Evening star., 1928-05-01
TWO GIRLS, a., FIND DEAD KITTENS
BUT NO CIRCUS ON WALKING TOUR.
Start for Baltimore From
Lincoln Park as Frantic
Mothers Patrol Streets.
Decide 8 Hours Later to Head
for City'S Lights as Best
Guide to Home.

The sun was warm and the grass
was green In Lincoln Park yesterday
put there was restless breeze blowing.
and 1t waited adventure to two mem
bers of the very young generation.
Said Miss Charlotte Owens, 4 years
old, to Miss Betty Lee Burgess, going
on S, Lets take a walk"
said Miss Betty Lee Burgess to Miss
Charlotte owens, "All right, but we
don't want any men hanging around" :"
Whereupon Mr.. Richard Herman,
aged 2, was left behind on a bench
and Misses Burgess and Owens started
out to see things.
Mothers Get There at Noon.
That was about II o'clock. About
noon Mrs. r. F. Burgess of 119 Thir-
teenth street southeast and Mrs. Ernest
Owens of 1909 East Capitol street ar
rived in Lincoln Park in frantic search
OF their offspring. From various peo-
pie sitting around in the park they
learned that their daughters had start
ed out in the general direction of north
east.
Mrs. Owens started one way and Mrs.
Burgess in another but both were
headed in the general direction of
northeast. They spent the better part
OF four hours dashing up and down
streets. every now and then humping
into each other to report failure of
their quest.
Aobut the time they started Miss
Owens was saying to Miss Burgess:
Let's go to the circus" and Miss Bur-
CESS was responding, "All right" Miss
Owens knew lot about the circus. Her
mother had taken her to the Johnny
-. n@I~ A,w~r tN.M<A f4n.
only thing she didn't know about il
was that that particular show had
moved on. She found that out when
she and her fellow adyenturer arrived
at Fifteenth and H streets northeast.
And so they started looking for a cir
Gus.
Saw Balloon Man.
Neither Miss Betty nor Miss Char
lotte Is quite sure whether they got TO
the circus or not. But they are positive
that they saw a man with a lot Of
balloons and that he refused to give
them any because they didn't have any
money. Miss Betty also recalls running
into a couple of young blades Of about
her own age, who tried to make a date
with them. Anyway, they hung around
the general vicinity Of the circus and
had a swell time.
At 4 o'clock Mrs. Burgess had pair
of very sore feet and SO did several
policemen who had been directed to
join the hunt. So Mrs. Burgess found
friend with an automobile and trans
ferred her activities to wheels.
Also at 4 o'clock Miss Betty was
saying 10 Miss Charlotte. Let's go
home" and Miss Charlotte was confess
ing to Miss Betty, Il don't know how
to get home"
At a few minutes past 4 Miss
Charlotte conceived a very bright idea.
Lets walk TO Baltimore" she said
AT o'clock, Mrs. Burgess and Mrs
Owens were becoming little desperate
and Miss Charlotte and Miss Betty were
getting hungry and very tired and they
were still long way from Baltimore.
Radio Audiences Get News.
AT 6 o'clock radio audiences all over
the city were getting the news that
two young girls had gone of TO seek ad
venture very much against the wishes
of their parents. who would very much
like TO have them back,
And at o'clock Miss Charlo.te and
Miss Betty found two dead kittens In
the wreck of an automobile somewhere