Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-30
MISS WALSH DEFENDS
HER "GO TO HADES"
So Sorry She Hit Bather and So
Mad" at Beach Guard That
She Just "Told Him"

What will Beach Guard william Rob-
lnson do II pretty Miss Phyllis Walsh's
canoe, with a stately Judge in IT, goes
wild again and hits another bather2
VIII the guard reprimand the Judge and
arrest him? These are questions that
speaking in the vernacular, have Ventnor
"up in the air
Miss Walsh, the granddaughter OF
George A. HUM, the banker, of this CITY,
caused quite a stir in Atlantic City when
she was arrested for telling Robinson,
former friend, to go to 'tiades." when
she was reprimanded because her canoe
forced In by heavy sea, had struck
bather When the details were explained
at the hearing the Ventnor colony sym
pathized with the pretty defendant-and'
to the amazement OF all, so did the Judge.
The hearing was conducted with all
dignity until Judge Hand upset the court
decorum by saying: Case dismissed-but
I'd like TO take a ride with you" The
fashionable audience gasped.
"You mean in the ocean-in the canoe"
stammered Miss Walsh.
"Sure,p said his Honor.
"It's a 60" said tnc girl, and, after the
redtape that characterizes all such hear
ings was disposed of, the court adjourned.
When the canoe in which Miss Walsh
was riding struck a woman bather on
the arm, Beach Guard Robinson, a Uni
versity of Pennsylvania student who
lives in Haverford reprlmanded the girl
before a large crowd and ordered her
from the beach. He also charged her,
according to Miss Walsh. with deliber-
ately coming into the crowd. The girl,
becoming exasperated, told him as "po-
litely' as possible Ito go to hell" She
was Immediately arrested by the guard,
who until that day was a good friend of
hers.
Miss Walsh says she paid Robinson a
small sum to take care of her canoe. The
other week the payment dropped behind,
as she had forgotten to bring the money
to the beach. Robinson, she says, later
took her to task in front of a crowd when
she took a paddle Of his by mistake. He
told her she says, that ii belonged to a
man "who had paid up" and attempted
to take 1t away from her. She tossed II
up on the boardwalk and the crowd
laughed. Robinson was furious, she de-
clares, and, apparently nursing a grudge,
jumped at the chance to reprimand her
when her canoe got into trouble Friday.
Miss Walsh laughingly denied the re-
ports that she had hit the guard with
paddle. "Of course, they're ridiculous"
she said today. II didn't hit him." But
the whole affair began a week ago. Its
this way" she went on. 81 had an agree
ment with Billy to watch my canoe If
paid him $4. 1t happened that I'd for
gotten to bring the money to the beach.
meant to each day. but somehow for
got and besides Grandpa always gives
him tip OF $40 year, and I thought he
wouldn't mind. One day l found one of
my paddles missing from under the
canoe. So thinking Billy probably was
keeping the other in the tent l went over
and took one out. They all look alike and
the first thing l knew Billy was yelling,
Come back with that paddle If he'd
only acted decently about II, / would
have done it, but there were lot Of
chickens looking at us and he was try
ing to be fresh. He added that 1t be-
longed to man who had paid him s.,
and that he wasn't going to bother look
Ing after mine when l hadn't paid him
anything. Then he tried to pull II away
from me and l threw It on the boardwalk,
while everybody laughed at him. He was
furious
1.-THE day of the accident I was shoot
ing my canoe away out from the bathers
when a big wave hit the canoe and
Knocked II broadside. The current did
the rest. ! steered the thing the best 1
could, for. l knew II / jumped out 1t
would hit a lot of people AS II was II
did hit a woman on the arm. Our doctor
fixed her up. though. and she went in
bathing again. Billy rushed out and
said I'd have to get right OFF the beach.
Oh, golyl l was so sorry I'd done it,
and SO mad at him for telling me that
l had deliberately come in among the
bathers. that / said; Billy you 20 to
hell. Then he told me / was under ar
rest. The judge was awfully fair and
said he wanted to go out with me- But.
between you and me- don't you think IL
was pretty poor thing to do, telling a
judge girl swore at you?''