The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-11-09
GIRLS RESCUED
BY R00SEVELTS
Colonel and Wife Save Two
Shipmates Lurpd t"
Den in Rio.
RAISE PASSAGE BACK
Pass Hat in Vandyck's First
Cabin When Fate of Sing
era Is Suspected.
RAISE PASSAGE BACK
LIVELY TILT WITH POLICE
Minister Acts when Attempt to
TranSShip Them in llnr-
lmr Is Fooled.

Miss Gladys Wadd-ll. who is only u
and pretty. who took n juvenile part Nv"
years ago in "Rebecca OF Sunnybrooh
Farm" arrived Yesterday by the lampoit
A. Holt liner ves,ris. with her chum and
teammate in vaudeville singing ana
dancing sketch. Miss Joan shore. aged IT,
declaring that but for the interest tha'
col. Roosevelt and his wife had taken IN
them they might have been stranded n
Rio Janeiro. Or perhaps have become in
volved in even more serious trouble
They sailed from New York on octo-
Der . by the steamship Nandyck under
contract to appear In place oi ainuse-
m.nt in Rio Janeiro. the booking agency
at this end Of the line paying their fare
The most distinguished voyager aboard
the vandyck was Col. Roosevelt The
Colonel. Mrs Roosevelt and practcallS
everybody in the FIRST cabin was attracted
to the two pretty young Americans. who
entertained them at the ships concerts.
Mis-. Roosevelt was particularly IN
terested in Miss Gladys. When she found
gu, that Miss Waddell and Miss Shore
wer. under contract to sing and dance IN
,,e Rio Janeiro place she made inquiries
about i, and found that ii was sort OF
dane. hall and as the Colonel eApr"sse"
il. when he learned about II. mot a proper
place for good American girls.
The young women said they knew no'h-
ing about the place except what they had
been told by the agent Of the booking
firm with whom they had made the con-
tract. lie told them that it was a reputa =
bic vaudeville theatre. Mrs. hooseNti'
and other women passengers. Including
Mrs. Charles Bradley. suggested that the
Young women should return from Rio on
the next ship leaving after III" arriNai
there Of the Nandyck. They said they
would do so. but unfortunately they did
no, have money enough to pay their fares
back to New York.
Colonel Backs subscription.
! Mrs Roosevelt and Mrs. Bradley. en-
! Enthusiastically backed by the Colonel
! started a subscription right away to pay
the expenses Of the younG women TO their
homes here. The passage money waf
soon obtain and arrangements made FOR
! the transfer OF Miss Gladys and he'
friend to the Nestris
| cant Cadogan set his wireless WORKING
and iearned that the Vestris would be il
Rio when the Vandyck got there. 1t wa
feared that an effort might be made e
hold the girls under the Brazilian Law
| ror ,to,,,inu their contract and so (!
was decided to make the transfer Whit
the two liners were IN stream.
The Vandyck arrived at Rio on Octobe
90. Capt CadoGan sent n wireless mes
sage for IA motor launch, which cam
out from shore and took the baggag
OF the vaudeville artists to the Nestrls
Then they went down the accommodated
ladder themselves. cheered by the Roosc
vel, party and the Vandycks officers an
stepped into the launch, which flew tn
Brazilian flag
As they drew alongside the Vestri
another brazilian launch filled with uni
: formed Rio policemen took charge OF tn
launch in which the girls were and or
dered them to step into the police launct
They were taken before a Magis;rat
: and there was much talk in Portuguese
between him and the manager OF tn
music hall Finally the Magistrate sal
the case properly was not in his juris
: diction and ordered the police to tax
, the young women to another court. Tn
music hail manager offered to drive theI
: to the court in his automobile, but the
said they preferred to go by trolley.
Mrs. Roosevclt to Rescse.
, Mrs Roosevelt had anticipated troub
, ,or ber proterees and started things mo,
In, IN he,p them She sent her own an
hor hush,nds card TO Miss GLADYS. VIII
,,,rr.d II over 70 tho American Ministe
I, vos inscrIbed with this note. write
, n, Mrs Rooseye,t:
MY DEAR Mr.. MINISTER: II you can
any way assist Miss Waddell and Nj,