The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-25
MICHAEL WAS REALLY MARIA
uoBhIH UONTHN ISI wv
TOR ITiIfIN INDFRT ikFR.
S.,. she Z ouId GrI Va NerL A. a woman
Mhen Hrr husband I.rft Tier and ToOk
the IhIldren - FinaIlS She In, rsie.'
In Trousers and Made Them pa,

the children - FINALLY She Inv ct go
In Trousers and Made Them pa.
rs-., a.arr morning Tor ~ months
r,.., rra Industrious Young assistant
Vnor7 Undertaken I,angra-so employed
~ uo-. 100 hr- office and the stables in
the rear az rs2 Sullivan street has an
. susrn1 the telephone and received the
useprns Italians who needscl Can grasso's
services a. their homes When there
~ssnr oAica work 70 do the assistant.
coed looking and slight Of figire washed
me h.arsa and carriages and lent small
hand ~ hltchins up IN" hors"s
Therefore last night when the undertaken
learned that his man II all work. Michele
nssrosito a. Ciangra~so knew his good
looking helper in the dark trousers negh.
zee shirt and dark soft hat nth a red band.
vasn' man at all but an Italian girl.
Nara Carpits the undertak ~ caiNed
n. news with ewes opened wide with
snAzement
Maris's troubles began N Italy Just
sl1 years ago. but she dldn realize then
that they had. Carlo Cuvslh had come
rack from America - his home the little
town IN which Maria lived 10 marry
IN old fame he had lei' behind IN Italy
two years earlier. But when Carlo sailed
for America the second time Maria was
the bride who sailed with HIM. not the
earlier hame Two children were horn
- Maria and Carlo after they settled
N New Nors. one boy now years old
and the other years Of age. bat Maria
docs no, snow where they are now
They are somewhere with Carlo and the
earlier fame out IN Chicago about
GIT months ago Carlo. who had gone
there 20 look for work met the Italian
E-l 80 Maria SAYS. whom he had thrown
over for Maria. Maria saw that Carlo
md h!s earlier sweetheart decided 10
We together when they met N Chicago
One night siN months ago Maria left
he 'wo little boys playing In front II
f-- sullivan street tenement while she
Ind zone shopping When she returned
The boys we're gone The mel ghbors told
he- that Carlo had come and had Iat
them away
When Maria had wiped her eye- and
'e'oms calmer she told the mel ghbors
'rs' she would start IN the next day 10
ear money 80 that she could find her
20 hovs again Every night she re-
ned 20 the tenement weary and when
20 neighbors asked what luck she had
ID Maria always had To- tell them that
n. one wanted he
When only a little Of the money she
2 saved was left Maria went our ore
r ,ht nd bought a dark coat and a paiT Z
--1u~ers and the felt hat with the red !
..f Then IN. came home & cat ~ /
r.. r. md ~ dress herself uD ir me =
faH -.' rlothnR She was gong - Z
s'sr' .' 00,ily A. a man should and grt
mar .rt and earn a man wage,
- nh~r m" glarinR daylight came .
Mara vs. afraid Still one dav ok
T nth 'E1 she walked out NJ erteuemsnt
- M.D.eI" She stopped in restaurant .
o. BsagEa- street for some coffee before .
80 further a. look for the mans job J
ir1e-tak"r IIangrassp was sitting AZ
'ir.- lose by
'7 YOU know - anybody wants a job
o r. around my place. CIangrasso
---a.' -. restaurant man
... r"s'duraut man didn' but Mara
When the undertaken left the res
49, a,1 where hls place was Then she
p .-. 81 back home and wrote 20 Can
E-z... -IcuinE the letter Michele De--
: -' and from that time until last
: e. Mara has been Michele handy man
' t.s.E rt--u the undertaken
t' her soft voice and the d-hcste
Ia.f. and the arms she hared when
va. ing 'l" ,arriage- caused the Italians
~.. .af ti,put The stables to tell the police
t.str -E-ucions. When Mana stepped
% az elevated train AZ BIeeckcr street
a. Wet Broadway last night Detectives
l-..' and 'ampomenosi II Police Head
H....- asked her 10 com. over 20 Head
H....- with them and explain why
= .t- n~aung mems clothing II
'..4 'ried and protested ha' she
w. Nana bat Michele. but a. -he
.H b" Offices ~ the detective bureau
N..a ( all about her husband Carl.
flame he had run away wI'h
= 'H boys who have Deen taken
-fa .r. ner. Her bAshfulness about
-sems TO have Ie-sened ~
s-.. ..r. first she wore them. In the
n 1"r coat were post card PIC
III. one showing her dressed
.rU - a captain II artiilerr
H. army which size nad rented
u"r 49, that she might he
BOO all Its splendor and an
1ar dressed in a black
lack trousers Sh. Wa-
% % q fisor,ierly CONDUIT
'.r ..-u.-f IN the vouen'-
'. ' Maria in charge Of
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