The San Francisco call., 1910-01-19
LOSS OF PAPER is
CAUSE OF TROUBLE
Miss Kathleen Weston Refuses
to Take Part in Society
Show, "Prof. Napoleon
Penny Sheet With Picture of
MiIkmaid Is Lent to COm=
poser and Disappears

FURRY and excitement prevails
among the society milkmaid group who
are to sing in George de Longs frivo-
lous little sextet in Professor Napo-
leon" next week, on account of the
resignation from their ranks Of Miss
Kathleen Weston, the handsome
daughter of General John F. Weston
She has refused to play at all, and
delivered her ultimatum on Saturday
night, less than 10 days before the
opening night of the big society bene-
fit.
1t all came about through u little
periodical simple penny sheet of no
apparent intrinsic value, containing
among its illustrations a milkmaid in
costume.
LITTLE BOOK DISAPPEARS
Miss Weston took this paper to re-
hearsal to furnish suggestions for the
garb of herself and those who danced
and sang with her. De Long, director
as we'll as composer said he would look
it over, although friend of his had
already designed the costumes.
So Miss Weston left her paper and
went on her way to concert. De Long
did not see the paper-or at least not
for long. for it disappeared mysterious
ly. Miss Weston says she asked a friend
to get it for her and De Long said,
Great Scott. where is the thing?"
He couldn't find it, neither could any
of the milk maids or their six city
beaux. who are the other half of the
seXtette; neither could the chaperone.
De Long was in despair. He dis
heveled his locks; he apologized; he
offered to telegraph to New York or
cable to London in an effort to secure
a duplicate of the little booklet with
its picture of a milkmaid. But to no
avail.
Finally Saturday evening Miss wes-
ton telephoned that she must have that
identical book or she would not grace
the milknaid group. De Long was
despairing, but powerless-and grieved.
He confided TO a friend that he felt
that Miss Weston suspected him of
having stolen the little periodical.
SUBSTITUTE Is SECURED
After consultation De Long secured
Miss Lillian Niggle, who sings and
dances, too to take Miss Weston s
place. Miss Niggle practiced faithfully
and rehearsed on Monday with grace
and intelligence, it is declared
Miss Weston said last night that she
had had very unhappy time. In ad-
dition to the annoyance caused by the
carelessness of De Long, she character
ICES the disappearance of the little
agricultural sheet she discovered that
''scurrilous document" was being cir
culated in regard to her.
CHAPERON is ACCUSED
Just the nature or degree of scurril-
lity Wiss Weston declined to tell, but
she knew that it had been in exist
ence and had been suppressed by a
friend of hers. The name of the au-
thoress-it was written by woman
is unknown to Miss Weston.
Mrs. r. c. Foute, who is an intimate
friend, when told of the matter sug-
gested at once one of the chaperons of
the milkmaid group as the writer, Miss
weston says, and personally she is in
clined to accept Mrs. Foutes solution
of the mystery.
RUMOR REPORTS RECOVERY
Miss Weston said that she had been
so positive about the necessity of the
return of the paper because 1t belonged
TO theatrical friend of hers, and as it
was four years old 1t would have been
impossible TO duplicate IT,
Il thought Mr.. de Long very rude
about it, she said, and so at last
rang him up and told him that if ne
could not take some steps to find tho
paper for me did not think cared to
spend any more of my time rehearsing
for his song. And then they got some
one else at once to fill my place"
And now there is a horrid rumor
afoat that, after all the disturbance
and commotion, the paper, with it's
milkmaid picture, has aped the famous
pearls, discovered itself and been re-
turned to Miss Weston, whose place
has, unfortunately, been filed