things must have a beginning soa
decided 10 start in at the bottom Katie
stole into the quietude of her owi.
lJOudoir and there hastily penned \
.-eplv to the advertisements Her can
tivating smiles accomplishments and
coy mien got the position for her as
soon as the manager saw her
Divine Sarah Saved.
The name Of the plsylet wherein she
was to achieve the downfall of Bern.
hardt. Duse and the rest was changed
several times. Finally the manager
decided TO give it the name Of 'oTbe
Nan from Egyrt"
Katie says there were twenty-five
members of the company and that she
was popular with every member of the
troupe She was to play with the com
pany in Washington for several weeks
and then court fortune in other ciines
of age. took French leave from tn,
parental domicile about nine days ago
her mother was greatly worried, b"t
the thought of the little girl going upUu
the boards never occurred to Mrs. Nei
son Detectives were asked TO main
tain a strict lockout for the pretty girl
Detectives learned that she had taker
board in a Missouri avenue house ant
traced her TO the boarding house cor
Quoted by Joseph Mcmahon, 121S Thirty
first street, George town.
There she was located this morning
and despite her violent protests was
taken to Detective Headquarters. Katie
I then told of her ilasted hopes and bei
| stage prospects.
At noon a very angry mother called al
! Police Headquarters and lead the sob
bing Katherine TO III II street south.
! west. assuring the detectives that Katie
would most likely hang around hons
( for the next few weeks.