DRESSED IN MALE ATTIRE

October 15, 1896

Accomplished Young Lady Starts on a Lone Tramp

Cairo, Ill., Oct. 14.—Policemen Tuesday arrested two boys who were acting in a suspicious manner and questioned them very closely and were surprised to see one burst into tears. An officer said: "You must be a woman to cry like that," and a woman she proved to be, or, rather, a 19-year-old girl. She was taken to a charitable Institution, where she told her story. She said her name was Jennie Parks and her home in Madison, Ind., where she was a saleswoman and bookkeeper in a dry goods store, but desiring to go to her father in the state of Washington, and having no money, cut off her hair, donned men's clothes, and started on the tramp ten days ago. Her companion had been with her for a few days only, and was much surprised to learn that his partner was a girl. The latter writes a beautiful hand, appears refined, and the authorities believe her story. She is being well cared for.