The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-11-16

yhc iiefVitIS Aiu SOclety TO mn their
daughter and persuade her TO return
home at once. They found her easily
enough, but she told them she would
not return hOmo under any ciremnstan.
ees as she was going TO tour the
States with Lady Sen Mel as soon as an
act was prepared for her. When they
told her that legal means would be
used 10 compel her return 70 Honolulu
she said that they had no authority
TO do so, ms she Is more than twenty.
one years Of age. II this is the case
the Travellers Aid will be unable TO
act unless her consent can be gained
by persuasion.
The above despatch received by The
Advertiser last evening is sequel to
the dramatically sudden Disappearance
of Miss Gibson about two weeks ago
She vanished from local ken one fine
day, and 1t was not until her friends
were anxiously enquiring for her that
the news leaked out that she had de-
parted for San Francisco with Lady
Sen Mel, Chinese vaudeville singer
who had been stopping over in Homo.
lulu on her way from Australia.
She had been infatuated with the
Chinese woman, who was born and
brought up in Philadelphia and was
Thoroughly Amerieahized, ever since
they became acquainted on the day the
Chinese singer arrived in Honolulu
They were together constantly, Miss
Gibson even taking part as dancer
in concert given by Sen Mel in the
Alexander Young Hotel. ,a
A few days before the date set for
her departure by the singer, Miss Glib
son accompanied her to Hawaii. where
they paid weekend visit to the Vol.
emo. Before going TO Hilo Miss Glib
son had said to friends that she wished
to accompany Sen Mei to the Coast.
but That her parents had refused to
let her 90. g.. o. ~ ... '.r'..t..,
The two vonug women returned from
Hilo on Tuesday morning. Sen Me
was to sail for San Francisco that af
ternOon. On the way back from Hilo
Miss Gibson had decided to 90 with
her to the mainland, and commenced
her preparations as soon as she reach.
ed Honolulu.
Father Refuses
A couple of hours before tho steamer
sailed she informed her father, 7. II
Gibson, that she was going to Cali.
fornia with Sen Mel that afternoon
Her father fatty refused his consent.
and when she asserted her determine.
tiOn to go anyway, pleaded with her
to remain. saying that the shock
would be difficult for her mother and
sister to sustain, and that for her own
best interests she should at least defer
her trip until a more suitable com.
panion was found. .n.|....
Totally, urmoved by threats or rlead.
ings, Mrs Gibson finished her prepare.
tiOns. Her mother did not know that
she even thought of leaving until
few moments before the vessel sailed
and when il was too late to reach her
dau@hter and add her pleas to those
of her husband ~. fs.n
Miss Gibson. whose father. T. II
Gibson, is principal of the Liliuokalan'
School MT Kaimuki. has been EMPLOYED
in the Laniakea gift shop since Miss
Alexander opened it. When she was
missing from her post the day after her
sudden departure many enauired where
she was, and the news that she had LETT
for the mainland with the Chinese
vaudeville performer was distinct
shock to her old friends, of whom, as
a Honolulu girl born and bred, she has
several score, Mrs. Ray Reitow of
Maui is her sister. She was popular
member of the Younger set here, and
had taken leading part in the pro,
duetion of 1.-THE Perplexed Husband"
by the Lanai players. 81.
Want Her Back ~ asT &
"I do not know who appealed to the
Travellers Aid in San Francisco"
said her father last night. 81 did not
do it. "
When pressed, he stated that her
mother might have done so, "but if so.
l knew nothing about it," he con
tipued. "Of course we want her back.
When she told me few hours before
sailing that she intended to leave for
San Francisco that afternoon with the
Chinese singer, / told her il must be
not know of ii until shortly before the
sailed. We did not go down
to the dock or make any attempt to
restrain her by force" r|5lis
Miss Gibson, according TO old friends,
is twenty one, and therefore has the
legal right TO go where she pleases. She
was pupil in the Cumnock school of
expression in Los Angeles one year, and
left there 10 take up the study of
dancing at Defishawn, the dancing
school conducted by Ruth St. Denis and
her husband, Ted Shawn, near Los An.
geles. She is known in Honolulu as a
clever dancer, and has appeared in n
number Of private aud semi-public az
fairs in esthetic dances. Before leaving
here she confided TO a friend that II
was her intention to go on with her
study of dancing and become an artist
in the course of time. She made the
statement in San Francisco that she
would take up dancing and go into
vaudeville with her companion, lady
Sen Mel. .#. '....@"...
The last named gave several recitals
in Honolulu recently, but rs her voice
was of too poor a quality for anything
but vaudeville work she was not warm
~ received. She was born In Philadel,
phia about thirty years ago of Chinese
parents. Her mother died when the