Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 271, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 November 1913 — Little Girl Steals Auto Ride Clad Only in Nighty [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Little Girl Steals Auto Ride Clad Only in Nighty

CHICAGO.: —It Was kind of shivery in th'e cool October morning to %e dashing around in an automobile with only just a nighty to cover pink skin. (But O! Such fun to be. stealing a ride [without daddy knowing it! As the automobile spun down Jackson boulevard and stopped at the crossings in the loop William J. Newman, a contractor, living at 3831 West Jackson boulevard, wondered why pedestrians looked so strangely at his automobile and smiled with so much amusement. Margaret, his three-year-old daughter, was having the time of her life. When daddy had kissed her good-by" in the morning she had crept out of her little bed and stole downstairs. While her father was bidding the others good-by she slipped out of doors and crept into the rear of his automobile, unnoticed. * Margaret hid under the blankets until he reached downtown and then her curiosity overcame her discretion. A little blonde, curly head peeped up and then two little bare arms reached up to the seat. In a moment the naked feet were crossed under her Turkishwise and she was having a joy ride through fairyland. ♦ Her father stopped on North Curtis street and was gone a long time. She stood up to see if she could see him returning. The little nighty was slip-

ping off her shoulders, but she did not notice. A crowd gathered around. One little hand rested on her knee as she steadied herself. “Little September Morn!” observed a laughing girl, who paused with several others to look at her. "Morning!” replied Margaret, catching the last word. Just then daddy came in sight. His eyes popped wide open as he caught a flash of ten pink toes diving to the depths of a great green blanket. There was a hasty explanation In excited baby talk. Mrs. Newman was standing at the telephone on the verge of collapse from anxiety when it rang and her husband called. “Get her into some clothes the first thing you do and then bring her right home,” were the mother’s orders. All the way Margaret was dubious, but there were no spankings hugs and kisses when she was on her mother’s knee again.