New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-31
SHE WORE SAILOR TOGS
Woman Arrested While Doing
Hornpipe in Sd Avenue.
LOTS OF FUN, SHE SAYS
Three Times Wed and Claims
Relationship with Many
Prominent Persons.

The lieutenant behind the dask I'm tho
East 5lst street police station looked up
from the botter last night and STUCK
the pen with which he had been laborl-
ously making entries, behind his ear.
Two detectives, supporting a stout person
in sailor togs, stood before him. On the
cap ribbon the lieutenant made out tho
name II. NJ. s. Terrible. 1T certainly
is," said the officer Certainly Is what?'
asked the person in blue Terrible
was the reply, and the lieutenant began
TO take the bluejacket's pedigree. Your
name?" ne asked. Mrs. Florence
Green.r Address," mo. 800 East 5eth
street" "Os course you are not sailor,
so what are you doing with those things
on?" We'll, you see," replied Mrs.
Green. as she took a hitch at the trous-
ers. they never did arrest DR.. Mary
Walker and these things are not worse
than the hobble skirts some women wear
these days. Don't you think they are
becoming" The lieutenant refrained
from making comment and turned to the
detectives. They said that they were
going up Third avenue when, attracted
by crowd at 18th street they had looked
to see what the trouble was and had seen
the figure I'm the sailors garb doing a
hornpipe. One of the detectives said lie
knew right away the figure was that OF
woman because he recognized the face
as belonging to one who a week ago had
complained to him that. her fat had
been robbed OF valuable violin, gold
watch and some Jewelry. 1t was too bad
to break up the fun on the avenue, but
he just had TO conform to the laws relat-
ing TO persons of one sex masqueradins
in attire OF its opposite, and 80 Mrs.
Green was arrested.
why / have had lots of fun" said
Mrs. Green. She rolled up her left sleeve
and displayed an arm upon which was
tattooed the letters II. l.. s." She said
they were those of her maiden name.
Florence l.. Story. you see" she ex-
planned, II have had three husbands since
those letters were put there-one of them
is dead, another divorced and the third
lives in Providence"
She declared that this was by no means
the first time that she had gone abroad
as a man. She had at one time played
I'm a band, she said. and again she had
acted as a male attendant I'm the Penn
sylvania Insane Asylum. She boosted
that she could smoke. drink and chew.
and to prove the smoking claim she con-
sumed n package of cigarettes while Sit
ting in a cell awaiting the call TO the
night court.
Mrs. Green asserted that she was re-
lated to ever so many prominent persons.
When the woman was arraigned In the
Women's Night Court before Magistrate
Herman she pleaded guilty to the charge
of dsorderly conduct The magistrate
then asked her how she came TO wear
the suit.
"Oh, when | Joined the navy had to
wear It," she replied.
The MAGISTRATE ponGered over this an
swer for a moment IF / let you 20 VIII
YOU promise to so straight home. make
no stops and take those clothes on ana
put on some skirts?' he asked.
'Ill be home in a jiffy," she replied.
Then please CO." Magistrate Herman
said, and discharged her.