The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-03
IRE Nj CASTL IS
70 DANCE IN
RICHMOND
Pretty Dancer Disclainns Re-
sponsibility II Mrs. Wilson's
Greene's Suit.

Barring train wrecks and court
action. Irene Castle. famous dancer
and .best dressed woman IN
America win present Dances
ana Fashions 81 1879 ia Richmond,
Va this aftsrnoon. Ii the past.
twenty four hours Miss Castle BY
Mons ppsaFance has disappointed an
audience Ii Washington and one IN
Frederick. Nd.
And u = EN- because Of s contract
the pretty dancer II alleged 10 have
broken with Mrs. Katie Wilson
Greene 0E this city Mrs. Greene
rants s 1000 which the broken con-
tract COT herr and she Yesterday,
with her 1aWyers pursued Miss.
Castie from Baltimore to, washing
Train Wreck Blamed.
1T might have been b train wreck
that held Miss Castle up, but !
doubt Il. Mrs. Greene said today
a $1,000 house which turned out
to see the dancer was dismissed
from Polls about 4 o'clock yester-
day after the announcement was
nnade that. delayed by . train wreck,
Miss Castle would pc unable to
Hrs. Greene said that il Miss cas-.
tie had put in her appearance at the
theater on time yesterday she would
have been unable to. put on her per-
forlnance until settlement Of the
broken contract case had been made.
United States marghaIs were at the
ti1eaker with attachment papers.
Today Miss Castle is In Rich.
n1Ond, Va. Whether Mrs Greene's
lawyers will follow her to the
southern city and use United States
1aiargliaIsp to, serve an attachment,
signed by Judge Charles w. Heus-
lsr, Of Baltimore, was unknown
this morning.
1t il up TO my lawyers" Mrs.
Greene said
She came 10 Polls.
AFisa Castle finally did come to
Washington. She showed up at
Polls at 5:16, nearly three hours
after, her, performance was sched-
liled to begin. And oh, how sorry
she was! TO group Of newspaper
reporters gathered in the lobby of
the theater, Miss Castle told about
the big train wreck.
1t was an honest to.goodn
wreck" she related. Nobody was
killed or anything like that, but
all the trains were delayed. left
baltimore in ample time to reach
Washington for my perfcTIna9ce.
hours. wish that had been
here at least in time to have ex-
planned to the audience.
1T am sorry disappointed Wash
ington, because I love the city and
everybody in it. rope will be
forgiven. Lam going to come back
here again and give performance
for charity. want the people of
Washington to know how disap-
pointed am"
Verify Story Of Wreck.
Railroad officials last night veri.
fled Miss Castles story Of the wreck.
1t occurred near Lanham, Md
Eleven freight cars were deraileds
1t was one Of the worst, tie-ups in
this section for years, railroad Of
ficials said. Not until late last
night were all the tracks cleared, it
was said.
Attorneys Wilson and Keefer, rep.
resenting Mrs. Greene, went TO Bal
timore yesterday and secured an
attachment Of Miss Castles cos.
tunes and other property. The
court was told that in 1922 Miss
Castle entered into a contract with
Miss Greene to give two perform
ances, one ; in Baltimore and one
in Washington. These contracts
were broken, resulting in q loss Of
considerable money to Mrs. Greene,
who had expended various amounts
in advertising and making prelinni.
nary arrangements for the dancer s
appearance.
Miss Castle managed to extricate
herself from the court action in
Baltimore by signing bond Of 49,.
900. She was allowed TO come to
Washington with her costumes.
Miss Castle says she Is not to
blame for the trouble with Mrs.
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