The Washington times., 1920-05-25
MOVIE LIFE LURED
GIRL TO CALIFORNIA
Henrietta Butte, Back in New
York, Wants Daddy to Re-
move to Film Colony.

NEW YORK. May 25.-After having
Travelled 1000 miles to become a
movie star. Henrietta Butte. fourteen
year-old daughter OF Mr.. and MRS
Louis Butte. yesterday arrived from
Los Angeles In charge OF representa-
tive of the Bureau OF Missing Persons
and was returned to her parents In
the Office OF acting Capt. John Ayers.
at police headquarters. The girl had
been missing since April IL. She was
located by the New York bureau May
II. two hours after she had obtained
employment as a child's nurse with q
family In Hollywood. Cal.
Henrietta admitted that she was
glad to be back and was anxious to
go home. but she hopes to persuade
her father to give up his tobacco
business here and move to Los An
geles. which she says Is just the place
for a girl with motion picture ambi-
tions.
Worked -Four Days ss Nurse.
when she left here. on April IL.
without anyone's knowledge, she had
S265 in her purse, money her father
had asked her TO draw from the
bank. Henrietta has $500 OF her own
in bank. and she considers that she Is
entitled TO half the sum for trip to
establish her In her desired profess
sion. She had SIS left when she re-
turned and tells how she Travelled
from Chicago to Needles. Cal. where
she worked four days as a waitress
in the Harvey System restaurant,
without having to pay her fare.
She told her story TO Captain Ayers
In the presence of Mrs. Butte, who
hastened to police headquarters as
soon as she found that Henrietta had
arrived. at 2 p. m, In company with
Mary Il. Hamilton. policewoman, who
went to Philadelphia to bring the
girl back.
Captain Ayres says that the depart
ment had checked UP every hour of
her time in the six weeks that have
elapsed since she left home. Henrietta
said that after four days in Phila-
delphia she went to Chicago and
remained at the Y:W.C.A. until April
80, when she took a position with the
Harvey Restaurant System and was
sent by that organization to Needles.
on the border between southern Cali
fornia and Arizona Henrietta's abil-
ity to speak fluent Spanish. her par
ents' native language. helped her to
that position.
"GoinE Back she>Insists.
She worked there four days, but
disliking to wa%t on table, she got
on board a train bound for Los An
geles, arriving thcro May o. where,
until May Il. she stopped at a board
ing house with some girls she had
met at Needles. On May II she took
position as child's nurse with a
family living at Hollywood. the cen
ter OF motion picture activities, and
two hours later she was taken into
custody by a representative of the
Bureau of Missing Persons. which.
Captain Ayers says, had been on her
track ever since she left Chicago.
From May II to May 20 the girl
appeared at various Children's So
ciety and Juvenile Court proceedings
and left Los Angeles with the bu-
reaus representative and matron
Of the Santa Fe railroad the morning
of thte 10th. At Chicago a matron of
the Pennsylvania railroad relieved the
Santa Fc matron.
I'm going back and take father
with me-" the girl said to the re-
portcrs. And I'm going to be a
movie actress IN spite of everything" !"