The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1870-03-16
A "BOhemian" Woman.
a MIDNIGHT VISTA SAD seen

Tho Now York correspondent
OF tho Philadelphia Telegraph
writes as follows:
The other evening accepted
an invitation Of n somewhat DO.
culiar character, and l paid visit
to certain feminine roputability,
who ut ono timo was exceedingly
we'll known rs aquoon in Bohemia.
That timo has long since passed,
and tho woman of good abilities,
who might have won n fair success
upon tho stage, or with her pen,
now livcs from hand to mouth in
ono wrctchcd room, dealing out
spitcful gossip in excellent Ian.
guage, smoking strong cigars,
drinking raw whiskcy, sandwich
ing her sentences with highly
favored oaths, examining herself
with spiritualism, and induIriny
largely in "reminiscences ofpaImior
days, when diamonds and laccs
wcrc plentiful, and she ono Of the
giddicst Floras orthc period.
Tho acquaintance who introduced
mo promised mo I should sec II
strange sight--to uso his own
language, "nn intellectual woman
going to the dcvil."
Tho description was II sad one.
1T was very sud to 500 that woman
lying therefor it was past mid
night and she was in bcd-her
hair streaming upon the pillow,
her checks moro bccomingly
hectic than any rouge could make
them, and her cyos flashing iko
generous dark gems. With n
carclcssncss which neither apoI-
oSlzod for nor attempted to rome
dy, tho bod clothes wcro huldlcd
around her form, and ~ wo On.
tcrod sho flung down tho book
il WAS Swotlcnborg's "lLcuvcn and
; ucll'-and greeted us with II
snncy scli-posscssion which tho
airincss Of her attire rendered
rathor piquant. IL was like visi-
ting n playod-out Cora pcarl-a
cocottc in hcr dnys, when tho first
two syllablcs arc gone out Of the
hubble and squeak Of existence,
and only tho squeak remains.
Sho had como down to tho souD
mal.rrc Of life, after having fingered
long, 10th to depart, over tho
grouse andphcasant. Some valua-
bio diamonds she still retained, and
one magnificent cluster sho had
fastened around her neck. The
furniture Of tho room was oXtromc
ly cheap and common, and the
various articles Of the toilet wcro
"slung" around with IL greater re-
gard to convenience Of the mo.
mcnt than tho otornal fitness OF
things.
How she talked 1t was pain
fully gratifying TO hear her. Her
power OF conversation was far be-
yond that Of amy ono else in the
room, and dshc' 'wicldcd it in:cssantly
and with nppal Ont relish during
The hour we remained now giving
anecdotes OF Lola Montoz and
Adah lsaacs Mcnkon (whoso por
traits decorate tho walls OF hor
room), and now vohomontIy do.
claiming against what she lormod
tho shameless hypocrisy Of wo
man who notoriously pos morality,
and scandalizcs, for spito's sake, Il
profession she never possessed tho
physical charms to succeed in.
Putting the worry strong cigar that
ono Of tho mon in tho room had
offered hor, bullying hor guests
tor not bringing hcr 80 much rs u
mug Of ale from tho restaurant
below, quoting thoughtful ap-
horsm from Bulwcr, and emotional
passages from Byron, expressing n
scnsuons delight in children, and
especially in boys, swallowing raw
liquor with no greater apparent
flush either in her face or emphasis,
proudly trampling down hcr sonsc
Of degradation, and boastine that
right or wrong sho meant to FIGHT
ii out on that limo to tho latest
day Of hor oxistonco, dofiantly an.
nonncing that it was hor principle
in lifo to do as sho pleased with.
out caring a---what anybody