The Washington times., 1923-07-24
DESERTED,
He SEEKS
PARENTS
Audrey Kramer, Florists
Adopted Son, Was Found in
Basket ~ Years Ago.

Material for an old-time
Charles Blaney melodrama is the
true story Of Washington youth
who not only does not know who
his parents are but is not sure
whether the name written. on a
card and tied to the basket IN
which he was deserted at the
tender age of eight days is his
proper identification or just a nom
de plume adopted by those who left
him stranded in Thomas circle
back on November %, 1901.
such are the conditions under
which audrey Kramer" the name
given him when he was legally
adopted by r. H. Kramer, Washing
ton florist, or Thomas Allison" the
name scribbled on a cardboard and
tied to the handle of an ordinary
market basket, finds himself today
at the age of twenty-five seeking
his real parent or parents, II either
of them are still alive.
At Foot of Thomas Statue.
Since the cold November morning
when Audrey or Thomas" as
you please, was found kicking and
screaming for attention at the foot
Of the statue of Gen. George Henry
Thomas and just across the circle
from the bronze image OF Martin
Luther, Young Kramer" or young
Allison" has been extremely busy
growing up into manhood.
And now that he has reached a
mans estate, he has become pardon
ably curious as to who he really Is,
and more particularly as to Whether
his mother or father might yet be
alive to take him to their respective
bosorns.
If such might be the case, he can
go to them with very enviable rec
ord of having served his country in
the recent world unpleasantness and
having emerged therefrom WITH only
the loss Of two toes from his left
foot, which incident didn't even
leave him with a limp.
audrey" or Thomas" enlisted in
the navy, wherein he served from
October, 1919, TO March, 1921, from
whence he was discharged honorably
owing to his disabilities sustained in
an explosion at the Hampton Roads
station. Since that time he has been
a. student in the jewelry department
of the Vocational Bureau, and, about
to receive his diploma as master
jeweler and ready to go out into the
world and ply his trade, he quite
naturally is beginning to think about
his ma" and mis- "pa."
Willing to Forgive.
Audrey or Thomas" is willing
to forgive ALL" the term usually
applied in the opposite sense to
children who leave their parents,
but in this case of the parents
leaving the child. He wants it dis
tinctly understood that if they will
make their whereabouts known,
there will be no questions asked
and none answered.
The twenty-five year old jeweler
wants to give his real parents a
home and support them in the best
manner he Is capable, even If they
were unable, twenty-five years ago,
to give him what he has fought
through indescribable years of lone
someness and encouragement to
achieve for himself.
"I didn't know much about my
SELF" said Audrey" or Thomas
today in telling his story of a
motherless and fatherless life, "un-
til l was about three years of age
when the baby picture herewith
printe0 was taken.
"Mr. and Mrs. Kramer, were very
good to me even up until the time
, that joined the navy when my
country was in peril; but the older
I grew the more anxious 1 was to
| establish my identity and the urge
to go in search of my real parents
grew on me so strong that I took
the easiest route to go in quest OF
them-the United States Navy.
II visited many parts of the
| United States during my eighteen
months in the navy blue uniform
but I found no trace Of those to
whom I owe my birth.
eff could only locate either or
| both of my parents. would be so
proud to forgive everything and
start life anew with them"