The Washington herald., 1912-08-11
.HE|REss, AABBED,
CALLS |. OFF PARTY
Mrs. Mary Hume Collins Allen Tells
How Birthday Is Spoiled
by Her Arrest.
HAD PLANNED BANQUET
AND A BIG JOY RIDE
Young Bride, Accused of Petty
Theft, Says She Will ely with
Husband in New Auto"

Mrs. Mary Hume Collins Allen. reputed
heiress to 10000, who eioped at the
| age of fourteen and married Arthur Col
| Inns. was divorced few months ago,
and within twenty-four hours married
William Thomas Allen. and but a few
days ago again sprang into the limelight.
when she was arrested on a charge of
| stealing a vanity set worth $l6, wept
last night. the twenty-irst anniversary
| of her birth, when she told how her ar
rest had spoiled her birthday party.
Seated In her handsomely appointed
apartments at 5ol Dumbarton Avenue
Northwest Mrs. Allen denounced the
newspapers, lauded the reporters, and
censured the cruelty of modern-day life,
while she related how she had issued
cards for her birthday party-inciuding
an elaborate banquet at a fashionable
hosterly, an auto Joy ride through the
suburbs, and a royal good time-and
how her plans had been upset by her
arrest.
Reporters Very "Cru-el."
THE press has treated me horribly,
terribly. The reporters all have been
gentlemen. but they have been cruel"
sobbed Mrs. Allen. 'T cannot talk TO YOU
II would not be wise / detest notoriety.
But what can / do. I purchase a tiny
vanity set. The coat is sls The teweIer
is not paid. Am I to blame? Ny bills all
go to my lawyer. have entreated.
he gged, and implored him to pay all my
bills. He did not The jeweler gets
what they call warrant. / am arrested.
1t is terrible. They carry me to a police
station. Ny party has been ruined"
Mrs. Allen extended her hands, almost
covered with dazzling gems, and shrugged
her shoulders. Her feet. incased in tiny
suede pumps. with huge Partisan French
buckles. tapped the floor. Her gown was
style that bespoke the immortal
Paquin. Her hair was done low on her
neck and girlishly fastened with a
piquant bow OF radiant hues.
To-day / came into possession Of
part OF my little fortune" she continued.
My lawyer tells me I can sign a check
for 100000 and 1 plan to celebrate.
gave all the orders necessary. hired the
best and fastest motor cars in the city,
invited my best friends. There were
twenty guests. The hotel management
assures me the little banquet-or dinner.
If You wish-will be par excellence. I
am happy. 1 sing like a bird. Then I
am arrested. Ugh! 1t is disgusting
Baby with Her Father.
Think of my baby. She is but three
years old. She is now with her father.
Arthur Collins. my first husband, and
he is giving her life to her Then I am
arrested. Shall the child have to suffer
for the whim Of a jeweler? The news
papers relate that Mr.. Collins bills are
being sent to me. 1t Is not true. Mr.
Collins is a gentleman. / know of no
man l admire more, even though We be
estranged by the divorce court. His bills
have never been sent to me-
shall hoh
Am l murderer? No. but the name
Hume has been dragged in the mire; all.
mind you, because Of a paltry bill OF SIC
Tor a vanity set. My party has been
ruined My name has been held up to
scorn.
VIII Fly with Son.
Monday will see my mental rest. II
VIII buy machine. fast and rak!sh.
1t shall be the best that is made. Billy,
my dear husband. and / will jump in
the car and fly. We care not a whit
whittier. remember. Just to fly, to get
away, to be alone, just he and / and
love. The fair city of Washington shall
ne'er See us again. Our friends here
must be lost to U.S. But-we will go
We will hide. We will escape the hor-
rible publicity and humiliation that were
born in a jewelers. bill
They say I am a beauty. I may be.
They say / am wealthy. may be.
They say all sorts of things, which may
be. But II is this, and this only, that L
care for: am happy. happily welded
to the man / love, and we will fly to-
yether. Selahr'