The evening world., 1911-01-27

initiative, n IL Is quite true that sh,
was ambitious to really do Somethinl
for herself, But she had tried her hanJ
at writing, as you know. and hat
failed u was discouraged IN that dl.
rrcuon, and | am sure she realized tina,
neither her education nor her environ
meut had fitted her TO earn money In
any other way,
i mover heard her express q desire "a
try TO make her own living. and Ger.
talniy the immediate circumstances OF
her disappearance are all against such
a conclusion. Nc girl IN her sane senses
who intended to leave homo voluntarily
would have sonc away 80 ~ prepared or
50 ieeSIy equipped with funds"
Had Four Girl chums.
While popular IN a wide range OF ac-
quaIniance. Miss Arnold was known TO
be fondest Of four young women Of hor
own circle. Her particular chum wAs
Miss Elsie Henry " No. Il East Forty
ninth street. The names OF tho other
three ihtlmatcs could not DO learned.
Miss Henry, with whom Miss Arnold
had an appointment on the day she 50
mysteriously disappeared. could see no
signincance In that. when asked about
1t by an Evening World reporter to-day.
she ~telephoned to me that Sunday
that she could not meet me the mex;
day. as she was hunting for a bargain
In evening dresses, She wanted ono for
a party she was going to soon after.
She told me her mother was going
shopping with her.
AT 2 o'clock the day she disappeared
she met another friend near Bren-
tano's and talked with her for a long
time about the party n presents she
hoped to get Christmas. II Miss Ar
mold had planned her disappearance
she could easily have avoided this
friend. Instead, she hailed her"
Then you think her disappearance
was not contemplated" Miss Henry
was asked.
Il am certain OF It. Something hap
pcned-I don't know what-whether ac-
cIdent or foul play" she replied. "She
dreaded to do anything that would at
tract attention. She is the last person
in the world to think OF putting on
mems clothes. She never spoke OF trou-
BILE at home, nor did she regard herself
as misunderstood II she had any ro-
mlnccs. | knew nothing OF them. and |
was very intimate with her"
II "a learned to-day that Miss Ar
mold had p.aned an ella borate entertain
men; 10 sixty OF her Bryn Mawr class
mates on Dec. rs. The entertainment
vas TO be IN the form of a tea party.
Not only had Invitations been sent out.
but the music had been engaged. Some
OF the girls invited were from out OF
and had made their arrangements
to spend the night In New York. When
the invitations were cancelled only Il few
were told the reason.
Mrs. Arnold a felt the shock OF her
daughters disappearance so keenly that
she IL Frustrated, and. 10 avoid the
nervous tension of the situation at
home. has gone TO Lakewood OF some
other resor; for regeneration. 1t Is said
that Mrs. Arnold takes upon herself. I'M
Justly as the family insists. some blame
for her daughters act. II her disap-
pearance be a voluntary one.
Rumors Of Love Affair.
Though all the family insists that
there never was the slightest quarro,
between the mother and daughter or
between Dorothy and any member OF
the household. yet II Is rumored among
people who are somewhat acquainted
with the family ahairs that the girl
was not as happy as she might nave
been.
Two reasons are advanced for this.
The first. that she had been crossed IN
a love affair. Stories are aiioat that
Miss Arnold was very friendly with a
foreigner Of excellent IL not noble fam
ily. and II Is known that when her pri'
Nate desk was searched. subsequent to
her disappearance a little bundle
Of letters was found. indicating that she
had carried on Tor some time a clandes-
une correspondence with a man who ~
COW abroad.
The detectives who were employed
by the family were Immediately
notified OF this discovery. n the
records OF every outgoing steamer
from the date OF Miss Arnold's vanish
ing were carefully searched. Moreover
the wireless was called into service. and
messages were sent to every steamship
~ ciuiiPSu' aShiHb IL MISS .frHuiu was
aboard and giving a description Of her.
Clue Failed Of Result.
Not a single result followed this
elaborate network OF Investigation. bur
at the same time the P.nkertons were
asked to watch the man with whom
Miss Arnold had corresponded. Through
their foreign agencies his was done.
and the surveillance Was carried 50 far
II Is said that the mans mail was In.
tercepted and examined. SIN no result.
Finally the man was approached by
one OF the detectives who had become
well acquainted with him while spying
on him. inc the news of Miss Arnold
departure Tom home was broken 10 him.
Tne man, according To The Worlds in
formant. evinced the utmost surprise
n behaved In such a way that the de-
tective 'became convinced he knew
nothing OF Miss Arnold's movements and
had had no communication with her
since last September.
Fooled In this. and somewhat disap-
pointed, II the truth were told. for the
Arnold family at this stage would have
welcomed the news that Dorothy had
simply eloped and got married. closer
attention was paid TO the other mer
whom the girl was acquainted with
But all to no purpose.
B. F. kRAEfERT DEAD.