The Washington times., 1910-01-10
DUNCANS' TROUBLES
PURSUE THEN
Efforts to Wear Scant
Clothes Lead to Police
Officials.

NEW YORK. Jan. 10--"HoIy smoke!
Who started this nightshirt parade2-'
exclaimed a stout policeman when he
saw three figures from a Greek frieze
come troopinE into the west Side court
They were
Raymond Duncan, in chiffon, chlamys
and sandals
Penelope Sikeiianos Duncan, IN chiffon.
chiamys and sandals with a Tyrian
purple mautiHa on her head, and
AIenaIkas Duncan, their four-yeaT-
ald son, also attired in cSitOn, chlamys
and sandals and with q white sweater
reaching half way to his knees
II the Duucans had put that sweater
ou little 8IenaIkas when he went out to
= oaIk up Broadway on Saturday after
noon with his aunt. Nine EIeni Sike-
lianOs, an actress, and Andreas Devaris,
an artist, he might have got by Patrol
man MacNish and not been sent 70 the
ChIldren's Society
Scares Officials.
Mrs. Duncan who was born on an
Ionia1 isle, was still boiling with IN
disnation IN court yesterday morning
Her limited knowledge Of English hamp-
cred her somewhat but she threw a
HEe sCorn into her ejaculation Of the
word 'BarbarIans-'r
Raymond Duncan held q defiant atti-
1Ude- He comes from California. but he
1iEeS Greece better He has been letting
MS hair ETOW for several years and it's
almost down to his shoulders now. He
brushes II back behind his ear with
slnlCI- melton OF the wrist that any
Slri might envy
Little Neualkas seemed to stand The
cold better than his parents. He sat
on a desk In the corner and drew pie
lures for the matrOu, piping up in his
~
II m not Cold.'
The Eatekeeper and the policeman at
the har would glare at MIN and snap:
stop that couversatiou"'
But MenaIkss only laughed and kicked
lis brown legs
Raymond and PeuEIope-s er. ah-
limbs weren't brown A. any rate they
wern't below the knee. There was a
sort OF harmony in color tones between
their feet and the Tyrelu purple man
-iiia which was wound round the lady's
Says He Wired.
Raymond Duncan gathered his flowing
garments around him and said that he
mad wired the Greek minister at Wash
5nEt0u, telling him Of the outrage that
LAD been perpetrated on Miss SikeliauUs
and Nj DevaIiS, two citizens Of that
-1uutry wl-o had been drGEged into the
E.0lice courts on an absurd charge
--Aud il viii be queer he said, If
Greece doesn't demand an apology from
country N Gall LilLS a LIce tDlll-
NV I don't know whether its legal or
-... --. .at I'm ashamed Of my coun-
know what personal lib
WHY, IN Berlin there IS a
.4le who wear no clothes Al
police never interfere with
El.-..
Are Euey seen about town OfCen2
No AIr- Duncan admitted 'Ihey
keep TO themselves
When he was summoned 10 the BAR he
pushed back his flowing locks and FIN
Eered ms hotel KEY nervOuSiy- The
ma -istrate-S eve held that hazy look or
dim remern nhrauCe- Yes, he had seen
figure like this somewhere before An
yes i vas in a Turkish BATH
DO YOU assume the reSpOnSlollIty Tor
rhe chiId-S exposure Yesterday when ne
was with Miss SikelianOs and Mr. De
1ari5@'' Isc asked
Mr. Duncan said he did so the ac-
-ress and the artist were discharged
and he was held IN 500 bail, furnished
by his manager. Charles DOuvIlIe Co
Durn for his appearance in court to-
morrow afternoon at = o'clock In the
meantime NeuaI-aS remains in - par
entS- custody. AT that time a physician
VIII tell the court whether the child s
life was endangered by his scanty
Hellenic "a aimCuC-