The evening world., 1911-05-03
PUT OFF TRAINS,
SH|PWRECKED AND
DOGS SET ONH|M
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Strange Adventures of Young
American Working His Way
to Paris to Study Music.
ARRESTED AS VAGRANT.
Starving, Lay Down in Road
to Die, but Was Saved by
Humane Police.
ARRESTED AS

]. II. Miller. an attorney OF Geneva,
H., went down on the reyenue cu,,er
10 meet the Kronprinz Wilhelm OF tho
North German Lloyd line to-day and
greet his son, Warner ID. Miller. tven-
tN-ono years old. who ran away from
nome more than n year ago TO study
music IN Paris and after a long series
or misfortunes and hardships has re.
'urned broken in health and spirit. The
'ather found the young man hardly able
10 stand. lie was III when he left Paris
ana three days Of terrific storms
through which the steamship passed
had nearly finished him.
Young Miller wanted to be q musician.
Ills family did not like the idea and re-
fused his requests to be sent abroad.
1ls seemed to them too frail. In or1er
90 build up his physique he was put to
work in an iron foundry. Quietly saw
ing his wages until he had so. the young
man slung his violin case over his back
and started to New York. riding the
bumpers OF Pennsylvania freight trains.
lie was thrown off fifteen times between
New York n Plttsburg.
Pittsburs Not Artistic.
In plttsburg he tarried a few days
trying 20 earn n little money by playing
tn saloons and on street corners. Pitts
burg Is notorious for It's lack OF artistic
temperament. 1t would not even sup
port Emil Paur's orchestra. lie took to
the freights again and reached Harris.
burg. only to ne arrested as a vagrant.
Sentenced to ten days in the w~orkhbuse,
he got Off with a small fine when he
told the Judge his troubles. After that
he paid his fare TO Philadelphia and stole
rides to New York. He had Just jl2
Ssft.
West street was no more generous 70
his playing than Pittsburg. but he
shipped as a cattle hustler on the Amer
lean transport liner Minnehaha. She
went on the rocks off the So!lly Islands.
After helping drive the cattle overheard
60 swim ashore. Miller was put on Q
train for London. He jumped OF the
the Guernsey Docks and was ARRESTED
and fined for that
or for Paris Afoot.
A young Belgian who had crossed with
him on the Minnehaha and was also
arrested borrowed a dollar OF him.
promising TO repay seven-fold At BruS-
sells. The Belgian had rich friends at
Brussels, but declined to let Miller have
q cent more than the original dollar
when they reached there. Miller played
his violin on the brasslo. crs of the city,
collecting only a few pennies and then
struck out afoot for Paris. two hun
dred miles away on the Melville road.
At Melville sympathetic members o!
che Dutch colony helped him with food
but at Hons. where he arrived, ex-
hausted. footsore and with his hands
90 swollen ,hat he could not play. old
women set their dogs at him whom he
begged for a crust OF bread at their
doors. He lay down In the road to die.
Slept for Three Days.
The police found hin and took pity
on him. lie pawncd the violin and
bought a ticket to Paris. There he
went at once to Consul-General Mason,
who gave him his own overcoat to
cover his rags, also a little money. and
cabled his father.
Young Miller slept three days. When
he woke his father had sent money ana
Mission TO stay In Paris and study,
w. l.. Shurtleff, the Father Of stu.
d.nts,' took charge Of MIN and made
arrangements for him to study "'h
Grand Opera House, who found muct
ability in him. Then came illness and
his enforced return to this country.