The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-05-30
O.O0!M1SSCHACMk
.ONR|ALTO WITHOUT
STITCH ON HER!0-0!
Such a Scandal in Theatrical
Circles And a Big Crowd
Saw Her, Too!

Miss Chacma Baboon. whose stage
name Is Empress and who stands full
four feet in her stockings. went out for
. stroll on the Ralto to-day. Miss
Chacma got more attention ON Broad
way than any stage young lady has
since certain blonde party came down
the dre escape at the last Hotel Albany
IRE, with her globe OF goldfish tied TO
her pajamas with a blue ribbon. All
the show girls are simply furious with
jealousy.
You see. II might not have been 30
bad II Miss Chaoma had stopped to
don her street clothes before she ran
away from the loft over the storerooms
OF the White Rat Transfer Company, at
No. 143 West Thir.y-third street. But
when she showed up on Sixth avenue
perfectly naked-with not even long
cuffs and high necks like the Western
Union girls have to wear now-why. 1t
was simply scandalous. Take It from
the lips of the tall blonde on the left
end of the line In the 'Mamma's Baby
Boy" show; these monkeys Is sure
running an honest girls chances for q
little of the press stuff"
Empress, to use her stage name and
spare her family further ignominy. be-
longs to the Charles I. Norris act In
vaudeville. She and Emperor do n
brother and sister turn on bicycles and
some rough and tumble stun. They
come on between the performing pig
and the intelligent CANNES and they al
ways get a good hand. so the generous
pig said this afternoon, when told OF
the exploit of Empress.
Near noon to-day. Empress got an
idea she wanted TO stroll up Broadway.
80 she simply skipped out OF the Sec
ond- story window, slipped down water
leader to the sidewalk and began To
nit down Thirty-third street toward
Sixth avenue. Her attire was nil.
In the words of the police, Empress
"caused 4 crowd 10 collect" Indeed.
some crowd Especially when she
Skinned blthely to the track OF the
Sixth avenuel elevated and began hop
ping the ties northward.
Then she saw train coming. dropped
down a pillar and began TO promenade
on up the avenue to Thirty-fourth
street. By this time there were, at
conservative estimate. GOO people be-
mind her.
Traffic Policeman Van Amburg. who
has the post at Thirty-fourth street and
Broadway. thought he ought to run
Empress In for disorderly conduct. 80
naked and unashamed was she. But
when he made q pass at her and she
growied and barred her teeth. Van Am
burg got another idea.
Right on up Broadway went Empress
going at third speed. The jam filled
Broadway from curb to curb. At Thlr.
tytffth street Traffic Policeman Terry
tried to head Empress off and she sour
ried through a yelling crowd and gal
loped down the street in the direction
OF Fifth avenue. Terry close behind.
When nearly at Fifth avenue Empress
found the excitement wearing on heI
nerves and lodged into a doorway
There Arthur Mason, a seventeen year
old boy, ducked In and embraced her
Empress bit Mason IN the leg, but h,
held on. Terry ran up. his revolve,
ready to shoot.
Just when all seemed to be over with
Empress, George Settler. her valet ant
general manager, puffed up and threw
up the pol!ceman's revolver with q
quick arm.
policeman, spare that monk" Settler
then gasped. Then he took her back &c
her apartments over the stable.
Empress had two things to think ovei
with satisfaction-she had pulled more
notoriety than Lillian Russell ever had
and, not the least pleasing feature Of
her adventure. she had bitten off tn,
tail OF the performing pig before sh,
went out for her stroll. That pig al
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