Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 86, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 April 1912 — Girl Loved to Wander. [ARTICLE]

Girl Loved to Wander.

Adele Kretchmer, a s«venteen-year-old girl, in whom thewanderiust la so strong that she has become known; as the “girl tramp,” was brought up before Judge Wilbur in juvenile court, one day recently. z She has been traveling all over southern California the last six months. She told the court that she much preferred sleeping in a barn to anywhere else and that the atmosphere of a house was stifling to her. According to the officers of.the nrtnot bad, but simply loves nature and the great outdoors. _ “Ob, dear me, I know how to be a woman, but I just can’t be one, and ! doubt if I ever shall be one,” Adele said to f|te matron of the Sssa Bernardino home, according to a letter in '.T'*’ - <he tieraia. # &