The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-15

Foe anu pedutiIui specimens OF
their kind and are made pets of
and are spoiled by the women. The
Western go and spirit should be
blended with the Boston culture"
This comment stirred a wave of
protest and quantity enough for the
first time reports circulated that the
mind Of Mrs. Steele was not func-
tioning normally. AS she had at.
tempted to establish place for her.
self In literature. she attempted
again to develop a great voice and
believed that she could do SO with
study and experience. When next
heard from she was singing in q
Broadway cabaret, apparently op-
timistic and assuredly ambitious, for
she said: ..
I'm Germany. where my father
was once United States consul. the
cabaret idea has always been in
vogue. The Germans need music
just as they need light, air, ana
food.
I'VE need It quite as much, only
as a rule we don't take time to
enjoy it properly.
The cabaret, although IL ba,
grown a little awry in some cases.
fills a need Of the people, and the
people-the mass Of them-are the
backbone Of the country. would
rather have a newsboy praise my
singing than listen to the set speech
Of fine lady.
EARNED GOOD SALARY.
didn't know the California days
that my father wrote SO much
about. But I spent seven years on
ranch and mine property in Colo
RADIO. and we have been pretty much
all over Great Britain and the con-
tinent. So do know people! OF ALI
ranks and stations and sorts and
tastes. ..-...
The ones love best are those
who do things-folks who don't
talk much, perhaps, but keep on
digging or saving or whatever they
turn their hands to. Which re.
minds me! When I finished nv
work on Broadway, idleness palled
on me terribly.
L got to wondering how It would
be to do some other kind of work
than singing. So I went to an &C.
auatntance and told her would
take care Of her apartment until
she got a maid. did it, too; and I
never enjoyed anything more. I
earned some real money by some
real work. and it taught me q
whole lot. If didn't sing for q
living I would turn my hand to
anything that offered and make 1t
interesting.
Opera? Perhaps. But that has
to be worked out gradually"
Little was heard from the au-
thor's daughter after that until six
years ago. when It was announced
that she had been committed to the
psychopathic ward at Bellevue for
an examination into her sanity
She described herself then as Jess
amy Steele, twenty-nines years old.
an artist, living at No. II East
Twenty-third street. At the hospital
she gave also the address No. 23s
East Twenty-third street. AT
neither Of these addresses could
anything be learned Of her. She
was not even known there.
A TRAIL OF MISFORTUNE.
She gave the name Of her nearest
friend as Harrison Griswold. OF No.
13s East Twenty-second street. Tha
man could not be traced. The al.
dress was found to be a vacant lot.
the site Of the present Children's
Court.
Interest in England was quick ,ned
by the news Of her plight. It was
reported by cable that she had at.
tempted to start a typewriting bur-
eau there and had failed. Then
came revival OF recollections OF
misfortune that had attended other
members Of the family after the
death Of their father.
Bret Harte's family lived in Plain.
field for years while he was abroad
in Germany and England, as the re.
suit Of an estrangement. When he
died he left less than 81 900. and the
funeral expenses cut deeply into
this amount. Jessamy attempted at
first to gain a concert hall engage
ment and failed, 1t was stated.
Ethel, another sister, equally In
want, failed in the same endeavor
AS In America a benefit had been
arranged for Jessamy. SO was q
benefit arranged for Ethel in Lon.
don. George Meredith, Sir George
Newnes, Sir Gilbert Parker, Sir
Francis Berrand, Sir Arthur Conan
Doyle, Hall Caine, Anthony Hope
and George II. Sims assisted Ethel
At about the same time the eye
sight OF one Of her brothers became