Show PLAYING TIE GRAND ARMY Kate Homer Clayton the Temperance Cincinnati ance Aitvciituress In Kate Homer Clayton whose adventures in Denver Salt Lake and California have I made her an object of interest in these in parts has been figuring extensively Cincinnati She registered there as i Major and on Decoration Day says the Enquirer surprised all by appearing EmJte and riding I in gorgeous military trappings in the procession on a fiery charger I She was armed adds that paper with recommendations as a member of I the G A R and as a lady wonderfully proficient in all military man uvers profcient She said that she was the wife of one of the California commissioners to the exposition ex-position Calornia from a long line of posion military ancestry and gave references mitar that seemed to entitle her to confidence It became whispered about that she had been major of si crack New York regiment regi-ment and that she was a drummer in the Union army and was wounded twice before be-fore her sex was discovered Nearly all the Grand Army men rallied around the distinguished military lady and she was tendered a royal reception and chaperoned i over the city by its officers She gave a fancy cty and recited a poem at the armory of the First regiment and was to address the G A R at the Christian church last Sunday evening For some reason the address was indefinitely postponed post-poned and Mrs Major Howe left for Chicago Sunday evening liquidating apart a-part of her hotel bill and ordering her trunks Font later c o d for the re mining min-ing amount From different sources it was learned that the charming major got I along swimmingly with the men but that when their wives got a peep at her the jig was up The ladies of the G A R with great unanimity pronounced her an adventuress That was the verdict ver-dict in the West I |